Rob Sherman ( @Atari_BBS ) joins the Stray Pointers podcast to discuss his early years of BBSing in the 1980's and his current telnet bulletin-board systems running on Atari 8-bit gear.
For anyone who wasn't able to call in to Dark Force BBS yesterday to see Dark Lord's April Fools' Day prank, here's a video capture of my session.
Something simple, fun, and unexpected.
https://breakintochat.com/blog/2025/04/02/april-fools-day-prank-on-dark-force-bbs/
The sysop of DarkForce BBS customized his board today for April Fools' Day. Telnet to darkforce-bbs.dyndns.org:1040 to check it out!
It's an Atari ST BBS, so I recommend using SyncTerm's new VT52 mode for an authentic experience.
Fire up the nostalgia!
Watch this Atari 600XL (U1MB) in action, dialing into Southern AMIS BBS using FujiNet!
Hear that HSIO and Wow rich ATASCII graphics—this is how online used to be.
Call Today:
southernamis.ddns.net (Port 23) Pure ATASCII goodness!
Get connected. Get retro. Get AMIS.
#Atari #FujiNet #BBSing #RetroComputing #Southernamis #Atari600XL #Ul1MB #atascii
Almost complete - #Atari XEbook #2 of 2 on the bench and near final assembly. #southernamis #bbsing #sideburnstudio The specs are amazing! More info at southernamis.com
#Atari BBS history! I recently came across an original disk of FoReM MPP, one of the pioneering BBS software titles for Atari 8-bit. Another step in preserving Atari BBS heritage!
For St. Louisans, March 14 is #314Day! 
In celebration, I'm sharing a tiny tech time capsule — a collection of textfiles related to St. Louis-area #BBS networks!
I gathered these 30 years ago when I was cosysop of "Something in the Attic BBS" and seeking to attract more users.
Brace yourself for all manner of capitalization! (PIllowNet, SPORKnet, StupidNET)
Ending "z"s!
And lots of exclamation marks!
a hastily done overhead shot of the basement cave to try and capture the atmosphere down here.
It is one of my refuges in these trying times.
@kirkman I was downstairs BBSing the other night and finally got around to calling Dark Force BBS with Freeze Dried Terminal set to VT52 mode.
Pretty cool!
See you at the show this weekend #vcf #vcfsocal #southernamis #bbsing #atari
Start well the new week!
Listen to Quantum Radio:
https://radio.erb.pw/public/subspace
#Playing Now! 
#Music #Musique #Musica #Mastomusic #Mastoradio #Radio #QuantumRadio #cheaptune #tracker #synthwave #podcast & more
Linked to:
#BBS #BBSing #QuantumWormholeBBS #Art #ANSI #ASCII #bulletinboards #telnet #SSH #textmode #terminal #pixelart #asciiart #demoscene #retrovibes #MSDOS
Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath announce final show!
Seen on #News Reader Feed on Constructive Chaos BBS (Conchaos) : https://conchaos.synchro.net
Link to the article:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c805m3l02v5o
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#BBS #BBSing #ConstructiveChaosBBS #Netrunner #WindowsXP #bulletinboards #telnet #textmode #ANSI #ASCII #terminal #oldschool #retrovibes #rss #rssreader #press #music #rock
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Zombie Slots interBBS Scoring.
Not bad! :0)
We will see at the end of the month.
Yep, I play my BBS slots machines everyday, here or there..
Try: http://bbs.dmine.net
#playing #games #gaming #slots #zombies #zombieslots #interBBS #retrogaming #retrocomputing
#BBS #BBSing #Netrunner #WindowsXP #bulletinboards #telnet #textmode #ANSI #terminal #oldschool #retrovibes
A thing called #Minitel
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel completely obscured the Bulletins Boards #BBS here in France I think in the 90's (?!). Because I discovered BBS long long long long time after.
And, I was looking if I can find a french BBS now, and they don't (really) exists.
Fact.
#retrogaming #retrocomputing
#BBS #BBSing #ssh #telnet #rlogin #bulletinboards #textmode #ANSI #ASCII #terminal #modem #oldschool #retrovibes
Here is the list of INFOCOM adventures games you can play on End of The Line BBS (and save your progression):
https://endofthelinebbs.com/
Tonight, I'm going "Underground" again! #Playing ZORK. :0)
So..
What game have you ever played on the list?
What your favs?
Zork is fascinating.
#zork #infocom #adventure #text #textadventure #interpreter #games #gaming #retrogaming #retrocomputing
#BBS #BBSing #ssh #EndOfTheLineBBS #bulletinboards #textmode #ANSI #ASCII #terminal #oldschool #retrovibes
This shows how fantastic Zork is! From last night gaming.. :0)
/ >move the oriental rug
/ With a great effort, the rug is moved to one side of the room, revealing the dusty cover of a closed trap door.
/ >open the trap door
/ The door reluctantly opens to reveal a rickety staircase descending into darkness.
#zork #infocom #adventure #text #textadventure #interpreter #games #gaming #retrogaming #retrocomputing
#BBS #BBSing #ssh #EndOfTheLineBBS #bulletinboards #textmode #ANSI #ASCII #terminal
