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One of the simplest and most versatile is the use of a “WiFi modem.” This is a device that typically connects to a computer’s serial port (most vintage computers have at least one) and a local WiFi hotspot and bridges the one to the other by way of emulating (and extending) the standard command set of the modems of olde. There are a variety of approaches one can use to get a vintage system online and connected, depending on its capabilities.
Those who want a more vintage terminal feel, evoking the smell of university labs from the ’70s, may enjoy Cool Retro Term (free, macOS, Windows, Linux) or Cathode ( macOS, iOS) for their online sessions.
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It’s a free download and runs on macOS, Windows, and Linux.
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A particularly versatile telnet client program that supports a variety of terminal emulation protocols of olde ( PC ANSI, Commodore PETSCII, Atari ATASCII, etc.) is SyncTERM. The easiest way to visit an online BBS today - something you could do right now - is to simply use a modern system running a telnet client to get connected. (Well, there were also the long distance BBSes, which I called more than I should have, bringing upon me parental wrath when the phone bill came in the mail…) Actually, some systems today still support this approach, such as the Level 29 BBS listed later on this page. Way back when, we didn’t have the internet, and getting online meant using a modem connected to the telephone line and your computer’s serial port to dial out to local BBSes.
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The Wrong Number ][ 2.0 – TELNET ADDRESS: PORT: 6408Ĭommodore Image 2.0 HQ – TELNET ADDRESS: PORT: 6407Īlong with these two Commodore BBS’ we also have other commodore BBS’ listed on our BBS DIRECTORY under the Commodore category.I have a room full of vintage computer systems and one of the most enjoyable ways I’ve found to spend time with them is to use them to visit online Bulletin Board Systems, much as I used to when these were the modern machines of my past. To connect to either of their BBS’ here is the Telnet info you will need in SyncTerm to reach them: Through the summer of 2018 Al researched on getting Image 2.0 compatible with WinVice and by October 13 th 2018 he sat down with his plan and got Image compatible with WinVice in about 2 hours and accepting calls! Try out Bucko & X-Tec Image 2.0 BBS’ … tell them 8-Bit Boyz sent ya!You can download SyncTerm (a BBS Terminal program to connect to a BBS) for your Windows, Mac or Linux machine from the SyncTerm Website here! Larry figured if he could read the disks, he might be able to resurrect the 2.0 project, with the exception of a couple of files he was able to read all the disks even though they were sitting in Al’s garage for just about 17 or 18 years.įrom around August/September of 2015 Larry did all the testing and got Image 2.0 to work with Telnet, at this time Al was still no longer involved with BBS’ anymore till May of 2018 when he returned to the seen. Now fast forward to 2015, Al was getting rid of all his older computer stuff and found backups of his Lt Kernal before it died and mentioned it to Larry Hedman, also known as X-Tec (the SysOp of Commodore Image 2.0 HQ BBS) who said he wanted them. Sometime around 1995/1996 Al’s Lt Kernal hard drive died and he gave up the project, Fred and Jack continued and brought in other programmers. Instead this is more about the rumored Image 2.0 version that a few SysOp’s heard about that was being worked on by the creators yet never made it to light.Īl DeRosa, also known as Bucko (the SysOp of The Wrong Number ][ BBS 2.0) was one of the final programmers along with Fred Dart, and Jack Followay of Image 2.0. Image 1.2a was the last version of Image that was publicly sold to SysOp’s back then, 1.2a was a major bug fix to the previous version but this post is really not about the detailed history of Image BBS.
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I even upgraded my Commodore CNet 12 BBS software to Image 1.2a back in the very early 90s! Image BBS offered many cutting-edge features back then from color graphics to unlimited customization of the software to just list a couple. Image BBS was the successor to CNet 64 BBS with a colorful history that I will skip for now and leave that for another 8-Bit Boyz post in the future. Even still if you were not a Commodore user but maybe you had Apple or PC you still might have crossed paths with an Image BBS. If you were BBSing in the 80’s and early 90’s and a Commodore user most likely you have been on an Image BBS system.
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