slowly reaching a semblance of stability, i'm ready to let people loose on this
behold, to the best of my knowledge the only running Citadel-86 anyone has seen in some time:
ssh to [email protected] to connect
#BBS #Citadel #Citadel86 #Minneapolis #retrocomputing #bbsing #dialup #dialupdays
behold, to the best of my knowledge the only running Citadel-86 anyone has seen in some time:
ssh to [email protected] to connect
#BBS #Citadel #Citadel86 #Minneapolis #retrocomputing #bbsing #dialup #dialupdays
November 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
slowly reaching a semblance of stability, i'm ready to let people loose on this
behold, to the best of my knowledge the only running Citadel-86 anyone has seen in some time:
ssh to [email protected] to connect
#BBS #Citadel #Citadel86 #Minneapolis #retrocomputing #bbsing #dialup #dialupdays
behold, to the best of my knowledge the only running Citadel-86 anyone has seen in some time:
ssh to [email protected] to connect
#BBS #Citadel #Citadel86 #Minneapolis #retrocomputing #bbsing #dialup #dialupdays
Straight from 1985 operating in 2025.
Here’s the southern amis login running on the #Atari XEbook, connecting over #FujiNet using BobTerm in full #Atascii glory
Southern AMIS BBS
southernamis.ddns.net:port 23
Mode: Atari/Atascii Only – or southernamis.com to connect
#BBSing #computesgazette
Here’s the southern amis login running on the #Atari XEbook, connecting over #FujiNet using BobTerm in full #Atascii glory
Southern AMIS BBS
southernamis.ddns.net:port 23
Mode: Atari/Atascii Only – or southernamis.com to connect
#BBSing #computesgazette
October 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Straight from 1985 operating in 2025.
Here’s the southern amis login running on the #Atari XEbook, connecting over #FujiNet using BobTerm in full #Atascii glory
Southern AMIS BBS
southernamis.ddns.net:port 23
Mode: Atari/Atascii Only – or southernamis.com to connect
#BBSing #computesgazette
Here’s the southern amis login running on the #Atari XEbook, connecting over #FujiNet using BobTerm in full #Atascii glory
Southern AMIS BBS
southernamis.ddns.net:port 23
Mode: Atari/Atascii Only – or southernamis.com to connect
#BBSing #computesgazette
Definitely touch-tone for me -- rotary phones were still around in the US in the 80s, but touch-tone was dominant when I was BBSing then. This makes me think of a coworker who grew up in Eastern Europe who associated reel-to-reel rather than cassette tape with early personal computing experiences.
October 18, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Definitely touch-tone for me -- rotary phones were still around in the US in the 80s, but touch-tone was dominant when I was BBSing then. This makes me think of a coworker who grew up in Eastern Europe who associated reel-to-reel rather than cassette tape with early personal computing experiences.
Get back to BBSing!
AMIS XE online — powered by the Southern Amis Projects running on real #Atari hardware.
Log in for pure ATASCII art and 8-bit nostalgia: southernamis.com
Web,Dial,Telnet
amis86.ddns.net:port 9000
#BBSing #FujiNet #RetroComputing #ATASCII
AMIS XE online — powered by the Southern Amis Projects running on real #Atari hardware.
Log in for pure ATASCII art and 8-bit nostalgia: southernamis.com
Web,Dial,Telnet
amis86.ddns.net:port 9000
#BBSing #FujiNet #RetroComputing #ATASCII
October 11, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Get back to BBSing!
AMIS XE online — powered by the Southern Amis Projects running on real #Atari hardware.
Log in for pure ATASCII art and 8-bit nostalgia: southernamis.com
Web,Dial,Telnet
amis86.ddns.net:port 9000
#BBSing #FujiNet #RetroComputing #ATASCII
AMIS XE online — powered by the Southern Amis Projects running on real #Atari hardware.
Log in for pure ATASCII art and 8-bit nostalgia: southernamis.com
Web,Dial,Telnet
amis86.ddns.net:port 9000
#BBSing #FujiNet #RetroComputing #ATASCII
He’s not just wearing shades—he’s scanning for callers.Plug in, power up, and relive the #Atari / #Atascii glory.
southernamis.ddns.net: port 23
#Telnet • Dial • Web
Atari / Atascii only
Come for the graphics, stay for the chaos.
Southern Amis #BBSing — where yesterday is always online.
southernamis.ddns.net: port 23
#Telnet • Dial • Web
Atari / Atascii only
Come for the graphics, stay for the chaos.
Southern Amis #BBSing — where yesterday is always online.
September 19, 2025 at 8:32 PM
He’s not just wearing shades—he’s scanning for callers.Plug in, power up, and relive the #Atari / #Atascii glory.
southernamis.ddns.net: port 23
#Telnet • Dial • Web
Atari / Atascii only
Come for the graphics, stay for the chaos.
Southern Amis #BBSing — where yesterday is always online.
southernamis.ddns.net: port 23
#Telnet • Dial • Web
Atari / Atascii only
Come for the graphics, stay for the chaos.
Southern Amis #BBSing — where yesterday is always online.
This Gen Xer recalls the miracle of learning the "ATM0" command to turn off the modem's speaker, allowing me to do what I called "sneak BBSing" after my folks were asleep when I was a teen. I'd sneak to the computer room & dial in and post on "the boards" as one did. Quietly.
#OldPosting
#OldPosting
I had no idea dial-up still existed.
Fellow elder millennials, this is for you. 🫶🏽
Fellow elder millennials, this is for you. 🫶🏽
September 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
This Gen Xer recalls the miracle of learning the "ATM0" command to turn off the modem's speaker, allowing me to do what I called "sneak BBSing" after my folks were asleep when I was a teen. I'd sneak to the computer room & dial in and post on "the boards" as one did. Quietly.
#OldPosting
#OldPosting
No the sweet spot was getting a 286 MS-DOS machine at age 5 and then having the windows 3.1 experience along with a combo of prodigy and AOL with some local BBSing….this is how you become a perfectly sane adult shitposter
September 13, 2025 at 3:51 AM
No the sweet spot was getting a 286 MS-DOS machine at age 5 and then having the windows 3.1 experience along with a combo of prodigy and AOL with some local BBSing….this is how you become a perfectly sane adult shitposter
Compute! Gazette latest, Retro BBS Scene — pulse by the numbers, legends CBBS, ANSI art, themed boards, shout-outs, Basement BBS, CIA, Microtown, Particles, Gardian of Forever and more.
Read the mag… then hit ATDT and log on.
#BBSing #RetroComputing #compute #southernamis
Read the mag… then hit ATDT and log on.
#BBSing #RetroComputing #compute #southernamis
September 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Compute! Gazette latest, Retro BBS Scene — pulse by the numbers, legends CBBS, ANSI art, themed boards, shout-outs, Basement BBS, CIA, Microtown, Particles, Gardian of Forever and more.
Read the mag… then hit ATDT and log on.
#BBSing #RetroComputing #compute #southernamis
Read the mag… then hit ATDT and log on.
#BBSing #RetroComputing #compute #southernamis
I think I was receiving email when I started BBSing when I was 7, so 1982/83? I remember having Prodigy in late elementary school ('85/86). By middle school, I was on Ddial (a chat system) and my main social life was folks I met there until I graduated from high school. 😅
September 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I think I was receiving email when I started BBSing when I was 7, so 1982/83? I remember having Prodigy in late elementary school ('85/86). By middle school, I was on Ddial (a chat system) and my main social life was folks I met there until I graduated from high school. 😅
Telecom and BBS pioneer Nick Andrew joins the Stray Pointers podcast to talk about a TRS-80 Model I workalike ( the System-80). With hardware modifications, Nick wrote and ran his own BBS on the System-80 in the 80's.
#z80 #trs80 #fidonet #bbsing #retrocomputing
straypointers.com/e/s3e09.htm
#z80 #trs80 #fidonet #bbsing #retrocomputing
straypointers.com/e/s3e09.htm
S3:E09 - Nick Andrew Discusses the System-80 Including His Zeta BBS - The Stray Pointers Podcast
S3:E09 - Nick Andrew Discusses the System-80 Including His Zeta BBS - The Stray Pointers Podcast
straypointers.com
September 7, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Telecom and BBS pioneer Nick Andrew joins the Stray Pointers podcast to talk about a TRS-80 Model I workalike ( the System-80). With hardware modifications, Nick wrote and ran his own BBS on the System-80 in the 80's.
#z80 #trs80 #fidonet #bbsing #retrocomputing
straypointers.com/e/s3e09.htm
#z80 #trs80 #fidonet #bbsing #retrocomputing
straypointers.com/e/s3e09.htm
Sometimes you just have to go full old school. Connecting to AMIS XE over ASCII, just like BITD. No fancy stuff, the glow of a monitor, modem hum, and a wall of text menus. Calling out on real iron: Atari Mega ST2 + Hayes Tattler
Log in today amis86.ddns.net port 9000
#atari #bbsing #modem #telnet
Log in today amis86.ddns.net port 9000
#atari #bbsing #modem #telnet
September 5, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Sometimes you just have to go full old school. Connecting to AMIS XE over ASCII, just like BITD. No fancy stuff, the glow of a monitor, modem hum, and a wall of text menus. Calling out on real iron: Atari Mega ST2 + Hayes Tattler
Log in today amis86.ddns.net port 9000
#atari #bbsing #modem #telnet
Log in today amis86.ddns.net port 9000
#atari #bbsing #modem #telnet
"Today, BBSing survives largely as a nostalgic hobby in most parts of the world, but it is still a popular form of communication for middle-aged Taiwanese" (Wikipedia)
August 17, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"Today, BBSing survives largely as a nostalgic hobby in most parts of the world, but it is still a popular form of communication for middle-aged Taiwanese" (Wikipedia)
You know the story before the web, there was the BBS — blazing 300 baud modems, Atascii, ASCII & ANSI art, door games, file transfers, and message bases buzzing. Now it’s back, of course faster, and covered as a column for COMPUTE!’s Gazette.
#RetroComputing #BBSing #ComputeGazette
August 15, 2025 at 8:01 PM
You know the story before the web, there was the BBS — blazing 300 baud modems, Atascii, ASCII & ANSI art, door games, file transfers, and message bases buzzing. Now it’s back, of course faster, and covered as a column for COMPUTE!’s Gazette.
#RetroComputing #BBSing #ComputeGazette
As a lifelong geek who started BBSing in late 1985 (and eventually upgraded to a genuine Hayes 9600 baud modem in the early 90s), I shall happily give the three-plus salute on the 22nd.
ATS0=1&S1=1&M1&W
(Yes, I used to run a BBS, too.)
ATS0=1&S1=1&M1&W
(Yes, I used to run a BBS, too.)
August 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
As a lifelong geek who started BBSing in late 1985 (and eventually upgraded to a genuine Hayes 9600 baud modem in the early 90s), I shall happily give the three-plus salute on the 22nd.
ATS0=1&S1=1&M1&W
(Yes, I used to run a BBS, too.)
ATS0=1&S1=1&M1&W
(Yes, I used to run a BBS, too.)
The only two clients I have still using fax (lawyer, vet) have been VoIP with fax-email gateways for years now. Pacnet is gone. Even for vintage BBSing you'd use a network FOSSIL not a modem!
August 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
The only two clients I have still using fax (lawyer, vet) have been VoIP with fax-email gateways for years now. Pacnet is gone. Even for vintage BBSing you'd use a network FOSSIL not a modem!
Before torrents, before FTP, before high-speed — we had #Xmodem, Express! Term, and a whole lot of watching this screen..
Checksum in play,SOH timeouts
NAK’ing blocks like a champ
You know the thrill of waiting 40 minutes for a cracked Donkey Kong
#BBSing #atari #RetroComputing #SouthernAMIS
Checksum in play,SOH timeouts
NAK’ing blocks like a champ
You know the thrill of waiting 40 minutes for a cracked Donkey Kong
#BBSing #atari #RetroComputing #SouthernAMIS
August 2, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Before torrents, before FTP, before high-speed — we had #Xmodem, Express! Term, and a whole lot of watching this screen..
Checksum in play,SOH timeouts
NAK’ing blocks like a champ
You know the thrill of waiting 40 minutes for a cracked Donkey Kong
#BBSing #atari #RetroComputing #SouthernAMIS
Checksum in play,SOH timeouts
NAK’ing blocks like a champ
You know the thrill of waiting 40 minutes for a cracked Donkey Kong
#BBSing #atari #RetroComputing #SouthernAMIS
@alsgeeklab.bsky.social has a new video up about BBSing in 2025. I make a cameo appearance in the recent callers list at around 13:37. What're the chances, right?! 🙃
Great video, Al! I'm sharing it with all my geek friends.
youtu.be/f-HKwXoq0Jw?...
#bbs #retrocomputing
Great video, Al! I'm sharing it with all my geek friends.
youtu.be/f-HKwXoq0Jw?...
#bbs #retrocomputing
BBS's - what are they like in 2025?
YouTube video by Al's Retro Geek Lab
youtu.be
July 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
@alsgeeklab.bsky.social has a new video up about BBSing in 2025. I make a cameo appearance in the recent callers list at around 13:37. What're the chances, right?! 🙃
Great video, Al! I'm sharing it with all my geek friends.
youtu.be/f-HKwXoq0Jw?...
#bbs #retrocomputing
Great video, Al! I'm sharing it with all my geek friends.
youtu.be/f-HKwXoq0Jw?...
#bbs #retrocomputing
Happy 5th Anniversary Southern Amis
Hard to believe it's been five years since Southern AMIS BBS first dialed back into the retro scene! What started as a passion project to preserve and celebrate Atari BBSing has gone so much further! Thank you! #bbsing #atari #RetroComputing
Hard to believe it's been five years since Southern AMIS BBS first dialed back into the retro scene! What started as a passion project to preserve and celebrate Atari BBSing has gone so much further! Thank you! #bbsing #atari #RetroComputing
July 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Happy 5th Anniversary Southern Amis
Hard to believe it's been five years since Southern AMIS BBS first dialed back into the retro scene! What started as a passion project to preserve and celebrate Atari BBSing has gone so much further! Thank you! #bbsing #atari #RetroComputing
Hard to believe it's been five years since Southern AMIS BBS first dialed back into the retro scene! What started as a passion project to preserve and celebrate Atari BBSing has gone so much further! Thank you! #bbsing #atari #RetroComputing
I started BBSing as a preteen in the 90s and have been "online" ever since. I believe that encouraging kids to jump onto a demonstrably toxic and compromised platform run by a rich nazi propagandist with an inside line to the nation's king pedophile leads nowhere good.
hell, baby mecha hitler aside, X is absolutely no place for kids, jesus christ, talk about chumming the water
July 20, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I started BBSing as a preteen in the 90s and have been "online" ever since. I believe that encouraging kids to jump onto a demonstrably toxic and compromised platform run by a rich nazi propagandist with an inside line to the nation's king pedophile leads nowhere good.
#FujiNet in action on a Mac using #Atari 800MacX – native Atari emulation, no wrappers, no workarounds! This is the easiest way to go full retro without leaving your modern setup.
southernamis.ddns.net
amis86.ddns.net (port 9000)
Nitelite.ddns.net (port 9000)
#BBSing #RetroComputing
southernamis.ddns.net
amis86.ddns.net (port 9000)
Nitelite.ddns.net (port 9000)
#BBSing #RetroComputing
southernamis.ddns.net
July 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
#FujiNet in action on a Mac using #Atari 800MacX – native Atari emulation, no wrappers, no workarounds! This is the easiest way to go full retro without leaving your modern setup.
southernamis.ddns.net
amis86.ddns.net (port 9000)
Nitelite.ddns.net (port 9000)
#BBSing #RetroComputing
southernamis.ddns.net
amis86.ddns.net (port 9000)
Nitelite.ddns.net (port 9000)
#BBSing #RetroComputing
BBSing in ATASCII at 300 baud.
mastodon.sdf.org/@paradroyd/1...
mastodon.sdf.org/@paradroyd/1...
Paradroyd (@[email protected])
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This is what BBSing at 300 baud looks like.
In 1984, this was about as good as it got for me.
Tonight, I needed to hit a couple of Atari / ATASCII BBSs and all I had at hand was...
mastodon.sdf.org
July 10, 2025 at 7:39 AM
BBSing in ATASCII at 300 baud.
mastodon.sdf.org/@paradroyd/1...
mastodon.sdf.org/@paradroyd/1...
I always chafe at them as categories in the same way I chafe at the idea of Digital Native - I was BBSing in 1980, I was 12 - I've been online in some form or another since then. I guess I'm a digital native then? These broad brush approaches are rubbish but targeted market and the
June 29, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I always chafe at them as categories in the same way I chafe at the idea of Digital Native - I was BBSing in 1980, I was 12 - I've been online in some form or another since then. I guess I'm a digital native then? These broad brush approaches are rubbish but targeted market and the
Who says you need a giant monitor to dive into the retro #BBSing?
Southern AMIS BBS an #Atari 130XE—and we’re connected in style on the Sinclair MTV1, Casio Color TV, and the classic Sony Watchman. Micro TVs, mega nostalgia.
#MicroTV #SinclairMTV1 #CasioTV #SonyWatchman #FujiNet #RetroComputing
Southern AMIS BBS an #Atari 130XE—and we’re connected in style on the Sinclair MTV1, Casio Color TV, and the classic Sony Watchman. Micro TVs, mega nostalgia.
#MicroTV #SinclairMTV1 #CasioTV #SonyWatchman #FujiNet #RetroComputing
June 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Who says you need a giant monitor to dive into the retro #BBSing?
Southern AMIS BBS an #Atari 130XE—and we’re connected in style on the Sinclair MTV1, Casio Color TV, and the classic Sony Watchman. Micro TVs, mega nostalgia.
#MicroTV #SinclairMTV1 #CasioTV #SonyWatchman #FujiNet #RetroComputing
Southern AMIS BBS an #Atari 130XE—and we’re connected in style on the Sinclair MTV1, Casio Color TV, and the classic Sony Watchman. Micro TVs, mega nostalgia.
#MicroTV #SinclairMTV1 #CasioTV #SonyWatchman #FujiNet #RetroComputing
A snippet of tonight's BBSing...
June 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A snippet of tonight's BBSing...
One of my first purchases with my own money - jumped straight in with 2400bps so I could do BBSing with my 286.
June 20, 2025 at 11:02 AM
One of my first purchases with my own money - jumped straight in with 2400bps so I could do BBSing with my 286.