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    From Brianm to All on Sat Mar 25 12:58:45 2023
    Just thought I would post a debut message on here. I may have posted in some other area but I finally managed to suss out how synchronet works a bit better so now I know how to get here consistently I am saying hello. Loggig in on an Issue3 BBC Micro thru Telnet and RPI with Circuit surgery USB serial adaptor. Ok done the retro geek hardware stuff. I am aiming to create a Viewdata BBS you can all access in the near future ...I hope you will visit. Will have a retro theme initially with typical Prestel vibe focused more on interaction between visitors..wel thats the ambition anyway. wish me luck , ZINC
  • From Keyop to Brianm on Sat Mar 25 18:05:36 2023
    Re: made it finally
    By: Brianm to All on Sat Mar 25 2023 12:58:45

    Just thought I would post a debut message on here. I may have posted in some other area but I finally managed to suss out how synchronet works a bit better so now I know how to get here consistently I am
    saying
    hello. Loggig in on an Issue3 BBC Micro thru Telnet and RPI with Circuit surgery USB serial adaptor. Ok done the retro geek hardware stuff. I am aiming to create a Viewdata BBS you can all access in the near
    future ...I hope you will visit. Will have a retro theme initially with typical Prestel vibe focused more on interaction between visitors..wel thats the ambition anyway. wish me luck , ZINC

    Good luck with the new BBS. Let us know when its ready so we can give it a try.

    Will you be adding a dial up option?
  • From Bob Worm to Brianm on Thu Jul 20 22:31:08 2023
    Re: made it finally
    By: Brianm to All on Sat Mar 25 2023 12:58:45

    A bit of a late reply but hey...

    on an Issue3 BBC Micro thru Telnet and RPI with Circuit surgery USB
    serial adaptor.

    That sounds great! I've just revived an Acorn A3020 that I rescued from the skip 20 years ago, then rescued from my garage a couple of months ago. First job was getting Lemmings running but now that's done I plan to get a terminal emulator running on it so I can do some BBSing :)

    There's also a Beeb out there but I'm not quite sure I'm ready for that project yet!

    Take it easy!

    Worm
  • From Daniel Garrod to Bob Worm on Mon Jul 31 15:03:28 2023
    Re: made it finally
    By: Bob Worm to Brianm on Thu Jul 20 2023 22:31:08

    Hello Bob,

    I saw your post to Brianm who is a user of my BBS, The Jolly Roger BBS. Glad you got Lemmings working on the A3020 :) Would be good to see on TJR :)

    www.thejollyrogerbbs.com, or Telnet client to bbs.thejollyrogerbbs.com:23

    Take care!

    Daniel.
  • From Ginger1 to Bob Worm on Wed Aug 2 21:10:57 2023
    Re: made it finally
    By: Bob Worm to Brianm on Thu Jul 20 2023 22:31:08

    That sounds great! I've just revived an Acorn A3020 that I rescued from the skip 20 years ago, then rescued from my garage a couple of months ago. First job was getting Lemmings running but now that's done I plan to get a terminal emulator running on it so I can do some BBSing :)

    OOh. An A3020 was my first experience of RISC OS. My dad's school got one via the Tesco "Computer's For Schools" scheme. We exapanded it with a Cumana parallel-based (I think) CD-ROM drive that I remember all worked very well. It was very usuable as a floppy-based machine owing to the ROM hardware and very programs like !Draw and !Paint all sitting in ROM.

    The thing I remember most fondly though, is the keyboard. Perhaps I have inserted some rose-tinted false memories along the way, but in my recollection it was particularly nice to type on. Would you agree? :)

    WE have a few RISC OS BBSs about at the moment - Plasma Sphere, The Jolly Roger and my dial-up board "Dial Up Nights" (running on an A7000).

    Cheers!

    Ginger1
  • From Bob Worm to Ginger1 on Fri Aug 4 12:25:40 2023
    Re: made it finally
    By: Ginger1 to Bob Worm on Wed Aug 02 2023 21:10:57

    It was very usuable as a floppy-based machine owing to the ROM hardware and very programs like !Draw and !Paint all sitting in ROM.

    Yes - thank goodness. Not to mention built in BASIC, which can do almost anything you need, and !Edit to make it less painful than typing your code interactively.

    The thing I remember most fondly though, is the keyboard. Perhaps I have inserted some rose-tinted false memories along the way, but in my recollection it was particularly nice to type on. Would you agree? :)

    No rose tint in my opinion - it's absolutely lovely to type on. I'd probably move a couple of keys around if I was designing it from scratch but the feel is great. Oh, and the keytop font looks a little bit like Comic Sans... I guess the school influence? You can't win them all!

    WE have a few RISC OS BBSs about at the moment - Plasma Sphere, The Jolly Roger and my dial-up board "Dial Up Nights" (running on an A7000).

    I saw the Dial Up Nights listed on Telnet BBS List but, classic timing, I just got forced to give up my copper POTS line so I'm no longer able to dial up anything.

    I will definitely look into the others, though. I didn't realise there were any Acorn boards (that I could actually use) so that's pretty exciting. ARCterm 7 doesn't *quite* render ANSI boards like this correctly and being completely new to Acorn I can't figure out how to make any other terminal emulators work. I think I'm starting to grind down my solitary Acorn-enthusiast-friend's legendary helpful streak at this point.

    Cheers for the info!

    BobW
  • From Bob Worm to Daniel Garrod on Fri Aug 4 12:30:24 2023
    Re: made it finally
    By: Daniel Garrod to Bob Worm on Mon Jul 31 2023 15:03:28

    Hi, Daniel.

    I saw your post to Brianm who is a user of my BBS, The Jolly Roger BBS. Glad you got Lemmings working on the A3020 :) Would be good to see on TJR :)

    I will give it a spin later on today - thank you. I gather it's Acorn-y?

    Cheers,

    BobW
  • From Brianm to Keyop on Fri Apr 12 21:15:47 2024
    Re: made it finally
    By: Keyop to Brianm on Sat Mar 25 2023 18:05:36

    Re: made it finally
    By: Brianm to All on Sat Mar 25 2023 12:58:45

    Just thought I would post a debut message on here. I may have posted in s > > saying
    hello. Loggig in on an Issue3 BBC Micro thru Telnet and RPI with Circuit > > future ...I hope you will visit. Will have a retro theme initially with t >
    Good luck with the new BBS. Let us know when its ready so we can give it a >
    Will you be adding a dial up option?

    thought I'd update this finally seeing as I left the thread so err hanging. Night Owl BBs is now up and many of you have now visited thanks. This messge
    is for others who might be interested to call in. Telnet or Dialup is
    availble and there is detail in the Comms section in stardot.org about
    web browser access. An evening only viewdata board at 2400 baud.
    check it out if you can -- nightowlbbs.ddns.net:6400 cheers
  • From Brianm to Keyop on Fri May 3 21:49:09 2024
    Re: made it finally
    By: Brianm to Keyop on Fri Apr 12 2024 21:15:47

    Hi KT,

    there s a couple of bundle items , ModelB and CUB monitor,disk drive etc
    on Ebay . I defo wouldnt be all in on these ones but might catch your eye
    if you can get a good price. Hows it going anyway. My Beeb was off getting fitted with an Econet interface so not been BBSing for a bit.

    You should visit Night Owl and leave a message about how the retro room
    is going .

    cheers
    Brian