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New Atari BBS Gateway Live – ATASCII-Aware Selector

Southern AMIS now has a modern gateway with period-correct behavior that routes callers to multiple Atari BBS systems through a single telnet address.

This gateway acts like a classic front-end modem selector, and understands the differences between ATASCII and ASCII callers automatically.

How it works

Callers connect to ataribbs.ddns.net:6502
The gateway pauses briefly to allow terminal baud/handshake setup

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bf2k+

2 days ago

Hmmm... first steps

Experimenting with adding gateway connection(s) to AT_Connect.

The idea is to have the macros for the connected BBS available thru the gateway connection depending on the bbs connected to. Great idea JP! Let's see where this goes.. Wouldn't it be cool if the gateway could send the menu options to ATC. So if the menu changes, ATC would know as soon as it connected... Probably more than we really need. Just brainstorming here...

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Sideburn

9 days ago · posted in General Discussions

Fun With Laser Cutters

I needed a reason to experiment with the laser cutter. They fly great! Toss them right and they go 30+ feet!

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Kirkman

Jan 16

This reminded me of my profile of Steve Turnbull, the artist who made cool IGS art for Atari ST BBSes in the early 1990s. He had a side business called the "Swell Aircraft Company" where he sold his own "Pharaoh" and "Blitz" gliders. He also made IGS art promoting these.

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Amis

17 days ago · posted in General Discussions

January 2026 Compute!’s Gazette Dialed Back: The Modems That Built the BBS Era

Here’s a sneak peek of my upcoming edition of Dialed Back. Includes shoutout to Psycho Ward, NEBBS, Tattler WiFi Modems, and others.

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Amis

21 days ago · posted in General Discussions

Tattler Does it Again with the SX212 Wifi Modem

Heard from Scott today on the progress of his SX212 Atari WiFi modem. Can't say enough about the awesome job on the Hayes version but the SX212 comes with something special. Just like the SX212 it comes with SIO and RS232 support. Thats right, a Wifi Modem direct on the SIO.

Will have to break out my copy of Keith Ledbetters SX Express.. Handlers for this modem a bit trickey so looking forward to experimenting with SX-212 Companion! built to use 850 Express 3.0 and maybe the Rverter drivers to see if a BBS can be run...

Assume this will start selling shortly so keep an eye on Scott's website or at the various VCF events.

https://tempestfpga.com

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Sideburn

Jan 05

Thats pretty sweet. I have the Hayes one. My only critique is some of the LEDS dont function like they normally do. Can't recall which ones off hand... Might have been CD or OH or something minor.. I THINK the send and receive data ones worked.. Would also be cool to put a random delay in the fakey audio.. Its always the same number of "rings" and delays so its not as real sounding after you hear it a few times... What is cool is the dialing sounds do vary depending on the "number" in the AT command.

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Amis

24 days ago · posted in General Discussions