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If you care about #retrocomputing, and you use Google search, please add Break Into Chat as a "preferred source"! Just click here:https://www.google.com/prefere…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
In the decade after Ward Christensen and Randy Suess created the first BBS, there was a growing tension between commerce and the common good. BBSes were born in…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
In the early 1990s, as BBSes turned into businesses, some sysops and developers started making real money. Could ANSI artists and publishers do the same?https:/…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
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: sou…
Posted by ataribbs.bsky.social
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 …
Posted by ataribbs.bsky.social
Fire up SyncTerm and try connecting to "Guardian of Forever BBS"! guardian.synchro.netI've got a mix of old and new games, plus ANSI animations and experiments.…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
What terminal are they using for some of these screenshots over at Telnet BBS Guide? (BBS as rendered with MuffinTerm inset for comparison.)#BBS #BBSing #telnet…
Posted by blakespot@oldbytes.space
A pyramid piece by Steve Turnbull, called "XNET_LST.IG", is a trippy tour-de-force — the most amazing IGS animation ever created, in my opinion. Full of details…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
IT'S HERE! My in-depth history of "Instant Graphics and Sound" — the little-known text protocol for bringing vector art and music to BBSes — has reached the sad…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
I just added ~140 ANSI "telecomic" strips to the 16colors archive.https://16colo.rs/artist/don+lokke+jrThese #ANSIart #textmode political cartoons were created …
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
Have you explored the #longreads story of "Instant Graphics and Sound" for the Atari ST?https://breakintochat.com/blog/category/instant-graphics-and-sound/Disco…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
Breaking news: I've got a cool update to my IGS series!This morning, Tony Rau sent me a 2.5-minute video he recorded in 1987, showing Ralph Mariano, his Atari S…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
Atari Message Information System AMIS XE part of the #southernamis projects. 1986 alive and well running at amis86.ddns.net port 9000 or connect from #atascii f…
Posted by Atari_BBS@mastodon.social
Beyond upgrading a bulletin board with clickable menus, IGS’ mouse-interaction features had enormous potential for #BBS games.https://breakintochat.com/blog/202…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
Since 1988, IGS had made it possible for sysops to spiff up BBS menus by drawing graphics, or at least changing fonts and colors.But in 1990, IGS added support …
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
In 1991, Jon Clarke and Stu Lees created a one-of-a-kind graphical user interface for their STaTus BBS in Auckland, New Zealand. Anyone who tried it would "see …
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
From full-blown graphical user interfaces, to strategy and dice games, the point-and-click features of "Instant Graphics and Sound" made some radically differen…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
Have you explored the story of "Instant Graphics and Sound" for the Atari ST?https://breakintochat.com/blog/category/instant-graphics-and-sound/Discover a niche…
Posted by kirkman@digipres.club
#Atari 800 the tank of the Atari 8Bit line. This 800 fitted with Incognito, FJC firmware, provides power without the price. #bbsing to telnet southernamis.ddns.…
Posted by Atari_BBS@mastodon.social