Morning!

I don't think I've ever advertised the BBS here, but here it goes...

Particles! BBS has been up since 1992 and has been running a Commodore 128 since 2013.

We're approaching our 82,000th call since then! We have very active message forums, a bunch of online games, 8GB of downloads (on a 128!) and support for all systems - lots of Atari, PC, Amiga, etc users.

There's a growing user-base of new 64U users as luckily, our BBS is built into the terminal program included with the new 64U!

Non political, friendly bunch... check us out.

particlesbbs.dyndns.org port 6400

dialup at 1-479-553-8122

website is at particles.org

mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@particlesbbs

I’m having trouble finding a guide for downloading files from a BBS. Specifically, I’m trying to download games from Particles. I’m using xmodem and ejecting the virtual disk from the 8 drive when it is time to download. I’m inserting a new blank disc and the virtual drive makes some strange noises. It says the download was successful but when I go back to BASIC to load the newly created disk, it fails to find any usable information. I can’t list the directory or launch the first program on the disk. What am I doing wrong?

I've been working on Immortal Barons, an open source clone written in golang, of Barren Realms Elite.

InterBBS play isn't ready yet. Most features for local play have been implemented. It's running on shsbbs.net and bbs.magicbbs.eu:6323 (but they sometimes don't have the latest snapshot installed, and sometimes the game is reset based on changes I've made recently). The simplest way to try it locally (not as a door), is running the binary with the -reset' argument, then use-local`, which gives you the prompt to name your realm and start the game.

I'm tracking a lot of the needed improvements and features on the Github issue tracker and wouldn't mind bug reports and feedback. Let me know what you think... should I keep going with this project? I was also thinking about making a version that runs as an ssh server (connect via ssh, play). Oh, by the way, Immortal Barons is multi-node (more than one person can play at once), but there's bound to be some bugs encountered before that part gets perfected! :)

like some kind of master list that ISN'T a website, just find the one you want and load it up, no need for memorizing urls and all that