Want to set up a apple bbs but dont have a phone line. Apple ii bits ken gagnes blog about modern day use of an. Confer confer ii citation needed on the mts, confer u on unix and confer v on dec vms, written by robert parnes starting in 1975. Apple ii pi works by connecting an apple ii to a raspberry pi using a rs232 serial connection. The latest alpha release is for people who want to help test new features or run the a cutting edge version of mystic bbs. Running a telnet bbs on an apple iie using a raspberry pi. Representing some early work and testing with bpq32 linux edition for the rasberry pi with a tncpi a hardware packet tnc for the raspberry pi. Dont be surprised to see the alpha versions changing quite often during a development phase. Most of the time when installing linux on the apple tv, you are. Mar 10, 2020 vince weaver has created a new version of the game myst. Representing some early work and testing with bpq32 linux edition for the rasberry pi with a tncpi a hardware packet tnc for the raspberry pi using the apple ii with a. The apple iigs was the most powerful computer in the apple ii line. In order to get the raspberry pi to talk rs232 from its 3.
The priority is on dialup software created before 1995, although additions for any and all bbs programs are welcome. Syncterm is a very nice bbs terminal program for windows, linux. Designed by steve wozniak woz and first introduced in 1977, it really took off in 1978 when the 140k disk ii 5. I want to start a bbs for nostalgia and hobby purposes. Luckily, modern bbs software is able to cope with the px8s 80 character by 8 line lcd display, its just a matter of getting the thing online. Download open apple apple ii emulator for linux for free.
Its crazy to think that i have been working on this software since high school and now i am all grown up and well into my professional career. Sep 16, 2016 insert floppy after 23 years, the apple ii gets another os update on 30th anniversary of apple ii gs, devoted developer releases prodos 2. Of course being an apple iigs emulator means it can still run all the earlier 8bit titles for the apple ii family. This directory is an outgrowth of the bbs documentary. I was searching for this kind of software and came to this bbs c. Mbse bbs is a full fidonet capable ansi bbs package including a mailer ifcico clone, tosser, ticfile processor, filefind and other utilities allowing access via modem and the internet using telnet, and ftp. You will have to wait from time to time till the disks have uploaded the data. The bbs software directory wouldnt be the same without him. This subreddit is discussion and tech support of apple ii hardware, software, and emulators. Apple ii testing linux bpq32 packet radio bbs for the rasberry pi. The internet archive software library is a large collection of viewable and executable software titles, ranging from commercially released products to public domain and hobbyist programs.
Mystic bbs and quiet a lot bbss still being online. The following is a list of known active bbs software websites. Mystic bbs written by james coyle with versions for windows linux arm linux osx. The apple ii is running as a dedicated io processor for the raspberry pi under prodos. The sysop of heatwave is the creator of the modern ti994a ansi terminal software, timxt.
A 1986 bulletin board system has brought the old web back to. However incomplete the current version is, it does show great potential for a completed product. Netrunner is a telnet client originally developed in the late 90s in sync with the release of windows xp. The apple ii series trademarked with square brackets as apple and rendered on later models as apple is a set of home computers, one of the first highly successful massproduced microcomputer products, designed primarily by steve wozniak, manufactured by apple computer now apple inc. Work continues on this software to improve its connectivity to the internet including a telnet server. Kegs is an apple iigs emulator for mac os x, linux, and win32. The apple ii was the machine that many say launched apple as a company. What i would love to do is emulate the experience i had in the early 80s when i had my apple ii and would dial into bbs s at 300 baud. List of bbs software this is a list of notable bulletin board system bbs. The users do suffer, but thats no ones fault but apples and the users that will happily pay others for what they should do themselves. A 80s apple ii bbs is running on a real apple iie with real 5. Apple ii testing linux bpq32 packet radio bbs for the.
To help in my research about bbses, i am attempting to make a canonical list of all the bbs software packages there ever were for any platform, excepting oneoff custom sets that werent distributed. As such, paleotronic is not responsible for any damage microm8 may cause to your computer, file system or operating system but we expect none of that to ever happen, fingers crossed. Mystic bbs written by james coyle with versions for windowslinuxarm linuxosx. Sale and trade of apple or vintage computer equipment. They are very cheap on ebay, so i would recommend going that route.
A 1986 bulletin board system has brought the old web back. Hermes ii is freeware bbs software system for the apple macintosh. You can really do this, telnet into this connection and try out an apple ii running gbbs, a convenient and informative look back. And after 23 years, the duraeuropos bbs is back in business, using an apple iie running its original gbbs pro software augmented with a. I can run this on linux ubuntu in the cloud or simply on my os x computer at home. Jul 15, 2019 daniel henderson has given the apple ii community the latest apple ii game. Nov 16, 2017 the concept is to create an updated version of the apple ii using some imagination, lowlevel drivers, offtheshelf hardware, and a closely coupled communications channel. It runs on actual vintage apple iie hardware, including two 5. The magazine softalk tracked sales of apple ii software during it years of publication from 1980 to 1984. An apple iigs has the capability to run almost all apple ii, apple iie, and apple iic programs. Contents my favorites apple ii resources apple ii products apple history links retrocomputing links apple ii emulation apple 1 links apple photo collections miscellaneous links my favorites applearchives large site archiving apple ii magazines pdfs and software from the 1980s. Mbse bbs is a full fidonet capable ansi bbs and mailer package. Sadly, gtkpod and amarok cannot yet transfer files on an iphone with the 2.
The problem is that this is the 21st century so my family has abandoned land lines years ago. And you can turn that blue border to black if you want to get a more oldschool feel. Com utility provided with the microsoft softcard utilities disk. The bbs is running on a real apple iie with a doudisk. But i did find an active, good looking bbs software for linux. There are builds for windows, macos apple macintosh and linux. Active bbs software means that the software is either being actively being updated by the author, or a website exists where you can either download the software andor you can get support from the author. Using the jsmess emulator, users can boot up an emulation of the given title and use it in their browser. A 1986 bulletin board system has brought the old web back to life in 2017 its 2017, but you can still experience the internet of 1986 thanks to bbs enthusiasts. I would like to know if there are textbased, bulleting board system forum servers for ubuntu. Yes hermes ii is freeware bbs software system for the apple macintosh. If you are running a current stable version of mystic bbs and wish to upgrade to the latest alpha release this is usually possible.
If apple wants to stay expensive and proprietary, they cant and shouldnt be able to leverage the power of opensource software. If youve never used a iigs, its very much like the earlier apple ii computers. This is a submission for the weekly gizwiz on the twit network. Nov 19, 2008 apples appstore is full of interesting applications that take advantage of the two devicess capabilities. A collection of historical software for apple ii computers from the 1980s and early 1990s. I managed to connect an old apple iie running the warp six bbs software to the internet through a raspberry pi. This is a list of notable bulletin board system bbs software packages. For those who have seen the game on other platforms, this version will not disappoint. This is a real apple ii bbs, a real bbs with the hardware setup from the beginning 80s the apple, the disks, the clock card a. If you think about it, a 80s apple ii bbs is a minor miracle. This information was tabulated in a monthly column, softalk presents the best sellers, which included a top thirty list, as well as top selling programs in several specific categories.
According to the author, ok it basically a medieval themed puzzle game. The apple ii was one of the first really successful personal computers. Jun 02, 2017 a 80s apple ii bbs is running on a real apple iie with real 5. After 23 years, the apple ii gets another os update ars. This package contains all of the files and instructions needed to enable spell checking. Diehard sysops are resurrecting bbss from the 1980s slashdot. First name i thought about was applelin in analogue of applewin, its predessor. Oubliette is a simple yet effective game for the apple ii which puts the user in the position of trying to work their way through seven levels of a dungeon, collecting the prize in each level. Mystic bbs written by james coyle with versions for windowslinuxarm. The rub is that the tools and frameworks for building linux desktop software have lagged behind. Open apple is an apple ii emulator for linux that currently features full emulation of an enhanced apple iie computer with several useful peripheral cards including clock, mouse, memory expansion, and hard drive. Using pure 6502 assembly language, vince has created a very playable demo version of the game.
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