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Re: Anybody here?

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On 2015-12-21 00:42:41 +0000, usenet said:

> On 2015-12-20 1:36 PM, Michael Brown wrote:
>> I'm following along, more from nostalgia than anything else. Sure not
>> much going on here.
>> 
> 
> It's not just here, all of the newsgroups that I'm subscribed to are dead.
Yes, the USENET isn't quite what it used to be in the 90's and early 
2000's. Too much traffic at web-based discussion groups and such.

> 
>> I used to run an 8-Bit BBS in the Edmonton area called 'Apache'. Worked
>> with an Atari club in Edmonton called 'TAC'. Still have my original
>> 800XL from 1985 and all it's parts, a few extra 8-bits collected since.
>> Haven't hooked them up or turned them on in years now. Afraid they may
>> not work anymore. Run emmulation now and then to play a few games. I
>> loved programming in Action! and still have the Cart and Runtime disks.
> 
> I always wanted to run a BBS when I was younger but never got around to 
> it for various reasons.
> 
> I still have all of my old 800XLs as well.  Only one worked the last 
> time I checked.  It's been a while since I've done anything Atari 8-bit 
> related.
> 
>> Did sell off the MIO board, 30mb hard drive and R-Time8 cart after the
>> BBS switched over to PC and wish I never did, but emmulation can do all
>> these things without putting real hardware at risk of failure.
> 
> Always wanted a one megabyte MIO as well.  But, alas, it was more than 
> my budget allowed.
I had the 256K MIO board, mostly as a hard drive interface. Used it for 
a RAM disk of course. Hooked to a 2400baud modem, 30mb hard drive all 
jammed into an older style PC desktop case of early/mid eighties 
vintage with the flip-top lid. A 600XL with 64mb RAM and a small (4") 
B&W TV ran the BBS on a single phone line 24/7. Sold the entire thing 
for $1000 at the time after thinking I should be running my BBS on the 
PC or ST instead of the 8-bit. Should never have switched it from that 
8-Bit BBS Express! Pro. It was a wonderful year or so I ran the 8-bit 
version of the BBS. By 1992 I had lost interest in keeping it all going 
and shut it down. Turned into more of a role-playing gaming related BBS 
at that point in time.

> 
>> Keep on 8-bittin'
>> 
> I'm just getting back into the 8-bit.  I'd like to teach myself some 
> 6502 assembly.   The 800XL is fun to play with.

Learned very little about 6502 coding, though I did like keying in the 
MAC/65 listings. Spent nearly $100 back then to get the MAC/65 cart. 
Still have all that. WIth online resources and such, learning 6502 
should be a lot easier (with cross-compilers now too).

I remember a few years ago, a company was selling large posters which 
were basically the assembly code for 2600 games printed out, with loops 
and jumps shown in arcing lines. Were quite the impressive site. If 
anyone knows what I'm talking of please drop me a link. Thanks.

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