Okay that's cool I might give this a try with my old KPC-2. What's with the line of gibberish at the end of the .BAS file? Is it corrupt?
On Wed, Nov 1, 2023 at 7:34 AM Kimberley Hart <kimberley082...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a ham radio Packet BBS, so the M100 would be hooked to a TNC which > is connected to a radio. This could sit in the shack next to the radio and > picked up as part of a go kit. Packet radio used to be a bigger part of > “nets” used for message passing. > > Many ham radio operators like to be able to go portable for various > reasons including emergency response support. > > > Kimberley Hart > She/Her > KC2OUT > kimberley082...@gmail.com > (732) 691-1560 > > > > On Nov 1, 2023, at 6:57 AM, Alex ... <abortretryf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > It's not that surprising. The machine has a built in modem and battery > backup. You could just hook it up in a telco closet and have a BBS up in no > time. > > Don't know how you'd use a TPDD at the same time since it hogs the serial > port. Support for saving files to cassette would probably be more useful. > > On Wed, Nov 1, 2023, 01:04 Hiraghm <hira...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> I was just visiting a website of BBS links by platform, when I was >> shocked to come across an entry for PBBS... for the Model 100... in BASIC. >> >> here's a link to the site's entry on the M100 PBBS: >> >> http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/TANDY/MODEL100/PBBS/ >> >> it is not surprisingly very limited.. but it's written in BASIC... >> >> There's also a CP/M version of PBBS, but it appears to be written in >> assembler, not BASIC: >> >> http://software.bbsdocumentary.com/AACPM/CPM/PBBS/ >> >> >> I thought some on here might be interested in toying with it. Maybe >> customizing it to work with the REX or TDDP drive to expand its >> capabilities. >> >> I'm just boggled that someone wrote a BBS for the Model 100. >> >> -- Disclaimer: Any resemblance between the above views and those of my employer, my terminal, or the view out my window are purely coincidental. Any resemblance between the above and my own views is non-deterministic. The question of the existence of views in the absence of anyone to hold them is left as an exercise for the reader. The question of the existence of the reader is left as an exercise for the second god coefficient. (A discussion of non-orthogonal, non-integral polytheism is beyond the scope of this article.) Thanks /usr/games/fortune
