Subj : BeeBS the BBS running on a BBC Micro
To   : Vela025
From : Bob Worm
Date : Sun Jan 07 2024 21:57:57

  Re: BeeBS the BBS running on a BBC Micro
  By: Vela025 to All on Sun Jan 07 2024 12:26:48

Hi, Vela025.

 > If you wanted to give it a try you *should* be able to connect at
 > beebs.ddns.net:6502 it's 9600 baud 8n1. If you're connecting from a PC you
 > DO want line feeds and you DON'T support BBC Mode 7 graphics. Pressing enter
 > at the command? prompt will give you the menu if you need it.

 > It's early days so there may well be problems that I'd love to hear about to
 > iron out, so I can only apologise if your connection drops.  You can check
 > its online status at beebs.ddns.net if it's online it would be great if you
 > could swing by and leave a message!

Just been on there - as I'm sure you know because I assume that was you helping me out by pressing the *correct* keys and typing all the hints and tips for me :)

Thank you for standing that up - it's a real find. I more-or-less missed out on BBS the first time around, and what I did see was on DOS / EGA 80 column so it was pretty fun to see a BBC based system.

Any recommendations for Beeb terminal software? I have a 32k Beeb up in the loft (I believe it turns 40 this year) but I don't fancy my chances of getting its floppy drives working. I imagine it might be possible to emulate ROMs using the types of cheap modern hardware we all have lying around - or maybe emulating a cassette is easier? Dunno. I saved it from a skip and, self destructing RIFA capacitors aside, it just worked... but I don't have any software for it yet.

I hope it sticks around... at least long enough for me to get my Beeb running actual software and able to connect to it :)

Thank you again for a fun experience!



BobW
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