Every #BBS, #bulletinboardsystem, has a Call Wait Screen. The code in
a loop checking the modem for when the #Modem reports a Ring! Nitelite
BBS themed Wait Screen updated as part of the Southern Amis Projects
Restoration. This Image, was the manuals cover, now made in atascii
#atari
reddit / bbs

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[deleted] · 2023-03-27 02:28

How's Joe?

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AtariBBS · 2023-03-27 02:32

He asked for a free 1050 drive but we advised Joe to make a SIO->USB
cable.. Think he’s got it.. 😄

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CatOfTheDecade · 2023-03-27 04:01

Great find! But usually this would be called the "waiting for call"
screen, not the "call wait" screen.

"Call waiting" referred to something completely different. This is a
given on cell phones but back in the day it was an optional paid
service, and you definitely did not want it on your inbound BBS line.

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kweiske · 2023-03-27 14:00

With telnettable BBSes and multitasking OSes, WFC screens are kind of
a thing of the past. I miss them, though.

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AtariBBS · 2023-03-27 21:27

Correct my error - WFC - Waiting for Caller
Atari Modules are the typical directory named callwait.. Appreciate
the correction.

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Duckcock · 2023-03-28 06:44

I remember the bbs software would “dance” the keyboard lights (caps
lock, scroll lock, …. And one I can’t remember) so you could tell the
computer was “alive” even if the monitor was off.

You would enable/disable sysop chat using the scroll lock key.

Shit. What was that third keyboard light on the old PC keyboards.  Num
lock!  Ha.