Thanks, but I am running VICE's xvic natively on FreeBSD and loading/saving files from/to the disk image directly.
BBS program for the VIC?
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Re: BBS program for the VIC?
Ok, I have completed the Secret of Bastow Manor adventure game and updated the disk image. See https://www.sentry.org/sentrybbs/.
I will confess that this time around I was unable to finish part 3 of the adventure but back in 2018 I did manage to get all the way through to the end of part 4 (I was stuck in part 3 this time). I really must be getting older and misplacing my marbles
I have also added some adventure hints and tips in the README file to help get you started with this very retro adventure game.
I'll try to remember to come back sooner than another three years to check any feedback.
Enjoy!
I will confess that this time around I was unable to finish part 3 of the adventure but back in 2018 I did manage to get all the way through to the end of part 4 (I was stuck in part 3 this time). I really must be getting older and misplacing my marbles
I have also added some adventure hints and tips in the README file to help get you started with this very retro adventure game.
I'll try to remember to come back sooner than another three years to check any feedback.
Enjoy!
Re: BBS program for the VIC?
Thankyou very much for the fix. Will have to give it a try again.
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Re: BBS program for the VIC?
@Orion: odd, it works for me, see pic [deleted].
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Ok, I checked the webserver log and discovered:
[06/May/2022:15:07:34 +1000] "GET /sentrybbs/ HTTP/1.1" 404 196 "http://sleeping
elephant.com/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 11; Nokia 3.4) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ch
rome/101.0.4951.41 Mobile Safari/537.36"
which should now be fixed by my commenting this line in the .htaccess file:
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} .*Nokia.* [OR]
which was causing the webserver to send the 404 due to the Nokia in your UA.
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Ok, I checked the webserver log and discovered:
[06/May/2022:15:07:34 +1000] "GET /sentrybbs/ HTTP/1.1" 404 196 "http://sleeping
elephant.com/" "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 11; Nokia 3.4) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ch
rome/101.0.4951.41 Mobile Safari/537.36"
which should now be fixed by my commenting this line in the .htaccess file:
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} .*Nokia.* [OR]
which was causing the webserver to send the 404 due to the Nokia in your UA.
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Re: BBS program for the VIC?
Newbie question: what hardware does one need to connect the VIC to the landline? Regular modem plus RS232 to serial adapter? And do modems even work digital phone networks and audio compression?
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Re: BBS program for the VIC?
You want to connect to a real telephone line as opposed to a tcp2serial adapter?
I'm sure that would still work over most if not all telephone lines given that FAX machines still work. For the Vic I would look out for a modem from the era.
e.g. https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/detai ... idge-51960
I'm sure that would still work over most if not all telephone lines given that FAX machines still work. For the Vic I would look out for a modem from the era.
e.g. https://www.sellmyretro.com/offer/detai ... idge-51960
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Re: BBS program for the VIC?
The old VICMODEM is one thing that never got expensive. While all VIC-20 stuff is obsolete, a modem is a whole 'nother level of obsolete.
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Re: BBS program for the VIC?
Not really. Am hearing about tcp2serial the first time.
Hmm... too true. Germany's government would break together without Fax. Only Albania has it worse in Europe AFAIK.I'm sure that would still work over most if not all telephone lines given that FAX machines still work. For the Vic I would look out for a modem from the era.
Am pretty sure that one can configure "modern" modems down. But then again: if no real phone line is required into which no-one will ever dial into if there're Internet solutions...
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Re: BBS program for the VIC?
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33014747838.html
just need a user-port connector and a soldering iron to solder the 4 wires
Last edited by beamrider on Wed May 11, 2022 2:33 am, edited 1 time in total.
Re: BBS program for the VIC?
edit: It appears to still be here but not sure how long it will remain available, so will also leave as an attachment.
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Re: BBS program for the VIC?
Pretty cool! Thanks a bunch!beamrider wrote: ↑Tue May 10, 2022 11:20 am Getting online with USR-TCP232-T2 _ Obsolete.site.pdf.zip
btw, here is a document that seems to have disappeared from the internet that I found useful.
edit: It appears to still be here but not sure how long it will remain available, so will also leave as an attachment.
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Re: BBS program for the VIC?
What is the easiest way to customize the main welcome screen? Is it in the basic program itself or is there an option to edit it?