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𝚟𝚒𝚗𝚜<p>Syncterm v1.6 running on OpenIndiana through pkgsrc</p><p><a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/syncterm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>syncterm</span></a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/illumos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>illumos</span></a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/pkgsrc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pkgsrc</span></a></p>
Josh Renaud<p>Deuce recently added support for the Atari ST flavor of VT52 to his SyncTerm program.</p><p>I first requested this feature 14 years ago. I was so excited it finally happened, that I made a new VT52 animation to celebrate.</p><p>Plus I dug up six more that I have never seen published anywhere else.</p><p><a href="https://breakintochat.com/blog/2025/02/15/some-love-for-vt52-on-the-atari-st/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">breakintochat.com/blog/2025/02</span><span class="invisible">/15/some-love-for-vt52-on-the-atari-st/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/textmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textmode</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/textanimation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textanimation</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animation</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/asciiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>asciiart</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/vt52" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vt52</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/syncterm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>syncterm</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/textart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>textart</span></a></p>
Blake Patterson<p>I have updated my BBSing resource page, for anyone with a hankerin' to "dial in" once again.</p><p><a href="https://bytecellar.com/bbsing/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bytecellar.com/bbsing/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBS</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBSing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBSing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BulletinBoardSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BulletinBoardSystem</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terminal</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/telnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telnet</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/client" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>client</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/dialup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dialup</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/modem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>modem</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AT</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagetech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagetech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/screenshot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>screenshot</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SyncTerm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SyncTerm</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MuffinTerm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MuffinTerm</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ByteCellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ByteCellar</span></a></p>
Wintermute_BBS<p>I am currently doing some testing with <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014bbs</span></a> and there is something strange here:</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rcbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcbox</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBS</span></a> runs on a Z80 CP/M system ( <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014</span></a> ) and I am using the CP/M file transfer tool KMD.COM to <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/transfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>transfer</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/files" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>files</span></a> to and from the system via <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/xmodem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xmodem</span></a> (CRC and 1K - both possible).</p><p>This seems to work as long as the client machine up- or downloading files is an <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a> machine: a RC2014 with <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Qterm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qterm</span></a> works, a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> with <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CCGMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CCGMS</span></a> works - but as soon as I try to use <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Syncterm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Syncterm</span></a> or <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Qodem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Qodem</span></a> or any other modern <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>terminal</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/program" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>program</span></a> the transfers fail with either "error in header" or, more often, with "CRC error".</p><p>How is this possible?! 🤔</p>
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