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Josh Renaud · @kirkman
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Just remembered how I succeeded a few months ago in making an animated Star Trek-themed login sequence in the IGS format for Atari ST users. đŸ–Ĩī¸

youtube.com/watch?v=Ymii4HSuqt

Such a busy summer, I had forgotten all about it, including the months I spent making a simple web-based IGS art editor (which you can try here: breakintochat.com/atari/igs.js)

#animation #atari #midi #music #fediart #mastoart #vintagecomputing #atarist #retrocomputing #graphics #igs #textmode #bbsing #startrek #art #pixelart #bbs

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Paradroyd · @paradroyd
726 followers · 1737 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
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Thursday night BBSing.

#atari800 #macplus #bbsing #retrocomputing

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Paradroyd · @paradroyd
725 followers · 1736 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
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Doing some ATASCII and PETSCII BBSing on some of the upstairs retro systems last night.

#atascii #petscii #bbsing #TI99 #retrocomputing

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Josh Renaud · @kirkman
335 followers · 389 posts · Server digipres.club
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Greetings from Bolivia in South America. Fans of door games might get a kick out of the Sucre airport code: SRE.

#doorgames #retrogaming #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #bbsing #bbs

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Mark Gardner ‍:sdf: · @mjgardner
713 followers · 4940 posts · Server social.sdf.org

@bigzaphod When I started in the early on my the file transfer protocol choices were and , the latter largely exclusive to .

Trivia: XMODEM was invented by Ward Christensen, co-creator of the first

#bbsing #1980s #commodore64 #xmodem #punter #commodore #bbses #bbs

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Paradroyd · @paradroyd
728 followers · 1677 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
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Hitting the Atari BBSs....

#atari #atari800 #amiga #retrocomputing #bbsing

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đ”Žđ”˛đ”¯đ”Ļ𝔰𝔲 𝔜𝔞đ”Ē𝔞𝔱đ”Ŧ · @kurisu
25 followers · 183 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
Xadara - Working On The BBS Again

#finalzone #finalzonebbs #bbs #bulletinboardsystem #retrocomputing #synchronet #bbsing #networking

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Paradroyd · @paradroyd
726 followers · 1655 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
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Taking the TI99/4A out for a spin tonight.
I've had this particular computer for almost exactly 40 years.

#TI99 #retrocomputing #bbsing

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Rick VA3DSO 🇨đŸ‡Ļ · @deepskies
66 followers · 855 posts · Server astrodon.social
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BBSing in 40 columns on my VIC-20 is one of my favourite spare time activities. It requires a memory expander and a special terminal program, but it works like a charm!

#retrocomputing #bbs #bbsing #commodore #vic20 #modem

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Josh Renaud · @kirkman
293 followers · 342 posts · Server digipres.club

If you're interested in playing with it, it's here:

breakintochat.com/atari/igs.js

If you end up making any cool art, please send it to me! Would love to put together an all-IGS artpack.

#dev #atari #vintagecomputing #atarist #retrocomputing #graphics #igs #textmode #bbsing #art #pixelart

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Josh Renaud · @kirkman
293 followers · 341 posts · Server digipres.club
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Had to figure out how to parse the Atari ST's system fonts, but tonight I finally succeeded in adding text support to my web-based IGS art editor thingy.

#dev #atari #vintagecomputing #atarist #retrocomputing #graphics #igs #textmode #bbsing #art #pixelart

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Josh Renaud · @kirkman
290 followers · 336 posts · Server digipres.club

CHECK THIS OUT! Maybe the most elaborate login sequence ever for Atari ST . đŸ–Ĩī¸

Featuring Kirk, Spock, the Enterprise, and more.

youtu.be/j7knE97Vqy4

Thanks to my wife Yoli, who figured out how to render the Star Trek fanfare in IGS music format! đŸŽŧ

#animation #atari #midi #music #fediart #mastoart #vintagecomputing #atarist #retrocomputing #graphics #igs #textmode #bbsing #startrek #art #pixelart #bbsers

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Josh Renaud · @kirkman
286 followers · 317 posts · Server digipres.club
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More fun with palette shifting
/ color cycling and my new IGS login screen. 🎨

Tried to animate the Guardian of Forever to mimic the way it "talked" in The Original Series by lighting up.

#atari #atarist #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #graphics #igs #textmode #bbsing #bbs #startrek #art #pixelart

Last updated 2 years ago
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Josh Renaud · @kirkman
285 followers · 313 posts · Server digipres.club

Check out this video where I logon to my BBS using an Atari Mega STe, complete with image of Kirk, Spock and the Guardian of Forever in IGS format. 🎨

vimeo.com/823526490

This is likely the first (or only!) time a BBS has used IGS for a logon. 💾

I coded all of this in Javascript for Synchronet BBS software. Sync is just so amazingly flexible. đŸ–Ĩī¸

#atari #atarist #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #graphics #igs #textmode #bbsing #bbs #startrek #art #pixelart

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Josh Renaud · @kirkman
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Thieves' Guild was a fantasy roleplaying door game for Atari ST BBSes. 🕹ī¸

It included an optional "emulator" (front-end client) that provided graphics, animation, and sound effects. The pixel art for this client is pretty amazing for a BBS game.

I spent 7 years making attempts to play through the game, and finally succeeded in 2020:
breakintochat.com/blog/2020/09

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #atari #bbsing #doorgame #bbs #atarist

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Josh Renaud · @kirkman
285 followers · 310 posts · Server digipres.club
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Found an old 1990 ad for "Thieves' Guild" in a readme file.

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #atari #bbsing #doorgame #bbs #atarist

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Jim Lawless · @jimlawless
35 followers · 193 posts · Server fosstodon.org

One of my older posts... BBS Fun in the Eighties

jiml.us/posts/bbsfun/

#bbs #bbsing

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Paradroyd · @paradroyd
699 followers · 1768 posts · Server mastodon.sdf.org
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Meanwhile...
BBSing on a Monday night.

#retrocomputing #bbsing #atari800 #macintosh #amiga

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Josh Renaud · @kirkman
283 followers · 307 posts · Server digipres.club
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Yesterday I cooked up a color-cycling effect to animate the Enterprise warping. Love it! 🎨

It's my latest experiment in serving IGS graphics/animations for the Atari ST from my Synchronet BBS! đŸ–Ĩī¸

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #pixelart #textmode #igs #atarist #atari #bbsing

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Josh Renaud · @kirkman
282 followers · 301 posts · Server digipres.club
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Getting there slowly but surely. Better ground/horizon, finished characters. Now need a bit of foreground and background scenery and I'm nearly done.

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #graphics #igs #textmode #bbsing #bbs #startrek #art #pixelart

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