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[DarkLord]

Greetings everyone!

Here is the lucky winner for December 2011 at The DarkForce! BBS:

December 2011
1. Dark Willow wins a free 12 issue/1 year subscription to
Atariuser Magazine.

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Also, here is the January 2012 prize:

January 2012
1. Atariuser Magazine - some lucky caller will win a free 12 issue
/1 year subscription to Atariuser Magazine.

Congratulations to our winner, and good luck to this months callers!

[orpheuswaking]

Boooo - I didnt win

[sloopy]

I didnt win either...


congrats to the winners...
maybe i should call more?
sloopy.

[orpheuswaking]

Maybe you should call ONCE

[Fox-1 / mnx]

I totally forgot about it. Too much on my mind.

[DarkLord]

It's alright guys, really! Just call at least *once* this month, and you'll
be entered into the pool.

Just for everyone's information, the small utility I use to pick a winner does so
from a list of callers that's generated from a script the BBS is running...so yes,
the more you call the greater your chances are of being picked from that list.

But...having the most calls does not guarantee you'll win. This month was a
perfect example. Marius actually had the most calls, while Dark WIllow was
one of the least...but the utility picks what it picks. It is totally random.

Thanks for calling everyone!

PS Do you all think it might be a good idea from now on to post a gentle
reminder, say 5 days from the end of each month?

[DarkLord]

orpheuswaking, on Sun Jan 1, 2012 1:24 PM, said:

Maybe you should call ONCE

That is really funny, btw!

[sloopy]

DarkLord, on Sun Jan 1, 2012 4:08 PM, said:

orpheuswaking, on Sun Jan 1, 2012 1:24 PM, said:

Maybe you should call ONCE

That is really funny, btw!

I am too poor to afford a computer to call BBS's, maybe i should go over to orphs place... i hear he has enough for every poor deprived third world nations children... and STILL wants more!!!

sloopy.

[orpheuswaking]

Well only two of my thirty plus a8 machines are online, now if only we had an easy ethernet option for the little beasties I could get all of them online at once.

[sloopy]

orpheuswaking, on Sun Jan 1, 2012 4:52 PM, said:

Well only two of my thirty plus a8 machines are online, now if only we had an easy ethernet option for the little beasties I could get all of them online at once.

I heard from MetalGuy66, evidently warerat has a nice enet module for the A8, full complete, and ready to go...

Metalguy66 said:

<Metalguy66> HE has a totally finished PBI ethernet board, fully implemented in CPLD, with 512k of PBI legal banked firmware.. based on the wiznet 8900 embedded ether/TCP chipset. You cal literally, open a N: device from user programs and send/recieve data packets via TCP..

maybe you should ask him?

sloopy.

[Joey Z]

now all we need is a netboot cartridge

EDIT: Also, start working on the wifi version!

Edited by Joey Z, Sun Jan 1, 2012 5:22 PM.

[Marius1976]

I call in with my Atari 8bit computer, using a Lantronix MSS 100 (an UDS10 , or UDS 100 will do too). So I don't need a network card or feature for the little atari.

@Darklord

btw. you did not type my name right in your post... (I suppose you meant me by 'Maurius'?)

Greetz
M.

[mimo]

Can I get online with aspect? Can't use ape anymore, well I can't use anything until.my replacement sio2usb interface arrives

[orpheuswaking]

Marius1976, on Sun Jan 1, 2012 5:28 PM, said:

I call in with my Atari 8bit computer, using a Lantronix MSS 100 (an UDS10 , or UDS 100 will do too). So I don't need a network card or feature for the little atari.

Yup, that's how I get in with my a8 machines, I have two MSS100 units in the basement, one is on the XE and the other on the ST

[bf2k+]

Dark Force requires ASCII (or maybe ANSI)? Correct?

[Stephen]

bf2k+, on Sun Jan 1, 2012 9:24 PM, said:

Dark Force requires ASCII (or maybe ANSI)? Correct?

I view it in 80 col mono ANSI (only mono due to the A8). I am dying for a VBXE2 80 column colour ANSI terminal

[DarkLord]

Marius1976, on Sun Jan 1, 2012 5:28 PM, said:

@Darklord

btw. you did not type my name right in your post... (I suppose you meant me by 'Maurius'?)

Greetz
M.

Yeah, sorry about that - got in a hurry. I'll correct it ASAP.

[DarkLord]

bf2k+, on Sun Jan 1, 2012 9:24 PM, said:

Dark Force requires ASCII (or maybe ANSI)? Correct?

We support:

ASCII
ANSI
VT52

and mono versions of ANSI and VT52.

ANSI is auto detected. Anything else will bring up a menu where
you can choose what you want.

HTHs.

[DarkLord]

Greetings everyone!

Here is the lucky winner for January 2012 at The DarkForce! BBS:

January 2012
1. _ggn wins a free 12 issue/1 year subscription to
Atariuser Magazine

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Also, here is the February 2012 prize:

February 2012
1. Atariuser Magazine - some lucky caller will win a free 12 issue
1 year subscription to Atariuser Magazine.

Congratulations to our winner, and good luck to this months callers!

[fibrewire]

wow, talk about cost effective... those Lantronix MSS-100 are easy to obtain

eBay Auction -- Item Number: 300658168154

[DarkLord]

Yep, you can catch them at bargain rates sometimes. Contrast that with $149.00 for my
UDS1100 direct from Lantronix.

[DarkLord]

Greetings everyone!

Here is the lucky winner for February 2012 at The DarkForce! BBS:

February 2012
1. Mark_G wins a free 12 issue/1 year subscription to
Atariuser Magazine

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Also, here is the March 2012 prize:

March 2012
1. Atariuser Magazine - some lucky caller will win a free 12 issue
/1 year subscription to Atariuser Magazine.

Congratulations to our winner, and good luck to this months callers!

[DarkLord]

Greetings everyone!

Here is the lucky winner for March 2012 at The DarkForce! BBS:

March 2012
1. Dal wins a free 12 issue/1 year subscription to
Atariuser Magazine

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Also, here is the April 2012 prize:

April 2012
1. Atariuser Magazine - some lucky caller will win a free 12 issue
/1 year subscription to Atariuser Magazine.

Congratulations to our winner, and good luck to this months callers!

[Havok69]

Just saw this - it was fun to connect in to the board; really brings back memories of how my online experience was back in the day with my 800XL and MPP 1000-E modem...

[DarkLord]

Thanks for calling!