Live Wire VIC-20 BBS

[srowe]

As I detailed in Bugs & Quirks in the VIC-20 BASIC & KERNAL ROMs you're likely to get a framing error on the first byte received if you don't add

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15 POKE169,192

[VA3DSO]

As I detailed in Bugs & Quirks in the VIC-20 BASIC & KERNAL ROMs you're likely to get a framing error on the first byte received if you don't add

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15 POKE169,192

Thank you for that! Funnily enough, anytime I reset my BBS, I always have to make the first call, because my board has a "Press RETURN:" prompt at the beginning, and the first caller always has to hit return twice. Now I know why! I added POKE 169,192 right after I call OPEN and that fixed it!

I also looked through your referenced post - very interesting! I've run into a few of those other issues as well. Another one I run up against is trying to use MEMTOP ($FF99) - it never seems to work for me. So I have to modify the memory pointers directly when opening the RS-232 buffer in ML. Dunno why it doesn't work - I disassembled the code in ROM and it seems like it should work.

[pixel]

Site and Git repo seem to be gone.

Here's the last Git clone I've stashed up.

[Orangeman96]

Rick-T137 combined the Live Wire BBS and the Deep Skies BBS, retaining the longer-lived Deep Skies BBS name, address, and port. (The difference is that Deep Skies is now a VIC-20 BBS instead of a Commodore 64 BBS.) Deep Skies is at: bbs.deepskies.com:6400 (address - bbs.deepskies.com | port - 6400).
-OGM

[VA3DSO]

Rick-T137 combined the Live Wire BBS and the Deep Skies BBS, retaining the longer-lived Deep Skies BBS name, address, and port. (The difference is that Deep Skies is now a VIC-20 BBS instead of a Commodore 64 BBS.) Deep Skies is at: bbs.deepskies.com:6400 (address - bbs.deepskies.com | port - 6400).
-OGM

I think I gotta put you on the payroll OGM. You do more to promote my BBS than I do. Thank you!

[VA3DSO]

Site and Git repo seem to be gone.

Here's the last Git clone I've stashed up.

Sorry about that - we had a bit of a mishap with Github.

I have a new repo at https://github.com/RickT137

[VA3DSO]

Just in case anyone's looking, I renamed my GitHub to be my ham radio call sign:

https://github.com/VA3DSO

It's all the same content, just a different URL.

[beamrider]

Greetings! Be sure to check out the Live Wire VIC-20 BBS, ideally from real hardware and terminal software! -OGM

Well I got quite a surprise clicking that link

(mod: link moderated)

[VA3DSO]

Well I got quite a surprise clicking that link

Oh WOW! I am sorry about that (I just clicked it too). The URL is actually: https://www.vicbbs.com/ (no hyphen). I used to have the hyphenated URL, but I lost it due to a hacking incident. Clearly they've made good use of that URL.

Again, sorry about that.

[Mike]

So, then, is there anything about the link that requires more than at least moving the thread out of immediate view for the public?

I do not have an heightened interest to also click the link and be presented with unpleasant things.

[tokra]

I was daring. Just your standard porn-crap. I'd say moderate the bad link away and all is fine.