Category: Tutorial
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Tutorial: Telnet to a BBS using a terminal program in the Hatari emulator
I’ve written in the past about my adventures telnetting to BBSes from terminal programs running inside the Hatari emulator. I’ve made some changes in my process and I thought it would be good to explain everything, step-by-step. It’s not for the novice, but it is rewarding.
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Using high res on my Atari ST with the CosmosEx and a wire
Throughout my Atari ST-owning life, I have only ever owned Atari’s color monitor, the SC1224. It can display two of the ST’s video modes: low resolution (320×200, 16 colors) and medium resolution (640×200, 4 colors). The Atari also had a 640×400 high resolution mode, but it required a different monochrome monitor. I never had a…
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Modding an iPod 3G to use a CompactFlash card
This year my family was planning to take a trip to South America. As we prepared, I was struck by the idea of fixing up my old iPod 3G so that the kids could use it to listen to music while we traveled. I’m talking about my 15-year old touch-wheel iPod 3G. The battery has…
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Telnet to a BBS using a PC terminal program within the DOSBox emulator
A few months ago I wrote about my experiences trying to telnet in to Atari BBSes using an emulated Atari on my Mac. Basically the solution boiled down to this: Use tcpser4j to change a telnet connection to a serial connection, use socat to pipe that serial connection to a file, and set the Hatari…
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Telnet to a BBS using a terminal program in the Hatari emulator
UPDATE (2020-09-03): In the years since I wrote this blog post, I have found some ways to improve this process. Please read my new tutorial on how to telnet to a BBS using a terminal inside the Hatari emulator. When I was a kid calling BBSes, I used an Atari ST computer. But I seldom…
