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The Southern Amis Projects, restores and preserve Atari BBS history. Rebuilding BBS programs for the Atari 8Bit back to ready-to-use reliability and completeness of documentation, source code and sysop support. All BBS's are run active: southernamis.com
48 years ago today, Ward Christensen and Randy Suess launched CBBS, the world’s first dial-up bulletin board system — and online communities were born.
This Months Dialed Back in Compute!’s Gazette celebrating these 48 years
#BBSing #CBBS #RetroComputing #SysopLife #DigitalHistory #compute
Just pushed a new feature on Southern Amis and AMIS XE, a take on the #FujiNet #ISS tracker live on a #BBS. 5 Hour Tracking showing the station’s positions — plus “Over/Near” location, lat/lon, UTC, other info. #bbsing #atari
NEW! — just went live this week.
The Atari BBS Gateway is a lightweight, fast selector that connects you to multiple Atari BBSes from one address. Just ATDT ataribbs.ddns.net :6502 from any Term Program retro or modern and reach every active Atari BBS
#atari #bbsing #retrocomputing #atari8bit
Before apps.Before the web. Modems built communities.
This month’s Dialed Back in Compute!’s Gazette tells the story—and Southern AMIS BBS lets you live it again!
southernamis.com
Web Telnet Modem #FujiNet WiFimodem
#RetroComputing #BBSing #ComputeGazette #atari #telnet
Southern Amis Projects wishes you a Happy New Year!
Still rockin’ it in 8-bit style since 1986. 🕹️❄️
Kick off the new year right — check out my latest Dialed Back column in COMPUTE!’s Gazette and take a stroll down memory lane.
If it’s atascii, it’s Amis…
#Atari #ComputeGazette #DialedBack
Happy Holidays from the #southernamis projects. We have #atari retro BBSs for the whole family. Come on down and give one of our retro BBSs a try. It will feel like a #1984 Christmas Morning! You know when you got your first #modem #fujinet #RetroComputing #bbsing
Collaboration with Jason Moore of AtariProjects.org showing how to connect your #Atari (or modern terminal emulator, SyncTerm, MuffinTerm, IcyTerm, fTelnet, Altirra) to a live #BBS.
Appreciate the opportunity, helping users connect to #computinghistory.
Goto Atari project @ www.atariprojects.org
Gobble gobble from the Southern AMIS terminal!
May your modem stay synced, your turkey stay warm, and your download speeds be faster than 300 baud.
Happy Thanksgiving!
#Atari #BBSing #RetroCommunity #SouthernAMIS
Connect to a BBS — blazing baud rates, Atascii, ASCII & ANSI, door games, warez, and msg bases buzzing. Get updated on the latest BBS info in COMPUTE!’s Gazette. Catch Dialed Back column now at shop.computesgazette.com
#bbsing #computesgazette #atari #retrocomputing #fujinet
Straight from 1985 operating in 2025.
Here’s the southern amis login running on the #Atari XEbook, connecting over #FujiNet using BobTerm in full #Atascii glory
Southern AMIS BBS
southernamis.ddns.net:port 23
Mode: Atari/Atascii Only – or southernamis.com to connect
#BBSing #computesgazette
Get back to BBSing!
AMIS XE online — powered by the Southern Amis Projects running on real #Atari hardware.
Log in for pure ATASCII art and 8-bit nostalgia: southernamis.com
Web,Dial,Telnet
amis86.ddns.net:port 9000
#BBSing #FujiNet #RetroComputing #ATASCII
He’s not just wearing shades—he’s scanning for callers.Plug in, power up, and relive the #Atari / #Atascii glory.
southernamis.ddns.net: port 23
#Telnet • Dial • Web
Atari / Atascii only
Come for the graphics, stay for the chaos.
Southern Amis #BBSing — where yesterday is always online.
Compute! Gazette latest, Retro BBS Scene — pulse by the numbers, legends CBBS, ANSI art, themed boards, shout-outs, Basement BBS, CIA, Microtown, Particles, Gardian of Forever and more.
Read the mag… then hit ATDT and log on.
#BBSing #RetroComputing #compute #southernamis
Sometimes you just have to go full old school. Connecting to AMIS XE over ASCII, just like BITD. No fancy stuff, the glow of a monitor, modem hum, and a wall of text menus. Calling out on real iron: Atari Mega ST2 + Hayes Tattler
Log in today amis86.ddns.net port 9000
#atari #bbsing #modem #telnet
You know the story before the web, there was the BBS — blazing 300 baud modems, Atascii, ASCII & ANSI art, door games, file transfers, and message bases buzzing. Now it’s back, of course faster, and covered as a column for COMPUTE!’s Gazette. #RetroComputing #BBSing #ComputeGazette
Before torrents, before FTP, before high-speed — we had #Xmodem, Express! Term, and a whole lot of watching this screen..
Checksum in play,SOH timeouts
NAK’ing blocks like a champ
You know the thrill of waiting 40 minutes for a cracked Donkey Kong
#BBSing #atari #RetroComputing #SouthernAMIS
Happy 5th Anniversary Southern Amis
Hard to believe it's been five years since Southern AMIS BBS first dialed back into the retro scene! What started as a passion project to preserve and celebrate Atari BBSing has gone so much further! Thank you! #bbsing #atari #RetroComputing
#FujiNet in action on a Mac using #Atari 800MacX – native Atari emulation, no wrappers, no workarounds! This is the easiest way to go full retro without leaving your modern setup.
southernamis.ddns.net
amis86.ddns.net (port 9000)
Nitelite.ddns.net (port 9000)
#BBSing #RetroComputing
Who says you need a giant monitor to dive into the retro #BBSing?
Southern AMIS BBS an #Atari 130XE—and we’re connected in style on the Sinclair MTV1, Casio Color TV, and the classic Sony Watchman. Micro TVs, mega nostalgia.
#MicroTV #SinclairMTV1 #CasioTV #SonyWatchman #FujiNet #RetroComputing
Quick local purchase 130XE with a nice RamRod OmniCon and OmniView upgrade. Very clean install from back in the 80’s. Rare find these days!
More info in the Forum at www.southernamis.com
#bbsing #southernamis #vintagecomputing #atari #Telnet #retrocomputing
XEbook arrives at the Southern Amis Projects
The most sought after modern Atari Hardware arrives at The Southern Amis Projects. Number 2 of 2
Follow on southernamis.com bbs and forum
#BBSing #southernamis #RetroComputing #Modem #Telnet #vintagecomputing #retromodern
It’s a long weekend. Your #Atari 8-bit is ready to use. #Fujinet is connected, BobTerm is loaded up, and you call #SouthernAmis #BBS to relive the days of message bases, warez, other Atari A8 enthusiasts. www.southernamis.com how-to-connect details.
Advertisement to get you back on a BBS
Take a retro dive into the Atari Southern Amis #bbs Historical 3D Maze online game! Navigate twisting corridors, avoid dead ends, and race the clock — all running on #Atari 8-bit OS. This classic text maze blends nostalgia and challenge, showcasing the creativity of the Atari BBS scene.
This glorious #Kaypro, now living a second life as a portal to Amis XE BBS running on retro soul. Want to relive the golden age of phosphor glow, Atascii/Ascii, Telnet into Amis86.ddns.net port 9000 and join the Atari BBS revolution. #BBSing #southernamis #RetroComputing #atari
Rob Sherman ( @ataribbs.bsky.social ) joins the podcast to discuss his early years of BBSing in the 1980's and his current telnet bulletin-board systems running on Atari 8-bit gear.
#bbsing #atari #retrocomputing
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Fire up the nostalgia!
Watch this Atari 600XL (U1MB) in action, dialing into Southern AMIS BBS
Hear that HSIO and Wow ATASCII —this is how online used to be.
Call Today:
southernamis.ddns.net (Port 23)
Get connected. Get retro. Get AMIS.
#Atari #FujiNet #BBSing #RetroComputing #Southernamis
Almost complete - #Atari XEbook #2 of 2 on the bench and near final assembly. #southernamis #bbsing #sideburnstudio The specs are amazing! More info at southernamis.com
#Atari BBS history! I recently came across an original disk of FoReM MPP, one of the pioneering BBS software titles for Atari 8-bit. Another step in preserving Atari BBS heritage!
#FoReM #RetroComputing #Atari8bit #Southernamis #bbsing #telnet
#vcfsocal move in day! The retro is just getting started! #atari #bbsing#southernamis #VCF some tickets still available www.vcfsocal.com
See you at the show this weekend #vcf #vcfsocal #southernamis #bbsing #atari
