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The sysop of DarkForce BBS customized his board today for April Fools' Day. Telnet to darkforce-bbs.dyndns.org:1040 to check it out!

It's an Atari ST BBS, so I recommend using SyncTerm's new VT52 mode for an authentic experience.

#atari#atarist#bbs

In recent weeks I've been playing "DDST," a fun adventure game for Atari ST BBSes that I had never tried before.

I *love* that it lets you save basically whenever you want. Makes it possible to avoid losing progress while exploring dungeons crowded with monsters and traps.

My wife took a quick peek while I was in a dungeon and asked if it was a QR code. Nope ... just some VT52 text art!

#atari#atarist#bbs
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If you have the new SyncTerm, then check it out!

Telnet to GOF at guardian.synchro.net, port 23.

Set "Screen Mode" to "Atari ST 80x25" and "Font" to "Atari ST."

You can also see VT52 in action by visiting these other fine BBSes (running on actual Atari ST hardware):

Dark Force
darkforce-bbs.dyndns.org:1040

STar Fleet HQ
bbs.sfhqbbs.org:5983

Biker Bob's Clubhouse
bbsclubhouse.ddns.net:1040

The Cellar
thecell.ar:1040

#atarist#atari#vt52
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Due to the new Atari ST VT52 support in SyncTerm, I added a VT52 logon screen to my "Guardian of Forever" BBS today.

GOF is a Synchronet BBS. I love Sync's JS support ... makes it easy to code interfaces, doors, etc. It's how I added IGS support before.

Anyway, most menus are still the stock Sync ASCII, but I hope to slowly add VT52-specific ones eventually.

#atarist#atari#vt52

Heh, I've never been an artsy-fartsy graphics guy but I just now recalled how typewriters and matrix printers implemented bold text with 1 color back in the day - just rewind back and type harder!

So I tried the similar with my e-ink display. Just go back and redraw a bold character with 1 pixel offset - and you get a nice readable bold text!

I consider this a major personal achievement of the week.