Booting BBS-PC! 4.20 on an A1200

illy5603 · 23 August 2008, 06:33

Hi All,

I am sure this thread is going to generate little interest but in case anyone out there has managed to boot BBS-PC! on a newer Amiga, I would be interested to know how you did it.

I have several backups of my old BBS which ran off of two floppies from an NTSC A500 with 1.3 roms. I have tried degrader in all sorts of configurations and nothing seems to work, I just get the guru.

Even though this is a very personal part of my life, I would be willing to ADF up the disks and share them with anyone willing to assist. I can't get these to run from any WINUAE configurations either.

illy5603 · 15 September 2008, 09:20

Not that anyone is following this post but just in case someone ends up here from google: I managed to get it up and running. There is a utility called "BBSFIX" that comes with the software. Make sure whatever floppies you were using are in the drives you were using and run it selecting yes to everything. If you ran the bbs from a hard disk you will have to have everything in the same paths as before for this to work. Do this with assign commands.

I am trying to get this off of floppy and on to dirs on my dh1: and will let you know if I get it working. Soon I hope to have BOTH of my bbs systems back on line. The small local board from 1990-1991 with BBS-PC! 4.20 and the wannabe "Warez" board that existed from 1992-1995 on /X.

I will keep you posted.

gklinger · 15 September 2008, 09:30

I'm glad you posted this follow-up because I missed your original post. I wouldn't have been able to help you solve your problem but I would have given you some encouragement. Like you, a big part of my Amiga experience was tied into BBSing and I think it would be fantastic if you got your board(s) back online.

I ran BBS-PC! in 87-88 and have, from time to time, thought about trying to get it up and running again. I would be very interested in hearing more about your boards and your attempts to resurrect them.

illy5603 · 16 September 2008, 09:15

Thanks for the kind words gklinger.

I have it all up and running locally now. The other important bit was to use the bbsinit command to tell the software where everything goes, just point everything to a BBS-PC directory (assigned if possible) and dump your backups in and you are all set.

If you need any help getting back online I would be happy to assist!

gklinger · 16 September 2008, 10:08

You planning on making your BBS telnet accessible? It's relatively easy to do. I can guarantee you that you would have at least one caller.

As for me, I downloaded a copy of BBS-PC! last night and I'm going to have a look at this weekend. We'll see how much comes back to me.

23 August 2008, 06:33	#1
illy5603 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPaT CiTY Posts: 557	Booting BBS-PC! 4.20 on an A1200 Hi All, I am sure this thread is going to generate little interest but in case anyone out there has managed to boot BBS-PC! on a newer Amiga, I would be interested to know how you did it. I have several backups of my old BBS which ran off of two floppies from an NTSC A500 with 1.3 roms. I have tried degrader in all sorts of configurations and nothing seems to work, I just get the guru. Even though this is a very personal part of my life, I would be willing to ADF up the disks and share them with anyone willing to assist. I can't get these to run from any WINUAE configurations either.

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15 September 2008, 09:20	#2
illy5603 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPaT CiTY Posts: 557	Not that anyone is following this post but just in case someone ends up here from google: I managed to get it up and running. There is a utility called "BBSFIX" that comes with the software. Make sure whatever floppies you were using are in the drives you were using and run it selecting yes to everything. If you ran the bbs from a hard disk you will have to have everything in the same paths as before for this to work. Do this with assign commands. I am trying to get this off of floppy and on to dirs on my dh1: and will let you know if I get it working. Soon I hope to have BOTH of my bbs systems back on line. The small local board from 1990-1991 with BBS-PC! 4.20 and the wannabe "Warez" board that existed from 1992-1995 on /X. I will keep you posted.

15 September 2008, 09:30	#3
gklinger Vegetable Lasagna Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toronto, CANADA Age: 54 Posts: 711	I'm glad you posted this follow-up because I missed your original post. I wouldn't have been able to help you solve your problem but I would have given you some encouragement. Like you, a big part of my Amiga experience was tied into BBSing and I think it would be fantastic if you got your board(s) back online. I ran BBS-PC! in 87-88 and have, from time to time, thought about trying to get it up and running again. I would be very interested in hearing more about your boards and your attempts to resurrect them.

16 September 2008, 09:15	#4
illy5603 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPaT CiTY Posts: 557	Thanks for the kind words gklinger. I have it all up and running locally now. The other important bit was to use the bbsinit command to tell the software where everything goes, just point everything to a BBS-PC directory (assigned if possible) and dump your backups in and you are all set. If you need any help getting back online I would be happy to assist!

16 September 2008, 10:08	#5
gklinger Vegetable Lasagna Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toronto, CANADA Age: 54 Posts: 711	You planning on making your BBS telnet accessible? It's relatively easy to do. I can guarantee you that you would have at least one caller. As for me, I downloaded a copy of BBS-PC! last night and I'm going to have a look at this weekend. We'll see how much comes back to me.

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