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  • Amstrad PPC512 and BBS

    From Alastair Frankland@1:124/5016 to All on Sun Aug 10 13:53:13 2025
    Hi all! Just to report some success running Mirror II software on Amstrad PPC512 with a Hayes modem. 2400 to 9600 seems acceptable. ANSI also looking good. The software is affordable which is more than I can say for a certain Amiga brand out there. The Amstrad seems more compatible with modern BBS than the Amiga. Take care!
    bye
    --- SBBSecho 3.29-Linux
    * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016)
  • From Bob Worm to Alastair Frankland on Wed Aug 13 12:58:07 2025
    Re: Amstrad PPC512 and BBS
    By: Alastair Frankland to All on Sun Aug 10 2025 13:53:13

    Hi, Alastair.

    Hi all! Just to report some success running Mirror II software on Amstrad PPC512 with a Hayes modem. 2400 to 9600 seems acceptable. ANSI also looking good.

    That sounds like a fun / unusual setup - is there a story behind it?

    Off to look up the PPC512 now :)

    BobW
  • From Alastair Frankland@1:124/5016 to Bob Worm on Thu Aug 21 06:19:06 2025
    Re: Amstrad PPC512 and BBS
    By: Bob Worm to Alastair Frankland on Wed Aug 13 2025 12:58:07

    Bob hi yes a bit of a story in so much as the computer has been in the family for some years. This BBS is quite a new thing for me and is very enjoyable. Although this message is written for you on Windows XP Hyperterminal, dialup, it is just as much fun. What did you think of Amstrad PPC512? Take care and lovely to hear from you! tatty bye
    --- SBBSecho 3.29-Linux
    * Origin: End Of The Line BBS - endofthelinebbs.com (1:124/5016)
  • From Bob Worm to Alastair Frankland on Thu Aug 21 14:32:00 2025
    Re: Amstrad PPC512 and BBS
    By: Alastair Frankland to Bob Worm on Thu Aug 21 2025 06:19:06

    Hi, Alastair.

    What did you think of Amstrad
    PPC512? Take care and lovely to hear from you! tatty bye

    To be honest I had to look it up - in my head I thought it might have been one of those desktop things that looked like a Mac and basically did word processing but no! It's a luggable!

    That looks very cool and I can see why you are so keen on it.

    Although this message is written for you on Windows XP
    Hyperterminal, dialup, it is just as much fun.

    I've also just started using a Windows XP netbook that my parents had no more use for. Man, it was effort to get a CP437 friendly terminal program downloaded onto that thing. Between out of date root certificates, lack of modern SSL / TLS ciphers and most of the good software being on github or sourceforge which requires SSL... I try to avoid browsing on it, to be fair, as it's probably vulnerable to a huge number of exploits.

    I'd love to get a bit more happening on it, though. I don't know how old it is (it tells me flash player was last updated in 2013) but it's a lovely small form factor with about 7 hours of battery capacity. I don't know how it's still holding charge but it is.

    The weekend is almost here - hope you have a good one!

    BobW