On 2025-05-10 05:26:02 +0000, scole said:

Inspired by the retro-friendly websites thread and seeing Gopher
mentioned, I started thinking about another fun old system; Hotline! I haven't used it in ages, does anybody have a list of active and good
servers?

Haven't used Hotline in years, and didn't use it that much even then.
Here's a few that might be still working ...

MacOS Retro OS Hotline Servers:
macos.retro-os.live
macosx.retro-os.live
macosix.retro-os.live

System 7 Today Hotline Server:
hotline.system7today.com

Commodore Amiga Hotline Server:
amigacity.xyz


Hotline Trackers:
tracker.preterhuman.net
hltracker.com
saddle.dyndns.org

More possible servers and trackers at
<https://hlwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page> not Mac-specific though.

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In article <vintageapplemac-1005250626020001@192.168.1.134>,
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:

Inspired by the retro-friendly websites thread and seeing Gopher
mentioned, I started thinking about another fun old system; Hotline! I haven't used it in ages, does anybody have a list of active and good
servers?

I'm running hotline.system7today.com and I think it's fair to say it's
one of the most active, if not the most active server around.

I would recommend you to add some trackers to your Hotline client to
find some new and awesome servers. These are the trackers I have
configured in my Hotline clients:

hltracker.com
tracker.preterhuman.net
hotline.duckdns.org
hotline.kicks-ass.net
saddle.dyndns.org
tracked.agent79.org

And try out HotStuff if you haven't already. The client I'm working on,
so I'm a bit partial perhaps ;)

If can be found here: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/hotstuff

Have fun! :)

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In article <vvmt5l$3dbkn$1@dont-email.me>, Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

On 2025-05-10 05:26:02 +0000, scole said:

Inspired by the retro-friendly websites thread and seeing Gopher
mentioned, I started thinking about another fun old system; Hotline! I haven't used it in ages, does anybody have a list of active and good servers?

Haven't used Hotline in years, and didn't use it that much even then.
Here's a few that might be still working ...

MacOS Retro OS Hotline Servers:
macos.retro-os.live
macosx.retro-os.live
macosix.retro-os.live

System 7 Today Hotline Server:
hotline.system7today.com

Commodore Amiga Hotline Server:
amigacity.xyz

Hotline Trackers:
tracker.preterhuman.net
hltracker.com
saddle.dyndns.org

More possible servers and trackers at <https://hlwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page> not Mac-specific though.

Good mentions! Yes, Hotline is very much alive. I'm connected to MacDomain (hotline.system7today.com) right now, which is pretty active I'd say. Right now it has 7 users online, for example.

There are many other servers too - definitely worth using a tracker like hltracker.com and explore the Hotline universe. Counting about three dozen+ servers right now by going through the list.

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On Sat, 10 May 2025 16:28:24 +0200, Knezzen wrote:

In article <vintageapplemac-1005250626020001@192.168.1.134>,
vintageapplemac@gmail.com (scole) wrote:

And try out HotStuff if you haven't already. The client I'm working on,
so I'm a bit partial perhaps ;)

If can be found here: http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/hotstuff

Back in the day I'd never even heard of Hotline but as I've got back into
Mac OS over the past few years I've played a little with Hotline on my Mac
OS9 G4 Mac Mini. Your client looks good. Just downloaded and installed HotStuff. Will play more! Perhaps even try it out on Mac OS 7.5! Thanks!

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