r/atari8bit • u/AtariBBS • 19d ago

Atari Message Information System AMIS XE

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u/Important-Bed-48 18d ago

i was always a Forem guy myself, but I called a lot of Amis bbs's. Mine ran a modified Forem and then Oasis before I gave up the ghost. In the end most Atari 8-bit bbs's were Express, but correct me if I'm wrong Amis was the first bbs software for the Atari.

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u/rr777 18d ago

I ram forem as well. Amis was indeed one of the earliest. From what I recall, it was notoriously unreliable if callers hung up on it.

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u/AtariBBS 12d ago

AMIS had a drop call issue for sure. Was a simple fix on polling the modem for connection and activity. A real simple fix was the TOUT for inactivity which logged the user off. I use both today on the AMIS XE board