Still here? I'm kinda impressed...

[Myles Skinner]

I was doing some research on a Commodore-related topic and happened to see that comp.sys.cbm is still alive and still experiencing a trickle of traffic.

I remember giving up on Usenet (or Google Groups, if you prefer) a long time ago, because the level of spam was unreal.

I was crazy active in this newsfroup in the 1990s. I used to maintain the North American BBS list, and answer random GEOS questions. It was fun to see my name is still in the FAQ, albeit tied to an email address that I lost access to about eleventy billion years ago.

The last thing I posted of any consequence was over 20 years back, and began with, "Well, I've been spending a little time tidying up my disk archives. (A painful process...I had *far* too many shoeboxes)"

Sadly, my life took me in unexpected directions. I still have too many shoeboxes full of floppies. And now I also have bitrot. *sigh*

Anyway, aside from here, and the Lemon forums, where are the CBM converstations happening these days? I've been away a long time, but nostalgia bug is starting to bite, and I have unfinished projects to revisit...

ms

[Daniel Path]

Hello Myles,

20 Mar 21 17:44, you wrote to All:


MS> I remember giving up on Usenet (or Google Groups, if you prefer) a
MS> long time ago, because the level of spam was unreal.

MS> I was crazy active in this newsfroup in the 1990s. I used to maintain
MS> the North American BBS list, and answer random GEOS questions. It was
MS> fun to see my name is still in the FAQ, albeit tied to an email
MS> address that I lost access to about eleventy billion years ago.

MS> The last thing I posted of any consequence was over 20 years back, and
MS> began with, "Well, I've been spending a little time tidying up my disk
MS> archives. (A painful process...I had *far* too many shoeboxes)"

MS> Sadly, my life took me in unexpected directions. I still have too many
MS> shoeboxes full of floppies. And now I also have bitrot. *sigh*

MS> Anyway, aside from here, and the Lemon forums, where are the CBM
MS> converstations happening these days? I've been away a long time, but
MS> nostalgia bug is starting to bite, and I have unfinished projects to
MS> revisit...

there are a huge amount of fans on facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoresixtyfour/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoreVIC20

interesting things here:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/513477459005363
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoreinternationalhistoricalsociety/

regards,
--
Daniel

[Gary McCulloch]

You can also check out the conversations on a Commodore BBS. Check out
CBBSOutpost.servebbs.com for a list of Commodore boards.

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[Ed Vance]

03-20-21 17:44 Myles Skinner wrote to All about Still here? I'm kinda imp
Howdy! Miles,

I've always read info amout CBM topics on a BBS echo.

Try looking at:

www.zimmers.net

There ARE all kinds of CBM pages there.



MS> @MSGID: <6056B7B1...@capitolcityonline.net>
MS> I was doing some research on a Commodore-related topic and happened to
MS> see that comp.sys.cbm is still alive and still experiencing a trickle
MS> of traffic.

MS> I remember giving up on Usenet (or Google Groups, if you prefer) a long
MS> time ago, because the level of spam was unreal.

MS> I was crazy active in this newsfroup in the 1990s. I used to maintain
MS> the North American BBS list, and answer random GEOS questions. It was
MS> fun to see my name is still in the FAQ, albeit tied to an email address
MS> that I lost access to about eleventy billion years ago.

MS> The last thing I posted of any consequence was over 20 years back, and
MS> began with, "Well, I've been spending a little time tidying up my disk
MS> archives. (A painful process...I had *far* too many shoeboxes)"

MS> Sadly, my life took me in unexpected directions. I still have too many
MS> shoeboxes full of floppies. And now I also have bitrot. *sigh*

MS> Anyway, aside from here, and the Lemon forums, where are the CBM
MS> converstations happening these days? I've been away a long time, but
MS> nostalgia bug is starting to bite, and I have unfinished projects to
MS> revisit...


I won't ever finish doing the things on my ROUNDTUIT list.


73 de Ed W9ODR . .

... Have you checked your smoke detector batteries & Fire Ext, LATELY?!

[Jim Brain]

There's quite a few Facebook groups:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoresixtyfour/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/2503729026388481/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/12451061691/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoreVIC20/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/782660058734927/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoreinternationalhistoricalsociety/

Discord has quite a few servers/channels
(I'd do a search, it's harder for me to link them)

There's a few forums besides Lemon:
http://www.sleepingelephant.com/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/
https://everythingc64.boards.net/
https://c-128.freeforums.net/
http://www.melon64.com/forum/index.php
https://atariage.com/forums/
https://www.commodore.ca/forum/
https://www.forum64.de/ (great info, German language, so fire up Google
Translate to participate if needed)
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?21-Commodore&s=158f05fcd0d49f8420ef1ed73d4fb478


Kinda: https://thec64community.online/ (it's for the TheC64 retro product)

IRC has a few servers/channels for the 64, on freenode and ircnet and efnet

Jim


--
Jim Brain, br...@jbrain.com
RETRO Innovations: Contemporary Gear for Classic Systems
www.go4retro.com

[Myles Skinner]

Thank you all for the various links (and for kindly not telling me to go do my own homework).

It seems I have some catching up to do, but now I've got some place to start.

ms

[Robert Bernardo]

Some more forums --

http://plus4.com
http://forum.retro-link.com
http://jledger.proboards.com

and occasionally, Commodore 8-bit messages show up at

http://forum.amiga.org
https://amigaworld.net

Truly,
Robert Bernardo
Fresno Commodore User Group - http://www.dickestel.com/fcug.htm
Southern California Commodore & Amiga Network - http://www.portcommodore.com/sccan

[Clocky]

Numerous facebook groups are where it's at.

[Wizard1969]

Shame, Facebook deletes posts don't they?

[Phillip L Taylor Jr]

On Sat 20-Mar-2021 17:44 , Myles Skinner@3:770/3.0 wrote:

MS> I was crazy active in this newsfroup in the 1990s. I used to maintain the
MS> North American BBS list, and answer random GEOS questions. It was fun to
MS> see my name is still in the FAQ, albeit tied to an email address that I
MS> lost access to about eleventy
MS> billion years ago.

MS> The last thing I posted of any consequence was over 20 years back, and
MS> began with, "Well, I've been spending a little time tidying up my disk
MS> archives. (A painful process...I had *far* too many shoeboxes)"

You can also check out cnetbbs.dynu.net 1940 supporting the Commodore and the
Amiga.


Phil

[Martin 'Martinland' Schemitsch]

Yep, still here.

READY.
[]

[Martin 'Martinland' Schemitsch]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2021 16:38:39 +0100, Jim Brain wrote:
> IRC has a few servers/channels for the 64,
> on freenode and ircnet and efnet

#c-64 on ircnet should be
the longest-running?

[Martin 'Martinland' Schemitsch]

On Thu, 01 Apr 2021 06:57:17 +0200, Clocky wrote:
> Numerous facebook groups are where it's at.

No, thanks. I would rather like to
stay here and on #c-64. :)

[Phillip L Taylor Jr]

On Tue 20-Apr-2021 17:53 , Martin 'martinland' Schemitsch@3:770/3.0 said to
Jim Brain:
MS> AREA:CBM

MS> #c-64 on ircnet should be
MS> the longest-running?

Invite only channel.


Phil

[Rudolf Harras]

No.