Color64 & Supra 128 | sysop | Activity https://color64.com/members/sysop/activity/ Activity feed for sysop. Wed, 04 Feb 2026 02:04:07 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 f9b2e9e9a545d2f90573040c80eefe56 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=5250 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 02:04:07 -0500 tfcbbs.com is back!After acquiring a Raspberry Pi The Fone Company lives again! Got to tfcbbs.com or use a telnet client to connect to tfcbbs.com port 6400 for the Supra 128 […]

]]> eb925059c8e8d65159811e8a38fc0b4e sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=5247 Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:00:43 -0500 TFC BBSes down again (January 2026 update)The Dell Dimension that was the telnet broker for the BBSes finally gave up the ghost after 7 years. While we work to replace it the BBSes will be down for a bit but they will return hopefully the week of January 26th.

]]> 0882421ca0b3dc0fd2f4d5b74974164d sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=3125 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 20:23:39 -0400 Good news, Mac users! CGTerm has been updated to version 1.8 and works with macOS Big Sur (11.x) as well as macOS Monterey (12.x) (we have not tested it with macOS Ventura).

Download it here.

]]> b2e7a402012df43e8c5e848bbf80a3a9 sysop commented on the post, a$="Hello, World!":sysc(.) https://color64.com/ahello-worldsysc/#comment-142652 Fri, 28 May 2021 13:20:28 -0400 That’s awesome, Scott! Jim made some incredible mods and games for the software. I’m trying to keep it alive!

I spoke with the current owner of it and got his blessing to run it and distribute it. I actually […]

]]> 2a5a6157f2534e67bcd69dfb845ccd9b sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=1492 Fri, 28 May 2021 13:18:58 -0400 Both the Color 64 and Supra 128 BBSes will be back, likely over Memorial Day weekend 2021.

As with the best laid plans, time has not allowed me to give them the attention I would like.

]]> 9e25a5084c029ef7399a4d716f9f7077 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=787 Tue, 10 Nov 2020 15:30:51 -0500 Well, crap.

A tropical storm came through and messed things up for both BBSes on October 29th. And it took me until today to realize it.

Still, both BBSes are back. Supra is still as it was and Color 64 is […]

]]> 36cf2aa337564fa1fec33834eeb4b4ef sysop commented on the post, Not Dead! (2020 1st Edition) https://color64.com/not-dead-2020-1st-edition/#comment-48074 Thu, 11 Jun 2020 19:13:41 -0400 Absolutely! I’ll see what I can dig up. COVID has actually kept me busier than ever with actual work. If I get time I’ll post them and their content.

]]> 65e2a0862570ac64e0eba382401c2904 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=359 Wed, 19 Feb 2020 02:12:24 -0500 Hey there and Happy New Year! (a month and a half too late).

Been busy with things and stuff (life and work). On the Color 64 side we will soon be shelving all of our hard work and starting over from scratch. […]

]]> 5e1511232162c956af9e62dcfd81ddf6 sysop commented on the post, Putting JiffyDOS to work for you https://color64.com/putting-jiffydos-to-work-for-you/#comment-22420 Wed, 19 Feb 2020 02:08:48 -0500 We would love to have that and host it for you! Let’s keep as much of those days alive as possible!

]]> 470c217208a5bfb88e2897bd6d22e5fc sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=348 Sat, 19 Oct 2019 01:45:47 -0400 Sadly someone found a way around the bulletproof (?) security and flooded the system with Asian-language messages. We rolled back to September 27th and removed a bunch of fake accounts. We may have gotten a few […]

]]> e816d1533b8e6bd5b9a0334d548a2d14 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=327 Sat, 03 Aug 2019 20:56:47 -0400 It appears The Fone Company Supra 128 flavor is crashed and unfortunately the custodian is unable to restore it, as below is the current SysOp’s view.

It WILL be back in the PM of 8/6 (EDT). And the issue […]

]]> da3760137a9905eb00f26cf0f4fde4c4 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=322 Fri, 26 Jul 2019 21:33:16 -0400 There has been a stagnation in development because paying work keeps the power on for the fun stuff.

The Fone Company BBSes went down for a few days because of a power outage. Not everything rebooted smoothly. […]

]]> aae970cd48daeb2e2208ddce1dad23ea sysop commented on the post, Supra 128 https://color64.com/supra-128/#comment-341 Wed, 22 May 2019 20:29:00 -0400 I have never worked with ARB BBS.

The two BBS addresses are:

Supra 128: tfcbbs.com port 6400

Color 64: tfcbbs.com port 6464

Version 4.6.1 has been released. I am working on a minor release for 4.6.2.

]]> 07d4f73b3d354b8eb168c51f3d7a9dc8 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=311 Sat, 11 May 2019 02:42:43 -0400 The infamous TFC message editor.

Once I get it working with the stock system.

And fix the spacing with /b. Maybe change it to /f. Or /* because it’s fabulous.

]]> 4f91126429970ed292a9e2d83a78df4e sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=303 Fri, 05 Apr 2019 21:15:03 -0400 This is less of a “how to mod up Color 64” and more of a LPT.

If you have JiffyDOS type this:
10 poke53281,0
Save it as ^ (that’s the up arrow) on your main disk you will be editing […]

]]> 1ec5dc051ef8fd0b2977d72eea631a2a sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=293 Fri, 05 Apr 2019 01:43:36 -0400 A few weeks ago I picked up a Commodore 64 from a local guy. I was planning on putting up another BBS with it. After I opened it I saw that the 64 kernel was soldered on, not socketed. And not being that great […]

]]> aa2353cda3fab0b70f2bbdc6b6d8b68b sysop replied to the topic Luigi's problem with Color 64 in the forum Color 64 Help https://color64.com/forums/topic/luigis-problem-with-color-64/#post-292 Fri, 29 Mar 2019 17:27:44 -0400 My response from the post:

Is it the glimmering type border? That’s a bad sign. The border colors are:

black – all is good
grey – SysOp has been paged
orange – a non-fatal error occurred
glimmering – nonrecoverable error/kernel panic

I’ll get straight to the reason why I think you are getting this: √bbs.msgs is missing from your disk. Make s…Read more

]]> 3e7b03af533df6a31a43e785e16c0fd3 sysop commented on the post, Set up and log on to Color 64 BBS https://color64.com/set-up-and-log-on-to-color-64-bbs/#comment-158 Fri, 29 Mar 2019 17:27:38 -0400 Is it the glimmering type border? That’s a bad sign. The border colors are:

black – all is good
grey – SysOp has been paged
orange – a non-fatal error occurred
glimmering – nonrecoverable error/kernel panic

I’ll […]

]]> 694ae485e4a75b2b56f9252b439954a5 sysop started the topic Luigi's problem with Color 64 in the forum Color 64 Help https://color64.com/forums/topic/luigis-problem-with-color-64/ Fri, 29 Mar 2019 17:13:52 -0400 One of our visitors wrote:

The bbs program dont load when
After the first local mode access. F1 button.

At the first access I give my identification number, that is 2 and by entering the password the software searches for the password and changes screen, where the words appear:

your name:
Caller no.:
Times called:
Last called:
Access…

Read more

]]> ad324938bedf811029efad9e6da84460 sysop commented on the post, Set up and log on to Color 64 BBS https://color64.com/set-up-and-log-on-to-color-64-bbs/#comment-150 Fri, 29 Mar 2019 03:30:12 -0400 Hi Luigi!

I have not tried it on a real 64. My configuration is a C=128, Rear Admiral Lt. Kernal hard drive and a 1581 and 1571. I have never touched Color 64 v8 either. Version 7.37 was the last I used.

Where […]

]]> 245838ff2930ff5250ccef2b2d2e25ca sysop commented on the post, Dialing out: Two options for getting your Commodore online https://color64.com/dialing-out-two-options-for-getting-your-commodore-online/#comment-149 Fri, 29 Mar 2019 03:27:57 -0400 Unfortunately no. I did try it briefly when I was trying to get TCPser up and running but the Wimodem simply doesn’t “know” how to detect a telnet “ring”.

]]> 3d74ada50fd90ddfae356865ba93832b sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=287 Fri, 15 Mar 2019 15:47:27 -0400 Windows user rejoice! Here is the quick and easy way to get it up and running.

First, download CGTerm for Windows 32. Here is the direct link or you can download it from this page.

Next, download the Windows […]

]]> 7442fba6e9cbacd26ea3a91daa5818be sysop started the topic Supra 128 v4.6.1 in the forum Supra 128 https://color64.com/forums/topic/supra-128-v4-6-1/ Mon, 11 Mar 2019 16:24:45 -0400 As the announcement on the home page says, version 4.6.1 is out. Don’t everyone rush to get it all at once.

]]> 5fbf5dc2a19f0061f3bc0460e56b82cb sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=273 Mon, 11 Mar 2019 15:40:36 -0400 Supra 128 v4.6.1
Telnet mods and Y2K fixes
By Keith Hall of The Fone Company BBS
telnet: tfcbbs.com:6400

Supra 128 BBS v4.6.1 is now available for immediate download. You may download it from the web site at […]

]]> 9868d230b4710e9279dac44686d70789 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=271 Fri, 08 Mar 2019 15:41:56 -0500 I just came across this weird issue with Supra. When running it in 40 column mode those frightening RS-232 breaks appear in BBS Telnet Server and nuke the BBS throwing into a monitor. However these do not appear […]

]]> 4f9030d7a32011e48a31c064e00d9c0c sysop started the topic Kernel Panics in the forum Supra 128 https://color64.com/forums/topic/kernel-panics/ Fri, 08 Mar 2019 02:59:18 -0500 Often which something goes terribly wrong the 128 will show “break” and enter a monitor, usually after an RS-232 break is received from the Telnet BBS server. It is now rare but it still happens.

If anyone knows of any way to suppress this I am all ears.

]]> 947c06af2de53bb52c58eb6ba4a399fe sysop replied to the topic V8 in the forum Color 64 Mods https://color64.com/forums/topic/v8/#post-267 Thu, 07 Mar 2019 18:00:11 -0500 I sincerely apologize for overlooking your message.

I personally have never used V8 but I don’t see why it would not. If it is of interest to you I am sure it would be of interest to others.

If you send me the images I will gladly host them here and create a forum for V8!

]]> e86a13207adb3ca653116c2ab9534ff1 sysop commented on the post, The secret formula to getting Supra 128 online https://color64.com/the-secret-formula-to-getting-supra-128-online/#comment-29 Tue, 05 Mar 2019 18:57:28 -0500 Desert-Fox and ][avok over at The Oasis BBS have the quick edits to get Color 64 online. Check out their notes on it here:

]]> caf5b49e15882df1d2421954cbf11913 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=244 Tue, 05 Mar 2019 18:21:29 -0500 I will admit I dove into the Telnet BBS scene head-first anxiously wanting to get a BBS back up. But I didn’t thoroughly investigate everything I needed. There is a previous post on that so I won’t repeat it. […]

]]> 1d81c08ca54eccdeef789d6e66e207e4 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=235 Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:30:47 -0500 After running solidly for a full day around 11PM Tuesday night Supra decided it would go tits up and throw “RS-232 framing error, check baud rate” errors which made the software think a user had disconnected […]

]]> e551ac4e66e6896a31cd1afd66d5c1f0 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=229 Tue, 19 Feb 2019 02:22:42 -0500 So I upgraded the site to Supra 4.6 thanks to WD Stewart sharing the code with me. It’s super solid and has some amazing features I am dying to try out but there is a problem: all of those Swiftlink enhancements […]

]]> b9e5c36abc39523551ff65b51420521a sysop commented on the post, Supra 128 https://color64.com/supra-128/#comment-5 Thu, 14 Feb 2019 04:27:38 -0500 Is telnet worth a .8 upgrade? or 4.7.1? since it was technically “unplanned”?

]]> 4fe0b0f38a4d94fb326464cd29e46629 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=214 Wed, 13 Feb 2019 00:34:08 -0500 So, I decided to switch the BBS software from Color 64 to Supra 128. Why? Well, that’s a long story. But this is a blog and not a message on the BBS so I’m happy to explain.

Why leave Color 64?

It’s a great […]

]]> d78edb297d727a3f263552da137cd8cf sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=206 Fri, 01 Feb 2019 20:13:55 -0500 The development is moving ahead with Network 64. In the meantime I am continued to be impressed by the number of visitors to the BBS.

If you’re keeping score, here is the latest spreadsheet:



During the […]

]]> d08ee408831d47cace50ac594eb73c9b sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=199 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 23:14:50 -0500 I am deeming this project “TFC v4n+” for the following reasons:

This is really the 4th full iteration of The Fone Company, the previous being:

Version 1: 1988-1989 (learning it)
Version 2: 1989-1991 […]

]]> db3d16807c378c811dc1b26df08bd967 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=194 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 21:54:40 -0500 Special thanks to Larry Hedman of the CIB BBS for the help with the Zip Drive!

As a kid running a BBS I wanted a hard drive so bad. I dreamed of 20 megabytes. Heck, I dreamed of 5 MB. Now we walk around with […]

]]> 6606fa4a826f9d5af6e973cad344b7b0 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=191 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 19:00:15 -0500 It took a bit longer than I expected but The Fone Company v2, circa 1990 is back! Call it: tfcbbs.com port 23.

After looking through all of my files and folders I realized there have been 3 iterations of […]

]]> 29a79a5d1a284119bfd18766c0fd24ec sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=182 Mon, 14 Jan 2019 17:39:37 -0500 I created a page which is a work in progress on connecting to Telnet BBSes. For now it focuses on CGTerm but will cover local emulators soon.

]]> a8cc0c01a4e3e8f9d9284c0757488fa3 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=129 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 20:32:44 -0500 In this post we are going to set up Color 64 BBS, get it running and log in. We will be using Vice so if you don’t have it yet I suggest you get it and install it. Vice makes things easier on a modern machine and […]

]]> bee12575386e2e9c93198d21f4e190c5 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=87 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 02:39:35 -0500 Before we get too deep into setting up a Color 64 BBS I realize that not everyone is as hip on running a BBS as some. Some folks just want to visit boards. After all, there are no pop-up ads, no invasive tracking […]

]]> a4302fbfc545cb1431a85e4554a10402 sysop wrote a new post http://color64.com/?p=73 Thu, 03 Jan 2019 04:03:24 -0500 The eternal question when embarking on a new quest: where to start?

I personally wanted to resurrect one of my old BBS programs. Fearing that some of these 30 year-old disks’ protective film would soon be […]

]]> 15c38c7fabdef6c2ed836e4270322013 sysop wrote a new post https://color64.com/?p=29 Wed, 02 Jan 2019 22:51:09 -0500 Hello and welcome to Color64.com.

I registered this domain name several years ago when my interest piqued about Color64. Around that time I spent the Veterans day holiday (poorly) writing a jQuery script which […]

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