The Kats Alley was originally ran in 1990 out in Phoenix Arizona on a Commodore 64 with a 1541, 1581 & a Commodore D9060 5MB HardDrive using Image BBS software 1.2a. I found some of my original data disks this summer (2021) from back then and figured it was time to bring back The Kats Alley! I am still working on restoring the custom screens, menus and such.
The Kats Alley offers not only Commodore CG but also ANSI for other systems in both 40 & 80 column modes! We are node #25 on the NISSA network offering networked message boards!
Running on Ultimate 64, Image 1.2, CMD HD, and 20MHz turbo , and some good old fashioned uniqueness.
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The original WN2 from 1994 back online. PFiles, MFiles, TFiles, Large UD Library
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The only Image 2.0 BBS in existence online.
The last of its kind, with every online game available for DS2 - The headquarters for the Digital PackRat and HVI Mods
8BIT Lair BBS is for someone looking to join a community. We have chat, forums, tools, games, and much more!
It is online 24/7 and is welcome to anyone into retro computing!
Boar's Head runs on Holy Moses modded C*Base v3.1 on a Commodore 64 passed a TCPSER TCP/IP-serial bridge called Tannhauser Gate.
Centronian BBS runs custom software (Magnetar) and uses an RR-NET cartridge for high speed connection. Its been online since 2016 supporting an active user base from across Canada and planet Earth.
Running the current version of Centipede BBS on the Commodore 128, 4GB of free disk space, message boards, online games, download/upload areas and connected fast internet connection
Growing up my first BBS in the mid 80's was C-Net 9.6, I then upgraded all the way to C-Net 12.1 and then image 1.2 BBS. After that it was about 26 years later I reconnected with Image BBS 2.0 and then 3.0 which I helped get involved with on the distribution side of the software as you will find a full Download section on here for Image BBS. When the c64u came out I knew we had to get Image 3.0 running on it with full inter BBS networking and it has happened!
This is the first Image 3.0 BBS to run 24/7 on the all new Commodore 64 Ultimate system!
We are fully networked with NISSA for our Message Sub Boards (Forums), our Net Wall (Grafitti Wall)
The BBS is currently running on a Commodore 64 Ultimate, with a piCMD HardDrive (gigz of storage) and a FD-4000 mostly used for our RTC.
This BBS started out as an experiment in Jan 2026 to see how to make the Image BBS run on the Commodore 64 Ultimate. Along the way we found issues with the C64U that Gideon fix promptly and forced the first firmware update for the C64U, fixing a modem issue in the swiftlink. Since one of the developers of Image worked out making the C64U Turbo work correctly with Image BBS and many other little things have been worked out along the way also.
Our newest feature as of the month of August 2026 is the all new piCMD HardDrive by Scott H. This is a game changer for the speed of the BBS!
Commodore Image BBS 2.0 Head Quarters!
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