R E A S O N S W H Y Y O U A R E U N A B L E T O A C C E S S T H E B B S 1. Problem - I only get a blinking cursor. Solution - hit your RETURN key a few times. Atari and Linux terminals seem to display the text correctly, asking for the RETURN key. Some other terminals, especially under Windows, do not. 2. Problem - when I try to connect, I get a "connection refused" message. All this means is that another user is logged in, and using the BBS at this time. Unfortunately, we can only accept one caller at a time. Simply try again later. 3. Problem - when trying to connect, I get a "no route to host" or "unknown host" message. This probably means that the BBS is down, either because of something like a power outage (longer than 30 minutes - we have a UPS), or more likely, the darned Sysop has the BBS offline while fiddling with something. :-) 4. Problem - there is a remote possibility that, because we use a dynamic IP address, you might attempt to logon just as my ISP initiates an IP address change. I have a computer at home, running Linux, that updates our status with dyndns.org every time this happens. Typically, 5-15 mins are required for the new IP address to be fully updated. Solution - wait 15-20 minutes and try again.