<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Protocol
Message	I-Protocol
Information	I-Protocol
System	I-Protocol
(	O
AMIS	O
)	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
BBS	O
(	O
Bulletin	B-Application
Board	I-Application
System	I-Application
)	O
software	O
packages	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
of	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
autorun.sys	O
file	O
which	O
contained	O
the	O
modem	B-Application
handler	O
was	O
at	O
cause	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
of	O
the	O
AMIS	O
BBS	O
were	O
modified	O
with	O
the	O
modem	B-Application
handler	O
(	O
written	O
by	O
Atari	O
)	O
supplied	O
with	O
the	O
Atari	O
XM301	O
modem	B-Application
and	O
was	O
deemed	O
much	O
more	O
stable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
AMIS	O
BBS	O
software	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
Atari	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
by	O
Tom	O
Giese	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
MACE	O
(	O
Michigan	O
Atari	O
Computer	O
Enthusiasts	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
program	O
included	O
instructions	O
for	O
building	O
a	O
"	O
ring	O
detector	O
"	O
circuit	O
for	O
the	O
board	O
maintainer	O
's	O
modem	B-Application
(	O
Atari	O
1030	O
modem	B-Application
)	O
to	O
enable	O
it	O
to	O
answer	O
incoming	O
calls	O
modems	B-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
were	O
most	O
often	O
capable	O
of	O
making	O
outgoing	O
calls	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
receiving	O
incoming	O
ones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
one	O
exception	O
being	O
the	O
Atari	O
XM301	O
modem	B-Application
which	O
had	O
a	O
ring	O
detector	O
built-in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sector	B-Application
editor	I-Application
was	O
required	O
for	O
the	O
BBS	O
maintainer	O
to	O
manually	O
allocate	O
message	O
space	O
on	O
their	O
disk	O
,	O
one	O
hex	O
byte	B-Application
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
there	O
is	O
still	O
an	O
active	O
AMIS	O
BBS	O
,	O
called	O
Amis	O
XE	O
,	O
that	O
one	O
can	O
connect	O
to	O
using	O
telnet	B-Protocol
(	O
amis86.ddns.net:9000	O
)	O
or	O
a	O
web	O
client	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
Telnet	B-Protocol
BBS	O
Guide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comet	O
AMIS	O
by	O
Matt	O
Pritchard	O
&	O
Tom	O
Johnson	O
of	O
Algonac	O
,	O
Michigan	O
;	O
originally	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
MPP	O
modem	B-Application
(	O
which	O
used	O
the	O
joystick	O
port	O
,	O
not	O
the	O
regular	O
I/O	O
or	O
850	O
Interface	O
ports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
this	O
was	O
a	O
very	O
popular	O
low	O
cost	O
modem	B-Application
,	O
that	O
had	O
no	O
software	O
written	O
for	O
it	O
,	O
until	O
John	O
Demar	O
developed	O
a	O
driver	O
to	O
enable	O
software	O
to	O
communicate	O
with	O
the	O
joystick	O
port	O
as	O
if	O
it	O
were	O
the	O
I/O	O
port	O
)	O
and	O
modified	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
with	O
other	O
types	O
of	O
standard	O
modems	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reed	O
Audio	O
BBS	O
was	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
Carnival	O
BBS	O
that	O
added	O
multiple	O
forum	O
support	O
&	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	O
1030	O
modem	B-Application
by	O
way	O
of	O
a	O
hardware	O
ring	O
detector	O
(	O
relay	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
FujiAmis	O
Modified	O
version	O
of	O
AMIS	O
to	O
include	O
modem	B-Application
configuration	O
for	O
the	O
FujiNet	O
Device	O
,	O
telnet	B-Protocol
IP	O
based	O
deployment	O
,	O
SpartaDos	O
conversion	O
to	O
HSIO	O
,	O
and	O
unlimited	O
message	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
