Alberto Cottica
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Hardcore #Apple desktop setup.
Hardcore #Apple desktop setup.
Feb. 16, 1978 -- forty eight years ago today -- the first public dial-up bulletin board system or BBS went online.
Wired: "1978: Ward Christensen and Randy Suess launch the first public dialup bulletin board system. The two unleash the kernel of what would eventually spawn the world wide web, countless online messaging systems..."
https://www.wired.com/2010/02/0216cbbs-first-bbs-bulletin-board/
I got my first modem in the summer of 1986, a Prometheus ProModem 1200A (modem on a card) for the Apple II. The first BBS I logged in to was OxGate, an RBBS/RCPM system the phone number of which I still can remember (my earliest BBS software -- firmware-based on that modem card -- had no phone book). I used BBSs avidly until sometime in 1994, when I subscribed to a local ISP's (Widomaker of Williamsburg, VA) dial-up modem-based PPP service that brought TCP/IP to my 486 PC with Windows 3.1. I could then browse the web from home, and that was basically the end of BBSing for me -- for the moment, anyway.
For those interested in experiencing this early form of online community, there are many BBSs online right now, accessible via telnet on systems old and new. I've enjoyed getting back into BBSing this way, especially when using vintage systems to login.
Most any computer can do it, today. Tips on how: https://bytecellar.com/bbsing
#BulletinboardSystem #BBS #BBSing #telnet #dialup #modem #online #terminals #terminalprograms #computinghistory #history #computers #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #nostalgia #ATDT #onlineforums #preinternet #internet #communication #RBBS #AppleII #CRT #memories #Wired #tech #technews #technology
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Konrad Hinsen
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You have GUEST access to 28 vintage systems in the browser at https://connect.sdf.org
Experience vintage operating systems, architectures, programming languages and GAMES.
You have GUEST access to 28 vintage systems in the browser at https://connect.sdf.org
Experience vintage operating systems, architectures, programming languages and GAMES.
tools for commensality 🧿
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Celebrating #WorldRadioDay with the most portable OS on the planet. 🌍
Whether it's the embedded controller inside a vintage radio or the legendary NetBSD Toaster 🍞, the ham/ 📻category in #pkgsrc has you covered.
Why just make toast when you can transmit packets over the airwaves at the same time?
#NetBSD #SDR #PacketRadio #HamRadio #VintageComputing #Linux #unix
Celebrating #WorldRadioDay with the most portable OS on the planet. 🌍
Whether it's the embedded controller inside a vintage radio or the legendary NetBSD Toaster 🍞, the ham/ 📻category in #pkgsrc has you covered.
Why just make toast when you can transmit packets over the airwaves at the same time?
#NetBSD #SDR #PacketRadio #HamRadio #VintageComputing #Linux #unix
decryption
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We currently offer over 28 vintage systems for free remote guest access featuring historic operating systems, programming languages and games. BOOTSTRAP members may request personal accounts on these machines. Thank you for supporting our efforts at https://icm.museum
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dch :flantifa: :flan_hacker:
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Can a 2001 Sun SPARC server host a website in 2026?
Spoiler: Yes. Yes it can. 🔥
I got my Sun Netra X1 running OpenBSD + httpd serving actual web traffic.
Full writeup: https://rup12.net/posts/can-my-sparc-server-host-my-website/
#homelab #SPARC #retro #selfhosted #OpenBSD #Cloudflare #vintagecomputing #sysadmin #Sun
We currently offer over 28 vintage systems for free remote guest access featuring historic operating systems, programming languages and games. BOOTSTRAP members may request personal accounts on these machines. Thank you for supporting our efforts at https://icm.museum
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Can a 2001 Sun SPARC server host a website in 2026?
Spoiler: Yes. Yes it can. 🔥
I got my Sun Netra X1 running OpenBSD + httpd serving actual web traffic.
Full writeup: https://rup12.net/posts/can-my-sparc-server-host-my-website/
#homelab #SPARC #retro #selfhosted #OpenBSD #Cloudflare #vintagecomputing #sysadmin #Sun
Cory Doctorow
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Thanks to Bruce and Jeff for their hard work getting the Altair 8800 running PGA BASIC in time for the big game! #gohawks #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing
Thanks to Bruce and Jeff for their hard work getting the Altair 8800 running PGA BASIC in time for the big game! #gohawks #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing