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ltning
@ltning@pleroma.anduin.net  ·  activity timestamp last week

News from the #Floppy #Museum!

A friend of mine, fusion[1] from #OS2Warez, has written a tiny wrapper for #BBS #door programs so I can run them without needing a full-blown BBS. Combined with rlfossil, a telnet-to-serial-port emulator for DOS (yes, really!), you can now read and write messages in my little forum!

Just telnet to floppy.museum on port 8023 - I recommend using #SyncTERM or some other client that implements the IBM 437 codepage, or 850 in a pinch. The experience should be fairly period-correct, something akin to a 1200 baud modem based on my testing.

And just a reminder: This is a 286 machine, which also runs a web server, an IRC server, an FTP server and all of the above at the same time. It's not fast, but it gets the job done.

Also: Only one node at the moment. If it's busy, try again later! Consider it an early beta, for the moment! :D

[1] https://dcclost.com/

#RetroComputing #Why #Patience

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Another photo, the memory status window has been moved to reveal the first part of the message. The message wishes the user welcome, unless they're a bot or otherwise not human. It lists the two message boards - one read-only and one read-write for guests - and suggests leaving a (civil) note on the board.
Another photo, the memory status window has been moved to reveal the first part of the message. The message wishes the user welcome, unless they're a bot or otherwise not human. It lists the two message boards - one read-only and one read-write for guests - and suggests leaving a (civil) note on the board.
Another photo, the memory status window has been moved to reveal the first part of the message. The message wishes the user welcome, unless they're a bot or otherwise not human. It lists the two message boards - one read-only and one read-write for guests - and suggests leaving a (civil) note on the board.
Photo of local screen on the Floppy Museum server. Foreground, top left 1/4 of screen: memory status, showing common, conventional and expanded memory available to DesqVIEW. Background, partially obscured by the memory status: my welcome-message on the message board.
Photo of local screen on the Floppy Museum server. Foreground, top left 1/4 of screen: memory status, showing common, conventional and expanded memory available to DesqVIEW. Background, partially obscured by the memory status: my welcome-message on the message board.
Photo of local screen on the Floppy Museum server. Foreground, top left 1/4 of screen: memory status, showing common, conventional and expanded memory available to DesqVIEW. Background, partially obscured by the memory status: my welcome-message on the message board.
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