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Dave Muth<p>Thank you, Fedi.Video! <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediVideo" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FediVideo</span></a></span><br>I love the videos!<br>Here's a good written article:<br><a href="https://insight.ieeeusa.org/articles/your-engineering-heritage-bulletin-board-systems/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">insight.ieeeusa.org/articles/y</span><span class="invisible">our-engineering-heritage-bulletin-board-systems/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/LearnHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LearnHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ComputerScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputerScience</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/TelnetBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TelnetBBS</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Modems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Modems</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Communication</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediVideo/113907953510178561" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.growyourown.services/@F</span><span class="invisible">ediVideo/113907953510178561</span></a></p>
HowToPhil (Phillip R)<p>First attempt at a convoluted "teletype" connection to <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@particlesbbs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>particlesbbs</span></a></span> </p><p>Thwarted by a busy signal but I will try later :)</p><p>Using a USB-to-Serial cable, a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nullModem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nullModem</span></a>, a 9-to-25-pin adapter, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tcpser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tcpser</span></a> running on Linux, and a Brother EP-44 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typewriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typewriter</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/telnetBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telnetBBS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thermaltypewriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>thermaltypewriter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/brotherEP44" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brotherEP44</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/teletype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teletype</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a></p>
HowToPhil (Phillip R)<p>Video showing connecting to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mysticBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mysticBBS</span></a> (configured for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ASCII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASCII</span></a> not <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ANSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ANSI</span></a>) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/telnetBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telnetBBS</span></a> over <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meshtastic</span></a> (using the --tunnel option in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CLI</span></a> tool).</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SyncTerm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SyncTerm</span></a> is the BBS/Telnet client</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/shortfast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shortfast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medfast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>medfast</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/longfast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>longfast</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/telnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telnet</span></a></p>
Dave T-W<p>Monochrome (www.mono.org) is a <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/TelnetBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TelnetBBS</span></a> which is still active after over 30 years.<br>Giving it a little boost here to see if there's interest. So if you were a fan of the <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBS</span></a> and the communities that they fostered, have a look.</p>
Fratm :archlinux:<p>Anyone into <a href="https://masto.fratm.com/tags/telnetBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telnetBBS</span></a> <a href="https://masto.fratm.com/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBS</span></a> <br>Working on setting one up to focus on <a href="https://masto.fratm.com/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
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