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Wintermute_BBSDanger! Old Hardware!!
Arkadiusz Sikorski vel ArakuS<p>Odra 1305 - 1971 <br>"Polish third-generation computer of the Odra series, mass-produced since 1973 at Zakłady Elektroniczne Elwro in Wrocław; the prototype computer was created in 1971"</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GEORGE_(operating_system)" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">OS: GEORGE 3 : wiki</a><br><a href="https://www.icl1900.co.uk/g3/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">OS: GEORGE 3 : manual</a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/old" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>old</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/operatingsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>operatingsystems</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/polish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>polish</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poland</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/oldbytes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldbytes</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ICL1900" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICL1900</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/george3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>george3</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Copy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Copy</span></a>-On-Write <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CoW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoW</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Multics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Multics</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/TTL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TTL</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Hutmen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hutmen</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Wroclaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wroclaw</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PKP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PKP</span></a></p>
Home Computer<p>We don't stop growing! +400 followers! Thank you very much to all of you!!! 😍🕹️ ¡Seguimos creciendo! 400 seguidores 🙂 ¡Muchas gracias a todos! 😍🕹️ <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/homecomputer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homecomputer</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/bluesky" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bluesky</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/comunidad" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comunidad</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/community" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#community</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/oldbytes" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldbytes</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a></p>
Home Computer<p>Thank you very much to all of you!!! 😍🕹️ ¡Muchas gracias a todos! 😍🕹️ <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/homecomputer" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#homecomputer</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/bluesky" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bluesky</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/comunidad" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#comunidad</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/community" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#community</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/oldbytes" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldbytes</a> <a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/hashtag/retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a></p>
Renormalist<p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Introduction</span></a></p><p>Programmer since the late <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a>.<br>Basic, Pascal, C++, Java, Prolog, Perl, Bash.</p><p>Modern times don't suit me, that's why I try <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/oldbytes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldbytes</span></a>. It looks like I would be among nice guys here and I think I am one too.</p><p>I'm here for social interaction on <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a>. I have a sweet spot for <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Perl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perl</span></a> and another one for <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/benchmarking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>benchmarking</span></a>.</p><p>After having used (and forgotten again) a dozen other languages I hope to finally integrate <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Perl6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Perl6</span></a> a.k.a. <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RakuLang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RakuLang</span></a> into my daily life.</p><p>I don't plan to pretend being an expert but will rather muse on unknown territory and appreciate feedback.</p>
Wintermute_BBS<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mmccue" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mmccue</span></a></span> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/oldbytes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldbytes</span></a></p>
Wintermute_BBS<p>Okay, so I guess I still owe the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> an introduction - well, here it comes:</p><p>like probably most people on <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/oldbytes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldbytes</span></a> (that's the instance I'm on) I'm into classic-computing and everything "retro computing". I was a teen in the 1980s and grew up with several computers of the era, namely the VIC-20, ZX81, C64, Amiga and Atari ST before moving to the PC and eventually being enlightened by the FOSS and Linux community.</p><p>For a living I'm working as a Linux platform engineer, for fun I delve into the depths and mysteries of 8 and 16 bit computing. </p><p>I also run two classic bulletin board systems <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a>, a Linux based MBSE system named "Wintermute BBS" and the infamous "RC-BOX", the world's first and (currently) only bulletin board to run on a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014</span></a> homebrew computer.</p><p>I'm not a political activist but consider myself 'old fart left' since I am an old fart and have a left-wing opinion - it's been this way all my life.</p><p>So hello, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> - my name is Wintermute_BBS and I'm a nerd!</p>
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