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  1. @anton Hmmmm… China kenne #Crosspoint noch aus meiner #fidonet Zeit. Gibt es das immer noch? 🫪

  2. @anton Hmmmm… China kenne #Crosspoint noch aus meiner #fidonet Zeit. Gibt es das immer noch? 🫪

  3. Good thing I have a sh*tload of messages saved in HMB, JAM, and .MSG format. That way FM.TNG.LX has a proper testing environment 😎

    I may post more stuff here too: reboot.defsol.com

    #fidonet #frontdoor #retrocomputing #retro

  4. Good thing I have a sh*tload of messages saved in HMB, JAM, and .MSG format. That way FM.TNG.LX has a proper testing environment 😎

    I may post more stuff here too: reboot.defsol.com

    #fidonet #frontdoor #retrocomputing #retro

  5. sometime i feel like i don't learn tech stuff very fast any more compared to when I was 15 and then I look back and look at how many hours I spent every evening for years and years and the stuff I didn't understand after all that still.

    (for example, I feel like i might be able to begin writing #sendmail rewrite rules now finally... which I needed to understand in 1996 to wire in a #fidonet gateway, and didn't, and was a big part of me dropping off fido)

  6. sometime i feel like i don't learn tech stuff very fast any more compared to when I was 15 and then I look back and look at how many hours I spent every evening for years and years and the stuff I didn't understand after all that still.

    (for example, I feel like i might be able to begin writing #sendmail rewrite rules now finally... which I needed to understand in 1996 to wire in a #fidonet gateway, and didn't, and was a big part of me dropping off fido)

  7. I'm running for local office in September. I'm way way down the ticket and won't get elected. But I just got email advising me on how to clean up my social media to avoid attacks from political opponents.

    The main instruction is "Check through your posts starting with the first one".

    That's many many posts a day.

    Starting 31 years ago if #UseNet groups count.

    Or 38 years ago if #FidoNet bulletin board systems count.

    Nope. 😄

  8. I'm running for local office in September. I'm way way down the ticket and won't get elected. But I just got email advising me on how to clean up my social media to avoid attacks from political opponents.

    The main instruction is "Check through your posts starting with the first one".

    That's many many posts a day.

    Starting 31 years ago if #UseNet groups count.

    Or 38 years ago if #FidoNet bulletin board systems count.

    Nope. 😄

  9. Ï wonder if I really need to port the Xmodem, Telink, and SEAlink code too if I go to Linux ... 🤔 😎

    But now it's time to get back to #tinymash 😉

    #retro #retrocomputing #fidonet #frontdoor

  10. Ï wonder if I really need to port the Xmodem, Telink, and SEAlink code too if I go to Linux ... 🤔 😎

    But now it's time to get back to #tinymash 😉

    #retro #retrocomputing #fidonet #frontdoor

  11. Oh - es gibt eine Historiensuche:

    nodehist.fidonet.org.ua

    2:2449/845

    25 Mar 1994, nodelist.084: ,845,Dataland,Guetersloh,Florian_Lohoff,49-5241-34****,9600,CM,XA,ZYX

    8 Nov 1996, nodelist.313: Node removed from the nodelist

    #Fidonet

  12. 🐢 Oh, look! A thrilling time capsule from 19923 about the cutting-edge, dial-up marvel that is FidoNet—surely the hottest thing since carrier pigeons! 🤔 With its *vast* reach of 20,000 nodes, it valiantly bridges the gap between the digital present and a bygone era when "porting to Apple" meant something wholly different. 📞💾
    fidonet.org/inet92_Randy_Bush. #FidoNet #TimeCapsule #RetroTech #DialUp #Nostalgia #HackerNews #ngated

  13. 🐢 Oh, look! A thrilling time capsule from 19923 about the cutting-edge, dial-up marvel that is FidoNet—surely the hottest thing since carrier pigeons! 🤔 With its *vast* reach of 20,000 nodes, it valiantly bridges the gap between the digital present and a bygone era when "porting to Apple" meant something wholly different. 📞💾
    fidonet.org/inet92_Randy_Bush. #FidoNet #TimeCapsule #RetroTech #DialUp #Nostalgia #HackerNews #ngated

  14. 1.5h Fidopoll und ich hab derzeit ca. 3750 Files und 62MB ruebergeholt.
    Das meiste sind kleine TIC-Files...

    Das arme FFS tut sich bei 3700 Files schon etwas schwer... oder DOpus 4...

    Ich denke, nach 2 Stunden wird amibinkd oder ifcico die Verbindung beenden...

    UPDATE:
    60 MB sind ungefaehr das, was ich damals an 2 Tagen UUCP aus Muenster per ISDN und R50 Tarif an Usenet gepollt habe.
    Ich glaube, per uucico von Matthias Supp... da bin ich dann auch ueber irgendwelche Problemchen gestolpert und schwuppdiwupp, was ich Betatester...

    #fidonet #fido

  15. 1.5h Fidopoll und ich hab derzeit ca. 3750 Files und 62MB ruebergeholt.
    Das meiste sind kleine TIC-Files...

    Das arme FFS tut sich bei 3700 Files schon etwas schwer... oder DOpus 4...

    Ich denke, nach 2 Stunden wird amibinkd oder ifcico die Verbindung beenden...

    UPDATE:
    60 MB sind ungefaehr das, was ich damals an 2 Tagen UUCP aus Muenster per ISDN und R50 Tarif an Usenet gepollt habe.
    Ich glaube, per uucico von Matthias Supp... da bin ich dann auch ueber irgendwelche Problemchen gestolpert und schwuppdiwupp, was ich Betatester...

    #fidonet #fido

  16. Apropos #Fido...

    Wenn ich Fedisocial.de launche, haettet ihr dann auch Interesse Fido oder Usenet zu beziehen?

    #fidonet #bbs #sysop

  17. Apropos #Fido...

    Wenn ich Fedisocial.de launche, haettet ihr dann auch Interesse Fido oder Usenet zu beziehen?

    #fidonet #bbs #sysop

  18. Meshcore-Geräte per Kommandozeile zu konfigurieren erinnert mich an die Konfiguration von Modems mit AT-Kommandos.
    In mir kommen starke 90er-Gefühle hoch. Vielleicht gefällt mir MeshCore deshalb so gut. Das hat durchaus ein paar Ähnlichkeiten mit Mailbox (bei MeshCore: Room Servers) und FidoNet (Mesh). 🙂

    #Meshcore #Modem #fidonet

  19. @Kristian_Kiehling
    #SciFi #Unwiring is a collaborative story by IIRC #cstross and #CoryDoctorow about seeding a country with a network of wireless nodes.

    #FidoNet was (is?) a decentralised message passing network in the modem age.
    #CIX and the program for it #AMEOL2 also allowed a phone call to receive and pass many forum messages to read and compose at leisure.
    There is an #RFC for IP traffic by #pigeon which is extreme, but packets could go by USB stick, QR code ...
    #Samizdat in #USSR

  20. @Kristian_Kiehling
    #SciFi #Unwiring is a collaborative story by IIRC #cstross and #CoryDoctorow about seeding a country with a network of wireless nodes.

    #FidoNet was (is?) a decentralised message passing network in the modem age.
    #CIX and the program for it #AMEOL2 also allowed a phone call to receive and pass many forum messages to read and compose at leisure.
    There is an #RFC for IP traffic by #pigeon which is extreme, but packets could go by USB stick, QR code ...
    #Samizdat in #USSR

  21. RE: oldbytes.space/@blakespot/1160

    These were - especially once #Fidonet came along the first decentralized and literally federated social media platforms. I do expect there was likely some lessons learned back then which could inform future choices of the open social web we have today.

  22. RE: oldbytes.space/@blakespot/1160

    These were - especially once #Fidonet came along the first decentralized and literally federated social media platforms. I do expect there was likely some lessons learned back then which could inform future choices of the open social web we have today.

  23. Неодолимая магия компьютера

    Решил написать небольшую заметку по настройке командной оболочки FreeBSD. В первую очередь для себя, как шпаргалку. Заметка получалась не очень большой и не такой уж интересной. Тогда попробовал объяснить, почему именно FreeBSD и вообще *BSD. Написал небольшое пояснение. И оно оказалось не про BSD. Написал ещё абзац. И снова ни слова про BSD. «Да ёлы-палы!» — решил я и написал, как знакомился с компьютерами. Но и тут про BSD оказалось немного. Значит, судьба, решил я. Про BSD будет в другой раз. Наверное. А в этот раз опишу путь к компьютеру подростка с конца 80-х по начало 2000-х. Для более полного погружения в атмосферу тех лет я добавил фотографии и скриншоты, которые кому-то могут показаться лишними при беглом рассмотрении.

    habr.com/ru/articles/996590/

    #компьютеры #linux #fidonet #bbs #воспоминания #90е

  24. TIL One of my late eighties adolescence heroes is also online on the #Fediverse #Mastodon

    Hi @tomjennings ❤️

    Former ID: 2:283/x point y

    #FidoNet #Oldskool #CyberPlace

  25. TIL One of my late eighties adolescence heroes is also online on the #Fediverse #Mastodon

    Hi @tomjennings ❤️

    Former ID: 2:283/x point y

    #FidoNet #Oldskool #CyberPlace

  26. meine Maschine und mein mobiles Device freuen sich, da #dropBox und #oneDrive nun Geschichte sind. Alles nun wieder in eigener Hand, wie zu #Zerberus und #Fidonet-#Zeiten als wir noch RLL-Platten und Bandlaufwerke hatten 🙂 Wie Menschen sich selbst in die #Steinzeit zurück katapultieren, wenn sie #Rechtspopulisten, #rückwärtsgewandte #Politiker und #Politikerinnen (#CDU, #CSU, #FDP in Deutschland), #dumme und noch viel #schlimmere #Menschen an die #Schaltstellen der #Macht lassen...
    #DID

  27. @thomas 2:241/7522.7 - brauchte neuen Fix, nachdem ich 1991 wg. Abschluss meinen Usenetzugang an der Uni verloren hatte.
    Wusstest Du eigentlich, dass @tomjennings auch hier ist?

    #IchBinSoAlt #FidoNet #BBS

  28. @thomas 2:241/7522.7 - brauchte neuen Fix, nachdem ich 1991 wg. Abschluss meinen Usenetzugang an der Uni verloren hatte.
    Wusstest Du eigentlich, dass @tomjennings auch hier ist?

    #IchBinSoAlt #FidoNet #BBS

  29. Welcome to my room in the basement of my parent's house somewhere in the early #90s.

    Highlights:

    • #Genius b/w Hand Scanner on the table
    • #Modem box - 14K4 on an ISA card if I remember correctly
    • Two #IBM PC/ATs standing on the side -
    • One mini-tower PC
    • Matrix printer of unknown brand
    • Two VGA monitors and keyboards
    • Norton SpeedDisk running on one PC
    • #XFiles news paper article
    • "Enter at own risk!" poster from some rave
    • 3.5" floppy disk on table

    If I remember correctly, I was running a BBS at that time, complete with #FidoNET and a bunch of files of dubious origin.

  30. Welcome to my room in the basement of my parent's house somewhere in the early #90s.

    Highlights:

    • #Genius b/w Hand Scanner on the table
    • #Modem box - 14K4 on an ISA card if I remember correctly
    • Two #IBM PC/ATs standing on the side -
    • One mini-tower PC
    • Matrix printer of unknown brand
    • Two VGA monitors and keyboards
    • Norton SpeedDisk running on one PC
    • #XFiles news paper article
    • "Enter at own risk!" poster from some rave
    • 3.5" floppy disk on table

    If I remember correctly, I was running a BBS at that time, complete with #FidoNET and a bunch of files of dubious origin.

  31. @trashheap

    A guy on #FidoNet once said that all #programs are #poems, but that not every programmer is, or can be, a poet.

    Like any #tool, #AI can be used for good or ill. #AI isn't the real problem; it's the lies people tell themselves and each other about AI that are the real issues.

    - Autocomplete is never going to wake up.
    - #Techbros aren't #gods creating life in their own image.
    - If AI was really that amazing, they wouldn't have to try to force it on everyone.

  32. История игровой журналистики в России. Часть 5: Забытые журналы 90-х

    Во второй половине 90-х вышло множество игровых журналов, которые продержались лишь несколько лет и остались в тени своих конкурентов. Все они не получили широкого распространения, имели большие проблемы с финансами и закрылись до 1999 года. Скорее всего, о некоторых журналах вы даже не слышали.

    habr.com/ru/companies/timeweb/

    #timeweb_пятничное #игры #игровые_журналы #PCReview #fidonet #страна_игр #навигатор_игрового_мира #sony_playstation #dendy #sega_mega_drive

  33. I'm not done yet, but it's a start. I can't be bothered to automate it for this one-off 😉

    FidoNet Technical Standards Committee documents

    defsol.com/f_ftsc

    #fidonet #ftsc #document #techdoc #documentation #retro #mirror #archive

  34. I'm not done yet, but it's a start. I can't be bothered to automate it for this one-off 😉

    FidoNet Technical Standards Committee documents

    defsol.com/f_ftsc

    #fidonet #ftsc #document #techdoc #documentation #retro #mirror #archive

  35. CW: Long thread/3

    When I got on #Usenet shortly thereafter, the Unix Greybeard set never passed up an opportunity to tell us newcomers that the #Fidonet-Usenet bridge allowed the barbarian hordes to overwhelm their Athenian marketplace of ideas:

    technicshistory.com/2020/06/25

    When I joined #TheWELL in the late 1980s, I was repeatedly assured that the good times were over, and that we would never see their like again:

    well.com/

    3/

  36. CW: Long thread/3

    When I got on #Usenet shortly thereafter, the Unix Greybeard set never passed up an opportunity to tell us newcomers that the #Fidonet-Usenet bridge allowed the barbarian hordes to overwhelm their Athenian marketplace of ideas:

    technicshistory.com/2020/06/25

    When I joined #TheWELL in the late 1980s, I was repeatedly assured that the good times were over, and that we would never see their like again:

    well.com/

    3/

  37. Hey, #fediverse how many exoduses from social media/forums/networks you experienced throughout your life?

    I’ll start:

    1. #fidonet to internet
    (that’s due to internet becoming more accessible)
    2. #livejournal to nowhere (bad management decisions of SUP pissed off a lot of users at least in RU segment)
    3. #friendfeed to one of its successors. (FF closed by Facebook which bought it to get ownership of the “like” feature)
    4. #twittermigration (for obvious reasons).

    You?

  38. Hey, #fediverse how many exoduses from social media/forums/networks you experienced throughout your life?

    I’ll start:

    1. #fidonet to internet
    (that’s due to internet becoming more accessible)
    2. #livejournal to nowhere (bad management decisions of SUP pissed off a lot of users at least in RU segment)
    3. #friendfeed to one of its successors. (FF closed by Facebook which bought it to get ownership of the “like” feature)
    4. #twittermigration (for obvious reasons).

    You?