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i was so surprised and delighted to see BBSes, FidoNet, and MUDs/MUCKs get mentions in the anthropomorphic (furry) culture history documentary The Fandom (2020).
i always knew there was significant overlap between furry culture and networked computing, but i had never fully made the connection. it's so nice to see a real, non-corporate, grassroots culture grown through informal othernetworks. no wonder masto is so furry-rich!
trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF9DQQsUcs0
watch here (free):
https://archive.org/details/the-fandom-a-furry-documentary-full-movie#bbs #fidonet #documentary #film #furry #othernetworks #mud #mush
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i was so surprised and delighted to see BBSes, FidoNet, and MUDs/MUCKs get mentions in the anthropomorphic (furry) culture history documentary The Fandom (2020).
i always knew there was significant overlap between furry culture and networked computing, but i had never fully made the connection. it's so nice to see a real, non-corporate, grassroots culture grown through informal othernetworks. no wonder masto is so furry-rich!
trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF9DQQsUcs0
watch here (free):
https://archive.org/details/the-fandom-a-furry-documentary-full-movie#bbs #fidonet #documentary #film #furry #othernetworks #mud #mush
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@anton Hmmmm… China kenne #Crosspoint noch aus meiner #fidonet Zeit. Gibt es das immer noch?
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@anton Hmmmm… China kenne #Crosspoint noch aus meiner #fidonet Zeit. Gibt es das immer noch?
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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: https://reboot.defsol.com
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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: https://reboot.defsol.com
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@etheriau And forty (!) years later, here I am porting code ... 😎
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@etheriau And forty (!) years later, here I am porting code ... 😎
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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)
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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)
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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. 😄
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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. 😄
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@joacim You were saying ... 😉
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@joacim You were saying ... 😉
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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 😉
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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 😉
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Oh - es gibt eine Historiensuche:
https://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
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🐢 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. 📞💾
https://www.fidonet.org/inet92_Randy_Bush.txt #FidoNet #TimeCapsule #RetroTech #DialUp #Nostalgia #HackerNews #ngated -
🐢 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. 📞💾
https://www.fidonet.org/inet92_Randy_Bush.txt #FidoNet #TimeCapsule #RetroTech #DialUp #Nostalgia #HackerNews #ngated -
Fidonet: Technology, Use, Tools, and History
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Fidonet: Technology, Use, Tools, and History
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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... -
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... -
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). 🙂 -
@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 -
@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 -
RE: https://oldbytes.space/@blakespot/116081254908027544
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.
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RE: https://oldbytes.space/@blakespot/116081254908027544
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.
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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.
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TIL One of my late eighties adolescence heroes is also online on the #Fediverse #Mastodon
Hi @tomjennings ❤️
Former ID: 2:283/x point y
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TIL One of my late eighties adolescence heroes is also online on the #Fediverse #Mastodon
Hi @tomjennings ❤️
Former ID: 2:283/x point y
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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...
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@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? -
@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? -
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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.
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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.
