#naplps — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #naplps, aggregated by home.social.
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Hey, I made a video about my AT&T Sceptre terminal, but don’t worry if you don’t know what that is because I cover a bit about #videotex and #NAPLPS in the beginning before inspecting the unit, getting it working, and sharing my basic server application and demo line so you other NAPLPS-compatible-terminal-owners can call-in!
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Okay, first release is live! naplps-server is written in python and designed to be used w/ a modem so you can take calls from your #NAPLPS #videotex terminal and serve it graphics! Works with the AT&T Sceptre and probably others.
Works great with a phone line simulator, BUT there is also a demo phone number up (or direct SIP details) to try. Warning: that might break if the client disconnects unexpectedly or data corrupts. More work to do!
Anyway, all the info is here! https://github.com/dialup-world/naplps-server/
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I used Tera Term to manually ATA the incoming call and then I could drag and drop #NAPLPS files to transfer in binary mode. I had to limit the speed the characters are sent and probably still need to play with this. It still misses some stuff due to parity errors and there are some terminal settings I think I need to play with on the Sceptre for that.
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The #Prodigy online service was presented using a graphical user interface.
The Data Object Architecture wrapped vector and incremental point graphics, encoded as per the North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax #NAPLPS, along with interpretative programs written in the proprietary languages #TBOL (Trintex Basic Object Language) and PAL (Prodigy Application Language). #NAPLPS was authored in 1979 by Jerry Soloway and Bill Frezza from Bell Laboratory and Bob Bedard from CBS Laboratory.
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The #Prodigy online service was presented using a graphical user interface.
The Data Object Architecture wrapped vector and incremental point graphics, encoded as per the North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax #NAPLPS, along with interpretative programs written in the proprietary languages #TBOL (Trintex Basic Object Language) and PAL (Prodigy Application Language). #NAPLPS was authored in 1979 by Jerry Soloway and Bill Frezza from Bell Laboratory and Bob Bedard from CBS Laboratory.
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The #Prodigy online service was presented using a graphical user interface.
The Data Object Architecture wrapped vector and incremental point graphics, encoded as per the North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax #NAPLPS, along with interpretative programs written in the proprietary languages #TBOL (Trintex Basic Object Language) and PAL (Prodigy Application Language). #NAPLPS was authored in 1979 by Jerry Soloway and Bill Frezza from Bell Laboratory and Bob Bedard from CBS Laboratory.
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The #Prodigy online service was presented using a graphical user interface.
The Data Object Architecture wrapped vector and incremental point graphics, encoded as per the North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax #NAPLPS, along with interpretative programs written in the proprietary languages #TBOL (Trintex Basic Object Language) and PAL (Prodigy Application Language). #NAPLPS was authored in 1979 by Jerry Soloway and Bill Frezza from Bell Laboratory and Bob Bedard from CBS Laboratory.
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The #Prodigy online service was presented using a graphical user interface.
The Data Object Architecture wrapped vector and incremental point graphics, encoded as per the North American Presentation Level Protocol Syntax #NAPLPS, along with interpretative programs written in the proprietary languages #TBOL (Trintex Basic Object Language) and PAL (Prodigy Application Language). #NAPLPS was authored in 1979 by Jerry Soloway and Bill Frezza from Bell Laboratory and Bob Bedard from CBS Laboratory.
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Today’s #NAPLPS team is the Brooklyn Intranets, also part of the Atlantic Division of the PC-DOS. Their colors are teal and white and their logo is an “S” in a square with three circles behind it. They play in the Aviator Sports and Events Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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Today’s #NAPLPS team is the Austin Phlebotomists. Like the other teams so far, they’re in the Atlantic Division of the PC-DOS. They play at Q2 Stadium in Austin, TX. Their colors are purple and red, and their logo is a cartoon vampire with a blood culture tube. #sportsball
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The second team from the North American Premier League of Professional Sportsball (NAPLPS) is the Alexandria Librarians.
Conference: Atlantic Division of the Professional Conference - Domestic and Overseas Sportsball (PC-DOS).
Home: Frank Mann Field, Alexandria, VA
Colors: Tan and red
Logo: an open card catalog drawer
Go Librarians!
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Well, now that yesterday's events are over, it's time for us to look forward to next season. So over the next few weeks I'll be doing a quick rundown of each of the teams in the North American Premier League of Professional Sportsball (NAPLPS). I can't promise to do one a day but that's my goal.
Today's team: the Albany Corruption.
Conference: Atlantic Division of the Professional Conference - Domestic and Overseas Sportsball (PC-DOS).
Home: MVP Arena, Albany, New York.
Colors: Green and black.
Logo: An open briefcase full of dollar bills.
Let's hear a shout from all the Corruption fans out there!
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Autumn in Canada: NAPLPS — https://scruss.com/blog/2023/09/21/autumn-in-canada-naplps/
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The glorious futility of generating NAPLPS in 2023 — https://scruss.com/blog/2023/09/18/the-glorious-futility-of-generating-naplps-in-2023/
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This was a bit of an ordeal …
I wrote some Python that generated #NAPLPS — a vector graphics format used on some videotex #BBS services in the 1980s-90s. I'm playing it back here on a #C64 NAPLPS terminal.I know that the graphic isn't amazing, but the amount of work it took just to decipher how coordinates and colours are applied was pretty daunting.
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State-of-the-art (not really) #NAPLPS videotex graphics from 1983, from BYTE Magazine's 4-article explainer on the technology. Rendered on an emulated C64
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Videotex – NAPLPS Client for the Commodore 64 Archived — http://jammingsignal.com/2018/01/10/videotex-naplps-client-for-the-commodore-64-archived/
Of *course* my friend Leif found #NAPLPS / #Telidon software for the C64 ...