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  • hey i am on a 286 any ret

    From Dr. What@21:1/616 to mary4 on Thu Jan 23 07:42:48 2025
    mary4 wrote to All <=-

    anyone using retro hardare? <3

    I call BBSs using retro hardware every day. Kaypros, IBM-XT clone, Commodore Plus/4, TRS-80 Model 4P, Commodore PET. I do use my PiDP-8 once a week, but I use it through a real DEC VT320 terminal.


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to Dr. What on Thu Jan 23 07:54:44 2025
    Dr. What wrote to mary4 <=-

    Commodore Plus/4, TRS-80 Model 4P, Commodore PET. I do use my PiDP-8
    once a week, but I use it through a real DEC VT320 terminal.

    Back in my youth, I worked on a Microdata minicomputer. We used VT320
    clone terminals, needed the emulation to map function keys to apps we
    used.

    I realized that these terminals had two serial ports and a key to toggle between them. I could run a modem to one port, the computer to the
    other, and use the toggle key as a "boss key" when I was connected to a
    BBS. It worked until he noticed the lights on the modem blinking...



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  • From Errol Casey@21:1/182 to poindexter FORTRAN on Thu Jan 23 17:32:44 2025
    Re: Re: hey i am on a 286 any ret
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dr. What on Thu Jan 23 2025 07:54 am

    I realized that these terminals had two serial ports and a key to toggle between them. I could run a modem to one port, the computer to the other, and use the toggle key as a "boss key" when I was connected to a BBS. It worked until he noticed the lights on the modem blinking...

    LOL. Good story. Wish I could have done that back when BBSes were in their heydays.
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