You know the funny thing... the seller also had an Atari 400,
working, that they would have let go for almost any OK offer.

Yeah, I'll be honest, the 400 isn't one of the machines I'm looking for
in my collection. I also passed (so far) on a 600xl (might be reconsidering that someday though due to the size) and the 65xe.

I am NOT an Atari guy, but the 400 seemed like a 'computer' that was more a console and not even as good as the 2600/5200/7800 line - but again, what do I know...

If you're only going to get one, the 800xl is really the way to go. A 1200xl is pretty great, but the keyboards tend to be faulty (but also not to hard to repair, and beyond that, it's the best keyboard out there).

And again, I've never been an Atari guy - but I thought the ST line was the shining star, or what one would want to try to get... same w/ that IIe, tho; there are many machines 'better' - but the IIe is a gem even tho much less capable that the IIgs/Mac/etc, because of how popular and successful it was.. if I ever find that gem Atari I might go... 800, ST.



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On 19 Jun 23 18:23:35 paulie420 wrote...

And again, I've never been an Atari guy - but I thought the ST line
was the shining star, or what one would want to try to get... same w/
that IIe, tho; there are many machines 'better' - but the IIe is a
gem even tho much less capable that the IIgs/Mac/etc, because of how popular and successful it was.. if I ever find that gem Atari I might
go... 800, ST.

To which Darklord replies...

That's not a bad route to take, pick up something like the 800XL from the
8bit line and if possible, the Mega STe from the ST line. That would give
you 2 of the best models, 1 from each line.

Hardcore 8bitters will proclaim loudly and with great gusto that "their" machines are the best the people from the ST side of things will, of
course, do the same thing. Truth is though, there are great things on
either side and advantages as well.

I highly recommend both. :)


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On 19 Jun 23 18:23:35 paulie420 wrote...

And again, I've never been an Atari guy - but I thought the ST line
was the shining star, or what one would want to try to get... same w/
that IIe, tho; there are many machines 'better' - but the IIe is a
gem even tho much less capable that the IIgs/Mac/etc, because of how popular and successful it was.. if I ever find that gem Atari I might
go... 800, ST.

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Well, that kind of is like apples and oranges to some people. I think we covered that before, but a lot of people don't consider the ST's to be
"true" Ataris. (I mean, I do, but...) Either way, it's comparing a C64
to an Amiga.

As to the 400 being more of a console with a keyboard, actually... The
5200 and the 400 have a lot in common (to the point where some would say
the 5200 is almost a 400 without a keyboard).

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Yeah- the Atari 8bit line was really the result of the genius of Jay
Miner and his next generation of system was the Amiga.

I've always seen the Atari 8bit and Amiga as a natural progression
of systems- and the company Atari - esp after Tramiel bought it and
brought out the ST- and something that had nothing to do with the
classic 8bit line of computers.
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I've always seen the Atari 8bit and Amiga as a natural progression
of systems- and the company Atari - esp after Tramiel bought it and brought out the ST- and something that had nothing to do with the
classic 8bit line of computers.

I really wish I'd of known of Amiga [and Atari] in the 90s... I was a PC-DOS kid, but IMO Amiga was the better platform!!! Wow; bold statement, eh??

Atari, too, in the era before Amiga, was a crazy awesome contender too... my brother had an Amiga for a very short time - I sure wish it was passed down to me.



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I really wish I'd of known of Amiga [and Atari] in the 90s... I was a PC-DOS kid, but IMO Amiga was the better platform!!! Wow; bold
statement, eh??

Considering all the knowledge we have today.. I don't know.

I love Amiga and I had it back in the 90s and now I can tell you this was
one of the most over hyped computer in the history of computing.

Yes, sure it had great additional chipsets (GPU, Audio, you name it) bundled in, but that was great for 1986, not the 90s.

Sure it had great OS experience but it matured up enough in the times you already had MacOS 8/9 with a lot better support and availability of modern software and by the time Amiga was getting bankrupt with the whole Commodore, Project "Chicago" was turning into 1995 a year after.
And to be honest.. 8bit/16bit Apple II(GS) already offered something that Amiga OS could be inspired by not inspiring...

ATARI....? yeah.. the consoles were great but only if you liked the 70s aesthetics in the 80s... Atari was dead in the 90s.. big time! OS that looks like GeOS poor brother.. no extra chipsets.. all relying on weak CPU to handle everything... and that design that looks like if somebody scooped some metal buttons on top of cheap plastic and the ass was put diagonal on the box, so the buttons are skewed....

Great these times had a lot of competition.... but aside of sentiments... are we really sure we can make objective comparisons?

I believe there is a reason why Pentium and Playstation dominated the 90s experience and the early 90s is just extended 80s until above two Ps emerged from the fog of the computer wars.

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ATARI....? yeah.. the consoles were great but only if you liked the 70s aesthetics in the 80s... Atari was dead in the 90s.. big time! OS that looks like GeOS poor brother.. no extra chipsets.. all relying on weak
CPU to handle everything... and that design that looks like if somebody scooped some metal buttons on top of cheap plastic and the ass was put diagonal on the box, so the buttons are skewed....

I really wanna join the FujiNet project to help out in any way I can. They are supposedly working on Apple IIe and C=64 support - which I could take total advantage of.. and, can build a FujiNet for those platforms now; they're just not baked like the Atari FujiNet is.

While I'm hunting for an Atari 800, XL or other, I have an Atari 400 available for VERY cheap [$40...] - so I think I'm gonna pull the trigger on it. Its a known-good machine - only - so I've also located a pack of 5-6 cartridges for it; BASIC, a few games and some other stuff.

I'm gonna source all those things and order [or build] an Atari FujiNet.



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It's interesting to me to watch criticims of some retro computer
platforms. To be honest, you have to approach it with the idea of, "but
what did it mean then?". Trying to view it through a modern lens is mostly pointless, IMHO.

Let me give an example. I got my first Atari 520ST in like late 1985,
early 1986 (don't remember exactly). I got the SC1224 color monitor, 3.5" floppy drive, 520ST, and some software thrown in for under a $1000. When
the Amiga came out just a few months later, it was $1500 just for the
base unit alone. Mac? PC? Forget it - I would have had to rob a bank or something similar to be able to afford one, and then, they were *way* underpowered compared to the Amiga and Atari at that time.

So sure...PC's eventually caught up and bypassed both machines. It took a
while though and I still *loathe* Windows to this day. I use Kubuntu
Linux primarily, with one Win10 box for a few games that underperform
with Wine.

Bear in mind that Tramiel and Atari managed to design and release for
sale, a modern computer within a -6- month time period. Has that ever
been done before or since? Something to think about.

As far as looks. I've not seen one PC ever that could rival the looks of
my Atari Mega ST, Mega STe or STacy. I'd state the same thing about the original Amiga A1000 - I think it's a beautiful machine.

I'd still rather fire up one of my Atari's than sit and look at a Windows
box. No heart...no spirit...no soul. Microsoft made sure of that. :)

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Darklord wrote to hollowone <=-

It's interesting to me to watch criticims of some retro computer platforms. To be honest, you have to approach it with the idea of, "but what did it mean then?". Trying to view it through a modern lens is
mostly pointless, IMHO.

Let me give an example. I got my first Atari 520ST in like late 1985, early 1986 (don't remember exactly). I got the SC1224 color monitor,
3.5" floppy drive, 520ST, and some software thrown in for under a
$1000. When the Amiga came out just a few months later, it was $1500
just for the base unit alone. Mac? PC? Forget it - I would have had to
rob a bank or something similar to be able to afford one, and then,
they were *way* underpowered compared to the Amiga and Atari at that
time.

So sure...PC's eventually caught up and bypassed both machines. It took
a while though and I still *loathe* Windows to this day. I use Kubuntu Linux primarily, with one Win10 box for a few games that underperform
with Wine.

Bear in mind that Tramiel and Atari managed to design and release for sale, a modern computer within a -6- month time period. Has that ever
been done before or since? Something to think about.

As far as looks. I've not seen one PC ever that could rival the looks
of my Atari Mega ST, Mega STe or STacy. I'd state the same thing about
the original Amiga A1000 - I think it's a beautiful machine.

I'd still rather fire up one of my Atari's than sit and look at a
Windows box. No heart...no spirit...no soul. Microsoft made sure of
that. :)

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yea i personally like the old computer asthetic, "modern" stuff feels too flat and lifeless
i still like windows 7 aero tho

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Darklord to hollowone on Thu Jul 27 2023 01:10 pm

So sure...PC's eventually caught up and bypassed both machines. It took a while though and I still *loathe* Windows to this day. I use Kubuntu Linux

I've always been mainly a PC (DOS/Windows user), but I often didn't like Microsoft and both liked and disliked Windows.. I started using Windows with version 3.0, and when I got my own computer, it often seemed like Windows was too much of a resource hog. I thought it was odd that Windows was what was popular, when arguably better alternatves were available, even for the PC (such as OS/2).

Windows is my main OS at home though, since most of the software I use runs in it. I dual-boot with Linux Mint though.

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: candycane to Darklord on Thu Jul 27 2023 04:11 pm

yea i personally like the old computer asthetic, "modern" stuff feels too flat and lifeless
i still like windows 7 aero tho

I feel that way about operating systems these days. They've all pretty much gone to a flat look, which I don't think looks as good as the more 3D appearance they used to all have. I don't really understand the trend either, as it looks like something from the late 80s..

Nightfox
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I feel that way about operating systems these days. They've all pretty much gone to a flat look, which I don't think looks as good as the more 3D appearance they used to all have. I don't really understand the trend either, as it looks like something from the late 80s..

I hate it. The flat interfaces and the massive oversimplification of the GUIs are doing my head in.

Just being able to run an app on my Mac where the developer hasn't paid Apple for a certificate is painful and don't even get me started on Windows 11.

If it weren't for a few apps I use daily that only run on Windows and Mac I would have probably given Linux on the desktop another try (something I haven't done in 20 years).
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Nightfox wrote to candycane <=-

Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: candycane to Darklord on Thu Jul 27 2023 04:11 pm

yea i personally like the old computer asthetic, "modern" stuff feels too flat and lifeless
i still like windows 7 aero tho

I feel that way about operating systems these days. They've all pretty much gone to a flat look, which I don't think looks as good as the more
3D appearance they used to all have. I don't really understand the
trend either, as it looks like something from the late 80s..

Nightfox
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yea! tho i personally customized my desktop a bit cuz linux
(how are you supposed to attach images on bbs?)

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Nightfox wrote to Darklord <=-

Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Darklord to hollowone on Thu Jul 27 2023 01:10 pm

So sure...PC's eventually caught up and bypassed both machines. It took a while though and I still *loathe* Windows to this day. I use Kubuntu Linux

I've always been mainly a PC (DOS/Windows user), but I often didn't
like Microsoft and both liked and disliked Windows.. I started using Windows with version 3.0, and when I got my own computer, it often
seemed like Windows was too much of a resource hog. I thought it was
odd that Windows was what was popular, when arguably better alternatves were available, even for the PC (such as OS/2).

Windows is my main OS at home though, since most of the software I use runs in it. I dual-boot with Linux Mint though.

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i was introduced to linux thru raspberry pi and i was so fascinated by it

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Windows is my main OS at home though, since most of the software I use runs in it. I dual-boot with Linux Mint though.

I maintain one machine at home with Windows 10, but it's strictly for gaming. And honestly I use it the least out of all my computers lol.

After leaving my job a month ago, I had to give back my MacBook, so I've been using my PC laptop with linux and it's great. I do miss the MacBook and would love to get another, but as I'm currently jobless, I can't justify the expense :P

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yea! tho i personally customized my desktop a bit cuz linux
(how are you supposed to attach images on bbs?)

Throw the image up on imgur or something and drop a link :)

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: esc to candycane on Thu Jul 27 2023 09:40 pm

Throw the image up on imgur or something and drop a link :)

right, well heres my desktop (i drew most of it)

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1096798436461903892/1134382693359034368/desk.png?width=832&height=467

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esc wrote to Nightfox <=-

Windows is my main OS at home though, since most of the software I use runs in it. I dual-boot with Linux Mint though.

I maintain one machine at home with Windows 10, but it's strictly for gaming. And honestly I use it the least out of all my computers lol.

I'm Windows 10 on bare metal here, unfortunately, using Windows pays my
bills. I do have a work laptop, I could theoretically run Linux on my
desktop and use Windows on my work system.

Then I'd have the BBS running in Windows on a Linux hypervisor, Linux
on my home desktop and Windows on my work laptop.

After leaving my job a month ago, I had to give back my MacBook, so
I've been using my PC laptop with linux and it's great. I do miss the MacBook and would love to get another, but as I'm currently jobless, I can't justify the expense

The nice thing about the Mac ecosystem is that while there's a couple
of good years of support and compatibility there, people tend to
upgrade more, or so it seems. Mac Minis and older MacBook Pros seem
pretty reasonable and upgradeable.

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Darklord wrote to hollowone <=-

I'd still rather fire up one of my Atari's than sit and look at a
Windows box. No heart...no spirit...no soul. Microsoft made sure of
that. :)

That's why I love UNIX boxes from the 1990s. You had little
mini-mainframe looking boxes, NeXt pizzaboxes and cubes, Sun
workstations (best keyboard, ever) and the weird, wacky world of SGI workstations.



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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Ewing to Nightfox on Fri Jul 28 2023 11:12 am

I hate it. The flat interfaces and the massive oversimplification of the GUIs are doing my head in.

Just being able to run an app on my Mac where the developer hasn't paid Apple for a certificate is painful and don't even get me started on Windows 11.

Mac developers now need to pay Apple for a certificate for their software to run on Mac OS? That seems overly draconian.. We have a couple of Macs where I work and I hadn't noticed that, but I guess that's another reason I won't plan on buying a Mac any time soon.

If it weren't for a few apps I use daily that only run on Windows and Mac I would have probably given Linux on the desktop another try (something I haven't done in 20 years).

I've been seriously considering using mainly Linux for quite a while. My main OS at home is Windows, due to the software I often use (which includes some games).. For gaming, I've heard some good progress has been made to allow Windows games to run on Linux, though I've had problems with a couple of them. A recent game I've played recently is Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, and I have a feeling that probably won't run in Linux.. Also, there are some photo and video editing programs I use for Windows that aren't available for Linux.

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: candycane to Nightfox on Thu Jul 27 2023 08:34 pm

yea! tho i personally customized my desktop a bit cuz linux (how are you supposed to attach images on bbs?)

One thing you could do is upload the photos to a hosting site (such as Imgur, for instance) and copy & paste links here.

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: candycane to Nightfox on Thu Jul 27 2023 08:36 pm

i was introduced to linux thru raspberry pi and i was so fascinated by it

Interesting.. My dad had tried some early versions of Linux in the mid 90s on a PC (using Slackware). I'd used Linux off and on since then, mainly for work, and now I use Linux at home on my BBS PC (which is also my home media server). I dual-boot Windows and Linux on my main PC at home as well.

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: poindexter FORTRAN to esc on Fri Jul 28 2023 07:45 am

I'm Windows 10 on bare metal here, unfortunately, using Windows pays my bills. I do have a work laptop, I could theoretically run Linux on my desktop and use Windows on my work system.

i still have a super old win8.1 laptop i use for really old games, but my main laptop is a linux one

candycane

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On 28 Jul 2023, Nightfox said the following...

Interesting.. My dad had tried some early versions of Linux in the mid 90s on a PC (using Slackware). I'd used Linux off and on since then, mainly for work, and now I use Linux at home on my BBS PC (which is also my home media server). I dual-boot Windows and Linux on my main PC at
home as well.

using Slackware here too. dual booting that and Windows 11. it's not often i have to boot over to windows, just mainly for gaming.

i use enlightenment 16 with the Warp theme from here: https://ps.ucw.cz/e16/e16-themes-gallery/

makes for something like a bizzaro world version of the motif window manager that looks like os/2 but with transparency and other goodies

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: fusion to Nightfox on Fri Jul 28 2023 02:09 pm

i use enlightenment 16 with the Warp theme from here: https://ps.ucw.cz/e16/e16-themes-gallery/

makes for something like a bizzaro world version of the motif window manager that looks like os/2 but with transparency and other goodies

wow, that looks beautiful! i currently just use openbox but i might switch over to enlightenment for a bit

candycane

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A really lightweight image hoster is: https://envs.sh/

No accounts or auth and you can uload with a curl statment. Very
fast and very easy for things like irc and a BBS.

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Nightfox to Ewing on Fri Jul 28 2023 08:36 am

Mac developers now need to pay Apple for a certificate for their software to run on Mac OS? That seems overly draconian.. We have a couple of Macs

So this is not 100% correct.

I'm a MAC user, on current MAC hardware and I run quite a few tools that are opensource and come from developers who do not have an apple certificate. (Syncterm is an example :)

If you want your software in the MAC store - sure, you do need a cert, and that costs you $99(?) a year. But thats not the only way you can run stuff on your MAC.

I actually like it - it means that the app store is not overloaded with crap - you actually put some effort to get stuff there.


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Re: Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: massive to Nightfox on Fri Jul 28 2023 05:15 pm

A really lightweight image hoster is: https://envs.sh/

No accounts or auth and you can uload with a curl statment. Very
fast and very easy for things like irc and a BBS.

-andy

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its isp blocked, but maybe something like pastebin would work instead?

candycane

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So this is not 100% correct.

I'm a MAC user, on current MAC hardware and I run quite a few tools that are opensource and come from developers who do not have an apple certificate. (Syncterm is an example :)

They can be run, but you need to jump through a few hoops to do so (on Ventura anyway).

Using that SyncTERM example the first time I run a new binary I need to go to Settings -> Privacy & Security, click "Open Anyway" and then authenticate because it hasn't been signed by an Apple Developer ID (which does require payment). Example screenshots:

https://files.ewing.au/?r=1819&k=5b2f34a1e0 https://files.ewing.au/?r=1820&k=cdb91ee4df https://files.ewing.au/?r=1821&k=67a85ad184
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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Ewing to deon on Sat Jul 29 2023 10:58 am

Using that SyncTERM example the first time I run a new binary I need to go to Settings -> Privacy & Security, click "Open Anyway" and then authenticate because it hasn't been signed by an Apple Developer ID (which does require payment). Example screenshots:

https://files.ewing.au/?r=1819&k=5b2f34a1e0 https://files.ewing.au/?r=1820&k=cdb91ee4df https://files.ewing.au/?r=1821&k=67a85ad184

Or you can hold Option (might be command, cant remember) and click on it to open it - the second time you do, you select "Open Anyway". This is all you need to do for it to open normally next time (ie: once), until you replace it with another version, then you need to do it again... :)

But you are right, if you sign it (which you need to have a developer cert which costs an annual fee), then you dont need to do this extra step...

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Mac developers now need to pay Apple for a certificate for their
software to run on Mac OS? That seems overly draconian..

That's been a thing for a few years now. If your software isn't appropriate signed then OSX will refuse to install it until you go into the security preferences and click the "run the bloody thing anyway" button.

I think you can also disable that setting so it'll install anything from anywhere, but it's been a while since I've OSX'd in anger.

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: tassiebob to Nightfox on Sat Jul 29 2023 02:58 pm

I think you can also disable that setting so it'll install anything from anywhere, but it's been a while since I've OSX'd in anger.

making it easier to install non-official apps? that doesnt sound like apple

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candycane wrote to fusion <=-

wow, that looks beautiful! i currently just use openbox but i might
switch over to enlightenment for a bit

I might see if Bodhi linux (I have it running in a VM) can load themes,
this is interesting. I'm an old OS/2 head, having Presentation Manager
features on a modern OS would be amusing.



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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: candycane to tassiebob on Sat Jul 29 2023 01:30 am

I think you can also disable that setting so it'll install anything from
anywhere, but it's been a while since I've OSX'd in anger.

making it easier to install non-official apps? that doesnt sound like apple

In the past, I thought you could install & run any Mac app from pretty much anywhere.. We have a couple Macs at work, and I do seem to remember there being a setting you can disable to have it not check for a developer signature.

IMO, a computer is a tool to do work, and I don't think the OS should get in the way of running a program that you want or need to use.

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Nightfox to candycane on Sat Jul 29 2023 01:10 pm

IMO, a computer is a tool to do work, and I don't think the OS should get in the way of running a program that you want or need to use.

yea, agreed

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I've always been mainly a PC (DOS/Windows user), but I often didn't lik Microsoft and both liked and disliked Windows.. I started using Window version 3.0, and when I got my own computer, it often seemed like Windo
too much of a resource hog. I thought it was odd that Windows was what popular, when arguably better alternatves were available, even for the (such as OS/2).

Yes, well that is thanks to the marketing machine we call Microsoft. They marketed and pushed DOS and Windows and made deals with "all" the PC manufacturers to be the default OS on their machines. And when you have a
set of new people that have little to no IT experience, that is all they
know. Good, bad, or otherwise, DOS and Windows become the defacto
standard. And once you get the software developers onboard - which is not
hard - the larger market thing - there you have it.
I run Windows daily. It is what it is. Do I like it? Meh. Would I prefer
to run some form of Linux or move to a Mac? Yes. But the tools I use and
the customers I support are Windows users. Kind of have to go that way.
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After leaving my job a month ago, I had to give back my MacBook, so I'v using my PC laptop with linux and it's great. I do miss the MacBook and love to get another, but as I'm currently jobless, I can't justify the expense :P

Yes, the cost of the MacBooks are up there - so having a limited income
at this time does hamper the ability to get one. I would prefer to go
that route myself. My wife has one, but I fear that soon it will be
unable to support the latest updates. The same for her iPad. Then we will
be in a pickle. She is in school for her Masters, so I have to make sure
her tools work for her. She uses PCs at work, so I may have to hook her
up with a Windows machine - at least for a while.
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IMO, a computer is a tool to do work, and I don't think the OS sho
in the way of running a program that you want or need to use.

Yes, it is a tool that you should be able to run what you want on. The
issue is that most people, unlike most of us here that are in IT and
understand risks, etc., do not understand those risks. They will load
software that will harm their systems (aka virus, malware, ransomware)
and potentially harm the network they are on. I get where y'all are
coming from - get out of my way Windows or MacOS and let me run the damn software - I know what I am doing. But if someone else was doing that,
somehow, for whatever reason, the backlash would come back on the OS manufacturer as to why they did not protect against bad actors. Stupid
circle of blame!
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Hello candycane,

28 Jul 23 03:13, you wrote to esc:

Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: esc to candycane on Thu Jul 27 2023 09:40 pm

Throw the image up on imgur or something and drop a link :)

right, well heres my desktop (i drew most of it)

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1096798436461903892/113438269 3359034368/desk.png?width=832&height=467

lol! so many layers :)

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Mhansel739 to Nightfox on Sun Jul 30 2023 08:16 am

I run Windows daily. It is what it is. Do I like it? Meh. Would I prefer to run some form of Linux or move to a Mac? Yes. But the tools I use and

I think Apple/Mac is about as bad as Microsoft in some ways, and currently, I'm not really interested in the Macs that Apple is offering (although they seem to be decently powerful, they don't offer the configurability that a PC does).

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Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Roon to candycane on Sun Jul 30 2023 08:08 pm

Hello candycane,

28 Jul 23 03:13, you wrote to esc:

Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: esc to candycane on Thu Jul 27 2023 09:40 pm

Throw the image up on imgur or something and drop a link :)

right, well heres my desktop (i drew most of it)

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1096798436461903892/113438269
3359034368/desk.png?width=832&height=467

lol! so many layers :)

Regards,
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wdym by layers? like, drawing layers?

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It's interesting to me to watch criticims of some retro computer platforms. To be honest, you have to approach it with the idea of, "but what did it mean then?". Trying to view it through a modern lens is
mostly pointless, IMHO.

You've got your points, obviously. Just please mind that I was not seriously criticizing.. more trying to be ironic :>

And with Tramiel... yeah.. if only he did not have sales/marketing tactics that doomed both C= and Atari at the end...

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I think Apple/Mac is about as bad as Microsoft in some ways, and curren
I'm not really interested in the Macs that Apple is offering (although seem to be decently powerful, they don't offer the configurability that does).

You are right on so many levels. The control Apple has over its products
- much like a dictatorship in a sense. You will take what we give you. If
we offer you choices, these are the choices. You have to buy the machine
the way you think you will want it to be - "forever". The MacBook my wife currently did allow me the ability to change drives and upgrade RAM. That
has allowed it to last as long as it has.

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Mhansel739 to Nightfox on Mon Jul 31 2023 06:21 am

I think Apple/Mac is about as bad as Microsoft in some ways, and curren
I'm not really interested in the Macs that Apple is offering (although
seem to be decently powerful, they don't offer the configurability that
does).

You are right on so many levels. The control Apple has over its products - much like a dictatorship in a sense. You will take what we give you. If we offer you choices, these are the choices. You have to buy the machine the way you think you will want it to be - "forever". The MacBook my wife currently did allow me the ability to change drives and upgrade RAM. That has allowed it to last as long as it has.

--Matt

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plus, apple has a history of making it as hard as possible to repair your own devices by shutting down if you don't have a verified part

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: candycane to Mhansel739 on Mon Jul 31 2023 05:42 am

plus, apple has a history of making it as hard as possible to repair your own devices by shutting down if you don't have a verified part

I never was much of an Apple user, but in 2012 I had bought a MacBook Pro (a late 2011 model, the last of the 17" version and last with an optical drive), and upgraded its RAM myself with non-Apple branded RAM. It worked, but the laptop showed a 'warning' message that it had non-Apple RAM in it.

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plus, apple has a history of making it as hard as possible to repair

your

own devices by shutting down if you don't have a verified part

I never was much of an Apple user, but in 2012 I had bought a MacBook Pro (a late 2011 model, the last of the 17" version and last with an optical

I'll be the last person to disagree, ever since it became Jobbies and post jobbies...its just become the 80's MS of the new millenium. However its completely at odds from where it started... Its ancient history, but the II+ used nothing but off the shelf parts. It also came with full specs and schematics to make it do whatever you wanted... They need a bit of that
back... somewhere along the way they traded any open thought for this
shitstorm they have now.

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completely at odds from where it started... Its ancient history, but th used nothing but off the shelf parts. It also came with full specs and schematics to make it do whatever you wanted... They need a bit of that back... somewhere along the way they traded any open thought for this

You know what, I agree with you. While I never owned an Apple II/IIe/II+,
etc. until recently (an Apple //c), they were open for your pleasure.
Now, does it make them "horrible" that they closed up and are the only
ones that can modify hardware, etc.? No, because the majority of the
users like them for what they are/do - they turn on and work and do what
they want. Simple little icons that launch apps that do the thing they
want. The masses of users did not push the computers of old (or new) like
us geeks/retro enthusiasts do.
Alas, the good ol' days. And that is the reason we hang on to the "good
old stuff" like we do.
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Apple - open vs. closed

Woz (the engineer) wanted an open system. Jobs (the marketing guy) wanted everything shut down and closed up tight. I guess we know who won that
one...

I think Jobs once said "Users don't know what they want until we show
them what they want."

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Nightfox to candycane on Mon Jul 31 2023 12:03 pm

plus, apple has a history of making it as hard as possible to repair your own devices by shutting down if you don't have a verified part

I never was much of an Apple user, but in 2012 I had bought a MacBook Pro (a late 2011 model, the last of the 17" version and last with an optical drive), and upgraded its RAM myself with non-Apple branded RAM. It worked, but the laptop showed a 'warning' message that it had non-Apple RAM in it.

FWIW, I bought (and still use) an iMac 2012ish and upgraded the RAM with non-branded RAM and I never saw such a warning message... It still works happily today.


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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Spectre to Nightfox on Tue Aug 01 2023 08:16 am

I never was much of an Apple user, but in 2012 I had bought a MacBook Pro
(a late 2011 model, the last of the 17" version and last with an optical

I'll be the last person to disagree, ever since it became Jobbies and post jobbies...its just become the 80's MS of the new millenium. However its completely at odds from where it started... Its ancient history, but the II+ used nothing but off the shelf parts. It also came with full specs and schematics to make it do whatever you wanted... They need a bit of that back... somewhere along the way they traded any open thought for this shitstorm they have now.

Yeah, I've heard about that. Even in the late 90s to mid-late 2000s, their Mac towers (and some horizontal desktop models) were fairly easy to open and replace components inside. Since they discontinued the G5 Mac Pro, it seems they started locking things down a lot more and making things more difficult to upgrade.

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Woz (the engineer) wanted an open system. Jobs (the marketing guy) wanted everything shut down and closed up tight. I guess we know who won that one...

Back in the.... 80s? Woz an avid pilot was involved in a plane crash. Apparently a close to death experience, changed his priorities, and he ultimately left Apple's day to day operations completely. So I think Jobbies won by default.

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Mhansel739 wrote to Nightfox <=-

Yes, well that is thanks to the marketing machine we call Microsoft.
They marketed and pushed DOS and Windows and made deals with "all" the
PC manufacturers to be the default OS on their machines. And when you
have a set of new people that have little to no IT experience, that is
all they know. Good, bad, or otherwise, DOS and Windows become the
defacto standard.

I just read a book called "Showstopper: The Breakneck Race to Create
Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft".

It outlines the journey to create Windows NT 3.5, which was the basis
for the Windows we know today. Interesting read, interesting times. I'd
forgotten how they'd taken their efforts with OS/2 and made it look and
feel like Windows 3, even though it was completely different
underneath.





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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Nightfox to candycane on Mon Jul 31 2023 12:03 pm

Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: candycane to Mhansel739 on Mon Jul 31 2023 05:42 am

plus, apple has a history of making it as hard as possible to repair
your own devices by shutting down if you don't have a verified part

I never was much of an Apple user, but in 2012 I had bought a MacBook Pro (a late 2011 model, the last of the 17" version and last with an optical drive), and upgraded its RAM myself with non-Apple branded RAM. It worked, but the laptop showed a 'warning' message that it had non-Apple RAM in it.

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Oh dang. I used to have a MacAir 2010 or so until the battery exploded. Still have an old ish iPhone 8s as my main phone.

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Spectre to Bf2K+ on Wed Aug 02 2023 03:14 am

Woz (the engineer) wanted an open system. Jobs (the marketing guy)
wanted everything shut down and closed up tight. I guess we know
who won that one...

Back in the.... 80s? Woz an avid pilot was involved in a plane crash. Apparently a close to death experience, changed his priorities, and he ultimately left Apple's day to day operations completely. So I think Jobbies won by default.

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Glad they survived, but it's sad they had to leave.. Then again, marketing folks probably would've won eventually.

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Nightfox wrote to candycane <=-

I never was much of an Apple user, but in 2012 I had bought a MacBook
Pro (a late 2011 model, the last of the 17" version and last with an optical drive), and upgraded its RAM myself with non-Apple branded RAM.
It worked, but the laptop showed a 'warning' message that it had non-Apple RAM in it.

I bet it's not Apple-branded RAM it's complaining about per se - I was
working at a large apple shop back then and we did an upgrade program
for a couple of hundred of developer Macs - increased the RAM and
replaced the SATA drive with an SSD.

Maybe the timing was off, and the laptop flagged the RAM as non-apple?

We used Crucial RAM, and I never saw that message.




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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Nightfox on Thu Aug 03 2023 06:57 am

I never was much of an Apple user, but in 2012 I had bought a MacBook Pro
(a late 2011 model, the last of the 17" version and last with an optical
drive), and upgraded its RAM myself with non-Apple branded RAM. It
worked, but the laptop showed a 'warning' message that it had non-Apple
RAM in it.

I bet it's not Apple-branded RAM it's complaining about per se - I was working at a large apple shop back then and we did an upgrade program for a couple of hundred of developer Macs - increased the RAM and
replaced the SATA drive with an SSD.

Maybe the timing was off, and the laptop flagged the RAM as non-apple?

We used Crucial RAM, and I never saw that message.

I remmeber looking up the specs for its RAM (even the Mac OS 'About This Mac' would tell you the RAM speed), and I bought RAM of the same spec but different brand (perhaps Crucial). I was pretty sure there was a warning message about non-Apple RAM. I don't remember where that warning was now - perhaps in a system info app, or it may have been something that was only displayed once after I put in the new RAM; I don't remember now.

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Apparently a close to death experience, changed his priorities, and

he

ultimately left Apple's day to day operations completely. So I think Jobbies won by default.

Glad they survived, but it's sad they had to leave.. Then again, marketing folks probably would've won eventually.

Hmm Woz appears to have been one of the few to actively stand up to Jobs.
Back then Apple corp was a little bit schizophrenic... kept in the black by Apple II sales while neglecting it almost entirely and pushing the Mac. Were you a Woz guy or a Jobbies guy...

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Spectre to candycane on Fri Aug 04 2023 02:38 pm

Hmm Woz appears to have been one of the few to actively stand up to Jobs. Back then Apple corp was a little bit schizophrenic... kept in the black by Apple II sales while neglecting it almost entirely and pushing the Mac.

I'd heard Steve Jobs got a contract with Atari to develop a game for them (along with hardware to play it on), and he had Wozniak help with it but lied to him about the amount Atari paid (saying it was less than it was) so that he (Jobs) wouldn't have to share as much of the earnings with Wozniak.

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I'd heard Steve Jobs got a contract with Atari to develop a game for them (along with hardware to play it on), and he had Wozniak help with it but lied to him about the amount Atari paid (saying it was less than it was) so that he (Jobs) wouldn't have to share as much of the earnings with Wozniak.

That was meant to be in the real early days pre Apple.. but its supposed to be a thing. Woz was able to design something hardware based that was simpler and cheaper than whatever the Atari engineers came up with.

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On 28 Jul 23 08:36:57 Nightfox wrote...

Re: Re: Atari 400; meh. By: candycane to Nightfox on Thu Jul 27
2023 08:34 pm

yea! tho i personally customized my desktop a bit cuz linux (how
are you supposed to attach images on bbs?)

One thing you could do is upload the photos to a hosting site (such
as Imgur, for instance) and copy & paste links here.

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To which Darklord replies...

Or you could upload them to that particular BBS's file section. :)


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On 30 Jul 23 23:26:10 hollowone wrote...

You've got your points, obviously. Just please mind that I was not seriously criticizing.. more trying to be ironic :>

And with Tramiel... yeah.. if only he did not have sales/marketing
tactics that doomed both C= and Atari at the end...

-h1

To which Darklord replies...

Gotcha - no problem. :)

And with Tramiel - how can you be brilliant and daft, all at the same
time? Perfect example I guess. :D


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If it weren't for a few apps I use daily that only run on Windows and
Mac I would have probably given Linux on the desktop another try (something I haven't done in 20 years).

Check out Zorin Linux. It's what I've been running on my desktop for a while now after running Ubuntu for several years.

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One thing you could do is upload the photos to a hosting site (such as Imgur, for instance) and copy & paste links here.

And then run that link through something like tinyurl, some terminal programs (like syncterm) won't let me highlight a link to be able to copy/paste it. So the shorter the URL the better.

There is also the old option of uuencoding the image and then posting the text block for the other end to uudecode back into the image.

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On 05 Aug 2023, Geri Atricks said the following...

If it weren't for a few apps I use daily that only run on Windows and Mac I would have probably given Linux on the desktop another try (something I haven't done in 20 years).

I just setup an older Laptop with Debian 12, to get around the Windows apps issue, I installed a QEMU/KVM with a VM of Windows 10 on it. I haven't booted the VM since it was installed. Everything I have done has been on the Linux side.. My desktop is next! Set up a VM of Linux and play with it, you will find that there is a lot more available today then there was years ago. AND it runs a lot cleaner. This i5 2.4ghz 16gig laptop boots Debian 12 xfce desktop in about 12 seconds!! When Windows was on it it would take 30-45 seconds..

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Geri Atricks to Nightfox on Sat Aug 05 2023 10:14 pm

One thing you could do is upload the photos to a hosting site (such
as Imgur, for instance) and copy & paste links here.

And then run that link through something like tinyurl, some terminal programs (like syncterm) won't let me highlight a link to be able to copy/paste it. So the shorter the URL the better.

On linux at least, it copies to the middle click paste buffer.

There is also the old option of uuencoding the image and then posting the text block for the other end to uudecode back into the image.

What's the difference between uuencode and base64? They both seem to be email-friendly encodings..

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Darklord to Nightfox on Sat Aug 05 2023 07:50 pm

yea! tho i personally customized my desktop a bit cuz linux (how are
you supposed to attach images on bbs?)

One thing you could do is upload the photos to a hosting site (such as
Imgur, for instance) and copy & paste links here.

Or you could upload them to that particular BBS's file section. :)

Honestly I'd think it would make more sense to share photos with people here on a photo hosting site. If you wanted to share a link to it on your BBS's file section, you'd have to first upload it to your BBS, and I don't really see the point in uploading such photos to your BBS's file section.. However, if you use Apache or some other web server on a different port, it would be fairly easy to just copy the photos there and share the link.

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Geri Atricks to Nightfox on Sat Aug 05 2023 10:14 pm

One thing you could do is upload the photos to a hosting site (such as
Imgur, for instance) and copy & paste links here.

Yeah, I usually use a URL shortener for things like that. But some web hosting sites (like Imgur) have links that are already fairly short and don't need to be shortened.

And then run that link through something like tinyurl, some terminal programs (like syncterm) won't let me highlight a link to be able to copy/paste it. So the shorter the URL the better.

Shortening the link does make it easier, but it's not impossible to copy & paste a link that's too long. Often it gets line-wrapped, so you just have to copy all the lines, then paste it into a text editor and put them all together into a single line.

There is also the old option of uuencoding the image and then posting the text block for the other end to uudecode back into the image.

But then someone would need to copy & paste the uuencoded text into something and run a program to decode it.. It would be easier to just post a link to the photo.

Nightfox
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What's the difference between uuencode and base64? They both seem to be email-friendly encodings..

If'n I recall right, uuencode only uses 7 bits... it was devised for truly antique news servers. A lot of uuencoding is relatively platform specific
not all encodes/decoders behave quite the same way.

base64 appears to be the same thing...uuencode is an implementation.

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And with Tramiel... yeah.. if only he did not have sales/marketing tactics that doomed both C= and Atari at the end...

And with Tramiel - how can you be brilliant and daft, all at the same time? Perfect example I guess. :D

Yeah.. unfortunately.

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Nightfox to Geri Atricks on Sun Aug 06 2023 12:18 pm

Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Geri Atricks to Nightfox on Sat Aug 05 2023 10:14 pm

One thing you could do is upload the photos to a hosting site (such
as Imgur, for instance) and copy & paste links here.

Yeah, I usually use a URL shortener for things like that. But some web hosting sites (like Imgur) have links that are already fairly short and don't need to be shortened.

Is 0x0.st fine?

candycane

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: candycane to Nightfox on Sun Aug 06 2023 05:09 pm

Yeah, I usually use a URL shortener for things like that. But some web
hosting sites (like Imgur) have links that are already fairly short and
don't need to be shortened.

Is 0x0.st fine?

I'm not familiar with 0x0.st

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Nightfox to candycane on Mon Aug 07 2023 08:26 am

I'm not familiar with 0x0.st

It's a simple temporary file host, you just need to curl post a file there and it returns a link. Super useful.

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On 06 Aug 23 12:16:22 Nightfox wrote...

Honestly I'd think it would make more sense to share photos with
people here on a photo hosting site. If you wanted to share a link
to it on your BBS's file section, you'd have to first upload it to
your BBS, and I don't really see the point in uploading such photos
to your BBS's file section.. However, if you use Apache or some
other web server on a different port, it would be fairly easy to just
copy the photos there and share the link.

To which Darklord replies...

Yeah, I just threw that out there as an alternative suggesion. Honestly,
I think posting a tinyURL link to some 'Net site would be the best
approach. :)


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Yeah, I just threw that out there as an alternative suggesion. Honestly,
I think posting a tinyURL link to some 'Net site would be the best approach. :)

It's pretty straight forward if you run any kind of local web server.. album scripts are a dime a dozen, and you can just run the data directory as a
share for drag and share...

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Spectre to Darklord on Thu Aug 10 2023 04:54 am

It's pretty straight forward if you run any kind of local web server.. album scripts are a dime a dozen, and you can just run the data directory as a share for drag and share...

I do want to set up a public server, but I'm also nervous I'll compromise my home net security by setting one up.

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What's the difference between uuencode and base64? They both seem to be email-friendly encodings..

Not familiar with base64 so couldn't tell. UUencode/UUdecode take data files and convert them to a text string and then back.

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I do want to set up a public server, but I'm also nervous I'll compromise my home net security by setting one up.

Shrug. Not sure how you're going to manage that, but it depends what you're going run it on I guess...

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Spectre to candycane on Sat Aug 12 2023 04:45 am

Shrug. Not sure how you're going to manage that, but it depends what you're going run it on I guess...

No idea either, that's why I don't run one.

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Shrug. Not sure how you're going to manage that, but it depends what you're going run it on I guess...

No idea either, that's why I don't run one.

If you just run a static server your chances of anything being able to be hacked is going to be pretty minimal. There's plenty of small footprint servers that don't do a lot other than serve the odd static page.

If you're going to try and run some fancy dan scripts or some other home brew scripts I might understand the trepidation a bit. Still each to their own.

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On 27 Jul 23 13:10:36 Darklord wrote...

I'd still rather fire up one of my Atari's than sit and look at a
Windows box. No heart...no spirit...no soul. Microsoft made sure of
that. :)

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Actually was talking to that guy we mentioned in our Zoom meet that had
the TT for sale... He's also got a PC in an 800xl case that runs Windows
10 and even uses the XL keyboard.

I bet that would just fry your brain huh? :)

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On 06 Aug 23 12:16:22 Nightfox wrote...

Honestly I'd think it would make more sense to share photos with
people here on a photo hosting site. If you wanted to share a link
to it on your BBS's file section, you'd have to first upload it to
your BBS, and I don't really see the point in uploading such photos
to your BBS's file section.. However, if you use Apache or some
other web server on a different port, it would be fairly easy to just
copy the photos there and share the link.

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Because it's more retro that way.

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Re: Re: Atari 400; meh.
By: Commodore Clifford to Darklord on Tue Aug 22 2023 07:03 pm

Actually was talking to that guy we mentioned in our Zoom meet that had the TT for sale... He's also got a PC in an 800xl case that runs Windows 10 and even uses the XL keyboard.

That feels wrong..

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On 22 Aug 23 19:03:28 Commodore Clifford wrote...

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Actually was talking to that guy we mentioned in our Zoom meet that
had the TT for sale... He's also got a PC in an 800xl case that runs Windows 10 and even uses the XL keyboard.

I bet that would just fry your brain huh? :)

To which Darklord replies...

The thought of that just...boggles my mind. I meany, why? Just why?

Gutting a perfectly good 800XL to fill it with generic PC crap is (or
should be!) criminal! :)


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On 23 Aug 23 00:15:43 candycane wrote...

That feels wrong..

candycane

To which Darklord replies...

Wrong? That's bordering on blasphemy...! :)



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On 23 Aug 23 23:34:10 Darklord wrote...

On 22 Aug 23 19:03:28 Commodore Clifford wrote...

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Actually was talking to that guy we mentioned in our Zoom meet
that had the TT for sale... He's also got a PC in an 800xl case
that runs Windows 10 and even uses the XL keyboard.

I bet that would just fry your brain huh? :)

To which Darklord replies...

The thought of that just...boggles my mind. I meany, why? Just why?

Gutting a perfectly good 800XL to fill it with generic PC crap is (or should be!) criminal! :)

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Well... now... maybe the innards just were damaged beyond repair, or the innards used to restore a machine with a better case.

Let's not judge till we see it (he might bring it to VCFMW). After all,
isn't it more fun to judge when the other guy can actually SEE you
pointing and laughing at him?

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On 24 Aug 23 00:46:34 Commodore Clifford wrote...

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

Well... now... maybe the innards just were damaged beyond repair, or
the innards used to restore a machine with a better case.

Let's not judge till we see it (he might bring it to VCFMW). After
all, isn't it more fun to judge when the other guy can actually SEE
you pointing and laughing at him?

To which Darklord replies...

Okay, that's fair. Meanwhile, I'll patiently wait to see your reaction
when someone shows up with a repainted Atari 8bit floppy drive... :)



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On 29 Aug 23 16:53:16 Darklord wrote...

Okay, that's fair. Meanwhile, I'll patiently wait to see your
reaction when someone shows up with a repainted Atari 8bit floppy
drive... :)

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

That's a totally different thing. That's just blasphemy. And his
blaming it on me is just wrong.

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On 29 Aug 23 21:29:16 Commodore Clifford wrote...

On 29 Aug 23 16:53:16 Darklord wrote...

Okay, that's fair. Meanwhile, I'll patiently wait to see your
reaction when someone shows up with a repainted Atari 8bit floppy drive... :)

To which Commodore Clifford replies...

That's a totally different thing. That's just blasphemy. And his
blaming it on me is just wrong.

To which Darklord replies...

<snicker>... :)


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