On 12-29-21 14:42, GeekWisdom wrote to All <=-
A few intersting observations over the years:
In the 80/90's if you new how to "make" the computer 'do anything' you were considered a computer 'genius'. With each passing year, this
becomes exponentially more difficult to impress someone.
The invention of the GUI and the MOUSE, saw a huge increase in computer usage, which later exploded with the invention of the web and the web browser. It also saw a large decrease in productivity, open a black
box 'DOS PROMPT' and people start to get scared you are messing with
the 'internals'
There are so many areas a person can specialize in with computers. You
can literally go your whole life doing nothing but administring Oracle databases, without knowing anything about how to script in a batch language.
Usenet (Newsgroups) were once a fun (free) place to hop onto and read
lots of interesting thoughts from people all around the world. Today Usenet is mostly a spot for downloading pirated content, and you have
to pay to access it.
"Online" orginally meant logging onto a BBS, CompuServe/AOL Literally,
you were
on "using the phone line" at least until your mom picked up the house phone and
@$%S23450s@@^ NO CARRIER filled up on your screen.
Chatting with someone Online was done over text only, later came IRC,
and then ICQ. Today there are hundreds of messaging apps, such as
discord and telegram, basically the same 'old' thing re-invented in a 'new' way
Channels were once a physical knob on a television that you switched,
and the very idea that video could be streamed over the network was laughable. It would
take hours just to download an image! How could it be possible to send moving video? Today my kids don't even watch tv shows. The majority of
the time it's YouTube videos, or maybe once in a while Netflix or
Disney+
So yes -I'm an old G33k. And I think that many of the young folks out there don't know half of the history of what made the world the way it
is today... and those that fail to learn from history...well you get
the idea !
Are you an old geek like me????
What other things can you think of?
A few intersting observations over the years:
In the 80/90's if you new how to "make" the computer 'do anything' you were considered a computer 'genius'. With each passing year, this becomes exponentially more difficult to impress someone.
The invention of the GUI and the MOUSE, saw a huge increase in computer usag which later exploded with the invention of the web and the web browser. It also saw a large decrease in productivity, open a black box 'DOS PROMPT' and people start to get scared you are messing with the 'internals'
There are so many areas a person can specialize in with computers. You can literally go your whole life doing nothing but administring Oracle databases without knowing anything about how to script in a batch language.
Usenet (Newsgroups) were once a fun (free) place to hop onto and read lots o interesting thoughts from people all around the world. Today Usenet is mostl a spot for downloading pirated content, and you have to pay to access it.
"Online" orginally meant logging onto a BBS, CompuServe/AOL Literally, you w
on "using the phone line" at least until your mom picked up the house phone
@$%S23450s@@^ NO CARRIER filled up on your screen.
Chatting with someone Online was done over text only, later came IRC, and th ICQ. Today there are hundreds of messaging apps, such as discord and telegra basically the same 'old' thing re-invented in a 'new' way
Channels were once a physical knob on a television that you switched, and th very idea that video could be streamed over the network was laughable. It wo
take hours just to download an image! How could it be possible to send movin video? Today my kids don't even watch tv shows. The majority of the time it' YouTube videos, or maybe once in a while Netflix or Disney+
So yes -I'm an old G33k. And I think that many of the young folks out there don't know half of the history of what made the world the way it is today... and those that fail to learn from history...well you get the idea !
Are you an old geek like me????
What other things can you think of?
GeekWisdom
... I'm not arguing - I'm simply explaining why I'm right
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Are you an old geek like me????
on "using the phone line" at least until your mom picked up the house phone and
@$%S23450s@@^ NO CARRIER filled up on your screen.
Chatting with someone Online was done over text only, later came IRC,
and then ICQ. Today there are hundreds of messaging apps, such as
discord and telegram, basically the same 'old' thing re-invented in a 'new' way
What other things can you think of?
Usenet (Newsgroups) were once a fun (free) place to hop onto and read
lots of interesting thoughts from people all around the world. Today Usenet is mostly a spot for downloading pirated content, and you have to pay to access it.
What other things can you think of?
GeekWisdom wrote to All <=-
Are you an old geek like me????
What other things can you think of?
Yeah I'm an old geek. My first experinece of web browsing was running Lynx on a remote Unix server (BSDi, I think) in glorious text, and any downloads, I had to first download to the ISP's server, then use "sz"
to transfer it to my PC. )
... Nationalise crime, and make sure it doesn't pay.
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Arelor wrote to GeekWisdom <=-
I am worse than you, because I didn't live the old days, yet here I am, using BBS systems over telnet.
Something that has degraded so much are games. Game technology has improved byt not so much the game experience. We are actually planning
to host a podcast about the subject at IRCNow :-)
seeLive wrote to GeekWisdom <=-
Are you an old geek like me????
On Netflix 'The social Dilemma' really shows how bad, bad is. It's
mostly interviews with key players from silicon valley and how
absolutely afraid they are of what they've created... if they feel it's out of control...
Arelor wrote to GeekWisdom <=-
I am worse than you, because I didn't live the old days, yet here I am, using BBS systems over telnet.
Something that has degraded so much are games. Game technology has improved byt not so much the game experience. We are actually planning to host a podcast about the subject at IRCNow :-)
I remember the feeling the first time I played Quake, sitting in a Universit dorm room with big headphones on. You could hear the breathing coming from behind. It literally gave me nighmares!
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A few intersting observations over the years:
In the 80/90's if you new how to "make" the computer 'do anything' you were considered a computer 'genius'. With each passing year, this
becomes exponentially more difficult to impress someone.
The invention of the GUI and the MOUSE, saw a huge increase in computer usage, which later exploded with the invention of the web and the web browser. It also saw a large decrease in productivity, open a black box 'DOS PROMPT' and people start to get scared you are messing with the 'internals'
There are so many areas a person can specialize in with computers. You
can literally go your whole life doing nothing but administring Oracle databases, without knowing anything about how to script in a batch language.
Usenet (Newsgroups) were once a fun (free) place to hop onto and read
lots of interesting thoughts from people all around the world. Today Usenet is mostly a spot for downloading pirated content, and you have to pay to access it.
"Online" orginally meant logging onto a BBS, CompuServe/AOL Literally,
you were
on "using the phone line" at least until your mom picked up the house phone and
@$%S23450s@@^ NO CARRIER filled up on your screen.
Chatting with someone Online was done over text only, later came IRC,
and then ICQ. Today there are hundreds of messaging apps, such as
discord and telegram, basically the same 'old' thing re-invented in a 'new' way
Channels were once a physical knob on a television that you switched,
and the very idea that video could be streamed over the network was laughable. It would
take hours just to download an image! How could it be possible to send moving video? Today my kids don't even watch tv shows. The majority of
the time it's YouTube videos, or maybe once in a while Netflix or Disney+
So yes -I'm an old G33k. And I think that many of the young folks out there don't know half of the history of what made the world the way it
is today... and those that fail to learn from history...well you get the idea !
Are you an old geek like me????
What other things can you think of?
GeekWisdom
I have a really hard time with social media and how it is being
abused to take advantage of consumers and their data. I think we are seeing the beginnings of the technological revolution starting to deteriorate in some ways... I don't think it will ever really end, just morph into various new directions... but, this abuse really has to stop.
I think I'm gonna like this place...
Don't assume that I speak for everyone! I'm just the guy who managed to find fsxNet immediately before you did!
Most definitely, I only speak for myself! I mean, nobody else could make
a bigger fool of myself than I can! (o_0)
Hope you like this place, too!
On 12-31-21 07:37, GeekWisdom wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Yeah I'm an old geek. My first experinece of web browsing was running Lynx on a remote Unix server (BSDi, I think) in glorious text, and any downloads, I had to first download to the ISP's server, then use "sz"
to transfer it to my PC. )
Before lynx there was gopher!. Then when WWW game in everyone starting changing their gopherspace to say
'see our WWW site at...'
Blue White wrote to GeekWisdom <=-
What other things can you think of?
I am a COBOL developer, if that answers your question. :)
COBOL eh? I took a course in university on it, but not much more. I have done a lot of dbase/clipper in
my time, some of the folks I work with still maintain an old COBOL sytem, though I'm not sure if they
really no how to 'code in it'
On 12-31-21 07:37, GeekWisdom wrote to Vk3jed <=-
Yeah I'm an old geek. My first experinece of web browsing was running Lynx on
remote Unix server (BSDi, I think) in glorious text, and any downloads, I had
first download to the ISP's server, then use "sz"
to transfer it to my PC. )
Before lynx there was gopher!. Then when WWW game in everyone starting changin
their gopherspace to say
'see our WWW site at...'
I loved gopher back in the day! Worked really well.
... Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
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I loved gopher back in the day! Worked really well.
It still does.
Nowadays they are trying to replace it with Gemini. Maybe there is some merit to that.
I have never tried it myself.
On 12-31-21 14:52, Arelor wrote to Vk3jed <=-
It still does.
Nowadays they are trying to replace it with Gemini. Maybe there is some merit to that.
I have never tried it myself.
McDoob wrote to GeekWisdom <=-
You've heard of the 'grease monkey' from the auto world, yes? Well...
I've tried to understand at least a little bit of everything software, but... honestly, my main focus has always been hardware. I am,
basically, a computer mechanic. A 'grease monkey' for computers...a
'code monkey'? (Not to be confused with 'script kiddie'...)
McDoob wrote to seeLive <=-
I have a really hard time with social media and how it is being
abused to take advantage of consumers and their data. I think we are seeing the beginnings of the technological revolution starting to deteriorate in some ways... I don't think it will ever really end, just morph into various new directions... but, this abuse really has to stop.
I agree, mostly.
Big players, like 'Alphabet' and 'Meta' are definitely making a fortune from 'targeted advertizing'. But this isn't the 'technological
revolution' any more. That ended more than twenty years ago...This is
the 'information age'. Silicon is cheap. Data is priceless...
In some ways, the 'information age' has done more than the 'technology age':
On 12-31-21 14:52, Arelor wrote to Vk3jed <=-
(Gopher)
It still does.
Nowadays they are trying to replace it with Gemini. Maybe there is some merit to that.
I have never tried it myself.
I know nothing about Gemini, but am aware some people are still playing with Gopher servers. I've nev
set one up myself. maybe I should as an exercise some day. :)
... Don't argue with he who buys ink by the gallon.
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I like your distinction of ages!
The problem is not the technology, and the fact that anyone can 'produce' at low cost
these days is amazing. Though much of it is not particularily 'high' quality material.
The idea of this whole 'information age' is to share thoughts, and ideas across the
globe. To bring people closer together in the spirit of mutual cooporation. To learn
more about others and expand our own horizons
But today it is a "look at me" system. It is geared towards everyone trying to become
'famous' or 'viral'. There are simply too many 'producers' of silly content and too
many consumers without much (any?) critical thinking skills.. INMO
I like your distinction of ages!
The idea of this whole 'information age' is to share thoughts, and ideas across the
globe. To bring people closer together in the spirit of mutual cooporation. To learn
more about others and expand our own horizons
But today it is a "look at me" system. It is geared towards everyone trying to become
'famous' or 'viral'. There are simply too many 'producers' of silly content and too
many consumers without much (any?) critical thinking skills.. INMO
Cool - I'm not so much into hardware, mostly software been writing code since I was 8 and got my first VIC20. You can even try out some of my
old programs on archive.org (https://archive.org/details/brad-vic-20)
On 01-01-22 14:07, Arelor wrote to Vk3jed <=-
I happen to run my own gopher servers. I like it because the protocol
is very easy to hack into doing
what you want it to do.
The idea behind Gemini is that is is a protocol which is designed to be hard to extend to pack ugly
things such as cookies and tracking. I am not a ware of the current
state of the implementations. MOst of
what I have heard about are the existence of usable proof of concepts. (Sorry, paulie420)
What other things can you think of?
Um...
The day I switched from a Walkman to a 'personal CD player' (Sony took a while to catch up)...
Wait! No! The day I bought my first 'anti-skip' CD player! Which may or
may not have been a Discman...(v_v)
Music has always been a passion. Hence why I was willing to wait hours, just to listen to a few minutes...
Another thing I'm using the Pi that PiBBS runs on is
PiHole. It effectively removes any reference to (known)
advert servers before the data gets to whichever device I'm
actually using. It's not perfect, but very effective, as
long as you keep it updated.
I still have my first (and only, 'cuz I really don't need a
replacement) Sony CD (Mega Bass) Discman D-33. It has
outlasted two fullsize CD hifi players. I still use it almost
daily at my bedside attached to a modest speaker bar - good
enough for close listening while trying to get to sleep.
But your account is still pulling in the same data from your
ISP, right? PiHole may prevent the data reaching your end
devices, but PiHole needs the data to process it. From a data
usage perspective, it's still a losing battle.
Hello McDoob!
** On Saturday 01.01.22 - 18:21, McDoob wrote to GeekWisdom:
Another thing I'm using the Pi that PiBBS runs on is
PiHole. It effectively removes any reference to (known)
advert servers before the data gets to whichever device I'm
actually using. It's not perfect, but very effective, as
long as you keep it updated.
But your account is still pulling in the same data from your
ISP, right? PiHole may prevent the data reaching your end
devices, but PiHole needs the data to process it. From a data
usage perspective, it's still a losing battle.
seeLive wrote to GeekWisdom <=-
I used to manage a small team of COBOL GEN programmers... although, I don't think they could code in it either... GEN is a CA product that is for menu-driven development... companies have been trying to bring programming to the masses forever.... maybe someday it will work.
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The group I know with used MicroFocus COBOL
Funny coincidences!
The group I know with used MicroFocus COBOL, but the actual team I was
on as release coordinator the programmers used CA GEN not for COBOL (formally COOLGEN).
Small World!
McDoob wrote to GeekWisdom <=-
The day I got my first 'high speed' connection (ie >56k), I basically stopped watching TV. One show title still stands out to me, and says it all: "This Hour Has 22 Minutes". Granted, it was actually a half-hour show, but it really was less than 22 minutes of actual show. Hour-long shows are down to 41 minutes these days. That's one-third adverts!
Forget the War on Drugs, or the War on Terror! I'm stuck fighting the
War on Adverts! (v_v)
And don't get me started on the ads now in movie theatre's too! Once time it was just the coming attractions, now I have to sit through 10 minutes of car ads, just to watch the movie. I didn't shell out a fortune to
sit in a movie cinema to sit and watch ads! /rant
show, but it really was less than 22 minutes of actual show. Hour-long shows are down to 41 minutes these days. That's one-third adverts!
Back in the day, channels that employed advertising were essentially
free; independent TV stations did not receive a stipend from the licence payer. These days, people pay massive subscriptions in order to watch
10x the ads we had 40 years ago.
It seems big media really can have their cake and eat it in the 21st century.
Blows my mind.
Um...I don't know where you grew up, but where I lived, there were only two free TV channels: CBC (national) and local. If you wanted to watch
any more than that, you had to pay a pretty massive subscription...just
to watch a bunch more ad-filled channels...
Things were a little different in the UK, but then again, we only had a hand full of channels to choose from. Basically, you gave the BBC their pound of flesh and they broadcasted content without commercial breaks. Independents like ITV were essentially free, but they broadcasted commercials every 15 minutes.
payer. These days, people pay massive subscriptions in order to watch
10x the ads we had 40 years ago.
It seems big media really can have their cake and eat it in the 21st century.
Blows my mind.
Back in the day, channels that employed advertising were essentially
free; independent TV stations did not receive a stipend from the licence payer. These days, people pay massive subscriptions in order to watch
10x the ads we had 40 years ago.
It seems big media really can have their cake and eat it in the 21st century.
Absolutely. It's getting to the point where "The only winning move is
not to play."
Judging by the desktop wallpaper in his YouTube tutorials, I'm pretty
sure that quote will strike a chord with Avon.
Absolutely. It's getting to the point where "The only winning move is
not to play."
Judging by the desktop wallpaper in his YouTube tutorials, I'm pretty
sure that quote will strike a chord with Avon.
I'm afraid this is true. The "latest" model is streaming services, such
as Netflix, Disney+, ABC All Access, etc., that charge a smallish
monthly fee for a subscription. That, in itself, is ok, I suppose; I
mean, if no one wants it, no one will buy it, right?
The smallish fees do add up if one has multiple subscriptions, but it's very a la carte channel-wise and currently one would have to have quite
a few subscriptions to match a monthly cable bill.
And, here's where I'm going with this: Most of these subscription streaming services are currently ad-free. We're back to "if you pay for it, you get it without ads." However, there's absolutely no guarantee
that it will continue this way into the future. The subscription
streaming services are still relatively new and are having to compete against cable TV and satellite services. Once they get a foothold, who knows? I'd like to imagine that it would continue as it is now, but everyone in this discussion already knows what's going to happen.
No doubt, another child of the 80's...
The smallish fees do add up if one has multiple subscriptions, but it very a la carte channel-wise and currently one would have to have qui a few subscriptions to match a monthly cable bill.Not sure how much cable costs, as here it's not really an option.
But I agree each service you pick adds up, often they sell themselves on the basis of the content / shows they offer, so it can be a PITA to get several streaming services just to watch the shows you want :(
Um...I don't know where you grew up, but where I lived, there were
only two free TV channels: CBC (national) and local. If you wanted
to watch any more than that, you had to pay a pretty massive subscription...just to watch a bunch more ad-filled channels...
I'm in the process of setting up a Rpi for some future YouTube videos... and guess what I added as the desktop today?
Joshua finally learned his lesson!!! Too bad many of us haven't...
The smallish fees do add up if one has multiple subscriptions, but it's very a la carte channel-wise and currently one would have to have quite
a few subscriptions to match a monthly cable bill.
The smallish fees do add up if one has multiple subscriptions, but it very a la carte channel-wise and currently one would have to have qui a few subscriptions to match a monthly cable bill.TBH Jeff, I think there's a distinct paradigm shift in the way we
perceive money these days. When I think back to my parent's time, there were only two things guaranteed to separate them from their hard-earned: necessity and value. I'm not sure if they ever forgot wartime
austerities, but that generation appeared to perceive 'wealth' as a security rather than a commodity; looking back to mealtimes, I'm
convinced my parents observed rationing until the day they died.
Today, it seems the mere existence of something is in itself reason
enough to invest, irrespective of its value. Somewhere along the line we began to value the three empty boxes over the one that is half full.
Perhaps value is slowly giving way to ownership, or perhaps this old Brontosaurus is no longer tall enough to reach the trees (thankfully,
the Mystic Speller knew how to spell 'Brontosaurus').
That, in turn, depends on how one perceives value, though. Does entertainment have value? Does fresh, healthy food have value over
cheaper processed staples? Those are questions whose answers vary from person to person and culture to culture.
I'm not sure about that. Tha may be a perception caused by differing values. I enjoy learning about, building, and using sub-32-bit (and especially sub-16-bit) computers, but I'm sure there are some that would consider this hobby an utter waste of money.
I'm not 100% sure what you're referring to here; is it perhaps something to do with owning a library of physical albums versus having a Spotify subscription, for example?
I'm not 100% sure what you're referring to here; is it perhaps someth to do with owning a library of physical albums versus having a Spotif subscription, for example?Absolutely, and I think I've seen a considerable shift in cultural
values over the past four decades - some good, some not so perhaps.
Thinking of value in terms of a cost/benefit compromise, I think we're prepared to cross the threshold of compromise far sooner than any
previous generation. It's almost as if our ability to say no and go without has been eroded into nonexistence: we'd rather have it than not, whatever the compromise.
I'm not 100% sure what you're referring to here; is it perhaps someth to do with owning a library of physical albums versus having a Spotif subscription, for example?Absolutely, and I think I've seen a considerable shift in cultural
values over the past four decades - some good, some not so perhaps.
As for myself, I've pretty much abandoned having a video or music library,in favor of streaming services.
Which is not to say that I was not extremely skeptical of music & video streaming at first, as well as download-based video game ownership versus more traditional cartridge- or media-based ownership.
However, I don't subscribe to anything just to subscribe; it has to have value for me. I subscribed to Audible because I thought audiobooks might be a thing for me, but upon realizing it's not I cancelled my subscription. I do have a Spotify account that costs less than one new album per month and I can listen to almost any album in existence at any time (with a couple of exceptions I've found so far: Elektra's Rubaiyat retrospective album and the Deadicated tribute album).
their way onto the internet. Thanks to projects like the Fujinet, SpectraNet, and TIPI, it's no longer necessary to even have local copies of disk or cassette images; users can mount and use them over the internet. And that, I think, is amazing.
their way onto the internet. Thanks to projects like the Fujinet, SpectraNet, and TIPI, it's no longer necessary to even have local cop of disk or cassette images; users can mount and use them over the internet. And that, I think, is amazing.This is precisely why chatting here is a good idea: this is news to me
and as you say, amazing.
I imagine SpectraNet has something of interest for me.
I remember watching this with my boy back in the day and thinking to myself how unrealistic the AI was.
Fast forward to 2022: never underestimate your capacity to underestimate.
The Spectranet is a modern peripheral for the ZX Spectrum (and clones).
I'm in the process of setting up a Rpi for some future YouTube videos and guess what I added as the desktop today?
Amazing: Let's play the A47 game.
I found the Pi was complaining about the power supply so I have ordered
a Rpi branded supply which do the trick and will arrive in the coming days...
The Spectranet is a modern peripheral for the ZX Spectrum (and clonesI had never heard of this. Thank you for the explanation!
I found the Pi was complaining about the power supply so I have ordered
a Rpi branded supply which do the trick and will arrive in the coming days...
No problem. I have one and enjoy it immensely. ByteDelight.com in the Netherlands will occasionally make a batch, but I don't know if he has
any in stock right now. (I am not affiliated with ByteDelight.)
No problem. I have one and enjoy it immensely. ByteDelight.com in the Netherlands will occasionally make a batch, but I don't know if he has
any in stock right now. (I am not affiliated with ByteDelight.)
No problem. I have one and enjoy it immensely. ByteDelight.com in the Netherlands will occasionally make a batch, but I don't know if he ha any in stock right now. (I am not affiliated with ByteDelight.)Not really an issue, as I don't have an actual ZX Spectrum. I just
thought it was a cool invention...
Not to worry: I'm just happy A47 tutorials are on your schedule.
As far as not having an actual ZX Spectrum, if you're a decent solderer you can remedy that with Harlequin kit, also available from ByteDelight.
The original ZX Spectrum required only one specialized chip: the ULA (an early FPGA-like chip). However, it's been reverse-engineered and can be duplicated with commonly-available logic chips, albeit a large number of them which results in a somewhat tightly-packed circuit board.
As far as not having an actual ZX Spectrum, if you're a decent solder you can remedy that with Harlequin kit, also available from ByteDelig
Sure you're not sponsored? ;)
I used to be pretty good with a soldering iron, but it has been a long time, and I don't have an iron anymore...If I was going to take on a project like that, it'd probably be a C64 clone, though...No offense to`
ZX Spectrum, but I never owned one, and I did a C64, for a long time.
The original ZX Spectrum required only one specialized chip: the ULA early FPGA-like chip). However, it's been reverse-engineered and can duplicated with commonly-available logic chips, albeit a large number them which results in a somewhat tightly-packed circuit board.That's a problem for C64, from what I've heard...I think the SID chip hasn't been reverse-engineered...
I have a few projects, PiBBS for instance, that should keep me busy for
at least the winter, anyway.
I didn't own a C64, either, but had some friends who did. If someone
made a C64 kit, though... I'd be all over that.
Always good to have a hobby, especially in these times! What are your goals for PiBBS, be they general or specific?
[...]I didn't own a C64, either, but had some friends who did. If someone made a C64 kit, though... I'd be all over that.
Oh, there's at least one! Hang on, let me see if I can find the right YT video...
The last video also features a Vic-20 kit computer.
Always good to have a hobby, especially in these times! What are your goals for PiBBS, be they general or specific?Well, my current goal is to make PiBBS look a LOT less like a generic Mystic install. :) After that, I'll be working on getting some door
games installed.
Beyond that, I'm not certain. Really, I just built it to see if I could, on a Pi. The theme, if it's not obvious, will be Pi-centric; lots of
stuff for and about the Raspberry Pi.
Mine is also running on a Pi. For a while, I had it running on a Pi
Zero. Of course, it's not public yet so there wasn't a lot to really stress it out.
PiBBS is running on a 3B+...along with a couple of other projects...So far, there hasn't been any significant draw on resources, but then
again, PiBBS only has maybe half a dozen users right now...It's only
been online for a month...
Same here. I think that should definitely suffice. The only problem I foresee is the SD card. If power outages are common in your area, you might consider a UPS (which, for a Pi, can be as simple as a hefty USB power bank that's always plugged in. SD cards are notorious for getting scrambled when there's a sudden loss of power. Like, won't even boot anymore scrambled. Sometimes you can reformat them, sometimes not, but either way you've lost your data.
Also, be sure to backup to some non-SD-based system often.
No problem. I have one and enjoy it immensely. ByteDelight.com i Netherlands will occasionally make a batch, but I don't know if any in stock right now. (I am not affiliated with ByteDelight.)Not really an issue, as I don't have an actual ZX Spectrum. I just thought it was a cool invention...
That's a problem for C64, from what I've heard...I think the SID chip hasn't been reverse-engineered...
I plan to re-watch the old videos so I can note what I want to change about them, then will start to re-do them thereafter.
I didn't own a C64, either, but had some friends who did. Ifsomeone
made a C64 kit, though... I'd be all over that.
Oh, there's at least one! Hang on, let me see if I can find the right
YT
video...
This sent me down a YT rabbit hole, thank you! Stumbled on the Mega65 project mentioned in The 8 But Guy's video -- it looks amazing. Not in production yet, but they are taking pre-orders. Indsutrial design is retro-fantastic.
Don't thank me, thank the guys making the videos! As 8-Bit-Guy said,
the
Mega65 may never actually reach production, or may be prohibitively expensive
if it does. I agree, it's a cool idea. But don't hold your breath.
I'm not poo-pooing the Pi by any means; I have several and absolutely love them! The SD card just a known weakness and it's happened to me.
In my opinion, the FujiNet device is the coolest of them all. Inspired by the Spectranet and TI-99/4a TIPI (which contains an RPi Zero), and the lack of such a device for the Atari 8-bit home computers, it delivered that functionality and so much more. It was originally developed for the Ataris, but development has been extended to the C64, Apple ][, even the Coleco Adam!
love them! The SD card just a known weakness and it's happened tome.
Same here, I have a bunch, the latest being a Pi3 running RetroPie and
Kodi for my TV.
But indeed, SD cards are their weakness, and I've had most of the
use-cases
die on me when the SD card dies. What you said about the power loss
and power
issues is probably the cause indeed, I thought it had to do with overclocking,
but the root cause is probably the power indeed.
resist) and the case wasn't well designed, it was touching the SD card area and it melted the PLA and a little hole in SD card. Lesson learned.
On Netflix 'The social Dilemma' really shows how bad, bad is. It's mostly interviews with key players from silicon valley and how absolutely afraid they are of what they've created... if they feel it out of control...
That was a freaky documentary, and an important watch!. We don't realize how easily we can be maniuplated without even knowing it's happening!
area and it melted the PLA and a little hole in SD card. Lessonlearned.
Wow! How did it get so hot?
I know nothing about Gemini, but am aware some people are still playing with Gopher servers. I've never set one up myself. maybe I should
as an exercise some day. :)
I had someone try and enveigle me into setting up pineapple.zapto.org as
a gopher site. It looked like to much effort and beyond my wheel house after having just wrassled PHP and MySQL to a stand still for it.
I know nothing about Gemini, but am aware some people are still playi with Gopher servers. I've never set one up myself. maybe I should
as an exercise some day. :)
I had someone try and enveigle me into setting up pineapple.zapto.org as
a gopher site. It looked like to much effort and beyond my wheel house after having just wrassled PHP and MySQL to a stand still for it.
There are meant to be more gopher sites kicking around now than there
were in its "hey day" By an order of magnitude I believe. But since
that brief flicker of interest I haven't looked sideways at it again.
Spec
Gopher was a lot easier than I thought it would be and I am not the sharpest tool in the shed.
There are a lot of gopher and gemini sites, or capsules, as they are known in the gemini world. The problem is there isn't much there that is good.
On 04-17-22 20:24, Spectre wrote to Vk3jed <=-
There are meant to be more gopher sites kicking around now than there
were in its "hey day" By an order of magnitude I believe. But since
that brief flicker of interest I haven't looked sideways at it again.
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