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Indiana Online: Digital archeology on the BBS.

Apr 9, 2021knightwiseKnightlifebbs, dailup, icq, irc, retro

Maybe its because i’m getting older but, for some reason I just love to play around with old technology. It might be a sign of age and nostalgia, it might be the direct result that the current digitital landscape is just too damn distracting and high-paced to get anything done. A lot of people go…

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“Geek nostalgia with bulletin board systems” by @mcvries

May 20, 2013kdmurrayKnightlifearchive, baud, bbs, dail, dailup, email, internet, modem, mut, telnet

At the age of 17 I owned my first real personal computer. A 8086 XT Pc. It had a whopping 20 MB hard disk and a “color” screen. Monochrome “amber”, the referred to as the only color the screen could display. Booting took minutes, installing software took tweaking and knowledge, and all in all it…

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