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vga256back in the early and mid-90s, getting on the net meant you were a university student, or had corporate access through a big company. getting online wasn't easy.worse, even if you had a dialup number and login, there was no such thing as a tcp/ip stack built-in to Windows 3.1. even if you *did* have a winsock stack, you'd still need a file downloading protocol, gopher client, world wide web client, ftp client, email client. just getting your machine off the ground was nearly impossible unless you could grab these from a local BBSto make things simpler, universities began offering dial-up internet software packages to their students and staff.in 1994, my mom was an undergrad student at the University of Alberta. our family had just bought an IBM PS/1 with a 2400 baud modem, and i was abusing the hell out of our single phone line at night visiting local BBSes.she somehow found out that the university was selling internet dial-up software for $10 to students, and brought home the diskette pack with her. along with a USR Sportster 14.4k modem, she gave me the install diskettes as a valentine's day gift.it had a slick setup program that enabled SLIP using Trumpet Winsock, and provided a local (free!) dial-up number for access.after 25 years, i finally tracked down a few versions of those diskettes. i've imaged them and uploaded them all to IA.the first version of the dial-up package in 1994 was called WinSLIP. it had no PPP support yet, but contained some really cool shareware internet utilities like HGopher and NCSA Mosaic. this would have been the earliest programs offered for Windows 3.1WinSLIP/MSKermit 1994/95: <a href="https://archive.org/details/ua_winslip" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/ua_winslip</a>The second version of the software was renamed to NetSurf. It stripped out most of the obscure shareware sadly, and replaced them with Netscape 2 and Eudora Light. The new version of Trumpet Winsock offered PPP which was a huge improvement:NetSurf 1996/97: <a href="https://archive.org/details/ua_netsurf_96" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/ua_netsurf_96</a>Now well into the Windows 95 era, the 1997/98 software was shipped on a CD with a hilarious "multimedia" installer/help program designed in Macromedia Director:NetSurf 1997/98: <a href="https://archive.org/details/netsurf-97-starter-kit" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/netsurf-97-starter-kit</a>I hope this brings back some memories for fellow U of A alumni :)<a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/softwarePreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#softwarePreservation</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/webPreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webPreservation</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/win31" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#win31</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/worldWideWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worldWideWeb</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/yeg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#yeg</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/alberta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alberta</a>

vga256😆 <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a>

vga256just found a treasure trove of extremely obscure BBS history stashed away on IAthank you hard-working book scanners for preserving this rarity. if you're familiar with BBSing in the 90s, you'll remember just how fast the vast majority of boards disappeared in 1995. it went from multinode 24/7 bbses to disconnected phone numbers in just a few monthsthis book accounts for the very small number of BBSes that made the transition from telco-only to "telBBS" or telnettable/web-accessible boards3/4 of the book is a carefully curated list of 500 boards with screenshots of their homepages and bbs login/title screens. most importantly, the URLs of these boards is preserved so we have a chance to look them up on WBM some day.<a href="https://archive.org/details/internetbbss00rich" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/internetbbss00rich</a><a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/webHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webHistory</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/smallweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smallweb</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a>

Home ComputerTodavía con Retroterm MSX en desarrollo, sigo utilizando la versión 0.5 de Microterm desde el Mapper, y ejecutable en MSX-DOS, para ingresar a algunos BBS como Retrocampus o Sotano BBS.<a href="https://tkz.one/tags/msx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#msx</a> <a href="https://tkz.one/tags/msx2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#msx2</a> <a href="https://tkz.one/tags/homecomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homecomputer</a> <a href="https://tkz.one/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://tkz.one/tags/modem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#modem</a> <a href="https://tkz.one/tags/wifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wifi</a> <a href="https://tkz.one/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://tkz.one/tags/retrobbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrobbs</a> <a href="https://tkz.one/tags/msxcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#msxcomputer</a> <a href="https://tkz.one/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commodore</a> <a href="https://tkz.one/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#c64</a> <a href="https://tkz.one/tags/commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commodore64</a>

SDF.ORGM-NET the oldest running Public Access UNIX has arrived! The original Altos ACS68000 will be on display next weekend at the Interim Computer Festival. M-NET is now under SDF.org Vintage Systems care. Thanks jfk, cross and tod! <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#community</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a>

vga256now that kiki - my super lo-fi wiki/blog/website software - is running pretty darn smoothly, i'd like to think about adding support for weird protocolstelnettable bbs with menuing? gopherspace? gemini?<a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/smallWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smallWeb</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/smolWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#smolWeb</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/php" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#php</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/gopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gopher</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gemini</a>

Josh RenaudIn recent weeks I've been playing "DDST," a fun adventure game for Atari ST BBSes that I had never tried before. I *love* that it lets you save basically whenever you want. Makes it possible to avoid losing progress while exploring dungeons crowded with monsters and traps.My wife took a quick peek while I was in a dungeon and asked if it was a QR code. Nope ... just some VT52 text art!<a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atari</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atarist</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#games</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gamedev</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/vt52" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vt52</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/textmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#textmode</a>

Josh RenaudABC shut down FiveThirtyEight, once an amazing site for data-driven journalism and sports analysis. I loved incorporating 538's data into old-school <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> and BBS projects, like my ANSI "Elex Forecast" BBS door. It used data from their 2016 and 2020 Election Forecast visualizations. <a href="https://breakintochat.com/blog/2016/10/04/who-needs-svg-when-youve-got-ansi/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://breakintochat.com/blog/2016/10/04/who-needs-svg-when-youve-got-ansi/</a><a href="https://github.com/Kirkman/elexforecast" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/Kirkman/elexforecast</a><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/ansi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ansi</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/ansiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ansiart</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elections</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/datajournalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#datajournalism</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/dataviz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dataviz</a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/fivethirtyeight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fivethirtyeight</a>

Björn OdendahlHappy Twin Peaks Day. RIP David Lynch.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ansi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ansi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ansiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ansiart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/textmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#textmode</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/textmodeart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#textmodeart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fanart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fanart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digitalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digitalart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#demoscene</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrographics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrographics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/portrait" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#portrait</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/twinpeaks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#twinpeaks</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eraserhead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eraserhead</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/losthighway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#losthighway</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mulhollanddrive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mulhollanddrive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/davidlynch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#davidlynch</a>

Blake PattersonBBSing, as one does on a snow day.<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBSing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBSing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AppleII</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CRT</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/modem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#modem</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nostalgia</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a>

T.J. HobToday I finally got our private <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Reticulum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reticulum</a> network going. 3 full-time hosted nodes (US, EU, home) cross-propagating, one <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/LoRA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LoRA</a> node that will hopefully become a solar powered repeater in the middle of the property, and some clients on various phones and computers.In theory this means: - <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/OffGrid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OffGrid</a> communications and location sharing around the farm and surrounding areas - Secure-enough messaging, maybe location sharing out in the wide worldComing soon: - Telemetry sensors for temperature, humidity, etc around the house and farm - Home Assistant bridge for the above and for sending alerts back to the network - <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBS</a>, naturally Coming maybe someday: - Reticulum over <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Veilid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Veilid</a>, if I can get enough traction on Veilid FFI in Python & once Veilid is a bit more stable - Something something iOS?It's been a fun project, much better suited to my use cases than <a href="https://corteximplant.com/tags/Meshtastic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Meshtastic</a> so far.

OCTADEUSENET IS NOT DEAD !!!!! USENET IS STILL FREE FREE FREE! Usenet is an ever-living, Casper the friendly ghost of discussion networks. Just a friendly reminder that Usenet still exists and access to text newsgroups is still FREE. Access is provided by volunteer sysops around the world. See links below. Back in its glory days it seems that just about every academic institution had its own Usenet hierarchy of newsgroups. Linux was revealed to the world via Usenet. Open source philosophy gained its steam via Usenet. Usenet is the original free speech network. Usenet is the original 'social network'. NovaBBS <a href="https://novabbs.org" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://novabbs.org</a> Simple and free access to text-only Usenet Newsgroups <a href="https://www.i2pn2.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.i2pn2.org/</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=usenet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Usenet</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBS</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=networknews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NetworkNews</a> <a href="https://soc.octade.net?t=eternalseptember" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EternalSeptember</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/infostorm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@infostorm@a.gup.pe</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/academicchatter" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@academicchatter@a.gup.pe</a>

vga256i really enjoyed reading this 40 year old textfile by Steve Punter, creator of the punter protocol. he walks you through, conceptually, how a high reliability BBS file transmission protocol works. checksums, CRCs and other packet integrity strategies are explained in surprisingly human terms as he designs the C1 protocol out loud in just a few pages.<a href="https://cbmfiles.com/genie/geniefiles/TelcomTools/C1-PROTOCOL-DESCRIPTION" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cbmfiles.com/genie/geniefiles/TelcomTools/C1-PROTOCOL-DESCRIPTION</a><a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commodore</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retroComputing</a>

Woodoo ProdA thing called <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Minitel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Minitel</a> <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel</a> completely obscured the Bulletins Boards <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBS</a> here in France I think in the 90's (?!). Because I discovered BBS long long long long time after. And, I was looking if I can find a french BBS now, and they don't (really) exists.Fact.<a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/BBSing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBSing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ssh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/telnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#telnet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/rlogin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rlogin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/bulletinboards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bulletinboards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/textmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#textmode</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ANSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ANSI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ASCII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ASCII</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#terminal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/modem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#modem</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/oldschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldschool</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrovibes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrovibes</a>

Woodoo Prod<a href="https://chitter.xyz/@TheGreenHerring" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@TheGreenHerring</a> I just installed it on my <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSDOS</a> 6.22 system. I like this graphic (<a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bbs</a> like)! The character cursor movement to navigate the menu* is a really cool idea. The principle of the game, the story, are well explained. Well, I'll come back once I've explored a bit more! I just entered the beta zone. Thanks for developing games for MSDOS! :0)<a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/indiedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indiedev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/dev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dev</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#games</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a>

The Green HerringAt the end of 2024, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/@mistfunk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mistfunk</a> published MIST-30.‍ZIP (<a href="https://16colo.rs/pack/mist-30/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://16colo.rs/pack/mist-30/</a>) for their 30th anniversary! The second of my two contributions to the artpack was this VGA <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/ANSIArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ANSIArt</a> redraw of a piece of raster art (<a href="https://16colo.rs/pack/mist0396/GR_SHADE.GIF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://16colo.rs/pack/mist0396/GR_SHADE.GIF</a>, pic 2) by Thanatos, then known as Grim Reaper, originally drawn in 1996 to advertise the now long gone Shades of a Shade <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBS</a> in New Westminster, Canada.<a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/PixelArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PixelArt</a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/TextmodeArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TextmodeArt</a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/FediArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediArt</a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/Textmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Textmode</a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/Pixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pixel</a> <a href="https://chitter.xyz/tags/%E3%83%89%E3%83%83%E3%83%88%E7%B5%B5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ドット絵</a>

Woodoo ProdThis shows how fantastic Zork is! From last night gaming.. :0)/ >move the oriental rug / With a great effort, the rug is moved to one side of the room, revealing the dusty cover of a closed trap door. / >open the trap door / The door reluctantly opens to reveal a rickety staircase descending into darkness.<a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/zork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/infocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infocom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adventure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#text</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/textadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#textadventure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/interpreter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interpreter</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#games</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/BBSing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBSing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ssh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/EndOfTheLineBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EndOfTheLineBBS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/bulletinboards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bulletinboards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/textmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#textmode</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ANSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ANSI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ASCII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ASCII</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#terminal</a>

Woodoo Prod<a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Playing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Playing</a> ZORK on End of The Line BBS: <a href="https://endofthelinebbs.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://endofthelinebbs.com/</a>You can play a lot of Infocom games there, & save your progression. I'm taking a lot of notes. Playing in a dark place only lightened by some diode lights. The cat sleeps in a cardboard box nearby with all 4 irons in the air. What a scene! :0)<a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/zork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#zork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/infocom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infocom</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/adventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adventure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#text</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#games</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/BBSing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBSing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ssh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ssh</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/EndOfTheLineBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EndOfTheLineBBS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/bulletinboards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bulletinboards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/textmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#textmode</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ANSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ANSI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ASCII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ASCII</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#terminal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/oldschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldschool</a>

Woodoo ProdDOOM ASCII ART <a href="https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbs/20-for-beers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telnetbbsguide.com/bbs/20-for-beers/</a><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/BBSing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBSing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ANSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ANSI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ASCII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ASCII</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/bulletinboards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bulletinboards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/telnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#telnet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/SSH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SSH</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/textmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#textmode</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#terminal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/pixelart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pixelart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/asciiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asciiart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#demoscene</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/DOOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOOM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSDOS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/action" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#action</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/fps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fps</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/legends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legends</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/shareware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shareware</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#games</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#videogames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/videogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#videogaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

Woodoo ProdBBS are like our elders, tons of knowledge and information..:0) <a href="https://www.telnetbbsguide.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.telnetbbsguide.com</a><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/BBSing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBSing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Syncterm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Syncterm</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/bulletinboards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bulletinboards</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/telnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#telnet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/textmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#textmode</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/ANSI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ANSI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#terminal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/pixelart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pixelart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/asciiart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#asciiart</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/oldschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldschool</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrovibes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrovibes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computers</a>

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