I ran a FidoNet BBS back then on a 386-16 and 2400 baud modem. Woot! It would run WordPerfect 5.1 while people were logged on to the board but compiling brought it to its knees.
Living offgrid in a campervan since 2018 w/ pibble+boxer Muffin.
LIKE dogs, books, thoughtful people of all flavors DISLIKE bullies, sh1tposters, partisans, noise
I ran a FidoNet BBS back then on a 386-16 and 2400 baud modem. Woot! It would run WordPerfect 5.1 while people were logged on to the board but compiling brought it to its knees.
In 8th (?) grade our larval computing lab was a row of Commodore 64 but there was only one 5.25" floppy drive between them. When you wanted to save or load your proglet you had to
At some point I realized that while the owner was walking back and forth you could load their code to see how they approached the assignment. And doing so did not affect their workflow or anyone else at all. It felt like the earth shifted a bit at that moment.
I had a Tmobile Dash that was a similar form factor to the BB but ran Windows Mobile 5.x. I used it until the Google G1 came out.
Agreed. Niche communities can get hammered with downvotes and “I don’t want to read this” comments from readers of ALL.
It’s confounding: “show me everything”, then “I don’t like the content in your niche community”. WTF?