mary4 wrote to All <=-

anyone using retro hardare? <3

I call BBSs using retro hardware every day. Kaypros, IBM-XT clone, Commodore Plus/4, TRS-80 Model 4P, Commodore PET. I do use my PiDP-8 once a week, but I use it through a real DEC VT320 terminal.


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Dr. What wrote to mary4 <=-

Commodore Plus/4, TRS-80 Model 4P, Commodore PET. I do use my PiDP-8
once a week, but I use it through a real DEC VT320 terminal.

Back in my youth, I worked on a Microdata minicomputer. We used VT320
clone terminals, needed the emulation to map function keys to apps we
used.

I realized that these terminals had two serial ports and a key to toggle between them. I could run a modem to one port, the computer to the
other, and use the toggle key as a "boss key" when I was connected to a
BBS. It worked until he noticed the lights on the modem blinking...



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By: poindexter FORTRAN to Dr. What on Thu Jan 23 2025 07:54 am

I realized that these terminals had two serial ports and a key to toggle between them. I could run a modem to one port, the computer to the other, and use the toggle key as a "boss key" when I was connected to a BBS. It worked until he noticed the lights on the modem blinking...

LOL. Good story. Wish I could have done that back when BBSes were in their heydays.
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