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Commodore BBSes Return using the Internet.

Posted by Hemos on from the using-the-intarweb dept.

oldbitcollector writes "Several Commodore 64 enthusiasts have developed a method for putting Commodore BBS sytems on the Internet. Users can "dial" using a standard 64 connected to the Internet or by using a "CG Term" for the PC. Details can be found here."

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  1. What? by Black+Jack+Hyde · · Score: 5, Funny

    No VIC-20 support? Darn, and I've even got a tape drive.

  2. Oh boy! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Just what the world needs-- more underpowered computers connected to the internet so that we can all DoS *ahem* I mean Slashdot them.

    Hip hip Horray!

    1. Re:Oh boy! by el-spectre · · Score: 3, Funny

      Shit... you could DoS 'em with a fancy toaster... wouldn't take much.

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  3. Weird by ziggy_zero · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's with that period? It makes the headline seem so...threatening, ominous.

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    1. Re:Weird by el-spectre · · Score: 3, Funny

      Hmm... I've seen a lot of grammar Nazis around... never a grammar paranoid :)

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  4. setting low expecations by frovingslosh · · Score: 4, Funny

    One has to wonder about an implimentation for "fringe" computers when the website (http://www.petscii.com/) supports IE but only gives a blank page if opened in Netscape.

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  5. modems by dan2550 · · Score: 5, Funny

    HAH! my 28.8 modem days finally pay off! now I actually can do something that people with broadband can't do. there is nothing like a carrier signal to lift the sprits.

    1. Re:modems by spellraiser · · Score: 4, Funny

      Sorry to burst your little bubble, but us broadbanders can also connect to these BBS'es using CGTerm, as mentioned in the article.

      Guess you'll have to make do with A-HA and Duran Duran albums for that exclusive sense nostalgia ... oh wait, I have those too :P

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  6. SWEET JESUS. by aardvarko · · Score: 5, Funny

    And just in case there was any lingering doubt that Slashdot editors might not derive some sort of malignant glee from watching servers go down, now we are posting links to COMMODORE 64s! C'mon, let's be more forthcoming - News for Nerds, Stuff that Matters, Harnessing the Power of Geeks to Set Protozoan Servers on Fire. BOO-YAH!

    1. Re:SWEET JESUS. by oogoliegoogolie · · Score: 5, Funny

      No need to worry-they're all using Epyx Fast Load cartridges.

  7. Feels Different by Punchinello · · Score: 4, Funny

    A Commodore 64 BBS is not the same over a high speed connection. I long for the days of my 300 baud modem when I could read the text in real time as it came across my TV screen. It was all down hill after the 1200 baud modems came out.

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  8. Re:Very nice, but... by SomeoneGotMyNick · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well, I suppose the safest stuff to trade without recourse for the moment is C64 Warez

    When you log on, check out the Uploads/New!!0-3Decades/ folder for all the latest stuff :)

  9. another day at the k mart by Perianwyr+Stormcrow · · Score: 3, Funny

    10 PRINT "FUCK"
    20 PRINT "YOU"
    30 GOTO 10
    END

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    1. Re:another day at the k mart by zcat_NZ · · Score: 5, Funny

      Back when I was at high-school, we had a 'network'; 16 weird-ass brand computers, connected by 1200 baud RS232 to a Z-80-based 10m 'fileserver'

      There was also a network printer; it even beeped if you sent it a ^G.

      So one afternoon, we carefully crafted up a file full of ^G's and pagefeeds (^L), queue'd the file about a hundred times while the printer was turned off, and went to our next class. Since the network didn't have any kind of 'queue management', nobody had any idea what the problem was and after chewing through about half a box of paper, the printer got sent back to the shop for servicing.

      Good times..

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  10. Re:Very nice, but... by Rosco+P.+Coltrane · · Score: 3, Funny

    How can this be very useful? The C64 has about 32K of useable RAM

    Actually, it's a very secure system to go on the internet with, for one thing: even the smallest Windows virus won't fit in 32K.

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  11. Re:Ah, memories... by SydShamino · · Score: 4, Funny

    >> a national BBS I think called Q-Link(?).

    They later moved to the PC market and changed their name to America On-Line. I hear they might still be in business.

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