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Quantum Link Reverse Engineered

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the internet-nostalgia dept.

JeffLedger writes "A group of retro-geeks have rebuilt the old Quantum Link system to allow both emulated and real c64's to sign in over the Internet using the original software. Before it was called America Online, Quantum Link provided a pre-Internet online service to Commodore users."

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  1. I GOT A GREASED UP YODA DOLL SHOVED UP MY ASS! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Go Linux!

  2. SOT: Again - not to bash MSFT by jimmy+page · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    At some point all the ways to hook up to the internet w/o using MSFT software increases the chance that people will move away from Windows/Vista /etc.

    Too bad MSFT comes with most computers - already, by now the monopoly would be over.

  3. ScuttleMonkey, writes strange, sentences by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    With too, many commas.

    Where else but in the USA could such a person get paid to be an editor?