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Joaquim Homrighausen<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/@tomjennings" class="u-url mention">@<span>tomjennings</span></a></span> Yes, there is.</p><p>What <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@timoj" class="u-url mention">@<span>timoj</span></a></span> said 😊 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>fidonet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/echomail" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>echomail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ftsc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ftsc</span></a></p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>We have had 4 Waves of online Social Media.</p><p>The 1st Wave happened BEFORE the mass-Internet.</p><p>🔴 Each wave has replaced or absorbed the previous wave.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeSo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeSo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/discord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>discord</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EchoMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EchoMail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EMail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/IRC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IRC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MailingList" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MailingList</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/matrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>matrix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mbin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mbin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NetMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetMail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Reddit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reddit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/slack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slack</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UseNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UseNet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WebMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebMail</span></a></p>
Kevin Driscoll 📳<p>Artist Dmitry Soshnikov used archived messages from EXEC PC to train a FidoNet LLM and generate endless <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/echomail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>echomail</span></a> conversations:</p><p>*&gt; "FIDONet spirit is alive again, but FIDONet simulacrum that you see is populated not by the living people, but by their cybernetical immortal digital twins, that talk to each other infinitely in the realms of modern datacenters"*</p><p><a href="https://soshnikov.com/art/fidoci/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">soshnikov.com/art/fidoci/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>(NB: the installation displays pre-generated messages to "minimize the carbon footprint")</p><p><a href="https://aoir.social/tags/fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fidonet</span></a> <a href="https://aoir.social/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a></p>
Wintermute_BBS<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@Wintermute_BBS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Wintermute_BBS</span></a></span> (my "big" <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> based <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBS</span></a> running <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MBSEBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MBSEBBS</span></a> and offering <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Echomail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Echomail</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Networks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Networks</span></a> ) is now member of <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AmigaNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmigaNet</span></a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/fsxNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fsxNet</span></a> - yay! 🥳​</p><p>Visit us at:</p><p>wintermutebbs.ddns.net:23 ☎️​</p>
Wintermute_BBS<p>I've just moved <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/WintermuteBBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WintermuteBBS</span></a> (the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> based one I run since 2009, the other one is the infamous "RC-BOX BBS" which is the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Z80</span></a> based one) from a soulless x86 vm somewhere in the cloud to an old <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RaspberryPi3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi3</span></a> B+ at home, in the living room shelf more or less next to <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014bbs</span></a>. The natural habitat of any good <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> I guess.</p><p>The move went rather well, I had to recompile the binaries to get <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/arm64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arm64</span></a> ones and migrate the existing userbase. No data lost, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOS</span></a> doorgames work but they take a little longer to load. I also fixed the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rss</span></a> newsfeeds and checked the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/echomail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>echomail</span></a> connectivity.</p><p>If you want to connect, check my profile and watch out for the "Wintermute BBS" address.</p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>BBS The Documentary<br><a href="http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="">bbsdocumentary.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Part 1: Baud<br><a href="https://youtu.be/mJgRHYw9-fU" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/mJgRHYw9-fU</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Part 2: SysOps and Users<br><a href="https://youtu.be/Up2qnhZzNss" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Up2qnhZzNss</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Part 3: Make It Pay<br><a href="https://youtu.be/uB8eQz6rL4o" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/uB8eQz6rL4o</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Part 4: FidoNet<br><a href="https://youtu.be/FYineI9Oflk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/FYineI9Oflk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Part 5: ArtScene<br><a href="https://youtu.be/2t74FlFL_M0" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/2t74FlFL_M0</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Part 6: HPAC<br><a href="https://youtu.be/1ZHk5y6peLA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/1ZHk5y6peLA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Part 7: No Carrier<br><a href="https://youtu.be/v5vzqsR9lwA" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/v5vzqsR9lwA</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Part 8: Compression<br><a href="https://youtu.be/MLNXmrF3a9c" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/MLNXmrF3a9c</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBSing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBSing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EchoMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EchoMail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FidoNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FidoNet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NetMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetMail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintageComputing</span></a>​</p>
@reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:<p>"Networks are based on calling areas. You don't form FidoNet networks based on interest, ever. Instead, you can deal with your interests through EchoMail, which is topic oriented."</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BBSing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBSing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EchoMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EchoMail</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FidoNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FidoNet</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintageComputing</span></a>​</p>
sfunk1x<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@tchambers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tchambers</span></a></span> I knew being a <a href="https://tusk.sfunk1x.com/tags/fidonet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fidonet</span></a> coordinator would come in handy in the future! 😂😂 <a href="https://tusk.sfunk1x.com/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <a href="https://tusk.sfunk1x.com/tags/remoteaccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>remoteaccess</span></a> <a href="https://tusk.sfunk1x.com/tags/dbridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dbridge</span></a> <a href="https://tusk.sfunk1x.com/tags/echomail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>echomail</span></a> <a href="https://tusk.sfunk1x.com/tags/nocarrier" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nocarrier</span></a></p>
Richard Stocks<p>To fully recreate the feel of old school bulletin boards and such, we need to make messages take a few days to appear on international instances. <a href="https://toot.geeky.af/tags/echomail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>echomail</span></a></p>
VICE News<p>The GOP Just Tested Its ‘Scary’ Plan to Steal the 2024 Election <a href="https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/4axyxg/who-is-david-clements" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">vice.com/en_us/article/4axyxg/</span><span class="invisible">who-is-david-clements</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Vice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vice</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSS</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bot</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/electionconspiracies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electionconspiracies</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a>'sAuditForce <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CowboysforTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CowboysforTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DavidClements" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidClements</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/OteroCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OteroCounty</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CouyGriffin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CouyGriffin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/NEWMEXICO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEWMEXICO</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elections</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/EchoMail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EchoMail</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/audits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audits</span></a></p>