pheller | 2 months ago | on: Dialtone – AOL 3.0 Server
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pheller | 2 months ago | on: Dialtone – AOL 3.0 Server
See https://www.prodigyreloaded.com - getting closer to public alpha.
pheller | 7 months ago | on: Commodore 64 Ultimate
That display with a custom C= 1702 bezel would be great, though perhaps 15-17" for a better aesthetic match to the C= 64 chassis.
pheller | 7 months ago | on: Commodore 64 Ultimate
You can always print up one of the remastered C64 Users / Programmers Reference Guides on Lulu. See here: https://pickledlight.blogspot.com/p/commodore-64-guides.html
It's my hope they brought the individual who did this work in to help make the minimum changes necessary to accurately document the differences. These recreations are really quite nice.
pheller | 1 year ago | on: Tell HN: John Friel my father, internet pioneer and creator of QModem, has died
I too was one of the Many who used Qmodem back in the day, and still do now on vintage stuff like bwann mentioned.
I had opportunity to work with John on a small consulting thing when I started and ISP back in the mid 90s, and I recall him being an incredibly bright and affable guy.
My deepest condolences to the family.
pheller | 1 year ago | on: Ward Christensen (of BBS and XMODEM fame) has died
At the ONE BBSCON 1994 keynote and conference opening, there was an exercise where all sysops stood, and those running a BBS for less than a year sat down, then less than 2, and so on - until only Ward Christensen was left standing. I recall briefly meeting him, that he was humble, yet very proud of what BBSes had become. May he rest in peace.
pheller | 2 years ago | on: BBS: The Documentary (2005)
Working on that… see tbbs.org and the link to the discord…
pheller | 3 years ago | on: What we can learn from vintage computing
I hope the Computer History Museum will consider an interactive exhibit of early online services someday when the Prodigy, AOL, CompuServe, and other service recreations are more complete.
pheller | 3 years ago | on: Rescuing the Compuserve Collection
It should work with the very oldest Mac client, which I'll test just as soon as I find a 68k emulator with serial/modem emulation.
pheller | 3 years ago | on: Rescuing the Compuserve Collection
See the links on the reply above - I hope to have an accessible Prodigy service by late this Summer!
pheller | 3 years ago | on: Rescuing the Compuserve Collection
I’ve spent about 3 years looking for it as part of the Prodigy Preservation Project, and I have found a substantial amount of archived corporate email and documentation surrounding the development of the service. Not even close to the volume they have here, though!
If you’re interested to read about it, I have been working on reverse engineering Prodigy. More detail at the following two links…
https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/2921/rev...
https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/3064/rev...
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The reverse engineered client side programs from the various prodigy caches will be shared I just haven’t gotten around to it yet.