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  • Re: Colour Maximite 2

    From boraxman@21:1/101 to apam on Sat Oct 17 14:59:36 2026
    There's a small community that surrounds it, and they've put together a variety of programs, mostly games.

    I've been helping with a terminal program for dialling BBSes (using ZiModem via an esp32 connected to the raspberry pi header) and we've gotten ANSI and X-Modem working.

    Does this sort of thing sound interesting to anyone? I love old
    computers, but they're getting harder and harder to find, and more expensive too.

    I like the idea of the "retro style" computers, but I prefer to use the original hardware. There is something about using a CRT monitor, original keyboard, floppy disk, or even a Green Sreen CRT with a CGA card that the emulation doesn't quite capture. I suppose these are close, in that they are new hardware, but I can just run an emulator on my current PC.

    Maybe its mostly nostalgia, trying to recreate the past...

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Agency BBS | Dunedin, New Zealand | agency.bbs.nz (21:1/101)