I was reading a story today about #theoldnet and how if you leave an “&” symbol at the end of an #email , it means you want the recipient to reply back. Does anyone remember this or still do this today? I don’t recall that being a thing or maybe it was and I didn’t notice. Gonna tag below with adjacent words in hopes of response.
#aol #bbs #vintagecomputing #retro #retrotech @ActionRetro #dialup #486 #windows95 #prodigy #netscape #icq #compuserve #angelfire #geocities #irc
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New instance, new #introduction! My name is Ivan, I'm a proud nerd who's passionate about open source and vintage tech.
I'm not exactly new to the fediverse as I've actually been a proud user for over three years. I've decided to migrate from Fosstodon due to instance drama.
I've got two children: My iMac G3 and an eMac (both of which have leaking capacitors)
Some of my interests include: #Linux #Tech #Matrix #Programming #RustLang #C #RetroTech #TheOldNet #VintageApple
One of my @mediaarchaeologylab #Marchintosh projects has been to rehabilitate this all-in-one Macintosh PowerPC 5260/100, a precursor of the more colorful iMac and eMac all-in-ones. This one has a dead backup battery and has some issues with its SCSI port in the back, but is now bootable and has a lot of great games and other stuff on it like the Newton Connection Kit, which I really want to test out with the Newton we have in the back room. I also anticipate having some fun using my new #TheOldNet wifi modem emulator with it. #mediaarchaeology #mac #macos8
