Matt Gumbley on Nostr: So, full-on retrocomputing with systems that aren’t connected to the Internet. How ...
So, full-on retrocomputing with systems that aren’t connected to the Internet. How do we share code? How do we collaborate? We’ll need to send USB drives by post. How did we do it in the olden days? Adverts in “micro mart” magazine. Dial-up modems :) I was reminiscing the other week about the early editions of BYTE magazine that had the subtitle “The Small Systems Journal”. Perhaps It Is Time for a new BYTE?
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