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    From jimmylogan@21:1/137 to All on Tuesday, November 25, 2025 20:37:23
    Had an idea today... I know the Commodore 64 is back. My first
    computer was a TRS-80 CoCo2. I thought it would be cool to
    take one and convert it to a keybaord for a modern machine.
    :-)

    That took me on a rabbit trail looking at vintage stuff.
    Turns out there's a way to do it - using an Arduino
    as a converter.


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  • From Dundarach@21:1/193 to jimmylogan on Friday, November 28, 2025 20:26:50
    I bought the ZX Spectrum Next and immediately started using CP/M on it. There was always something magical about technology in the past, which modern stuff never managed to capture. Bit like using this really :-)

    ... The dog ate my .REP packet

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    * Origin: Dundarach BBS (21:1/193)
  • From slacker@21:3/193 to Dundarach on Saturday, November 29, 2025 07:15:38
    I bought the ZX Spectrum Next and
    immediately started using CP/M on
    it. There was always something
    magical about technology in the
    past, which modern stuff never
    managed to capture. Bit like using
    this really :-)

    Agreed! That's why I like connecting via my Atari 8bit computers. I'm here now on my Atari 800 (stock except for the Fujinet). Even for ANSI boards, I prefer to connect with my 486 when possible.

    There's just something nice about using vintage tech and BBSing is a great reason to do so!



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  • From phigan@21:3/193 to slacker on Saturday, November 29, 2025 15:35:13
    Agreed! That's why I like connecting via my Atari 8bit computers. I'm
    here now on my Atari 800 (stock except for the Fujinet). Even for ANSI boards, I prefer to connect with my 486 when possible.

    Word to that. When it comes to ANSI boards, I do like to connect from the 486 core on the MiSTer ;). But sometimes from this Mac SE, Striketerm2014 on the C=, or Ice-T/Flickerterm on the 800XL/130XE.



    --- NE BBS v1.12 (linux; x64)
    * Origin: NE BBS - nebbs.servehttp.com:9223 (21:3/193)
  • From Dundarach@21:1/193 to jimmylogan on Friday, November 28, 2025 20:26:50
    I bought the ZX Spectrum Next and immediately started using CP/M on it. There was always something magical about technology in the past, which modern stuff never managed to capture. Bit like using this really :-)

    ... The dog ate my .REP packet

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Digital Warfare bbs.digital-warfare.net:1337 (21:1/193)
  • From slacker@21:3/193 to Dundarach on Saturday, November 29, 2025 07:15:38
    I bought the ZX Spectrum Next and
    immediately started using CP/M on
    it. There was always something
    magical about technology in the
    past, which modern stuff never
    managed to capture. Bit like using
    this really :-)

    Agreed! That's why I like connecting via my Atari 8bit computers. I'm here now on my Atari 800 (stock except for the Fujinet). Even for ANSI boards, I prefer to connect with my 486 when possible.

    There's just something nice about using vintage tech and BBSing is a great reason to do so!

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Digital Warfare bbs.digital-warfare.net:1337 (21:3/193)
  • From phigan@21:3/193 to slacker on Saturday, November 29, 2025 15:35:13
    Agreed! That's why I like connecting via my Atari 8bit computers. I'm
    here now on my Atari 800 (stock except for the Fujinet). Even for ANSI boards, I prefer to connect with my 486 when possible.

    Word to that. When it comes to ANSI boards, I do like to connect from the 486 core on the MiSTer ;). But sometimes from this Mac SE, Striketerm2014 on the C=, or Ice-T/Flickerterm on the 800XL/130XE.

    --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 (Linux/64)
    * Origin: Digital Warfare bbs.digital-warfare.net:1337 (21:3/193)
  • From Roon@21:4/148 to jimmylogan on Saturday, December 13, 2025 11:47:22
    Hello jimmylogan,

    25 Nov 25 20:37, you wrote to All:

    Had an idea today... I know the Commodore 64 is back. My first
    computer was a TRS-80 CoCo2. I thought it would be cool to
    take one and convert it to a keybaord for a modern machine.
    :-)

    That took me on a rabbit trail looking at vintage stuff.
    Turns out there's a way to do it - using an Arduino
    as a converter.

    i have one of these, and works great:
    https://wiki.icomp.de/wiki/Keyrah_V2

    ByEbYe
    --
    Daniel

    telnet://bbs.roonsbbs.hu:1212 <<=-

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