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IT’S BAUD DAY 3/12/24

From the linked site:

Something that SysOps did when they advertised their BBS. Rather than write a BBS’ supported baud rates as “300/1200/2400”, they would write “3/12/24”. The reason for this abbreviation is probably due to how BBSs were advertised back in the day. Most BBSs were advertised in text files. Depending on the host computer, a text file may have 40 or 80 characters per line. So, space was a premium and dropping 6 characters from “300/1200/2400” made a big difference.

  • FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    3·
    4 months ago

    Cool post. I have thought about turning my old bbs back on. Ran it on an A800 using Bulletin Board Construction Set. I will have to look into devices that I can connect to the net.

    • akacastor@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      4 months ago

      I am not very familiar with the A800 but there are a lot of wifi networking adapters and the such these days for all kinds of systems, many of them emulate modems so they are well-suited to interfacing with a BBS. “RS-232 wifi modem” as search terms gives a bunch of options.

      Also useful for old computers: http://theoldnet.com/ provides ways to use computers from the 1990s online today to access some websites etc.

      • FigMcLargeHuge@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        4 months ago

        I think there’s a couple of things I can use to connect to the SIO port and emulate an rs232 modem. There is a Fujinet adapter, and I think I can do it with my Atarimax SIO2PC adapter. I would just have to set everything up, and would definitely build a new instance of the BBCS. Oh look, another thing to add to the hobby list. :)