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Some hobbyist hackers have come up with novel ways to connect vintage computers to the Fediverse, and you can run the code yourself.

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[–] nevernevermore@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn, DOStodon is fucking rad

[–] deadsuperhero@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

@nevernevermore It's honestly an awesome concept. The fact that the creator ported JavaScript to DOS first just blows my mind.

[–] DrChickenbeer@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

@deadsuperhero

I'm stoked the Apple IIc got some love. That's the computer my family had when I was growing up!

[–] deadsuperhero@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

@DrChickenbeer The guy's write-up that we linked is really something, just absolutely wild what he was able to do. Apparently he tests his app in MAME before actually running it on his Apple IIc.

[–] GeekFTW@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

That's sick!

[–] Mishmash2000 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love everything about this! Except there's no love for the Acorn Archimedes, the original ARM computer?! Or the BBC Micro?? Travesty!

[–] deadsuperhero@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

@Mishmash2000 Well, get crackin' and code something!