ZeroCool@feddit.ch to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoUSENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenixwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square198fedilinkarrow-up1488arrow-down112 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up1476arrow-down1external-linkUSENET, the OG social network, rises again like a text-only phoenixwww.theregister.comZeroCool@feddit.ch to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square198fedilink cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected][email protected]
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·1 year agoMaybe it’s time to dig out and polish my NNTP client that I’ve written 30 years ago.
minus-squarefixerdude2@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoNow that’s a 4 letter acronym I haven’t seen for a while.
minus-squareTangent5280@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoAre you one of the wizards of yore? The ones who were there when the old magic was written?
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIn a way. Gobelin was my NNTP client, and Connector was my client for multiplayer games. I did some more work back then, like writing our companies’ SMPT gateway. Ah, those were the days…
minus-squarepascal@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·1 year agoI remember Agent and Xnews (for poor people).
Maybe it’s time to dig out and polish my NNTP client that I’ve written 30 years ago.
Now that’s a 4 letter acronym I haven’t seen for a while.
And it still works.
Are you one of the wizards of yore? The ones who were there when the old magic was written?
In a way. Gobelin was my NNTP client, and Connector was my client for multiplayer games. I did some more work back then, like writing our companies’ SMPT gateway. Ah, those were the days…
I remember Agent and Xnews (for poor people).