Comments on: BBS: Get your retro on! http://retrocompute.org/2011/03/26/bbs-get-your-retro-on/ * some assembly required Thu, 06 Jun 2013 12:30:47 +0000 hourly 1 By: datajerk http://retrocompute.org/2011/03/26/bbs-get-your-retro-on/#comment-82 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 17:46:01 +0000 http://jerkwerks.com/?p=1003#comment-82 I actually purchased one of those so that I could try that, however it didn’t work for basic phone calls. The seller gave me a refund, and never asked for it back. I will try a different supplier. I have limited hope since mobile phones lossy compress the audio.

]]> By: Rasputin, Russia's Greatest Love Machine http://retrocompute.org/2011/03/26/bbs-get-your-retro-on/#comment-81 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:17:15 +0000 http://jerkwerks.com/?p=1003#comment-81 I’d imagine an acoustic coupler with one of those novelty old-telephone-receiver-shaped wired iPhone headsets snugly cradled could let an 8-bit machine connect to a faraway BBS with little to no long-distance cost, as long as there’s a clear connection. with voice calls usually cheap in cellphone plans these days, why is there not a revival of the BBS?

]]> By: Gene Buckle http://retrocompute.org/2011/03/26/bbs-get-your-retro-on/#comment-80 Mon, 28 Mar 2011 14:00:17 +0000 http://jerkwerks.com/?p=1003#comment-80 Very cool, thanks for posting this! Hopefully the board will see more use. The Land of Spur game can be a lot of fun.

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