• Re: Back to the BBS Ep. 5

    From Dr. What@21:1/194 to gcubebuddy on Thu Aug 26 08:29:00 2021
    gcubebuddy wrote to hyjinx <=-

    The episode is called 'The Underground' and it focusses on the
    beginnings of the Hacking, Phreaking, Anarchy, Virii, Cracking/Warez and Carding scenes. So, if you want to know where the darkweb came from, how

    also who could forget the classic book "Hacker Crackdown - Law and disorder in the Electronic Fronteer" and Captian Crunch lol

    I think I still have a copy of that Steve Jackson's Games book that caused the Secret Service all those problems (i.e. having the Judge spend 40 minutes berating the chief investigator about not knowing the law).


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  • From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to Dr. What on Thu Aug 26 10:32:42 2021
    I think I still have a copy of that Steve Jackson's Games book that
    caused the Secret Service all those problems (i.e. having the Judge
    spend 40 minutes berating the chief investigator about not knowing the law).

    wow interesting. i actaully have not read that one yet. i will have to look that up.

    Thanks
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  • From Dr. What@21:1/194 to gcubebuddy on Fri Aug 27 08:19:00 2021
    gcubebuddy wrote to Dr. What <=-

    I think I still have a copy of that Steve Jackson's Games book that
    caused the Secret Service all those problems (i.e. having the Judge
    spend 40 minutes berating the chief investigator about not knowing the law).

    wow interesting. i actaully have not read that one yet. i will have to look that up.

    The Steve Jackson Games case was very interesting.

    There are special laws concerning raiding a publisher (like Steve Jackson Games). The standard for getting permission is much higher because of First Amendment issues. It seems that the chief investigator was completely ignorant of these laws and completely failed to do his homework before the raid.


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  • From Dr. What@21:1/194 to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Aug 30 08:46:00 2021
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Adept <=-

    I dunno. I was thinking, "I wonder how good he was with Graffiti".

    Back then, my handwriting started looking like Graffiti.

    Oh, man! That brings back memories.

    I used Graffiti so much that I actually caught myself writing it on paper a few times.


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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to gcubebuddy on Wed Sep 15 14:29:14 2021
    On 10 Sep 2021 at 07:10a, gcubebuddy pondered and said...

    These are also the days of computers with buttons labeled 'turbo' ... woot :)

    haha i wish that some manufacture would remake those old tower cases for modern computers. they always looked so cool.

    there's a trend these days to fit new gear into old cases it seems too.. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

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  • From gcubebuddy@21:4/129 to Avon on Wed Sep 15 07:27:42 2021
    there's a trend these days to fit new gear into old cases it seems too.. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

    Ya i have kind of been leaning more towards building new systems off RPi,
    and getting old software to run on them. eventually alot of the old Commodore 64s, Tandy TRS-80s and the old systems we had, are eventually going to break down. i figure if we retrofit a "platform" like the RPi for those old
    systems, then we can even expand the capabilities of what the old softwares
    can do. The main retro system i have built now, but not a lot of chance to tinker with, is an RPi3a (cheap $20 card on amazon) i am running a "BareMetal emulator based on VICE, called BMC64 on it. it perfectly emulates the
    commodore line of systems. the VIC-20, C64, C128, PET ect... i would love to get it set up to be able to use the wifi hardware on the RPi so i can telnet
    to my BBS with it. :-) but at least its a fully functional.

    Thanks
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  • From Warpslide@21:3/110 to Avon on Wed Sep 15 08:28:24 2021
    On 15 Sep 2021, Avon said the following...

    there's a trend these days to fit new gear into old cases it seems too.. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

    That reminds me of a few years back when everyone seemed to be stuffing a Raspberry Pi into an altoids containers. It was neat, but I didn't really get the appeal.

    Now, making a mini NES out of leggo, THAT'S right up my alley!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5t-UNIkv28


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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to gcubebuddy on Wed Sep 15 08:10:00 2021
    gcubebuddy wrote to Avon <=-

    Ya i have kind of been leaning more towards building new systems off
    RPi, and getting old software to run on them. eventually alot of the
    old Commodore 64s, Tandy TRS-80s and the old systems we had, are eventually going to break down. i figure if we retrofit a "platform"
    like the RPi for those old systems, then we can even expand the capabilities of what the old softwares can do.

    At the Vintage Computer Fair, I saw a couple of projects where old IBM mainframes (which took up a room!) running on a Pi. In one case, they'd
    wired up all of the lights and switches from the original computer's front panel, fully functional.

    I'm so wanting one of those PiDP systems for my office - a PDP/8 or PDP/11, emulated on a Pi with a functioning front panel.


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  • From N1uro@21:4/107 to Avon on Wed Sep 15 11:44:00 2021
    Hey Avon;

    On 15 Sep 2021, Avon said the following...

    there's a trend these days to fit new gear into old cases it seems too.. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

    I've seen some cool packet stations users have built with a radio and a
    Pi built into an older PC case using the PC's power supply for juice.
    Pretty ingenius if I do say so... and you're not going to find a cleaner
    power supply for a ham radio than one from a PC.

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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to N1uro on Thu Sep 16 23:16:00 2021
    Pretty ingenius if I do say so... and you're not going to find a cleaner power supply for a ham radio than one from a PC.

    Boggle, switchmode supplies are notoriously noisy.. even with filtering
    you'll often get some level of ripple going on. What they have going for
    them is far better efficiency than any linear supply.

    I could be completely wrong, but one imagines that HAM would have similar requirements to audio supplies.. you don't want to induce ripple or hum into the equipment via the power supply... there's a good reason audio equipment still uses toroidal and similar power supplies.

    Spec


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  • From N1uro@21:4/107 to Spectre on Thu Sep 16 18:51:00 2021
    Hello Spectre;

    Spectre wrote to N1uro <=-

    Boggle, switchmode supplies are notoriously noisy.. even with filtering you'll often get some level of ripple going on. What they have going
    for them is far better efficiency than any linear supply.

    For the purpose of amateur radio, linear supplies tend to be a better source
    of power.

    I could be completely wrong, but one imagines that HAM would have
    similar requirements to audio supplies.. you don't want to induce
    ripple or hum into the equipment via the power supply... there's a good reason audio equipment still uses toroidal and similar power supplies.

    You can limit the ripple through heavier filtering. HAM radio is by far anything
    but audiophile type quality. You're more dealing with transmitting power
    and consistency first, audio quality second. That's why CW (morse code) is promoted.

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  • From Spectre@21:3/101 to N1uro on Fri Sep 17 22:20:00 2021
    For the purpose of amateur radio, linear supplies tend to be a better source of power.

    You can limit the ripple through heavier filtering. HAM radio is by far anything but audiophile type quality. You're more dealing with transmitting power and consistency first, audio quality second.

    Ahh I see my first problem. HAM + Amateur, have always meant the same thing
    in my mind.. sounds like its more different than I expected... More power Mr Spotty, if I give her any more, you'll blow the filters cap'n... I don't care we need the extra kilometer coverage ;)

    Spec


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  • From N1uro@21:4/107 to Spectre on Fri Sep 17 10:46:00 2021
    Hello Spectre;

    Spectre wrote to N1uro <=-

    Ahh I see my first problem. HAM + Amateur, have always meant the same thing in my mind.. sounds like its more different than I expected...
    More power Mr Spotty, if I give her any more, you'll blow the filters cap'n... I don't care we need the extra kilometer coverage ;)

    HAM and Amateur Radio are the same thing. It's just that the audio quality is not priority vs coverage. Without a good transmitting signal, audio is a moot issue :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to Warpslide on Sun Sep 19 19:25:44 2021
    On 15 Sep 2021 at 08:28a, Warpslide pondered and said...


    there's a trend these days to fit new gear into old cases it seems to I'm not sure how I feel about that.

    That reminds me of a few years back when everyone seemed to be stuffing
    a Raspberry Pi into an altoids containers. It was neat, but I didn't really get the appeal.

    Perhaps they wanted to re-boot the taste of pi :)

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  • From Avon@21:1/101 to N1uro on Sun Sep 19 19:30:34 2021
    On 15 Sep 2021 at 11:44a, N1uro pondered and said...

    I've seen some cool packet stations users have built with a radio and a
    Pi built into an older PC case using the PC's power supply for juice. Pretty ingenius if I do say so... and you're not going to find a cleaner power supply for a ham radio than one from a PC.

    Very true. I like the idea of what they are doing as you describe.

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  • From N1uro@21:4/107 to Avon on Sun Sep 19 08:38:00 2021
    Hey Avon;

    Avon wrote to N1uro <=-

    Very true. I like the idea of what they are doing as you describe.

    One design I saw was where the radio was mounted in a CD/DVD ROM slot,
    the TNC was a TNC-Pi and the Pi was wire tied inside the hard disk
    slot. A jumper for the antenna was stretched out from the radio to the back
    of the case. Looked very slick! All you saw from the front was the radio.

    I'm sure if that was shrunken down to say an SFF case it might make for somewhat of a good go-kit.

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