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Re: Easy lesson learned = time saved
By: Daniel to alt.bbs.synchronet,alt.bbs.mystic on Wed Dec 03 2025 19:53:58
Da> So why am I here? Well, peri said that they`ve sold roughly 15000 new
Da> c64u`s. All with wifi. I operated under an assumption that we`d see an
Da> uptick of bbs logins from C64`s looking for a petscii theme. So, i began
Lots of c64u`s out the door. They have a new one the C64 77. I
don`t really understand it, its realated to Cyber Punk 2077, whihc the
C64 can`t run, and will never run. I`m no sure Mr Peri, really is
going to be true to is original speach to the retro community. What I
see is lots of looks and surface stuff, not so much more than that.
Gideon ... that guy was doing stuff.
Da> 1. It would`ve been a grand waste of time to do what I thought was a
Da> service to the C64U community.
Da> 2. Roughly 5.6% of their community have interests in bbs`ing on a c64. 3.
Da> The userbase isn`t nostalgic for our scene, it`s about games. As kids,
Da> they were gaming, not using modems. 4. The existing boards with PETSCII
Da> themes probably have their community already carved out. My entry won`t
Da> add any `benefit` to them.
I think you are right. Lots of stuff about games for the C64U and
although their website speaks to no distractions, I see a majority of advert
space is for gaming. I would love to game, but the games not that great
on that platform, when compared to the MSDOS platform, and early
windows.
I`m a lot more interested in the BBS side or the connectivity
side, but not a lot of work is going on that direction for the 8 bit
system[s].
I`m think there is a suite of software kinda like GEOs but better,
with a bit more focus on brining a more modern OS
https://c64os.com .
Maybe the users from that realm will find value in BBS-ing and less
gaming.
For me I think the networking and connectivity is the best part of
the system. I do find the simple system OK to program on, and explore,
but without networking .. I find it difficult to compute these days.
Connecting to email, irc, bbses, and writing text files, seems to
be a standard need. The good old c64 is fun, but it needs more
resources.
BBsing, Sysop of Lunar Outpost, lunarout.sycnhro.net
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