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Comment by 🐐 drh3xx

Re: "Just watching some retro CoCo content on Youtube and there..."

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@norayr thanks for the comments. Another good way to get around the lack of a static ip (atleast if you don't want lots of control of the domain name) is tailscale tunnels.

🐐 drh3xx [OP]

2023-12-04 · 9 months ago

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🐙 norayr · 2023-12-04 at 08:19:

true. i just learned about those yesterday.

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🐐 drh3xx

Just watching some retro CoCo content on Youtube and there was mention of dialing in to a BBS at 300baud in 2023. This got me thinking... In the UK atleast mobile contracts only really charge their users for Data and premium rate calls/xMS. Does anyone know if someone has fudged together a BBS style system hosted on a Linux mobile? In theory you'd be able to host it on a minimal data contract for a few pounds a month. You'd be limited to 1 or 2 simultaneous connections but you could maybe use...

💬 4 comments · 2 likes · 2023-12-03 · 9 months ago