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A True Telnet BBS on a Casio Calculator

73 pointsby austinallegrotoday at 12:16 PM9 commentsview on HN

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rglovertoday at 7:46 PM

Just reminded me of my favorite toy as a kid, the IR-7000 [1]. I convinced myself I was Ethan Hunt riding around on my bike with it in my pocket.

Cool to see this working.

[1] https://segaretro.org/IR_7000_Communicator

nizmowtoday at 3:42 PM

I love this, but feedback to the author: the combination of a quirky font and quirky colours make this incredibly hard to read.

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codazodatoday at 4:20 PM

I really enjoy this format. Like reading a story from the authors life. Like you might read in an autobiography.

I don’t think I write this way very often, but I enjoyed reading it.

My takeaway is to write a bit like a journal more often.

josh-wraletoday at 3:26 PM

I just ordered a Cardputer Adv on a similar interest. I saw the Cardputer Zero is sold out on Kickstarter! I miss my LG Phenom :(

qingcharlestoday at 3:06 PM

A Casio FX-730P got me through secondary school. Sitting there programming during every lesson instead of paying attention.

barrenkotoday at 3:36 PM

Man, one of these was my fever dream as a kid.

clickety_clacktoday at 3:06 PM

This is so awesome.

lysacetoday at 5:23 PM

That "AI-generated fake magazine advert" for the VX-4 is glorious.