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Don't forget HS/Link! [1] It was kind of cool being able to chat while the transfer was happening. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HS/Link https://en.wikiped
by fullstop 4y ago
Don't forget HS/Link! [1] It was kind of cool being able to chat while the transfer was happening.
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HS/Link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HS/Link
- altairprime 4y agoHS/Link was invaluable for QWK swapping, especially combined with a {COMMO} auto dialer. I still miss QWK, which was essentially a two-way hybrid of RSS and RFC822.
- tssva 4y agoI see Telix, Qmodem and Procomm mentioned frequently when people reminisce about their modem days but rarely {COMMO} which is a shame. It was a fantastic piece of software which deserves more recognition.
- altairprime 4y agoIt taught me scripting at age 8. I will be forever grateful. The author passed away ten or twenty years ago, and the family decided not to release the source code, which I will forever be sad about. At least it still runs in emulators.