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Come join us on what I will call the “scatternet”, the globally distributed, offline-first, async network full of all the things that made the old Internet grea
by iamnothere 7mo ago
Come join us on what I will call the “scatternet”, the globally distributed, offline-first, async network full of all the things that made the old Internet great.
Save a few ISOs of still-free OSes and hoard a few extra cheap computers. (You might also want to get a 10Mhz capable radio.)
- rolph 7mo agoBBS was born, BBS has risen, BBS will come again.
- nhecker 7mo agoWhy the 10 MHz radio?
- iamnothere 7mo agoFor sporadic medium-long distance communication over packet radio. 10MHz isn’t too crowded and can be easily used for regional communications (and occasionally long distance) via atmospheric bounce. It also works well at low power and the antenna is shorter than other long distance modes like the longer wave HF bands (20m+).
- brightball 7mo agoRunning a network of old school BBS's over radio would be great
- rickydroll 7mo agoAre you thinking of 100mhz (3m)? Sending data by radio is messy, slow, and generally disappointing. Start your journey by reading up on the Aloha system https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALOHAnet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALOHAnet.
- iamnothere 7mo agoMy apologies, I meant 10m (28 MHz). Brain fart. It’s slow but it’s more than adequate for text, and range is excellent (hundreds of miles).