Board:   [fsxNet] Retro Computing
Subject: Re: Colour Maximite 2
From:    boraxman(21:1/101)
Date:    Sat Oct 17, 2026 13:59

 ap> There's a small community that surrounds it, and they've put together a
 ap> variety of programs, mostly games.
 ap>
 ap> I've been helping with a terminal program for dialling BBSes (using
 ap> ZiModem via an esp32 connected to the raspberry pi header) and we've
 ap> gotten ANSI and X-Modem working.
 ap>
 ap> Does this sort of thing sound interesting to anyone? I love old
 ap> computers, but they're getting harder and harder to find, and more
 ap> expensive too.

I like the idea of the "retro style" computers, but I prefer to use the original hardware.  There is something about using a CRT monitor, original keyboard, floppy disk, or even a Green Sreen CRT with a CGA card that the emulation doesn't quite capture.  I suppose these are close, in that they are new hardware, but I can just run an emulator on my current PC.

Maybe its mostly nostalgia, trying to recreate the past...

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