Board:   [DoveNet] DoveNet General Chat
Subject: Re: ai shit from bbs peop
From:    Boraxman
Date:    Thu Oct 22, 2026 08:53

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-=> poindexter FORTRAN wrote to Nightfox <=-

 pF> @MSGID: <6AD79C8B.3719.dove.dove-gen@realitycheckbbs.org>
 pF> @REPLY: <6AD68D40.80583.dove_dove-gen@digitaldistortionbbs.com>
 -=> Nightfox wrote to Digital Man <=-

 Ni> I recall seeing one though, which I'm sure was a 3rd party network
 Ni> stack. It was around 1996ish that I saw it, so I don't remember who
 Ni> made it, but I remember trying one and running a text-based web browser
 Ni> in DOS (maybe a DOS port of Lynx).

 pF>  There were third-party commercial TCP/IP stacks, if memory serves, and
 pF>  the Crynwyr packet drivers for DOS. I used the Crynwyr drivers for
 pF> some
 pF>  time with NCSA telnet and Kermit way back when.

 pF>  Kali used the Crynwyr drivers to support IPX games over IP.

 pF>  I wouldn't have thought that in 2026 that I'd type "Crynwyr", let
 pF> alone
 pF>  several times...

 pF>  I remember looking up the pronunciation online and finding a .wav file
 pF>  on an early web site - and thinking that was pretty cutting edge
 pF>  technology.

 pF> (Cruh-noor, accent on the first syllable with a roll of the "r"s. I
 pF> suspect it's Welsh)

Haven't heard of Crynwyr, but there were I think TCP stacks for DOS.

Quake also supported TCP/IP in the DOS version if I recall correctly.

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