Board:   [DoveNet] DoveNet General Chat
Subject: do you guys use retro com
From:    Justmike
Date:    Tue Nov 03, 2026 12:27

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CO>  Re: do you guys use retro computers for this?
CO>  By: Alin to All on Thu Oct 29 2026 03:39 pm

CO> Al> hello! i am new to BBSs and i was wondering how many of you use an old
CO> Al> machine to view these (if so, how old?). i am using a 386 from 1992!

CO>When I was starting to get back into BBSing about a decade ago, I would use
CO>Tandy CoCo3 connected to a wifi232 device I built from a cheap ESP8266 board
CO>don't use it as often as I used to, since it's lacking in terms of both spee
CO>and modern terminal enhancements, but it's still fun for a quick gas from ti
CO>to time.

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You should check out the CoCo 3 again.  A lot has been done in the last
10 years, including new terminal programs such as NetMate (can be found
on the Color Computer Archive) and of course there is FujiNet (https:
//fujinet.online) with a VT100 and a GIME-ANSI application made for it.
And I have my BBS dedicated to the CoCo that supports 32x16, 40x16,
51x24,64x32 and of course 80x24.

JustMike coconet.ddns.net:6809
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