Post AobjESrw5a5HYoVDwO by leopardboy@netmonkey.xyz
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 (DIR) Post #Aoah5vW3oerSjf6zJo by tomjennings@tldr.nettime.org
       2024-12-01T04:40:17Z
       
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       This, for me, was world changing:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BDS_CThis was GREAT software. I wrote a basic unix like filesystem for it, using CP/M-80 FCBs and minimal buffering. I'm sure it was awful.Poor Leor, I once called him on the phone -- his home phone was in the manual! -- and woke him up. He talked to me anyway.It came with some example programs and games, including a GO program that cheated, like, right in front of you. No idea if that was intentional. It was still fun.We had it running on a BASF 3-platter, 24 megabyte hard disk, with a voice coil positioner, an SMD multi-board interface card, complete with huge braided SMD cables, terminators, and all that rot. Once a day the drive would go WOOOOOOP - KLUNK and stop. But when it ran it was FAST!Leor's still around, and you can download all his old code here.https://www.bdsoft.com/resources/bdsc.html
       
 (DIR) Post #AoapoOLim83IXEzNuy by sdubinsky@ruby.social
       2024-12-01T06:17:56Z
       
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       @tomjennings I could sit here and read old stories from you for hours
       
 (DIR) Post #AobjESrw5a5HYoVDwO by leopardboy@netmonkey.xyz
       2024-12-01T16:38:37Z
       
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       @tomjennings That’s an awesome story!