This really does not belong here, the tread should be moved elsewhere... Just wanted to set some facts straight. [...8<...8<...] > your BBS network in 1985! Or for those with the capital, you could get > like 200 Mb hard discs for like $5,000 US... I think anyway, been a long > time but that's how I remember it... Sounds a bit unlikely. The AMIGA (1000) came in 1985, the A500 1986, and the hard drive (for the latter) A520 came some time afther that. It was 20MB and cost about $1000 (in Norway, still I doubt that such a high end solution existed for the C= 64 at that time, atleast not that cheap) :) We laugh at 200MB HDs now, but before Win 95 it was "more than enough" > And it's audio capabilities were "just right", you could do all sorts of > neat stuff with it such as packet radio - or blue-boxing... wardialing & > scanning etc. which in those days was a popular past-time which was the > usual precursor to a box getting exploited... You could do DTMF > recognition even if you had an audio sampler (simple RS-232 box)... ;) The C= 64 did not have an RS 232 port. It had a user port were you plugged inn the sampler. You could/can buy a box that plugs in to this (the user port) to give you an RS-232 port. > The games on the C64 were the best, I stopped liking computer games after > those days. I know :) I still play games on my C= 64 from time to time :) > You can apparently overclock them... I've seen 64's overclocked, they > sell kits for it even in Europe... and there are devices to connect IDE > discs etc... for sure, hook it up to a nice fat disc and write some code Well, the IDE thing is a hack (You have to make it yourself) But at http://www.cmd.com you can still buy SCSI disks > to get "swap memory" happening, overclock it to 500 Mhz... then mabye > write a POSIX kernel in BASIC or ML... you could load it up from tape when > booting... and have it run your firewall... web server etc... There is LUNIX (Little UNIX) for the CBM 64. (Not exacly POSIX etc., but still ;) > Never did see any ethernet solution for a C-64 though... probably have to > have some other linux box in front of it and connect it via RS-232... or > something... but still how the hell would you hack it... hahah... you'd > have to go grab the guy's Datasette... Yup, this has been done. Null modem cable and a BBS prog on the C= 64, and then you telnet in via a linux machine. Also quite a few ppl. that use a terminal program to connect to a UNIX machine and then use lynx/pine etc. to accsess the net. The C= 64 has even been on IRC. If you dont belive me check out: comp.sys.cbm I don't think anyone has used it for a firewall yet, but i wouldn't be suprised if I am wrong ;)) > Long live C= and Amiga... Down with microsoft who destroyed them... AMEN! :) I still use both my C= 64 (games) and AMIGA(s). The AMIGA is still awesome for a lot of things: The best mail/news client (THOR) regardless of platform. Small and efficient web browsers, etc... Regards, Per - [To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe firewalls" in the body of the message.]
