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  • Houston, We Have Connect

    From Snobsoft@VERT/PARTYBOW to All on Friday, July 03, 2026 13:43:05
    From someone who set out with his 40-year-old SX-64 to visit an equally ancient Commodore 64 BBS - not old-school with a modem, but through a DIY null-modem cable hooked up over the internet.

    It turned out to be much more difficult than expected, with all sorts of cable shenanigans that of course refused to work - and ultimately even resulted in the SX-64 needing repairs.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3csC9z7oPSY

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  • From phigan@VERT/TACOPRON to Snobsoft on Saturday, July 04, 2026 19:04:00
    Re: Houston, We Have Connect
    By: Snobsoft to All on Fri Jul 03 2026 01:43 pm

    It turned out to be much more difficult than expected, with all sorts of cab shenanigans that of course refused to work - and ultimately even resulted in

    Hm, I have an SX-64, and I use a home-made ESP8266-based userport modem.. and also a pi1541-zero. Sure, it takes some doing, but it's not OMG such a big deal. Not sure why you need a 30 minute video for this.

    Fun stuff, though!

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  • From Snobsoft@VERT/PARTYBOW to phigan on Tuesday, July 07, 2026 03:19:40
    Re: Houston, We Have Connect
    By: phigan to Snobsoft on Sat Jul 04 2026 07:04 pm

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3csC9z7oPSY


    It turned out to be much more
    difficult than expected, with all
    sorts of cab shenanigans that of
    course refused to work - and
    ultimately even resulted in

    Hm, I have an SX-64, and I use a
    home-made ESP8266-based userport
    modem.. and also a pi1541-zero.
    Sure,
    it takes some doing, but it's not
    OMG
    such a big deal. Not sure why you
    need
    a 30 minute video for this.

    Fun stuff, though!


    I wanted people who aren't very
    familiar with the SX-64 or hardware stuff in general (like me) to be able to follow along.
    The wonderfully detailed material Ray sent me is perfect for that.
    And of course I didn't want to butcher it into some TikTok clip.

    But I'm glad you still had fun :D

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