Nostalgia for a more relaxed era of computing can drive one to resurrecting ancient protocols, breathing in solder fumes, and exploring old-new networking technologies on OpenBSD.

Original on the Gemini protocol

  • Fyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 hours ago

    the pocket PC finding new work again is exactly the “old-new” stuff I love - a 25-year-old device still earning its keep. is it actually browsing on the PDA itself, or mostly passing the connection through? either way, OpenBSD on that hardware is a nice trick