I can kind of get it to work on Netscape 3.0 if I turn off Javascript,
but the layout sucks. I haven't tried it on Lynx. I'd also be curious to know if it works
on Arachne.

Cool project! And I like the Tandy! :)

Any reason why you are adverse to HTTPS? I wonder if anyone would sign up without it these days?

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I can kind of get it to work on Netscape 3.0 if I turn off Javascript, but the layout sucks. I haven't tried it on Lynx. I'd also be curious to know if it works
on Arachne.

Any reason why you are adverse to HTTPS? I wonder if anyone would sign up without it these days?

Older browsers can't handle the encryption algos used today, heck, some even don't support anything other than port 80.

As far as sign ups, I'm mostly doing the projects for my own entertainment/nostalgia.

Cool project! And I like the Tandy! :)

I wish it had an rs232 serial port so I could do some BBS'ing.

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Older browsers can't handle the encryption algos used today, heck, some even don't support anything other than port 80.

Ok, I see now.

As far as sign ups, I'm mostly doing the projects for my own entertainment/nostalgia.

Got it, makes sense.

I wish it had an rs232 serial port so I could do some BBS'ing.

That would be cool. Do you have any other vintage computers/electronics? Sadly I have none anymore. My first computer was an Apple 2e, and I wish I still had that as well as the old PCs I had from the 80s. Cyberdecks seem fun so I might play with that.

Your Tandy was cool because it was your childhood computer is that right? So cool you held onto it! But if you have any other fun things, let me know (or post on Friendbook :) )

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Fae Empress wrote to Knight Shadow <=-

Older browsers can't handle the encryption algos used today, heck, some even don't support anything other than port 80.

As far as sign ups, I'm mostly doing the projects for my own entertainment/nostalgia.

I see both sides. I like the "encrypt everything to make it harder to
encrypt the important stuff" angle, but I also serve lots of content
that doesn't contain PCI, isn't sensitive, and I couldn't care less if
it's not encrypted in transit - especially smolweb stuff like a blog
I'm running on a tilde I joined.

Although the tilde does have a SSL cert - that's one benefit of tildes
- making it easier to encrypt by needing one cert only.




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Re: Re: Friendbook Retro Clon
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Fae Empress on Mon Sep 21 2026 08:05:20

I'm running on a tilde I joined.

Not familiar with that outside of the symbol.

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That would be cool. Do you have any other vintage computers/electronics? Sadly I have none anymore. My first computer was an Apple 2e, and I wish I

I have a couple old Win98 laptops, but nothing older than that. I had some fun with the 2E back in elementary school computer lab. I think I played Wizardry on
it. Those were some nice machines back in the day.

still had that as well as the old PCs I had from the 80s. Cyberdecks seem fun so I might play with that.

Wow! I never heard of Cyberdeck before. It looks like an interesting project.

Your Tandy was cool because it was your childhood computer is that right? So cool you held onto it! But if you have any other fun things, let me know (or post on Friendbook :) )

The nostalgia is strong with my first computer, but there isn't much I can do on
it except play a few DOS games. I lost the disks for Tandy Deskmate.

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Re: Re: Friendbook Retro Clon
By: Fae Empress to Knight Shadow on Mon Sep 21 2026 08:45 am

That would be cool. Do you have any other vintage computers/electronics? Sadly I have none anymore. My first computer was an Apple 2e, and I wish

I have a couple old Win98 laptops, but nothing older than that. I had some f

with the 2E back in elementary school computer lab. I think I played

Wizardr > on
it. Those were some nice machines back in the day.

still had that as well as the old PCs I had from the 80s. Cyberdecks seem

fun so I might play with that.

Wow! I never heard of Cyberdeck before. It looks like an interesting project

Your Tandy was cool because it was your childhood computer is that right?

cool you held onto it! But if you have any other fun things, let me

know > > post on Friendbook :) )

The nostalgia is strong with my first computer, but there isn't much I can d

on

it except play a few DOS games. I lost the disks for Tandy Deskmate.

I recently started collecting the computers I had when I was running my BBS. Ihave a C64 and a Amiga 500. I also have a collection of vintage Macs that
I never had experience with. It was fun to learn OS's 6 thru 9 and then use appletalk to network them all. I also collect SCSI hard drives and enclosures because always wanted as many drives as possibles in the 80's but couldn't afford but a couple. I guess I am making up for that "lack of HDDs" now :)

Joe

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I recently started collecting the computers I had when I was running my BBS. Ihave a C64 and a Amiga 500. I also have a collection of vintage Macs that I never had experience with. It was fun to learn OS's 6 thru
9 and then use appletalk to network them all. I also collect SCSI hard drives and enclosures because always wanted as many drives as possibles
in the 80's but couldn't afford but a couple. I guess I am making up
for that "lack of HDDs" now :)

Oh fun! Was the C64 your first computer? My friend had a C64 and I really wanted one because the games and sound were better than my Apple 2.

Only just recently did I get into the Amiga after talking with folks who had/have them. What a great machine and so ahead of its time back in the day! So far I have only purchased an emulator for the Amiga, but maybe one day I'll actually get one.

Is your C64 and Amiga actual older computers, or modern ones (like the C64 Ultimate)?

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Re: Re: Friendbook Retro Clon
By: Mortar to poindexter FORTRAN on Mon Sep 21 2026 14:36:27

Re: Re: Friendbook Retro Clon
By: poindexter FORTRAN to Fae Empress on Mon Sep 21 2026 08:05:20

I'm running on a tilde I joined.

Not familiar with that outside of the symbol.

Ancient method of shared webhosting where you got a folder to put up static content on someone else's webserver.
A lot of universities still do it, although they're becoming more rare. The one most are familiar with/have interacted
with is chiark.greenend.co.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ -- for years its just been on personal hosting on a university webserver, but the ~ implies only sgtatham can post to it.

xo
Bryn

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I recently started collecting the computers I had when I was running my BBS. Ihave a C64 and a Amiga 500. I also have a collection of vintage Macs that

oooh I have always wanted to own an Amiga. But damn they're so expensive now. You
guys that have them are so lucky.

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Re: Re: Friendbook Retro Clon
By: Knight Shadow to Dagent23 on Mon Sep 21 2026 10:11 pm

I recently started collecting the computers I had when I was running my

BBS. Ihave a C64 and a Amiga 500. I also have a collection of

vintag > Da> Macs that I never had experience with. It was fun to learn OS's 6 thru > Da> 9 and then use appletalk to network them all. I also collect SCSI hard > Da> drives and enclosures because always wanted as many drives as possibles > Da> in the 80's but couldn't afford but a couple. I guess I am making up
for that "lack of HDDs" now :)

Oh fun! Was the C64 your first computer? My friend had a C64 and I really wanted one because the games and sound were better than my Apple 2.

Only just recently did I get into the Amiga after talking with folks who had/have them. What a great machine and so ahead of its time back in the day

So far I have only purchased an emulator for the Amiga, but maybe one day

I' > actually get one.

Is your C64 and Amiga actual older computers, or modern ones (like the C64 Ultimate)?

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Actually, first computer was a TRS-80 Model 1 complete with tape drive, space wars and haunted house. My first computer with a modem was my C64 and a
300 baud modem. I started my BBS when I got a 2400 baud modem and enough storage to host a few files. My first major jump was to a C128 with a 20MB Lt.Kernal hard drive running C-Net BBS. Then I got my A500 and more storage and
ran Amiga C-Net. It was really cool back in the day running a bbs. There were some big personalities and wars to go along with them. One guy threatenedthat he would come to my backyard and send a jolt of current through my phone
line if I didn't immediately give him SysOp access. He didn't get access and my phone line wasn't sabotaged after all. :) I have all original equipment right now. I am playing with a mod in my A500 when I can switch from 68k CPU to Raspberry PI PiStorm CPU. I have a really good Amiga emulator, running on
a Raspberry Pi 5 called Pimiga5 that I play with when I don't want to go down into the basement to play with my vintage Amiga.

Joe

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Re: Re: Friendbook Retro Clon
By: Bryn to Mortar on Tue Sep 22 2026 09:03 am

I'm running on a tilde I joined.

Not familiar with that outside of the symbol.

Ancient method of shared webhosting where you got a folder to put up static content on someone else's webserver.

No, poindexter keeps trying to get people to join the SITE tilde.
It's a hipster site.

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