Mom hang up the phone, I’m hacking
Before torrents, before FTP, before high-speed — we had Xmodem, Express! Term, and a whole lot of watching this screen..
Checksum in play
SOH timeouts
NAK’ing blocks like a champ
Mom picking up the phone
If you were there, you know the thrill of waiting 40 minutes for a cracked copy of Donkey Kong to transfer without corrupting.
#BBSing #Xmodem #RetroComputing #Atari #SouthernAMIS #FujiNet #Telnet
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