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nostalgia noun nos·tal·gia nä-ˈstal-jə nə-, also nȯ-, nō-; nə-ˈstäl- 1: a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition also : something that evokes nostalgia

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i spent a lot of time in BBS-land and telix quickly became my favorite term emulator. it contained the first scripted language i put to any use, SALT. i still have the book!

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[–] Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I was a hardcore TERMINATE fan ❤️

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Seriously dude, my johnson actually tingled when I saw this! I was almost 40, and had to send a copy of my birth certificate to "some random geek in the hood" so I could access/dl porn!

WTF!!
Plus, "Holy Desperation, Batman!"

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

there was quite a market for the cdroms that made up those 'libraries'. my first.. uh ...blue.. material was from the newsgroup binaries.

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

...vhs (or beta) tapes from "that guy" with the ginormous satellite dish....

[–] mystik@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

They also made RIPTerm and RIPscript iirc. Those were the days…….

[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

That's a name I haven't heard in a long time.

[–] rbos@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

I started with Telix but Telemate won me over. Better macros for tw2002.