sorry "the commodore" just sounded cooler than specifying a machine. also i don't know any. but mostly the first thing

Gotcha. I'm sure there are some round-about ways to do it on a C64, PET, VIC, C128, etc. by accessing a BBS via a terminal and dial-up, but that's relying on a more powerful machine to handle the network connection and heavy lifting of an email client. There do exist modern network adapters for C64s, I've got one:

This is a C64NIC+, which I believe handles alot of the TCP/IP network stack internally, leaving the C64 available to run software. I've seen them used to play network games written within the past 15+ years. Personally, I've used mine to access IRC servers with a client known as GEOLINK (which is derived from the GEOS operating system).

Best alternatives to tumblr!

https://cohost.org/

Cohost is a blogging site that actually allows nsfw art! wow!

https://neocities.org/

Neocities does a good job of bringing back the old feel of the web! html experience required of course. hosting a site with 50 gigabytes is only 5$! (compared to other hosting sites with hundreds of dollars for the same price.)

https://discord.com/

Discord is best in the business when it comes to voice and text chat with friends! (look out for groomers though!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC

IRC (internet relay chat) are some of the first internet chatrooms! there are plenty of clients online, including Hexchat, Kiwiirc, Gamja, Pidgin, and Konversation.

Feel free to rb w/ more!

UwU

Um, yeah, I guess you could say I’m something of a baller.

“The injuries we're witnessing are predominantly blast injuries with shrapnel wounds all over the body. Most are to the limbs, and multiple adults and children and babies coming in with traumatic amputations of arms and legs. We've seen small children with the most horrible facial burns. Every square inch of the hospital - the halls, the staircases, the reception areas, the wards - are covered with people lying on the ground.”-Professor Nick Maynard, a senior surgeon from Oxford University Hospital and the EMT’s clinical lead. Medical Aid for Palestinians and International Rescue Committee Emergency Medical Team report serious malnutrition and harrowing injuries in Gaza hospital | International Rescue Committee (IRC)

*Madred has joined #gul-chat*

<Madred> hey guys

<Madred> hey

<Madred> check it out

<Madred> I've hoisted my own Picard!

<Madred> http://cardassia.egg/images/48629729484.jpg

*chanserv sets mode +o BigD_ukat*

*BigD_ukat has kicked Madred from #gul-chat. Reason: no*

<toran2> good riddance

<xEVEKx> you should ban him too.

<ocett{C}> I agree. Seconded.

A Serperior and a Vaporeon engage in productive academic discussion in an IRC chat room.

If I had the know-how, I'd 100% make a Discord client that looks like old-school MSN or AIM. Hell, maybe even make it mimic an old IRC running in a terminal.

Of course, I don't know shit about that or if it's even possible. Still, it's nice to think about.

i put an IRC client on my BBS so you can IRC while you BBS. fantastic

Attempting to use a Mightyterm in 22 columns on a VIC-20 as a terminal, logged into IRC via a pi and irssi. It's... not good. But it was worth a shot.

i didn't do MySpace, i went straight from livejournal to Tumblr. i have been on Twitter a while bc it's great for arguing, but for a long time telegram and whatsapp have been at the forefront of news propagation, at least for news i care about. i guess I'm finally getting old bc I don't really get a lot of news from short form video, i just see comedians and slice of life stuff there. mastodon and bluesky are federated services are for Losers who can't handle Twitter and i don't really feel like they're going to catch on, but who knows. maybe forums will come back? community focused, moderated, and with low risk of Identity theft or high reward to Identity curation. but idk the centralized sites have dominated a long time now, we used to move platform to platform more naturally. i mean social media itself hasn't even been around all that long. i maintain like usenet, irc, smtp presence for legacy and professional reasons but they're at all time lows, real ghost towns.

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