Holy cow, I did it!

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Title: Holy cow, I did it!
Post by: BillAnderson on February 19, 2020, 07:56:13 PM
I'm posting this message from my new NeXTstation running at a blistering 25Mhz. It took me a good 5-10 minutes to navigate here, but it actually works. Completely impractical, hopelessly slow, but MAN, THIS IS FUN!
Title: Re: Holy cow, I did it!
Post by: BillAnderson on February 19, 2020, 08:00:54 PM
Congratulations, Bill, from your sleek, modern self running Catalina on the latest Mac powerbook in glorious color.

I may be faster, and I am silent compared to your jet engine fan, but I don't have half the charm that you do.
Title: Re: Holy cow, I did it!
Post by: crimsonRE on February 19, 2020, 08:58:20 PM
I actually use my TurboColor almost exclusively for reading/posting on this site. Though the UI of this site is no longer anywhere as sleek as previous iterations when viewed with OmniWeb 2.7b, I've been using that browser for so long that I can get around with it rather swiftly.
If you want to try something interesting, get CubX-Window (X-Windows server for NextStep, at http://www.nextcomputers.org/NeXTfiles/Software/NEXTSTEP/Apps/X/ , license key is in the README) and display your modern WWW browser over to your NeXT box - a real hoot...
Then get an account with a USENET server (www.eternal-september.org is a good one - all text and only text USENET, the way it was & should be) and explore it with Alexandra.app. And gopherspace (the info system that ruled the roost, along with FTP, before Tim B-L & his NextStep-developed WWW new-fangledness) with Gopher.app (Gopher ver. 1.3.3b) - start from gopher.floodgap.com.
Title: Re: Holy cow, I did it!
Post by: BillAnderson on February 20, 2020, 05:07:47 AM
Quote from: crimsonRE on February 19, 2020, 08:58:20 PMIf you want to try something interesting...

Thanks so much, crimsonRE, I was hoping to get back on Usenet, and had no idea about CubX. This is excellent!
Title: Re: Holy cow, I did it!
Post by: pomosapien on September 11, 2021, 09:11:26 AM
@BillAnderson, i'm happy for both of you.
@CrimsonRE, thanks for the X11 pointer, i couldn't find an implementation.
Title: Re: Holy cow, I did it!
Post by: codepoet80 on September 14, 2021, 04:00:44 PM
Checking in from my Intel whitebox running OpenStep 4.2!

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