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| 5 | This page is about the _retronetworking_ exhibit at the "2022 Incarnation of VCFB":https://vcfb.de/2022/ (Vintage Computing Festival, Berlin) on October 8+9, 2022. |
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| 7 | We brought our [[Dialup_Network_In_A_Box]] together with a few [[Laptops]] and plenty of [[Modems_for_analog_telepone_lines]] as well as [[retronetworking:ISDN_Adapters]]. |
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| 9 | h2. What can I do here? |
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| 11 | You can |
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| 12 | # use one of the laptops with modem/ISDN-TA to dial into a variety of BBSs or experience dialup internet |
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| 13 | # bring your own laptop and connec to a modem via a USB-Serial adapter and a terminal program of your choice |
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| 17 | h2. Why? |
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| 19 | To (re?)experience the days of BBSs and dialup networking before the advent of always-on technologies like DSL and cellular internet |
