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@kkarhan@jorts.horse · 5d ago

@HopelessDemigod@mstdn.social just the spectrum or also useage rights? Obviously #analog TV got canned long ago to the point that there were #transparent #prison #TubeTV|s with #digital #tuners, as analog tuners were not legal in new devices anymore…Also IDK if #ATSC-T does #MUX|ing like #DVB-T but I'm shure that too has reconfigureability.Worst-Case it'll be used for some narrow/midband #Internet service (similar to #WiMax) in rural areas… #TransparentElectronics #TV

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Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992

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@lorry@infosec.exchange · Mar 17, 2026

This one might be interesting to anyone interested in computer gaming history.

https://dec10.uknet.net

I spent the last couple of weeks finally finishing a project I started for Bletchley Park about 20 years ago. Recreating the original MUD and MIST on a mirror of the original Essex University system that finally closed in 1991.

Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle wrote the first online multi-user game (MUD) on Essex University’s DECSystem-10 in 1978 and it ran till I closed it in 1991. I diligently backed everything up so I could potentially recover it one day, but as far as I can see, all the DECSystem-10’s went to the great scrapyard in the sky, my backups were mostly stolen when my first museum was stolen, and I had huge issues recovering the Essex BCPL compiler to compile what I had left when I finally got a decent TOPS-10 emulator running on a VAX for Bletchley Park.

One good thing about being an unemployable whistleblower is free time, so I finally hunkered down to some 90 hour weeks and built a software replica of the Essex system I think reflects it well. It’s running on a KS10 not a KL10 but I had to let some things slip.

I put the latest known versions of MUD and MIST on it, and miraculously found ROCK too.

So, to meander to the point, if you want to see and relive exactly what online multi user gaming was like from 1978 to 1991, you can go to:

https://dec10.uknet.net

Or:

telnet telnet.dec10.uknet.net

(Port 2653 is available for ISPs that block 23)

And then follow the terse instructions from there.

In those days, you were generally faced with a “.” prompt and left mostly alone, so for authenticity, I will leave it at that.

I should note that although they were, in their day, wildly popular games with a relatively huge community, this is a museum peice in snapshot-form at the moment. But I will leave them up and running to see what happens and as a useful reference. I wasn’t going to, but Richard seemed happy to have MUD running, and former MIST players wanted it back, so…

Pop this a share if you know folks who might be interested.

** Update: New web client that works better.

** Another update - I added a telnet client.

Historically, the telnet connection is much more true to the traditional experience, where you were connecting to a working machine that didn’t care about the MUD Guests, so there were no pointers at all. Just rumour and hearsay :)

If any of you Unix/Security people notice I messed up something, please tell me. I left “^], !sh” open on the telnet link for about 2 minutes and nearly had a heart-attack once I spotted it :D

#history #digital #retrogaming #retrocomputing #games #mud #muds #mist #rock #computers #emulation #emulators #vms #tops10 #museum #history #bletchleypark #simh #essex #uk #computinghistory #36bit #engineering #Linux #Security

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@ItalianNews@mastodon.ozioso.online · Apr 13, 2026

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@newsgroup@social.vir.group · Mar 13, 2026

Digital slavery under the mask of progress: Why VIR.GROUP chooses the path of resistance. We realized the main enemy of innovation is not bugs in code — it is the wall of bureaucracy and total control built by corporate giants. Algorithms decide what information you see and what gets erased. This is global influence on society's thinking. Corporations decide your news, your choices, your phone, your truth. They don't want smart, free users. They want obedient consumers. VIR.GROUP announces a new phase. We work for people, not politicians, elites, or corporate profit. Our position: — Against digital slavery — Against manipulation — For freedom of choice Soon we will announce solutions that fundamentally change human-technology interaction. Tools for those who choose to be free. Freedom is not a feature. It is a right. https://vir.group/ #Digital #Freedom #Privacy #Humanity #Tech#VIRGROUP #Manifesto

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