● 08.14.23

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● Gemini Links 14/08/2023: Refurbishing Bikes and Why MorphOS is Gorgeous

Posted in News Roundup at 12:19 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Gemini* and Gopher

Personal/Opinions

• I have had this bike since spring 2013, over ten years. It is a Raleigh frame, and although the serial number on the base of the bottom bracket is partially obscured by the cable guide (which is riveted in place!), it seems that it was probably built somewhere around 1983. I bought it in Edinburgh from someone who said they had done it up as a hobby project. They had replaced the brakes, brake cables, cable housing, brake calipers, bar tape and rear derailleur, and generally given it a service. I reckon everything else was original. I wonder if they also painted it, because the Raleigh logo which is normally on the bottom tube was gone.

Technology and Free Software

• Yeah, it’s a strong statement. But let me explain: I installed about MorphOS about two months ago on my old Apple Mac Mini G4. It was my first real touch point with Amiga OS (alikes) besides some gaming with UAE. Most people seem to only play old beloved games via emulators and never use a Amiga for more. But the (recent) “Amigas” with Amiga OS 4 and MorphOS are much more. You can login into your Linux/Unix systems via SSH, do some light (b/c of the old/slow hardware) web browsing, listen to music, create music (=> trackers!), write texts, chat via IRC or XMPP, develop great cross platform applications (Hollywood!), connect to your NAS and stream music, videos, … All in all you can do much of the stuff you do on your modern systems – but with UX/UI concepts of an era desktop compuing wasn’t such bloaded and mobile focused it is today. Real window borders for example, skinable user interface – even for each application seperate with MUI – and it’s all extremely fast (besides the web browsing).

Internet/Gemini

• today someone told me they have a html/cgi hosting, and they pay $8 for it. asked if they can host gemini. i said: no, you need a host. you need a console. to setup own server.

• now i think, hmmm, is it possible to write a cgi program that when started will enter a loop and open a socket on 1965?

• then it will serve some .gmi files uploaded to web root.

• will http server allow cgi program to open a socket and practically become a server on its own?

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