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Is anyone here into packet radio? (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've lately been very interested in initiatives to decouple mass networked communication from telecom corps. I know packet radio has a small but vigilant community, but I'm also interested in other platforms and protocols

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I used packet radio around 1997 before we had an internet connection at home. It was fun to discover and hop from node to node while listening to the data being transmitted through cb radio. It was really slow, but it could handle some small file transfers. Text communication worked best and it was even possible to encrypt the messages. I think the software I used was called graphic packet. Good times.

Edit: Found a screenshot online. This is how graphic packet looked

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Immaculate vibes