Hello and welcome back! We have a big storm named Florence bearing down on the East Coast as I’m preparing this so I’m going to be quick this week as all of us within the region have other things we need to be doing. Our servers are hosted in Lenoir, North Carolina, and the data center is currently under an extreme weather warning between Wednesday, September 12, 2018, and Monday, September 17, 2018. If the Oasis website goes down, don’t worry, it will be back online. In addition, the BBS is located in Chesapeake VA. Hopefully, we’ll keep our power and internet. If not, we’ll see you when we have recovered services. On with the news.
Nostalgia Nerd Covers Commodore 64 WiFi BBSing
Popular YouTube vlogger Nostalgia Nerd has dedicated an episode to using his new WiFi adapter with his Commodore 64 and calling BBSs. It’s a nice review that explains how the TCP stack works with old-style modem Hayes command and to see a few of the familiar BBSs showing up there. Check it out you won’t be disappointed!
The C256 Foenix Project September Update
Chief developer Stephany Allaire has posted a large update on the current development status of the C256 Foenix Project on her site and also included the first part of a video from CRX 2018. For more info click here.
MEGA65 Keyboard Prototypes Produced
The MEGA65 project is in full swing and they have just produced their first mechanical keyboards for the new devices. The keyboards include metal frames, cherry MX switches, four RGB LEDs, and a CPLD-based bus system. For more information check out the news at MEGA65.org.
Retrogaming Times Sept 2018 Now Available
The latest issue covers new games for the Commodore 64 platform from Psytronik amongst other retro news. Check them out!
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