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   Thom Brand (eggfreckles@mastodon.mit.edu)'s status on Sunday, 05-Feb-2023 02:49:48 JST Thom Brand

   Despite its attractive yellow cartridge and smart portrait of Jeff Bezos, Amazon Web Services for the N64 was marginally less successful than GoldenEye 007. The Nintendo 64s lack of networking was a serious setback that should have foreshadowed its eventual recall from the market

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Sunday, 05-Feb-2023 02:49:47 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @Eggfreckles I do wonder if the N64 had a semi-hidden expansion port that could control a modem the way the NES could.

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Sunday, 05-Feb-2023 03:14:56 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     • Célistine ?️‍⚧️

     @therealprocyon @Eggfreckles Ah, I'm reading about that now! And apparently it did support a modem via the cartridge port, which isn't super surprising.

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     Célistine ?️‍⚧️ (therealprocyon@infosec.exchange)'s status on Sunday, 05-Feb-2023 03:14:57 JST Célistine ?️‍⚧️

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     • Kit Rhett Aultman

     @roadriverrail @Eggfreckles it had an expansion port for the N64DD