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   Chip (bytex64@awesome.garden)'s status on Thursday, 02-Apr-2026 04:12:18 JST Chip

   Hey guys, it's April 1st. You know what that means!

   No, not that.

   It's #Aprilcot!!! The month-long celebration of Apricot computers (that's pretty much just me)!

   If you're curious about the Apricot and what I got up to last year, I've made a dedicated site in the interim. https://bytex64.net/apricot/

   But the short version is, the Apricot is a non-PC compatible DOS-based business computer from the UK. It's weird!

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     botvolution (botvolution@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 02-Apr-2026 04:12:17 JST botvolution

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     @bytex64
     Twisted pair networking, baby

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     botvolution (botvolution@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 02-Apr-2026 04:43:08 JST botvolution

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     @bytex64
     We used to run xeniz on 'em.as well lol

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     Chip (bytex64@awesome.garden)'s status on Thursday, 02-Apr-2026 04:43:09 JST Chip

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     • botvolution

     @botvolution Twisted pair? I’m only familiar with serial networking on these.

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     botvolution (botvolution@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Thursday, 02-Apr-2026 06:02:56 JST botvolution

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     @bytex64
     That sounds right.
     It Was A Very Long Time Ago.

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     Chip (bytex64@awesome.garden)'s status on Thursday, 02-Apr-2026 06:02:57 JST Chip

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     • botvolution

     @botvolution Ah, maybe you’re thinking of the Xen or Xen-i, then. I don’t think they ever made a Xenix for the original PC/Xi.