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Oh man, this reminds me of my first shell account, and SDF, and the actual reason I got into computers. So excited. Maybe I could write a little communication API-type thing that these kinds of shell servers could implement, so communities could be linked together in some way? Hmm. That would be cool. I think I just found a good reason to mess around with Rust.

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Yep. Same here.

For you young 'uns itching for the headaches of yesteryear SDF has been kicking, in one form or another, since 1987. Yep, you can also setup a vanity (~) page(s). http://sdf.org/index.cgi?faq%3FBASICS%3F11 or dive into the wonders of Gopher space http://sdf.org/?tutorials/gopher

I highly recommend that if you support experimentation you join and donate -- I have a MetaARPA account that I don't think I've logged into in 3 years, but I just send them a $36 check every year because I think it's important people be able to have a safe, free place to tinker.

(Also, if you want to sign up, I can validate your account. Email me a link to your HN profile and if you have enough contributions to convince me you're an okay person, I'll take care of it.)

Yeah, I used lonestar back in the day, and had a great time. I wonder how much he is ready for when people get malicious though, getting a shell often meant something like presenting personal identifying information so they could come find you if you messed it up.

SDF has had one or two incidents with malicious people recently, but there was no damage. Low-quality hard disks have been causing bigger problems.

Yes to SDF.org, I ended up going Arpa and then Meta. And COM is still going! Super Dimension Fortress is a bit like a VPS with a community. More about learning than hosting a huge site.

That would be incredible. I wish I knew enough to help with that sort of thing.

Ha, trust me, I have no idea either. But I'm at least starting to ponder the problem.

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