From: anthk@openbsd.home   
      
   On 2025-03-31, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl  wrote:   
   > In article ,   
   > anthk   wrote:   
   >>On 2025-03-29, mhx  wrote:   
   >>>> Writing a gopher, irc   
   >>>> and some small usenet client would be a breeze.   
   >>>   
   >>> That should be the least of our worries when the world ends?   
   >>>   
   >>> -marcel   
   >>   
   >>More than 'end', Dusk OS looks great for 2nd/3rd world machines   
   >>with very few requirements. You might find surprised that Lagrange   
   >>and protocols like Gopher and Gemini among https://telae.net   
   >>are used in some part of South America.   
   >>   
   >>More than 'the end of the world', think about 'non reliable   
   >>sources of power', shitty internet connections and so on.   
   >>   
   >>DuskOS with TCP/IP, gopher/irc and maybe some basic soundcard   
   >>support would be great for low end i386 machines.   
   >   
   > The third world is developing faster than the first world because   
   > of the second world.   
   > Because of the Belt and Road initiative and investments from China but   
   > mostly of the incompetence of Musk and Trump, USA becomes the third   
   > world, and the other worlds move one place up.   
   > Don't expect i386 relevant in other places than the USA.   
   > arm and riscv rule!   
   >   
   > Huawei is deploying 6G and once finished starlink can't compete,   
   > because they need ground stations everywhere.   
   > Robot factories can crank out one smart phone per second, so the now   
   > poor countries can afford them. Read up on 'xiao mi'.   
   >   
   > Groetjes Albert   
      
   I daily speak with latam users. They love some Gopher and Gemini services   
   such as News Waffle.   
      
   You can always check comp.infosystems.gemini   
      
   On Forth, I think Retroforth could be suited for that if it had TLS support.   
      
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