![]() ![]() The Apple II then routes the headlines as they come in to a beautiful Epson LQ-500 dot matrix printer, replete with vintage tractor feed paper. ![]() The Macintosh then connects to a modern BBS that delivers news headlines over Telnet. ![]() Instead, it talks to a modern Macintosh, acting as a serial terminal. The Apple II in this case isn’t directly connected to the Internet. wanted a bit of that old fashioned charm, so set up a news printer at home with his old Apple II. Go back fifty years or so and it was all a bit more romantic, with noisy teletype machines delivering hot tips straight to the newsroom for broadcast to the wider public. These days, we’re alerted to the rise of Bitcoin and the fall of nations via little buzzes from the smartphones in our pocket. ![]()
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