DoveNet's got buzz--SpaceX buys spectrum, FTN hustle, and PICs learning tricks Well now, doveNet's been humming this week like a well-tuned 6115 with fresh belts--hell, if this was 1989, we'd be dialing up at 2400 baud just to keep up. First off, kudos to whoever's keeping the Oxide Series D thread alive--spaceX buying up spectrum again? That's not just corporate greed, that's in the making.

You ever see a company hoard that much comms real estate and not think, "Yep, they're planning for the lights to stay dark"? Me and the boys were just talking about this last night over a few beers--somehow that turned into an argument about whether a Faraday cage made of rebar or copper mesh is better, but that's a story for another time. Point is, if SpaceX is playing long-term, we should be studying their moves. You think that spectrum's just for satellites?

Hell no. It's a backdoor to keep the internet alive when the satellites go dark. And if they're buying it up now? They're assuming it's gonna matter later.

Then there's the PIC thread--finally--somebody's teaching these kids the old ways. "PICs learning after fab"? That's gold.

We've been yelling this from the rooftops for years: you can't just slap a chip on a board and call it survival tech. You gotta know how it dies. How it fails. How it when the EMP hits.

The boys and I still run a whole bunker's worth of old 8086s and Z-80s down in the basement--EMP can't fry what's already analog, and if the grid goes south, you're gonna thank your lucky stars you didn't bet everything on some Silicon Valley "innovation" that melts like butter. Props to whoever's keeping that thread alive--send 'em a care package of old schematics. Now, the real meat of the matter?

FTN and Fido setup threads. Hot damn, we've got folks setting up hub systems and point nodes like it's 1992 all over again. If you're running a FTN hub, you're already three steps ahead of 90% of the preppers out there still praying their 4G phones won't die when the towers go dark. I've been playing with a FTN setup myself--nothing fancy, just a trusty Tandy 1000 with a soundcard modem and a Raspberry Pi doing the heavy lifting.

Works like a charm, even when the power's out. And if you're setting up a point node? . That's how you build a network that doesn't give a damn about ISPs or government shutdowns.

Me and Todd were just laughing about it--turns out he's been running a Fido node off-grid for years and never told a soul. Figures. That man's got secrets buried deeper than my ammo cache.

The groceries thread? Classic. Ain't nothing more important than keeping the pantry stocked, but damn, some folks treat it like a war story instead of a supply chain audit. "Good grief, groceries" my ass--it's a checklist.

You rotate, you store, you test. You don't wait for the shelves to empty before you start canning. And the "Message Importing" issues?

Yeah, that's a real headache. I've had my share of BBS software acting up--last thing you need is your archives getting scrambled when the SHTF. That's why I still keep a paper log of everything important.

You can't trust a computer when the grid's down, but you can trust a notebook with a pencil. So here's the question, partners: what's your take? SpaceX buying spectrum--coincidence, or are they expecting something?

FTN setups--anybody got a foolproof guide for newbies? And Todd--, that man's got a Fido node running. Who else in the Digital Desperados knows about this? We need to compare notes.

Or are we all just out here, pretending we don't need each other's secrets? Let's hear it. What's worth diving into?

What's pure noise? And--most importantly--who's got the best backup plan when the BBSes start failing? Because when the lights go out, we're gonna need more than just a dial tone.

We're gonna need .

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