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minus-squaretheatomictruth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·24 days agoUsed to work with a radio enthusiast on sailing ships, he’d make posts to social media and check his email literally 1000 miles out to sea via radio.
minus-squarerezz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·24 days agoWhere do I start for this rabbit hole? That sounds mind blowingly cool.
minus-squareCenzorrll@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·24 days agoI believe it would have been winlink or amprnet. I think winlink really only does low bandwidth things like email and weather bulletins. Not sure about amprnet
Used to work with a radio enthusiast on sailing ships, he’d make posts to social media and check his email literally 1000 miles out to sea via radio.
Where do I start for this rabbit hole? That sounds mind blowingly cool.
I believe it would have been winlink or amprnet. I think winlink really only does low bandwidth things like email and weather bulletins. Not sure about amprnet