Wintermute_BBS<p>Okay, so I guess I still owe the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> an introduction - well, here it comes:</p><p>like probably most people on <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/oldbytes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldbytes</span></a> (that's the instance I'm on) I'm into classic-computing and everything "retro computing". I was a teen in the 1980s and grew up with several computers of the era, namely the VIC-20, ZX81, C64, Amiga and Atari ST before moving to the PC and eventually being enlightened by the FOSS and Linux community.</p><p>For a living I'm working as a Linux platform engineer, for fun I delve into the depths and mysteries of 8 and 16 bit computing. </p><p>I also run two classic bulletin board systems <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a>, a Linux based MBSE system named "Wintermute BBS" and the infamous "RC-BOX", the world's first and (currently) only bulletin board to run on a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rc2014" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rc2014</span></a> homebrew computer.</p><p>I'm not a political activist but consider myself 'old fart left' since I am an old fart and have a left-wing opinion - it's been this way all my life.</p><p>So hello, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> - my name is Wintermute_BBS and I'm a nerd!</p>