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Re:The BBC Microcomputer User Guide by numinos1 on Saturday June 06, 2020 @11:55PM (#23444632)
And then there's the guy who communicated with an individual from the 16th century through his BBC Micro:

https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15271

Lamentably, I don't see anything in the user guide about that feature ;-)

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Re:The BBC Microcomputer User Guide by louthy on Monday June 08, 2020 @07:00AM (#23455495)
That's amazing.

> "At the time, Webster was living with his girlfriend."

Might shed some light on where his messages came from. She was probably a real joker, haha!

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