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Re:Get your Minitel back, the COMPUTEL videotex BBS is back by pavlov on Thursday April 24, 2025 @02:37AM (#43779873)
Server programming in AppleSoft BASIC, as shown in the manual screenshot from the article:

  10 &WAIT
  20 &HOME:&PRINT"HELLO"
  30 FOR I = 1 TO 2000:NEXT
  40 &PRINT"BYE"
  50 &END
Counting to 2000 must have taken a few seconds in BASIC on the Apple II.
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