Apparently it’s been 5 years since 1996

We welcome truly to SDF Vintage Systems accessible via https://sdf.org

truly is a DEC Alpha running TRU64 5.0

This is the server for https://xwis.net, the official server for lots of Westwood games. And, through a lucky guess, I determined the hostname is, in fact, chat.xwis.net

Does anyone know if this still actively used? (4/n)

It’s some nonstandard IRC protocol. mIRC sort of works, as in you can join channels and chat, but no user or channel listing. Supposedly there are 3 other folks connected, but I don’t know how to find them. (3/n)

I installed Wireshark 1.10.14, the last version to support XP SP2. One capture later, and another welcome surprise… Westwood Chat is just an IRC client! The server is 176.31.255.201:6667 (2/n)

I’ve made an incredible discovery. I installed Monopoly CD-ROM (1995) on my XP machine. It came with a program called WCHAT, a chat client for several Westwood games. Imagine my surprise when it connected right up to the server!

Time to install wireshark… (1/n)

So, I got one of those fancy iPhone things. How do I get on the instatok with this?

I'm desperately seeking information about this chip.

It is a custom #Psion RS232 IC used in the Series 3c, codenamed CONDOR.

If you were involved in the development of the 3c or knew someone who worked for Psion around 1994-1997 who might have been involved, please get in touch.

We want to emulate this chip in #MAME so that it can be added to the existing Psion SIBO hardware #emulation.

This could also help with 3mx serial emulation.