/diy/ - Do It Yourself

>>2701219
Glad you mentioned it was donationware because I knew I never paid for it and thought I may have pirated it, which is weird now that I from time to time meet, usually online, people who wrote those programs. Glad he still made some money off of it.
Funny you mention getting online in 1982. I got my first modem in early 1983 and it's very rare that I ever meet anyone who got online before me, so you're a bit of a unicorn, even if it was your friend's computer. I was a good model citizen online until WarGames came out later in 1983, at which point I wanted to be David Lightman. Never got into too much trouble though I did end up with a $300 phone bill due to thinking I new how to blue box but really didn't. Ooops! Took me six months to pay my mom back for that mistake.
If you'd like to try out a CoCo 3 Lode Runner inspired game, go to colorcomputerarchive.com. In the disk games section is a game called 'Digger III' that does a nice job of using the CoCo 3's capabilities to make a fun clone that I enjoy more than the original. Arrow keys to move, ALT to dig.
>>2701246
Like so much in modern society, FOSS has been deeply infected with contemporary politics, which is a huge distraction and seems to mostly serve as a way to direct control of projects over to corporate interests. It certainly is disheartening considering what once seemed possible.