https://zonklife.com/tags/retro-computing/ Recent content in Retro-Computing on Zonk Media Hugo en-us Zonk Media Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://zonklife.com/posts/2026-08-26-i-built-a-trivia-game-you-play-from-the-live-chat/ Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://zonklife.com/posts/2026-08-26-i-built-a-trivia-game-you-play-from-the-live-chat/ <figure class="video"> <div class="video-frame"> <iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/GnWYKLU9sZk?rel=0" title="I Built a Trivia Game You Play From the Live Chat" loading="lazy" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe> </div> </figure> <h2 id="summary">Summary</h2> <p>I&rsquo;ve been thinking a lot lately about the days when I ran a bulletin board system out of my bedroom back in 1992. That was a wild time—multiple phone lines, modems, subscribers dialing in from all over—and one night when I installed a trivia game called Farwest Trivia, something just clicked. It became this incredible community hub where people would log in not just to play, but to be part of something together.</p>