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# Telecommunications

Account of using the TS2068 with the Zebra OS-64 cartridge for 64-column BBS access via Challenger BBS, including a dedicated SEATUG/Timex room. Describes downloading RLE graphics files at 300 baud and using Jack Dohanys’ RLE decompression program.