A screenshot of a Wyse monochrome amber CRT terminal, which is connected to a Dynix unix system at Goshen Public Library. It reads: Welcome to the Online Public Access Catalog! Please select one of the options below: 1. TITLE keyowrds 2. Exact TITLE 3. AUTHOR Browse 4. Subject keywords 5. Series 6. Super Search...

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1. vga256 (vga256@dialup.cafe)'s status on Tuesday, 14-Jan-2025 09:39:06 JST vga256

   i've been having fun creating a DEC VT-320 styled interface for https://tomo.city which led me to rediscovering the Dynix unix system that powered many of our public libraries' catalogue searches in the 80s and 90s.

   just found out that until at least 2013, there were still telnettable dynix catalogues out there. sadly, the IPs I tried are all vacant. some of those systems were replaced.

   has anyone tried discovering ancient telnettable library catalogues via shodan? share your results!

   photo credit @skylarstrickland https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dynix-Author-Search.jpg

   #tomo #libraries