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		alnwlsn on Aug 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When Serial Isn't RS-232, Geocaching with the Garm... That wouldn't happen to be from this story, would it? https://hackaday.com/2020/11/18/larry-berg-and-the-purple-op...

myself248 on Aug 23, 2024 | [–]

Huh, I always knew it as the pfranc project, never encountered the origin of the term until just now.

fencepost on Aug 23, 2024 | [–]

Yep, and probably back when I was on Usenet.

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