For some time now, strange "visitors" have been showing up in my ancient C64 BBS. Googlebot/2.1 seems like the obvious explanation - or maybe not. There’s nothing to crawl here. So what do they want? And it’s not just Google… there are others, something with “keep…”, and more random junk. Are you seeing this in your BBS as well?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffXzh_SzBTo

Speaking of bots - a guest in the BBS chat actually thought I was a bot at first, apparently confused by all the AI stuff that’s everywhere these days. I eventually managed to convince him I’m not a replicant, and it turned into a fantastic BBS evening.

And then I got a very pleasant surprise: a visit from a Snobsoft veteran with his SX-64 checking in directly from the Chaos Communication Congress of the CCC. The Chaos Computer Club is famous in Germany for its legendary BTX hack back in the 1980s.

Enjoy the video above.