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RetroOct 30

RFC 1097, a 1989 April Fools' Spec, Let a Telnet Server Flash Hidden Messages for Milliseconds and Planned Morse Code on the Caps Lock LED

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Internet Pioneer Jon Postel's 1975 RFC 706, "On the Junk Mail Problem," Proposed Letting a Computer Refuse Messages From a Host That Floods It
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RFC 1097, a 1989 April Fools' Spec, Let a Telnet Server Flash Hidden Messages for Milliseconds and Planned Morse Code on the Caps Lock LED
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