💾 Archived View for federal.cx › social › retrocomputing.gmi captured on 2023-05-24 at 18:28:09. Gemini links have been rewritten to link to archived content
⬅️ Previous capture (2023-04-26)
-=-=-=-=-=-=-
,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
M , ' ',
{| M , ' ',
{ | M , ' ',
{./ >,,' ; ;,
======;;;;; __> ; ; ',
=====,' @ (__ ; ; ',
___ / .../ ; ;
\,/ ', ', ; ;
( ^ , '''''',,,,,', ', ,; ;',
\//_, ' ; ;', ;,,,,,,,''''; ; ; ',
; ; ', ; ; ; ; ; ',
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; '
; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
; ; ; ; (/(/(/ ; ;
(/(/(/ ; ; (/(/(/
(/(/(/
..fetching..
2023-05-23T22:21:05.000Z (paulrickards@mastodon.social)
When you got this message, did you remember to choose "Page Setup..." in all of the open applications?
[#RetroComputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing) [#VintageComputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageComputing) [#VintageMac] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageMac) [#VintageApple] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageApple)
2023-05-23T21:52:26.000Z (paulrickards@mastodon.social)
Connecting to an AirTalk doesn't have to be a Mac. You can connect it to a LocalTalk enabled printer! Here I've connected it to my ImageWriter II with LocalTalk card installed. I can print to it from Mini VMac!
[#RetroComputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing) [#VintageComputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageComputing) [#VintageMac] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageMac) [#VintageApple] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageApple) [#LiveLaughLocalTalk] (https://mastodon.social/tags/LiveLaughLocalTalk) [#AppleTalk] (https://mastodon.social/tags/AppleTalk) [#AirTalk] (https://mastodon.social/tags/AirTalk) [#MacClassicII] (https://mastodon.social/tags/MacClassicII)
2023-05-23T21:49:09.000Z (paulrickards@mastodon.social)
So what can you do with an AirTalk? Here's one example:
I've connected my Mac Classic II to an AirTalk. Using Mini VMac (with UDP networking compiled). Both have File Sharing enabled. Both can see the each other's file servers!
[#RetroComputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing) [#VintageComputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageComputing) [#VintageMac] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageMac) [#VintageApple] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageApple) [#LiveLaughLocalTalk] (https://mastodon.social/tags/LiveLaughLocalTalk) [#AppleTalk] (https://mastodon.social/tags/AppleTalk) [#AirTalk] (https://mastodon.social/tags/AirTalk) [#MacClassicII] (https://mastodon.social/tags/MacClassicII)
2023-05-23T19:43:37.000Z (paulrickards@mastodon.social)
New hardware has arrived and it comes with a floppy disk! 👀
[#RetroComputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing) [#VintageComputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageComputing) [#VintageMac] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageMac) [#VintageApple] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageApple) [#LiveLaughLocaltalk] (https://mastodon.social/tags/LiveLaughLocaltalk) [#AirTalk] (https://mastodon.social/tags/AirTalk)
2023-05-23T19:06:44.000Z (root42@chaos.social)
This would be a great time...
[#windows31] (https://chaos.social/tags/windows31) [#retrocomputing] (https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-05-23T16:28:29.000Z (RetroWizzard@oldbytes.space)
I am finally the proud owner of an [#Amiga2000] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Amiga2000) keyboard with Swiss layout.🥳
This renders my German keyboard obsolete as it has all the characters in the right places (for me) and even more.
[#retrogaming] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming) [#retrocomputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing) [#Commodore] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore) [#Amiga] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Amiga)
2023-05-23T13:01:16.000Z (billgoats@bitbang.social)
The hyper-talented pixel artist [@hypertalking] (https://bitbang.social/@hypertalking) recently released some one-bit emojis. So I've knitted up the Walkman! The bright green glows in the dark, because why not. 🧶
See the originals here: [https://www.hypertalking.com/2023/05/15/1-bit-pixel-art-emojis/] (https://www.hypertalking.com/2023/05/15/1-bit-pixel-art-emojis/)
[#Knitting] (https://bitbang.social/tags/Knitting) [#RetroComputing] (https://bitbang.social/tags/RetroComputing) [#1bit] (https://bitbang.social/tags/1bit) [#PixelArt] (https://bitbang.social/tags/PixelArt)
2023-05-23T00:28:56.000Z (fozztexx@fozztexx.com)
At first I thought this was some kind of film viewer, but I see a couple of 5.25” floppy drives under it. Anyone know what it is? [#RetroComputing] (https://mastodon.fozztexx.com/tags/RetroComputing)
2023-05-23T00:06:13.000Z (homecomputer@masto.es)
Mi colección actual / my current collection 💾 😎
1 Amiga 500 NTSC
1 Amiga 500 Pal-B alemana
1 Amiga 1200 NTSC
1 Amiga 1200 Pal-B inglesa
1 Atari 800 XL
1 Atari 65 XE
1 Atari 130 XE
1 Atari XEGS
1 Atari 520 STm
1 Atari 520 STfm
1 Atari 1040 ST
1 Atari 1040 STe
2 Drean Commodore 16
2 Drean Commodore 64
2 Drean Commodore 64C
3 Commodore 64 USA
1 Commodore 64C USA
3 Commodore 128
1 Commodore 128D(CR)
2 Talent MSX DPC-200
1 Spectravideo SVI-728 MSX
2 Spectravideo SVI-738 X'press MSX
1 Toshiba HX-20AR MSX
1 Talent MSX DPC-200A
1 Sinclair ZX Spectrum
2 Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128 +2A
2 CZ Spectrum
1 CZ Spectrum plus
1 CZ 1000 plus
1 Microdigital TK-85
1 Microdigital TK-90X
1 Timex Sinclair 2068
1 Texas Instruments TI-99/4A (silver)
2 Texas Instruments TI-99/4A (beige)
1 Apple IIc
1 Apple Power Macintosh 6100/66
1 Apple iMac G4
2 Apple Mac mini
1 IBM Thinkpad 380XD
1 IBM PS/2 modelo 25
1 Bondwell Pro8T
1 TheC64 mini
1 MSXVR
[#retrocomputing] (https://masto.es/tags/retrocomputing) [#retrocomputer] (https://masto.es/tags/retrocomputer) [#homecomputer] (https://masto.es/tags/homecomputer)
2023-05-22T18:49:23.000Z (paulrickards@mastodon.social)
Paper clip eject on an Apple 410 [#PenPlotter] (https://mastodon.social/tags/PenPlotter) 📎 💾
[#RetroComputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing) [#VintageComputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageComputing) [#VintageApple] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageApple)
2023-05-22T18:13:48.000Z (mhzmodels@oldbytes.space)
8 MHz | Kaypro PC
[ Commissioned for [@khbsd_] (https://tech.lgbt/@khbsd_) ]
[#Kaypro] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Kaypro) [#RetroComputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing) [#VoxelArt] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/VoxelArt)
2023-05-22T17:24:53.000Z (paulrickards@mastodon.social)
I don’t know which disk you want! 😂
[#RetroComputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing) [#VintageComputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageComputing) [#VintageMac] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageMac) [#VintageApple] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageApple) [#MacClassicII] (https://mastodon.social/tags/MacClassicII)
2023-05-22T16:12:39.000Z (blakespot@oldbytes.space)
Hmm.
[#vintagecomputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing) [#retrocomputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing) [#DOS] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/DOS) [#PC] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/PC) [#CRT] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/CRT) [#uglycomputers] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/uglycomputers) [#odd] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/odd)
2023-05-22T14:52:10.000Z (amoroso@fosstodon.org)
I had never heard of IntelligentPad, a rapid application development, drag&drop programming environment written in Japan in Smalltalk at the end of the 1980s. It was something like the contemporary HyperCard and Visual Basic.
[https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2023/05/17/intelligentpad-component-based-drag-and-drop-software-creator] (https://blog.gingerbeardman.com/2023/05/17/intelligentpad-component-based-drag-and-drop-software-creator)
[#smalltalk] (https://fosstodon.org/tags/smalltalk) [#retrocomputing] (https://fosstodon.org/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-05-21T19:17:31.000Z (Cloudscout@oldbytes.space)
When a [#RIFA] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/RIFA) cap feels threatened, it fans out it's plumage to make itself look bigger.
[#VintageComputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageComputing) / [#RetroComputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing)
2023-05-21T05:00:06.000Z (mike@chinwag.org)
If this room is going to have a teal motif going on, I guess I need to put the right computer in here.
[#retrocomputing] (https://social.chinwag.org/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-05-20T16:19:17.000Z (Cloudscout@oldbytes.space)
Look what followed me home.
[#VintageComputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageComputing) / [#RetroComputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing) / [#Commodore] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore) [#VIC20] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/VIC20)
2023-05-19T19:11:14.000Z (billgoats@bitbang.social)
It’s Friday night, and you know what that means? Time to string together loads of adapters! [#RetroComputing] (https://bitbang.social/tags/RetroComputing)
2023-05-19T09:59:56.000Z (RetroWizzard@oldbytes.space)
New pcbs have arrived.
These are universal [#MagicDesk] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/MagicDesk) compatible cartridges by
[@msolajic] (https://bitbang.social/@msolajic) for the [#Commodore] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore) [#C64] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64) .
They are great and can be configured in a variety of ways. The new Rev.5 also gives more options for cases.
Well done mate!👍
[#retrogaming] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming) [#retrocomputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-05-18T20:08:35.000Z (RetroWizzard@oldbytes.space)
Don't mind me, I'm just trying to free the CD from this naughty but cute little [#FMTowns] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/FMTowns) II.
It's stuck and the tray won't open anymore.🙄
Any advice?
[#retrogaming] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming) [#retrocomputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-05-18T13:53:29.000Z (jonn_blanchard@retrochat.online)
Palm replacement battery arrived very quickly and seems to work [#RetroComputing] (https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroComputing)
2023-05-17T18:06:13.000Z (a2_4am@mastodon.social)
Total Replay v5.0 is out. It features 484 Apple II games (182 new since v4), all playable from a single bootable 32MB hard disk image.
[https://archive.org/details/TotalReplay] (https://archive.org/details/TotalReplay)
Code: [https://github.com/a2-4am/4cade/releases/tag/v5.0] (https://github.com/a2-4am/4cade/releases/tag/v5.0)
Thanks to [@a2_qkumba] (https://mastodon.social/@a2_qkumba) , [@txgx42] (https://mastodon.social/@txgx42) , [@helix_nrg] (https://mastodon.social/@helix_nrg) , Andrew Roughan, Frank M., Kris Kennaway, [@ladyailuros] (https://mastodon.social/@ladyailuros) , and everyone else who contributed to this project in the past four years.
[#AppleII] (https://mastodon.social/tags/AppleII) [#retrocomputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-05-17T17:29:26.000Z (SDF@mastodon.sdf.org)
The Pacific Commodore Expo NW returns to [#seattle] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/seattle) June 24th and 25th. Details on the show are available at
[https://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex] (https://www.portcommodore.com/pacommex)
If you are interested in participating with a Commodore/Amiga system, please contact Robert Bernardo via the link above.
[#commodore] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/commodore) [#amiga] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/amiga) [#pnw] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/pnw) [#portland] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/portland) [#vancouver] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/vancouver) [#retrocomputing] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-05-17T15:55:57.000Z (yawning_angel@mastodonapp.uk)
My next AMOS video drops Thursday evening at 6pm (UK time). 😎
[#amos] (https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/amos) [#amiga] (https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/amiga) [#retrocomputing] (https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-05-17T12:39:30.000Z (thorpej@mastodon.sdf.org)
Hey [#NABU] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NABU) fans! Small bug fix update of nabud is available that fixes an issue in the NHACP storage protocol that will soon be used by Ishkur CP/M. [#retrocomputing] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing) [#z80] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/z80) [https://github.com/thorpej/nabud] (https://github.com/thorpej/nabud)
2023-05-16T19:44:08.000Z (digichelle@hachyderm.io)
What have I been up to lately? Just getting [#WordPerfect] (https://hachyderm.io/tags/WordPerfect) for [#DOS] (https://hachyderm.io/tags/DOS) to run in DOSBox. It even prints, sort of, by way of PostScript files.
I can’t wait to play around with this even more. I actually used WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS as a kid, and I have fond memories of it.
[#RetroComputing] (https://hachyderm.io/tags/RetroComputing)
2023-05-16T16:32:09.000Z (lunarloony@dosgame.club)
My [#forum] (https://dosgame.club/tags/forum) is now online. I'm a little nervous about what's going to happen now... but here it is!
I hope I've set everything up correctly!
[https://ukretro.online/forum] (https://ukretro.online/forum)
Let's get this thing going. Boosts appreciated!
[#RetroGaming] (https://dosgame.club/tags/RetroGaming) [#RetroComputing] (https://dosgame.club/tags/RetroComputing) [#UKRetro] (https://dosgame.club/tags/UKRetro)
2023-05-16T14:52:08.000Z (Dreamwieber@sigmoid.social)
I asked [#midjourney] (https://sigmoid.social/tags/midjourney) to imagine a HyperCard style point-and-click adventure
[#aiart] (https://sigmoid.social/tags/aiart) [#ai] (https://sigmoid.social/tags/ai) [#retrocomputing] (https://sigmoid.social/tags/retrocomputing) [#macclassic] (https://sigmoid.social/tags/macclassic) [#Macintosh] (https://sigmoid.social/tags/Macintosh) [#dithering] (https://sigmoid.social/tags/dithering) [#hypercard] (https://sigmoid.social/tags/hypercard) [#art] (https://sigmoid.social/tags/art)
2023-05-16T14:12:24.000Z (GrantMeStrength@hachyderm.io)
My Amstrad CPC6128 got a hefty update: a 512Kb RAM expansion and a coveted M4 board. Now it can run the Symbos GUI and connect to the internet - here’s a telnet client running. [#retrocomputing] (https://hachyderm.io/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-05-16T13:29:14.000Z (amoroso@fosstodon.org)
LispM.de is the library of Alexandria of Lisp.
It's an incredible historical archive on Lisp systems and dialects with a focus on Symbolics Lisp Machines. It hosts countless manuals, research papers and publications, screenshots, videos, source code, documentation, articles, data, links, and other rare material.
[http://lispm.de] (http://lispm.de)
[#lisp] (https://fosstodon.org/tags/lisp) [#LispMachines] (https://fosstodon.org/tags/LispMachines) [#retrocomputing] (https://fosstodon.org/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-05-16T01:17:46.000Z (IPXFong@mastodon.sdf.org)
Look at me learning BBC BASIC like I was one of the cool kids! If you're interested, start here: [http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/index.html] (http://www.rtrussell.co.uk/index.html) [#BASIC] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BASIC) [#retrocomputing] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-05-15T14:21:54.000Z (dotjrich@mastodon.sdf.org)
New mousepad, who dis?
[@flexion] (https://oldbytes.space/@flexion) this thing is GORGEOUS 😍😍 And the quality is excellent too! I love the trim around the outside!
[#RetroComputing] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/RetroComputing) [#VintageComputing] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/VintageComputing) [#SGI] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SGI) [#Onyx] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Onyx) [#SGIOnyx] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/SGIOnyx) [#IRIX] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IRIX) [#Unix] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Unix)
2023-05-14T23:13:37.000Z (mjgardner@social.sdf.org)
[@randomgeek] (https://hackers.town/@randomgeek) That’s an… interesting… layout. Of course, as a [#Perl] (https://social.sdf.org/tags/Perl) [#programmer] (https://social.sdf.org/tags/programmer) I’d be hitting that “Fun” key a lot for sigils and punctuation.
My [#retrocomputing] (https://social.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing) heart goes pitter-pat for the [#LispMachine] (https://social.sdf.org/tags/LispMachine) space-cadet- [#keyboard] (https://social.sdf.org/tags/keyboard) -esque “Super” key ( [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_key_%28keyboard_button%29] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_key_%28keyboard_button%29) )
/cc [@jesse] (https://metasocial.com/@jesse)
2023-05-14T22:53:16.005Z (niconiconi@mk.absturztau.be)
There was a time when developing a project through online collaboration was a novelty, unusual enough to be used as a project name, as in Netlib, NetHack, NetBSD. These have mostly nothing to do with sending packets. Netlib is for numerical computing like LINPACK & BLAS, Nethack is a single-player game. and NetBSD is not purpose-designed for servers. "Net-" was basically today's "open-", "free-", or "libre-"... [#retrocomputing] (https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-05-14T01:38:29.000Z (tschak@oldbytes.space)
On April 15, 2023 I gave a talk on the past, present, and future of the [#FujiNet] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/FujiNet) WiFi Adapter project; a state of the union speech. For anyone who wants to see a good high-level view of what we've accomplished. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQn_0nZ3Jo] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InQn_0nZ3Jo) [#retrocomputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing) [#atari] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/atari) [#commodore] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/commodore) [#apple2] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/apple2) [#ColecoAdam] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/ColecoAdam) [#AtariLynx] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/AtariLynx) [#retrogaming] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming)
2023-05-14T00:26:06.000Z (IPXFong@mastodon.sdf.org)
Are you interested in the Agon Light system but didn't grow up on Z80 BBC Basic? You're in luck! The old Acorn Z80 Basic manual is available over at the Internet Archive! [#AgonLight] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AgonLight) [#retrocomputing] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing) [#Z80] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Z80) [#basic] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/basic)
[https://archive.org/details/409002Z80ProfessionalBASICUSERGUIDE/] (https://archive.org/details/409002Z80ProfessionalBASICUSERGUIDE/)
2023-05-13T23:26:56.000Z (codewiz@mstdn.io)
I'm at a Commodore gathering called SCCAN.
Someone just powered on an Amiga 600 running the latest Kickstart 3.2! 👍
[#amiga] (https://mstdn.io/tags/amiga) [#c64] (https://mstdn.io/tags/c64) [#retrocomputing] (https://mstdn.io/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-05-13T23:23:22.000Z (codewiz@mstdn.io)
𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑮𝑨 :amiga:
No bullshit. Just excellence.
[#amiga] (https://mstdn.io/tags/amiga) [#retrocomputing] (https://mstdn.io/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-05-13T22:21:18.000Z (paulrickards@mastodon.social)
Great multi day repair thread by [@fozztexx] (https://mastodon.fozztexx.com/@fozztexx) of a 1MB RAM card for Apple II. I enjoy seeing the troubleshooting methodology and have learned a lot over the years. Give a follow while you’re there!
[https://mastodon.fozztexx.com/@fozztexx/110244081711423609] (https://mastodon.fozztexx.com/@fozztexx/110244081711423609)
[#RetroComputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing) [#VintageComputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageComputing) [#VintageApple] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageApple) [#VintageAppleII] (https://mastodon.social/tags/VintageAppleII)
2023-05-13T21:15:44.000Z (me_@sueden.social)
An ad for the CS 400, a 68010-based Unix system made by Cromemco from the July 1985 German c't magazine (published by [@heiseonline] (https://social.heise.de/@heiseonline) for the anniversary of the magazine) [#retrocomputing] (https://sueden.social/tags/retrocomputing)
FINI