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2023-06-16T15:01:58.000Z (root42@chaos.social)
Status after one day in the sun: the yellowing is MUCH less severe. Yes, there is some mottled look, but not nearly as bad as I feared. I will leave it out in the UV tomorrow with no H2O2 at all and see if it will bleach a bit more. Maybe some plastic shine will make it look better.
[#retrocomputing] (https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing) [#Retrobrighting] (https://chaos.social/tags/Retrobrighting)
2023-06-16T11:34:32.000Z (root42@chaos.social)
Quick intermediate update. I think it’s working!
[#retrocomputing] (https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing) [#retrobright] (https://chaos.social/tags/retrobright)
2023-06-16T07:56:49.000Z (root42@chaos.social)
Summer time, when the weather is hot... You can retr0bright and touch the sky!
[#retrobrighting] (https://chaos.social/tags/retrobrighting) [#retrocomputing] (https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-06-16T02:46:59.000Z (mdhughes@appdot.net)
BLiP The Video Games Magazine
[https://archive.org/details/BlipMagazineCollection/Blip%2002%20%28Mar%201983%29%20Spider-Man%20Plays%20Spider-Man/] (https://archive.org/details/BlipMagazineCollection/Blip%2002%20%28Mar%201983%29%20Spider-Man%20Plays%20Spider-Man/)
[#videogames] (https://appdot.net/tags/videogames) [#retrocomputing] (https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-06-15T17:46:55.000Z (amigalove@mastodon.social)
NEW POST:
The Mythological Star NL-10, and Re-Inking a Dead Dot Matrix Printer Ribbon
[https://www.amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?t=2522] (https://www.amigalove.com/viewtopic.php?t=2522)
[#retrocomputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing) [#commodore] (https://mastodon.social/tags/commodore) [#c64] (https://mastodon.social/tags/c64) [#c128] (https://mastodon.social/tags/c128) [#vintagecomputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing) [#ink] (https://mastodon.social/tags/ink)
2023-06-15T15:50:08.000Z (ramokromok@retrochat.online)
Thinking more about the [#reddit] (https://retrochat.online/tags/reddit) situation and the fact that there are lots of old school retro tech forums out there, which are really awesome, I've made another site!
[https://blinken.site/] (https://blinken.site/)
Provides a feed from a variety of retro forums, news sites, blogs, you tube channels, podcasts
Work in progress, but any comments are welcome
[#retrogaming] (https://retrochat.online/tags/retrogaming) [#retrocomputing] (https://retrochat.online/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-06-15T14:52:17.000Z (amoroso@fosstodon.org)
A Medley Interlisp desktop wallpaper set by the BackgroundImages package of LispUsers, a library of user-contributed software. Online session on my Chromebox.
In case you're wondering, the image, which of course shows cats, is likely an illustration by Albrecht Dürer.
[#interlisp] (https://fosstodon.org/tags/interlisp) [#retrocomputing] (https://fosstodon.org/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-06-15T13:45:39.000Z (haitchfive@mastodon.social)
A Soviet portable computer compatible with the PDP-11, used to control a Ukrainian SEG-2M gamma-spectrometer in the Chernobyl Zone.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6xJ3eAfLzE] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6xJ3eAfLzE)
[#retrocomputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing) [#USSR] (https://mastodon.social/tags/USSR) [#Soviet] (https://mastodon.social/tags/Soviet) [#pdp11] (https://mastodon.social/tags/pdp11) [#decpdp] (https://mastodon.social/tags/decpdp) [#decpdp11] (https://mastodon.social/tags/decpdp11)
2023-06-15T01:16:39.000Z (unlimitedbacon@fosstodon.org)
A modern 3D printer being controlled by an ancient KayPro II. It's printing a G-Code file saved on the floppy disk!
[@SamTornado] (https://mastodon.social/@SamTornado) and I did an incredible amount of work to get this going. It's connected to the printer via the serial. We also had to figure out how to connect the KayPro to a PC to copy the G-Code over.
Also wrote a custom program in Z80 assembly to stream the file to the printer.
All this to prove that we could have had home 3D printers in the 80s!
[#3dprinting] (https://fosstodon.org/tags/3dprinting) [#retrocomputing] (https://fosstodon.org/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-06-14T20:25:19.000Z (root42@chaos.social)
My 486SX25 is roughly as fast as a 486SLC240!
[#retrocomputing] (https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-06-14T18:48:22.000Z (RetroWizzard@oldbytes.space)
New [#3Dprinted] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/3Dprinted) housings for the [#Commodore] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore) [#SX64] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/SX64) keyboard cable have arrived from pcbway.com.
The quality is great. Now I have to pry open a DB25 plug and solder a cable.
[#retrogaming] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming) [#RetroComputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing) [#C64] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64)
2023-06-14T08:43:40.000Z (nergahak@mastodon.social)
ChatGPT is now available for the Apple II!
[https://hackaday.com/2023/06/13/apple-ii-now-with-chatgpt/] (https://hackaday.com/2023/06/13/apple-ii-now-with-chatgpt/)
[#AppleII] (https://mastodon.social/tags/AppleII) [#ChatGPT] (https://mastodon.social/tags/ChatGPT) [#Hackaday] (https://mastodon.social/tags/Hackaday) [#Retrocomputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/Retrocomputing)
2023-06-13T22:04:45.000Z (root42@chaos.social)
The CPU in our first family PC was a 486SX. I was longing for a DX to have PovRay running much faster, but I couldn’t afford the upgrade right away.
What was your first PC CPU?
[#retrocomputing] (https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-06-13T22:02:50.000Z (root42@chaos.social)
The Alt12887 is a brilliant replacement for the Dallas 1287 using a 1220 coin cell.
[#retrocomputing] (https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing) [#vartaistheenemy] (https://chaos.social/tags/vartaistheenemy)
2023-06-13T21:44:53.000Z (z80@oldbytes.space)
The goal of the in4k site is to be the central resource about creation of demoscene 1kb, 4kb and 8kb intros.
We hope to compile public domain resources into a single site, as well as mirror them (in case of websites closing).
[https://in4k.github.io/wiki/about] (https://in4k.github.io/wiki/about)
[#demoscene] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/demoscene) [#assembly] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/assembly) [#art] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/art) [#z80] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/z80) [#retrocomputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-06-13T20:21:38.000Z (root42@chaos.social)
I replaced the depleted Dallas RTC in the Colani Desktop with a modern replacement and also installed the Jazz16 soundcard. Now the 486SX is basically as it was in 1994 when we had it. Some ModMaster XT for celebrating!
[#retrocomputing] (https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-06-13T18:58:14.000Z (RetroWizzard@oldbytes.space)
Newest addition to the collection is this Japanese [#Atari] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari) 2800 console.
It was also released in the US in 1983 under the name "Sears Video Arcade II".
It features 4 joystick ports and combined joystick-paddle controllers.
It's fully compatible with the [#Atari2600] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari2600) .
[#retrogaming] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming) [#RetroComputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing)
2023-06-13T14:02:14.000Z (root42@chaos.social)
New, very cycle accurate IBM PC emulator written in Rust. Even runs Area5150.
[https://github.com/dbalsom/martypc] (https://github.com/dbalsom/martypc)
[#retrocomputing] (https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-06-13T11:05:48.000Z (olimex@mastodon.social)
With AgonLight2-Proto you can easily try hardware ideas and concepts on AgonLight2 the fastest 8-bit retro computer [https://olimex.wordpress.com/2023/06/13/agonlight2-proto-simple-prototyping-board-for-agonlight2-retro-z80-computer/] (https://olimex.wordpress.com/2023/06/13/agonlight2-proto-simple-prototyping-board-for-agonlight2-retro-z80-computer/) [#z80] (https://mastodon.social/tags/z80) [#retrocomputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing) [#agonlight] (https://mastodon.social/tags/agonlight)
2023-06-12T19:05:08.000Z (SDF@mastodon.sdf.org)
When the printer runs with the low resolution proof because you made the executive decision to approve it.
[#toshiba] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/toshiba) [#retrocomputing] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing) [#1980s] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/1980s) [#laptop] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/laptop) [#pixelart] (https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/pixelart)
2023-06-12T18:26:09.000Z (billgoats@bitbang.social)
Is it Solaris 9? Is it System 7.5.3?
The answer to both is an emphatic yes! [#MAE] (https://bitbang.social/tags/MAE) [#RetroComputing] (https://bitbang.social/tags/RetroComputing)
2023-06-12T17:52:03.000Z (ramokromok@retrochat.online)
Okay we've got a lot of platforms covered! [#retrocomputing] (https://retrochat.online/tags/retrocomputing)
Let me know what I'm missing!
[https://retroforum.directory] (https://retroforum.directory)
2023-06-12T17:37:11.000Z (root42@chaos.social)
The quality of early VGA RAMDACs is quite diverse. This cheap TVGA9000B came with a UMC branded 66MHz RAMDAC. It was very noisy and produced massive jailbars.
I replaced it with an Analog Devices RAMDAC I had left over from an ET4000 Upgrade where I used an INMOS RAMDAC. So the quality is INMOS > AD > UMC. I need more INMOS RAMDACs!
First screenshot is before the replacement, second one after.
[#retrocomputing] (https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing) [#ramdac] (https://chaos.social/tags/ramdac)
2023-06-12T17:28:03.000Z (aaronk6@mastodon.social)
Did you know that it was possible to select Windows 3.1’s Program Manager as the default shell during Windows 95 setup? [#retrocomputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing) [#windows] (https://mastodon.social/tags/windows)
2023-06-12T14:10:38.000Z (ramokromok@retrochat.online)
I need your help, so retoot if possible!
With a lot of reddit going dark, I think it's a good time to resurrect the old fashioned forum.
I've repurposed the boingdirectory code to make a big list of [#RetroComputing] (https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroComputing) and Console forums.
[https://retroforum.directory] (https://retroforum.directory)
Please let me know if there's any forums to add (Note: Facebook Groups, Discord Servers and Reddits are not going to be added - Sorry!)
It's WIP, and it's lacking stuff, but I thought I'd post to get feedback before I've finished :)
2023-06-11T09:51:28.000Z (RetroFunPL@8bit.red)
[#Westworld] (https://8bit.red/tags/Westworld) is not only a modern tv series.
It started with a movie in 1973 and a book in 1974, both by Michael Crichton.
The original movie seem to have glimpses of [#assembly] (https://8bit.red/tags/assembly) code pretending to be the robots' programming.
The code looks like actually some digital movie/animation production software! in 1973!
Does anyone recognize what assembly flavor, what CPU might it have been?
[#retrocomputing] (https://8bit.red/tags/retrocomputing) [#cinema] (https://8bit.red/tags/cinema)
2023-06-11T08:40:10.000Z (RetroWizzard@oldbytes.space)
Another [#CIBSunday] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/CIBSunday) item from my collection is [#FlightSimulator] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/FlightSimulator) by [#Microsoft] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Microsoft) for the [#IBM] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/IBM) [#PC] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/PC) .
It comes with the staggering amount of three 5.25" disks and complete manual and maps.
(Scribbles on the box by my grandpa which I consider a bonus.)
It's from an era when games still came with manuals.
[#retrogaming] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming) [#RetroComputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing)
2023-06-11T08:15:52.000Z (RetroWizzard@oldbytes.space)
Newest addition to the collection is [#Decathlon] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Decathlon) by [#Activision] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Activision) for the [#Commodore] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore) [#C64] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64) .
I will have to open it as the "cellophane crush" on the box has already begun.
(still think it would be an awesome band name😁).
[#retrogaming] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming) [#RetroComputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing) [#CIBSunday] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/CIBSunday)
2023-06-11T02:25:48.000Z (thankfulmachine@oldbytes.space)
👋 🌏 Hello, world!
[@thankfulmachine] (https://oldbytes.space/@thankfulmachine) here.
I'm interested in analog/digital electronics, PCB design, retro consoles, homebrew computers, emulators, and anything/everything 6502/816/Z80/68K/MIPS!
I'm currently working on a 68000-based homebrew computer because the 68K just doesn't get enough love <3! Actively re-re-learning Verilog/FPGA for various things related to that project and for future uses.
A huge Yamaha OP_ fan, creating hardware and software around the legendary audio chip, you might see some music recommendations for FM music from time to time!
[#introduction] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/introduction) [#homebrew] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/homebrew) [#68k] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/68k) [#fpga] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/fpga) [#retrogaming] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming) [#retrocomputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing) [#pcb] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/pcb) [#electronics] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/electronics) [#opl] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/opl) [#electronicmusic] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/electronicmusic)
2023-06-10T13:08:31.000Z (M0les@aus.social)
PSA (But probably old news to most of you):
I discovered an online 7/14/16-segment "LCD display simulator".
[https://avtanski.net/projects/lcd/] (https://avtanski.net/projects/lcd/)
[#retrocomputing] (https://aus.social/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-06-10T09:21:05.000Z (RetroWizzard@oldbytes.space)
The [#EasyFlash] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/EasyFlash) CR is a cost reduced version of the EasyFlash 1 cartridge by Daniel Mantione for the [#Commodore] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore) [#C64] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64) .
I just finished soldering this kit.
You can get it from here:
[https://www.freepascal.org/~daniel/easyflash/] (https://www.freepascal.org/~daniel/easyflash/)
(gerbers and schematics also available).
[#retrogaming] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming) [#RetroComputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing)
2023-06-10T08:08:44.000Z (RetroWizzard@oldbytes.space)
I tell myself that it's perfectly normal to have a drawer full of cartridge pcbs from various projects.
It's normal right?....right?😁
[#RetroComputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing) [#retrogaming] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming) [#Commodore] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore) [#C64] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64)
2023-06-10T06:34:25.108Z (niconiconi@mk.absturztau.be)
64-core CPU, 1980s style. [#retrocomputing] (https://mk.absturztau.be/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-06-10T04:19:38.000Z (tedchoward@mastodon.social)
Resistor DACs are “fun”.
[#Retrocomputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/Retrocomputing) [#fpga] (https://mastodon.social/tags/fpga) [#upduino] (https://mastodon.social/tags/upduino)
2023-06-10T00:06:12.000Z (a2_4am@mastodon.social)
Deadline r18-820311.woz
[https://archive.org/details/wozaday_Deadline_r18] (https://archive.org/details/wozaday_Deadline_r18)
Thanks to danc256 for the disk!
[#wozaday] (https://mastodon.social/tags/wozaday) [#AppleII] (https://mastodon.social/tags/AppleII) [#retrocomputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-06-09T20:53:36.000Z (haitchfive@mastodon.social)
DVK-3, Soviet desktop computer compatible with PDP-11.
Even today it's common to find remains of such computers around the Chernobyl disaster area, says Alex the video host, "in a very destroyed condition, but this one... is intact."
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1EWsWxObjA] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1EWsWxObjA)
[#DVK3] (https://mastodon.social/tags/DVK3) [#Soviet] (https://mastodon.social/tags/Soviet) [#Computer] (https://mastodon.social/tags/Computer) [#Chernobyl] (https://mastodon.social/tags/Chernobyl) [#PDP11] (https://mastodon.social/tags/PDP11) [#Ukraine] (https://mastodon.social/tags/Ukraine) [#retrotech] (https://mastodon.social/tags/retrotech) [#retrocomputing] (https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing) [#decpdp11] (https://mastodon.social/tags/decpdp11) [#pdp11] (https://mastodon.social/tags/pdp11) [#decpdp] (https://mastodon.social/tags/decpdp)
2023-06-09T13:33:06.000Z (RetroWizzard@oldbytes.space)
The company who will start manufacturing these again will be filthy rich.
[#retrogaming] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming) [#RetroComputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing)
2023-06-09T02:21:45.000Z (mos_8502@oldbytes.space)
I have decided to do one final run of the original version of the WME64 wireless modem emulator for the Commodore 64, 128, and VIC-20. It will be a batch order with about a two week or so lead time because I need to order the parts, so if you are interested, here is a good place to let me know. Each one is $40USD plus whatever shipping costs to your address, comes in a 3D printed case with colour label, and is compatible with any program that can use a user port modem, at 300-9600 baud.
Getting your order in now will get you your modem first, before it goes up for sale on Tindie or anywhere else.
NOTE: This run is 50 units, 19 of which are currently spoken for.
[#retrocomputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing) [#commodore] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/commodore) [#C64] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64) [#VIC20] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/VIC20) [#C128] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/C128)
2023-06-08T15:54:56.000Z (thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)
They don’t make them like this anymore [#ipod] (https://hachyderm.io/tags/ipod) [#retrocomputing] (https://hachyderm.io/tags/retrocomputing)
2023-06-08T06:37:08.000Z (RetroWizzard@oldbytes.space)
Yesterday I swapped the pcb from my [#SpaceTaxi] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/SpaceTaxi) homebrew for a rev. 5.
It now fits way better into the case.
Pcb by [@msolajic] (https://bitbang.social/@msolajic) .
If you want to create your own box, it's on my github repo:
[https://github.com/RetroWizzard/BoxCraft/blob/master/Space_Taxi_all-in-one_Box.pdf] (https://github.com/RetroWizzard/BoxCraft/blob/master/Space_Taxi_all-in-one_Box.pdf)
[#retrogaming] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming) [#RetroComputing] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing) [#Commodore] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore) [#C64] (https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64)
FINI