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computing with vintage or weak devices: 8bit/16bit, commodore, amiga, oric, atari, etc.
Hi! I.m new to this Gemini stuff. I heard some about it at a podcast called Kodsnack. Anyway, I.m mostly looking around and wanted to make a little mark in this cool community. I,m not much of a programmer but I like to code on my old Commodore64. But some time ago I bought this Mega65. A spiritual successor to the Commodore65. The C65 was intended to be a successor to C64, suprise suprise. But the C65 was never released. Its fun to investigate this new Mega 65 computer and try to make some...
💬 8 comments · 6 likes · Jan 18 · 3 weeks ago
maximum resolution of atari st — Because in low res some 416x274 is possible, in med res maybe can pull out 832x274 - still little less pixels than in mono.
💬 1 comment · 1 like · Jan 03 · 5 weeks ago
do you like square cursors or pipe like cursors? should the cursor blink?
💬 11 comments · 2023-11-30 · 2 months ago
90's Kids Trackball — Look at what arrived on my doorstep: The Microsoft Easyball, forgotten trackball of the 90's geared towards kids. Still works, has a serial connection and only one button. Time to play some Freddi Fish!
💬 4 comments · 2023-08-30 · 5 months ago
Love Notes to Newton — I just finished a 90 minutes documentary called “Love Notes to Newton” about the Apple Newton. Even though I never owned or used one, it was still a great watch. Published in 2018, it shows the history and a bunch of people who are still using this device from 25 years earlier and still enjoy it. [https link]
💬 3 likes · 2023-08-05 · 6 months ago
Protoweb Brings Back The 1995 Web — Have any of you heard of the Protoweb project yet? I hadn't until just this morning, and I thought it may be interesting to some people on here. The goal is to basically take old sites from the 95/96 era that have some dead functionality through the Wayback Machine (broken API's, streams that no longer exist, missing files, etc) and repopulate them one by one to produce a fully functional web from the mid-90's that's accessible by browser proxy. If you don'...
💬 3 comments · 9 likes · 2023-07-19 · 7 months ago
automatic pattern punching system — video features old computer with tui interface at miyata textile co. the operator loads software from tape on MZ-80K2 CLEAR(or CLEAN?) COMPUTER. screen shows: FOUND MR-463 (DATA) LOADING MR-463 (DATA) the software writes: ** AUTOMATIC PATTERN PUNCHING SYSTEM ** MR463-01 and then there is a menu. looks amazing.
💬 1 comment · 2023-07-13 · 7 months ago
Bit of a long shot, but does anyone know of any retro computing meetups or groups in Ohio (especially Columbus)? Would love to meet others & get the chance to check out some old computers in person!
💬 1 comment · 2023-07-08 · 7 months ago
Check out the 6502 community over at [http link] and especially the forum: [http link] Amazing treasure trove of resources.
💬 1 like · 2023-07-01 · 7 months ago
Considering this is the retrocomputing subspace, it seems the right place to put a link to the Old Computer Challenge (OCC) 2023, which starts in little over a week's time. [gemini link] Old Computer Challenge [https link] Old Computer Challenge (http) This year's edition runs from 10th to 16th July and the goal is to purposefully limit computer performance (e.g. by using a retrocomputer) and see what kind of fun observations/creativity comes out of it. I'll be participating with an iBook G3...
💬 3 comments · 4 likes · 2023-07-01 · 7 months ago · #occ
gui program developed with lazarus/freepascal, compiled for amiga, works same way: [https link] related blog post: [http link]
💬 1 comment · 1 like · 2023-06-29 · 7 months ago · #amiga #freepascal #lazarus #pascal
