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computing with vintage or weak devices: 8bit/16bit, commodore, amiga, oric, atari, etc.
I read an article from someone using a Palm m500 for modern purposes and I'm sorely tempted to try it myself. I actually kind of wish I kept the HP tablet I picked up when they were getting blown out as I loved that version of webOS.
💬 11 comments · 1 like · Aug 06 · 3 weeks ago
Fixing a 41 year old bug in the SWTOOLS VOS SEDIT commmand on VAX/VMS 5.5-2 — So, at work I maintain a VAX running VMS 5.5-2. That version of VMS was released in 1991... I've recently been using the Unix-like tools in the LBL Software Tools Virtual Operating System from the DECUS Languages & Tools tape from 1986. The SWTOOLS VOS is a portable reimplementation of many Unix style programs and library routines, inspired by Kernighan and Plauger's Software Tools books, writen in a Ratfor, a...
💬 3 comments · 2 likes · Jul 15 · 6 weeks ago
Where to buy retrocomputers? — This might sound like a silly question, but where would you start looking to buy retrocomputers? I suppose there are things for sale on the internet, but not everything you can think of is actually as available as "modern" products seem. What if I want a specific model of a 386... where do you all go to find something like that? Or do you have to have been retrocomputing since back then? feel kinda dumb here since I have (confession time) actually thown out old...
💬 4 comments · 1 like · Apr 23 · 4 months ago
When is retro computing? — Ubuntu is going to be 20 years old this year and that makes me wonder how old a computer and it's operating system has to be to be considered retro? For me, Windows 2000 is retro but wind XP is not. Also any mac using PowerPC or m68k is retro to me. (The podcast Linux After Dark just did a episode on trying to run warty warthog 4.10 and compare it to the next LTS, 24.04)
💬 14 comments · Mar 29 · 5 months ago
Classic Usborne books on home computer programming, including how to program adventure games, code to type. A true gem: [https link] Please note the link might not work if you're browsing from outside the UK if that happens and you aren't VPN click on the top left link and inform it you want the UK content. Cheers!
💬 1 comment · 2 likes · Mar 25 · 5 months ago
Getting instructions for your Atari 8-bit computer games — Hello! Just joined the Geminispace. Here's a very easy way to extract the instructions from the ATR disk images from any Atari 8 bit game. In this case, we were lucky to find the instructions within the preserved disks. [http link] The Wrath of Doom (difficult to play without instructions whatsoever) [https link] Explore Atari 8-Bit ATR Disk Images with a Web browser
💬 2 likes · Feb 22 · 6 months ago · #atari
A game for Commodore 64 — Paw Noir - platformer game project by Kirill Leyfer for commodore 64 retrocomputer.
💬 1 comment · 2 likes · Feb 22 · 6 months ago
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 · 7 months 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 · 8 months ago
do you like square cursors or pipe like cursors? should the cursor blink?
💬 11 comments · 2023-11-30 · 9 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!
💬 5 comments · 1 like · 2023-08-30 · 1 year 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 · 1 year 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 · 1 year 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 · 1 year 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 · 1 year 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 · 1 year 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 · 1 year ago · #amiga #freepascal #lazarus #pascal
