#worldcon opens in 20 minutes and we’re along the East wall of the 2nd floor.
Come beat the PDP-8/e at chess or adventure and learn about 1960s #ai under the MIT AI labs Incompatible Timesharing System
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New video! I got my hands on a rare Amiga 3000T and am starting the restoration process.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/5XsMTA0ZjhQ
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/cbdS1mpUE5jX9VK6jKm1Ag
#Amiga #Amiga3000T #Amiga3000 #A3000T #Commodore #Restoration #BatteryLeakage #Corrosion #Repair #A2386 #BridgeBoard #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #RareCommodore
Configure Dillo Browser for High Dots Per Inch (HiDPI) Displays
Improve the web browsing experience by learning about solutions in configuring the web browser Dillo for High Dots Per Inch (HiDPI) monitor displays.
https://www.adamsdesk.com/posts/dillo-browser-configure-hidpi/
#blog #DilloBrowser #HiDPI #TechSupport #RetroComputing @rl_dane
Save the date!
Flashback Symposium
14.11.-16.11. 2025 Jößnitz bei Plauen
Retrocomputer and Concert
https://www.flashback-event.de/flashback-symposium-02/
#retrocomputing #retrogaming #vintagecomputing #plauen #vogtland #sachsen
We currently offer over 28 vintage systems for free remote guest access featuring historic operating systems, programming languages and games. BOOTSTRAP members may request personal accounts on these machines. Thank you for supporting our efforts at https://icm.museum
#vintagecomputing #retrogaming #retrocomputing #history
More Fun Making It (aka More Fun Fixing it) does relaxed videos about retro computing and electronics, usually fixing old 8-bit computers that have stopped working. You can follow the account at:
They've already published almost 300 videos. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at https://makertube.net/a/morefunmakingit/videos
#FeaturedPeerTube #RetroComputing #Electronics #ComputingHistory #Repairs #Commodore64 #ZXSpectrum #PeerTube
Been working on a case for the tiny ALPS pen plotter mechanism. It takes 2.25” wide receipt roll paper. Electronics will go beneath. Might add a roll paper holder. Maybe a battery pack too?
I saw this on BlueSky.
I don't want to call anybody out, and it's not really important that one person did this as this is going to be a be a general problem going forward.
The increasing popularity of "editing" features in generative AIs is going to lead to a lot of people thinking it is harmless to use it to upscale or contrast-adjust historical media.
New video! Neutralizing and removing the battery leakage and corrosion from the A3000T board and the expansion cards that came with it.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/tiTvgsuXqGc
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/iE56Bc9hD7S8WVkChnJWw2
#Amiga #A3000T #Amiga3000T #Restoration #Commodore #BatteryLeakage #Repair #Corrosion #A2386 #BridgeBoard #RetroComputing #VintageComputing
Putting out a #DigiPres request:
Anyone out there in #RetroComputing fedi have, or know where I could get, #RealPlayer 5, G2, 7, or 8 for #Solaris or #IRIX? Or any other *NIX ports aside from Linux that might be out there?
Edit: Got it! Fedi is awesome!
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This curious 1980 book was published in the golden era of bedroom programming and explored many ways of doing business with home computers, from writing software and documentation to consulting and other services. In those simpler times little equipment and investments were needed to get started.
Time for a new #introduction!
I live on the border, where #Arizona, #Mexico and #NewMexico all come together.
I mostly post about #cooking, #gardening, #hiking and #publiclands
I'm interested in #music, #art, #anime, #manga, #comics, #math, #videogames, #retrogaming and #retrocomputing
I switched from #Amiga to #linux and #bsd so I actually know very little about MS Windows.
New video! I'm making some EPROM cartridges on the C64 and I'm presenting a little BASIC program I made for making EPROM creation easier.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/NR4vYQcTPSg
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/8J6p3YZqfDZW9oPDGRqwcF
#EPROMMER #Merlin #EPROM #Programmer #Cartridge #DESTestMAX #MultiLoad #27C64 #ROM #C64 #Commodore #Commodore64 #RetroComputing #VintageComputing
New video! I reviewed a pre-production version of the new mechanical Amiga keyboards from A1200net. These are suitable for most Amiga models and fit both the new replacement keycaps and the original keycaps, retaining the original look and feel of the machines.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/HNOTwb4UsCA
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/kP6snQGm4nhcY6xUAzqkku
#Amiga #Keyboard #MechanicalKeyboard #LinearSwitches #MitsumiHybrid #Commodore #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #Replacement #Keycaps #A1200net
Bonjour tout le monde, du #retrocomputing ou d'ailleurs !
Je cherche d'anciens formats de fontes et si vous avez un vieil ordinateur qui traine, vous pourriez peut-être m'aider.
Le contexte : j'ai créé du code autour de la détection des fichiers de fontes et j'aimerais le rendre le plus universel possible. Donc supporter le plus de polices de caractères possibles à travers les âges.
J'en ai déjà trouvé pas mal sur internet, mais j'ai des difficultés à mettre la main sur certains formats. 1/2
Modern web needs like 100MB just to say "Hello World". I went the other way.
Introducing GASM: A Gopher server in pure i386 Assembly.
💾 Binary: 1.5KB
🧠 RAM: 24KB (Verified with pmap)
🚫 Dependencies: 0 (No libc, pure syscalls)
🦕 Min Spec: Intel 386DX (1985)
Probably runs on the shittiest hardware you can find, or on your Ryzen 9.
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Today someone (who is not on Mastodon) released a collection of more than 570 distinct operating systems, pre-installed with VM configurations for the 250+ different platforms, going back all the way to 1948.
Now, I have to admit I'm posting this without trying it myself, as I'm running low on disk space on this machine.
Because the full download is 121GB (174GB unzipped!). There is also a lighter version at 14GB that will download stuff on demand.
Don't mind me, just copying A2Desktop from its 800kB floppy to a directory in my brand new 32MB /APPLICATIONS volume, which lives on a microSD card in my #BurgerDisk
New video! Replacing the rechargeable lithium cell on my Blizzard 1230 MK IV Amiga 1200 accelerator card.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/-sdXLAXbpfQ
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/qLLGtqax621LFSzxFgZj1Q
#Amiga #A1200 #Amiga1200 #Commodore #Blizzard1230 #Phase5 #Battery #CoinCell #RealTimeClock #Accelerator #RetroComputing #VintageComputing
There are mainly just two things wrong with old computers: 1) they're not as powerful (speed and memory) and 2) they often need some repairs and modifications to continue to be used.
But other than these 2 things, old computers are generally just superior in my opinion.
While cleaning a storage room, our staff found this tape containing #UNIX v4 from Bell Labs, circa 1973
Apparently no other complete copies are known to exist: https://gunkies.org/wiki/UNIX_Fourth_Edition
We have arranged to deliver it to the Computer History Museum
Oh, just powering my #AppleNewton over USB-C
#retro #retroComputing #apple #newton #newtCom #dongle #3dPrinting
Nearly 20 years old, LEGO NXT is now running #MicroPython! 😀
LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 (2013) is still the first priority, but we're pulling along NXT (2006) as we go. Much of it is is already working.
Thanks @schodet @danderson and many others.
use a brand new official hp toner cart that has been sitting in storage for 26 years
what could possibly go wrong
Jan Beta makes fun videos about retro computing, gaming and tech. They often repair old systems, especially the Commodore Amiga and C64. You can follow at:
➡️ @jan_beta
Don't worry if the account looks blank, that just means no one from your server has followed it yet. Follow the account and its videos will start gradually showing up on your server too.
You can also follow Jan's Mastodon account at @janbeta
#FeaturedPeerTube #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #Amiga #C64 #Electronics #PeerTube