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Colin McMillen<p>The Hand is in!!<br>And I have a full 1024 bytes left in the CODE segment.</p><p>Big commit, I had to move lots of init code to the ONCE segment, but this had to be done at some point, and I *think* I have everything I want in ??</p><p>This week-end is probably be beta-release week-end!</p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Apple2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple2</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a></p>
C:\KKJ\>:idle:<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Sora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sora</span></a> ;o</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
derSammler<p>Fangen wir mal mit dem <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a>-Zeugs an. 😀 </p><p>Commodore 128D (leider ohne Tastatur 😆)<br>Commodore <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64G" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C64G</span></a> mit intaktem Siegel<br>1541, C2N + 2 Module</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a></p>
Colin McMillen<p>I don't have enough space to add a score-updating robot hand... coming from the left of the screen.</p><p>But do I have enough to add it if it comes from the top (which would make a smaller sprite) ?</p><p>Answer in a few hours but I have hopes.</p><p><a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a></p>
SuperIlu<p>I pushed an update to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOStodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOStodon</span></a> (the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> client for MS-DOS):</p><p>- Updated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/curl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>curl</span></a> to 8.13.0<br>- Updated <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mbedTLS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mbedTLS</span></a> to 3.6.3<br>- Fixed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/win32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>win32</span></a> version (works on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WinXP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WinXP</span></a> or newer), DLLs were missing</p><p>Grab it at <a href="https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Screenshot is showing the win32 version running on Win10.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Javascript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Javascript</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CreativeCoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CreativeCoding</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastodonClient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonClient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FreeDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeDOS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DJGPP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DJGPP</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DOjS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOjS</span></a></p>
Laurent Espitallier<p>La France reconnait désormais la démoscène comme patrimoine culturel - Next <a href="https://next.ink/180367/la-france-reconnait-desormais-la-demoscene-comme-patrimoine-culturel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">next.ink/180367/la-france-reco</span><span class="invisible">nnait-desormais-la-demoscene-comme-patrimoine-culturel</span></a> <a href="https://mastouille.fr/tags/patrimoine_culturel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patrimoine_culturel</span></a> <a href="https://mastouille.fr/tags/patrimoineculturel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>patrimoineculturel</span></a> <a href="https://mastouille.fr/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastouille.fr/tags/france" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>france</span></a> <a href="https://mastouille.fr/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastouille.fr/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://mastouille.fr/tags/d%C3%A9mo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>démo</span></a></p>
nmo<p><a href="https://tilde.zone/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> give me your best recommendation for a ZX Spectrum clone or hardware emulator for an 11 year old. Assume we want a physical piece of hardware that isn't a raspberry pi.</p>
derSammler<p>Ach, verdammt. Schon wieder unterwegs gewesen um eine Ladung Retro-Hardware abzuholen. Nicht ganz so viel wie letztes Mal. Diesmal hauptsächlich Notebooks (zwei weitere Kisten waren auf/unter dem Beifahrersitz), <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a>-Zeugs und zwei PCs + Zubehör und Teile.</p><p>Mehr Fotos kommen später noch.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a></p>
Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!<p>We're in business! And no magic smoke escaping from the PSU.</p><p><a href="https://social.chatty.monster/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.chatty.monster/tags/BBCmicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BBCmicro</span></a> <a href="https://social.chatty.monster/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a></p>
root42<p>New video:</p><p>New Homebrew Sound Card: Sonic Buster 8</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/znpbPxCm3Yc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/znpbPxCm3Yc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/opl3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opl3</span></a></p>
Alex Schroeder<p>The things I sometimes find. Today: a multi-PC controller with VGA and PS/2 plugs and cables to go along with it. Anybody interested for postage and packaging from Switzerland? <a href="https://tabletop.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!<p>One of my weekend projects is to recap the PSU for a BBC micro I've taken ownership of. While I'm desoldering all the old capacitors let's just take a moment to admire this circuit board.</p><p>Not only are there beautiful fat wiggly tracks, obviously hand designed, but every single solder joint here looks like it was made individually. This machine is literally hand made.</p><p><a href="https://social.chatty.monster/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.chatty.monster/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a></p>
Ericounet<p><a href="https://slon.yojik.net/tags/DIY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIY</span></a> <a href="https://slon.yojik.net/tags/Z80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Z80</span></a> <a href="https://slon.yojik.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> </p><p>Here is the beginning of the Z80-MBC2 case modeling with FreeCAD.</p><p>I already 3D printed the bottom of the case to see if everything fits perfectly ; for the moment, it does !</p>
Salvatore Lasorella<p>18 aprile 1983</p><p>L'Osborne Computer Corporation annuncia il computer portatile Osborne Executive, successore del famosissimo Osborne 1. L'Executive è il computer che, secondo la leggenda, causò il declino dell'azienda. </p><p>Noto come “effetto Osborne”, si narra che dopo l'annuncio di questo computer i concessionari annullarono tutti gli ordini per l'Osborne 1, distruggendo il flusso di liquidità della società ed ostacolando il prosieguo della gestione.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/retroinformatica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retroinformatica</span></a></p>
Behind The Console<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@jbz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jbz</span></a></span> There is also an 1987 version of the tour.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v6oSYf8xbs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=0v6oSYf8xb</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a> <br><a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/nsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nsf</span></a></p>
Ludovic Hirlimannun chouïa de nostalgie, trouvé dans ma bibliothèque une copie de ' utilisation des stations sun sous sunos<br> <br> <a href="https://pix.diaspodon.fr/discover/tags/solaris?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solaris</a> <a href="https://pix.diaspodon.fr/discover/tags/retrocomputing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>
Bits&Terminal Jeff<p>While I did order a new oooold stock ink ribbon cartridge for my printer, I decided to try the WD-40 trick to revive an old ribbon. </p><p>Verdict: it mostly works! </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/dotMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dotMatrix</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/WD40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WD40</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/epson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epson</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>Honest and Elitist Thoughts on Why Computers Were More Fun Before <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/6jd4qy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/6jd4qy</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a><br><a href="https://www.datagubbe.se/aficion/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">datagubbe.se/aficion/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
greatquux<p>Let’s go back to a website! 25 years. Is that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> yet? <a href="https://homestarrunner.com/toons/backtoawebsite" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">homestarrunner.com/toons/backt</span><span class="invisible">oawebsite</span></a></p>
Bits&Terminal Jeff<p>Computers used to look way cooler than they do now. This Data General Eclipse system with its terminal printer is a beauty (InfoAge museum, Wall NJ).</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DataGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataGeneral</span></a></p>
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