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mmu_man<p>So, the only thing I hate more than people forcing me to published unfinished work because they are redoing what I spend nights already doing, is people wasting time doing what I already did…</p><p><a href="https://github.com/mmuman/cad-mac-pb500-pwrconn" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/mmuman/cad-mac-pb50</span><span class="invisible">0-pwrconn</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/Mac68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mac68k</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/PowerBook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerBook</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/PowerBook5xx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerBook5xx</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://m.g3l.org/tags/3DPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrinting</span></a></p>
Imogen<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Poll</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p><p>Pick one hypothetical complete computer system from this list to add to your personal collection.</p>
Matthew Sparby<p>I worry that this might sound like engagement fishing but I promise it isn't. I would really appreciate people's input on their favorite DOS games that make good use of EGA graphics.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</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/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a></p>
Sinza Contoso<p>I got myself a "WinBook XP". It has a Pentium (so Windows XP is off the table) and a Modem Blaster (28.8K!).</p><p>What should I subject it to? I'll probably install via floppy.</p><p><a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Paul Förster :verified_blue:<p>BASIC INSTINCT – no, not the movie. 🤣</p><p><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillGates</span></a> releases the original source code for <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/AltairBasic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AltairBasic</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-page-topic/reader/microsoft-original-source-code" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gatesnotes.com/home/home-page-</span><span class="invisible">topic/reader/microsoft-original-source-code</span></a></p><p><a href="https://images.gatesnotes.com/12514eb8-7b51-008e-41a9-512542cf683b/34d561c8-cf5c-4e69-af47-3782ea11482e/Original-Microsoft-Source-Code.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">images.gatesnotes.com/12514eb8</span><span class="invisible">-7b51-008e-41a9-512542cf683b/34d561c8-cf5c-4e69-af47-3782ea11482e/Original-Microsoft-Source-Code.pdf</span></a></p><p><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Altair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Altair</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Altair8800" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Altair8800</span></a></p>
David, not "Dave"<p>Ok, I'm trying to get more <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> into my timeline so let me ask this:</p><p>To the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Ultimate64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ultimate64</span></a> or <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/UltimateII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UltimateII</span></a> folks,</p><p>When you print, say from Print Shop, to a PNG, are you able to get the printout to "fill up" the paper? When I make a card the borders are big and the card isn't even centered so I can't fold it correctly without having uneven edges.</p>
Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>The cable that came with the Amiga 1200 was having odd issues, almost like it was grounding out - turns out it was because it was definitely grounding out <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Vintage Computer Festival East This Weekend - If you’re on the US East Coast, you should head on over to Wall, NJ and check out ... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/04/04/vintage-computer-festival-east-this-weekend/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/04/04/vintag</span><span class="invisible">e-computer-festival-east-this-weekend/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vintagecomputerfestivaleast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputerfestivaleast</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/vintagecomputerfestival" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputerfestival</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/briankernighan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>briankernighan</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a></p>
spzb<p><strong>In the 1980s we also downloaded software from TV</strong></p> <p><a href="https://infosec.pub/post/26123682" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">infosec.pub/post/26123682</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Jamie Booth<p>Why is there no .retro tld? 🤔</p><p><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Colin McMillen<p>Joining Lexan tonight are Skip and Visine. I drew them myself, and I'm... OK with the result!</p><p>Of course the three of them all have their own style of play. I try to mimic the original game, but it is approximative, as I'm quite sure the original game had either 16 bit ints or floats.</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> <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/PixelArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PixelArt</span></a></p>
Jamie Booth<p>The OS for my new retro network DC is installed. Need to get it promoted and connect the other retro machines (where possible) this weekend.</p><p><a href="https://boothcomputing.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Wolfgang Stief<p>An der ETH Zürich hat Niklaus Wirth 1980 die Workstation Lilith entwickelt, die komplett auf der ebenfalls von Wirth entwickelten Programmiersprache Modula-2 basiert. Jetzt hat sich jemand die Mühe gemacht, und die Lilith-Hardware in KiCad erfasst und die Files bereit gestellt: <a href="https://github.com/josdreesen/Lilith_Hardware" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/josdreesen/Lilith_H</span><span class="invisible">ardware</span></a></p><p>Von Wirth sehr viel bekannter als Modula-2 und Lilith ist die ebenfalls von ihm entwickelte Programmiersprache Pascal. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</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/lilith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lilith</span></a></p>
Michael Piotrowski<p>“Five decades later, Microsoft continues to<br>innovate new ways to make life easier and work<br>more productive.”</p><p>Yeah, right.</p><p><a href="https://www.gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/source-code/reader/microsoft-original-source-code" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gatesnotes.com/meet-bill/sourc</span><span class="invisible">e-code/reader/microsoft-original-source-code</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.acm.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Blake Patterson<p>My ST busily awaiting the arrival of its monochrome SM124 CRT arriving today. I hope it was well packed...</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AtariST</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Atari520ST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari520ST</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</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/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/busybee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>busybee</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/fujilogo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fujilogo</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagetech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagetech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ByteCellar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ByteCellar</span></a></p>
Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>Another Communications Terminal MSX, this time from Sony. Expect a follow-up video to my Panasonic one <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
Judeau (EatTheRich)<p>Some basic but interesting differences between <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PocketPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PocketPC</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WindowsMobile" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsMobile</span></a> devices.</p><p>This shows how the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Dell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dell</span></a> Axim has different image icons compared to the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/iPaq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iPaq</span></a>.</p><p>More info is in the image description of each one.</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/PDA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PDA</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WindowsCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindowsCE</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Handheld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Handheld</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Handhelds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Handhelds</span></a></p>
sverx🗨️<p>Did you ever dream to write your own videogame for the <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/SEGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEGA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/MasterSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MasterSystem</span></a>? 😲 </p><p>xfixium has released a *complete* <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/tutorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tutorial</span></a>: "Make Your Own Game with <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devkitSMS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>devkitSMS</span></a>" where he creates a Ms. Pac-Man clone using the <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C</span></a> language! 😍 </p><p>The whole series is here: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jGkoHX3BSk&amp;list=PLBYs5vZbDPv6UPqtU_deDSihZjeoCkUsS&amp;index=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=9jGkoHX3BS</span><span class="invisible">k&amp;list=PLBYs5vZbDPv6UPqtU_deDSihZjeoCkUsS&amp;index=1</span></a> and you also can download the ROM (for free) here: <a href="https://www.smspower.org/Homebrew/MsPacManClassic-SMS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">smspower.org/Homebrew/MsPacMan</span><span class="invisible">Classic-SMS</span></a> , with the whole source code freely available here: <a href="https://github.com/xfixium/SMS-Ms-Pac-Man" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/xfixium/SMS-Ms-Pac-</span><span class="invisible">Man</span></a> 😁 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/pacman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pacman</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a></p>
dan 💾<p>In honour of <span class="h-card"><a href="https://bitbang.social/@RonsCompVids" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RonsCompVids</span></a></span> releasing a video on refurbishing a StyleWriter II, if any of you UK nerds want one that works but could use a bit of tending-to, let me know! I've barely used it since getting the 2400, so it could use a new home.</p><p>The front door falls open and the paper doesn't always grab properly, but it's fine once the rollers grab it. Needs a new ink cartridge (hence the dodgy print pic) but cheap Canon BC-01 knockoffs are fine. <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLioq10WDQ8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=LLioq10WDQ</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p>
Ben A L Jemmett<p>Double-length Friday stream for me this evening, which should give us plenty of time to build an RGBtoHDMI analogue board and hopefully teach it how to understand the video coming out of the repaired VT240. I'll also briefly be demonstrating System/1's prototype VDU controller, now that I've corrected the issue that was breaking vertical sync last stream...</p><p>If that sounds interesting, join me in an hour (1800 BST) at <a href="https://twitch.tv/baljemmett" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">twitch.tv/baljemmett</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SelfPromo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfPromo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DishwasherAllowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DishwasherAllowing</span></a></p>
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