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Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>One of my favourite peripherals i've ever owned <a href="https://youtu.be/3kImK1t2tHY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/3kImK1t2tHY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a></p>
Ari [APz] Sovijärvi<p>You all still remember these?</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.games/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Retro Markus 🇩🇰🇩🇪<p>Working in an Acorn RISC PC600 which Had battery damage.<br>Looking lime this without VRAM module ... so the error must be around the onboard VRAM or it's logic.<br>Any hints?</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/acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>acorn</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/riscpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>riscpc</span></a></p>
vga256<p>magic to me, last seen in 1992 at my mom's university computing science department</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banyan_VINES" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banyan_V</span><span class="invisible">INES</span></a></p><p><a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/os" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>os</span></a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retroComputing</span></a></p>
root42<p>New video for Patrons:</p><p>Let's Code Commodore PET 0x02: Snakes on a PET</p><p>For all tiers, even free one, so join up!</p><p><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/lets-code-pet-on-124642896?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;utm_content=join_link" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">patreon.com/posts/lets-code-pe</span><span class="invisible">t-on-124642896?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&amp;utm_source=copyLink&amp;utm_campaign=postshare_creator&amp;utm_content=join_link</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/letscode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>letscode</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/commodorePET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodorePET</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Fedi.Video<p>"More Fun Making It" creates fun videos about repairing and restoring classic computers and other tech, especially the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga etc. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://makertube.net/accounts/morefunmakingit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>morefunmakingit</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already over a hundred videos uploaded. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://makertube.net/a/morefunmakingit/videos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/a/morefunmakingi</span><span class="invisible">t/videos</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FeaturedPeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeaturedPeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZXSpectrum</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Electronics</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/RetroTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroTech</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTubers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTubers</span></a></p>
Wolfgang Stief<p>And then sometimes back in the 1950s, Grace Hopper invented the compiler: <a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/from-punch-cards-to-python" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">spectrum.ieee.org/from-punch-c</span><span class="invisible">ards-to-python</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputring</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/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techhistory</span></a></p>
root42<p>New video: Commodore C16 From Hell Repair</p><p>This is another dead Commodore machine from the pile of machines that eazy brought over at the beginning of the year. This time it is a TED machine: the venerable C16. It is completely dead, shows no signs of life. But this has never stopped us. Probably a dead CPU. How bad can it be, eh?</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/ad77Yx-x4CQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/ad77Yx-x4CQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/c16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c16</span></a> <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></p>
Josh Renaud<p>Next, I compared the good and bad files in Hex Fiend. The good ones had an "lh1" signature in the header, while the bad ones had an "lh5." </p><p>Okay, clearly they were using different compression methods. But how could I extract the lh5 ones?</p><p>Googling turned up this Keka issue on GitHub -- <br><a href="https://github.com/aonez/Keka/issues/1257" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/aonez/Keka/issues/1</span><span class="invisible">257</span></a> -- which mentions a different problematic Atari ST LZH file on Discmaster and how dexvert handles it fine.</p><p>(2\x)</p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mac</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/keka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keka</span></a></p>
Josh Renaud<p>Interesting discovery today ... Came across a cache of 20 issues of "Express Times", an electronic newsletter for sysops running BBS Express! ST software on the Atari ST.</p><p>But all 20 issues were .LZH archives. I tried to open them on my Mac using Keka, but only about half of them worked.</p><p>So I booted Hatari and used UNLZH, but it also began throwing CRC errors for several files.</p><p>(1\x)</p><p><a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/digipres" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digipres</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mac</span></a> <a href="https://digipres.club/tags/keka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keka</span></a></p>
BASIC.AF<p>Today was PDP-12 demo day! <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a></p>
BASIC.AF<p>A TU-55 LINCtape drive from a PDP-12 in action. <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a></p>
Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>A couple of new designs up on the old t-shirt store, showing some love for the sorely overlooked FM Towns Marty and the company behind the less overlooked Sam Coupe <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/Merch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Merch</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://re-enthused.com/shop/#!/all" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">re-enthused.com/shop/#!/all</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Carlos Rodrigues 🪣<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@iFixit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>iFixit</span></a></span> I'll add "Retro" to the list. We shouldn't only repair hardware that is still current; obsolete hardware may still have a useful life.</p><p>For example, manufacturers should be obligated to release full hardware schematics and complete firmware source code for discontinued products. Also, documentation on server APIs that it might have depended upon.</p><p>Reduce, Reuse, Repair, (years later) Retro, and only then Recycle.<br> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</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/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
Serge from Babka<p>A video review of the original IBM Think pad.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A9GBTFrFTQ" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=9A9GBTFrFT</span><span class="invisible">Q</span></a></p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/IBM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IBM</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
Fedi.Video<p>Linux User Space makes videos about the history of various Linux distributions and Linux-related software. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tilvids.com/accounts/linuxuserspace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linuxuserspace@tilvids.com</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already 26 videos uploaded, if they haven've federated to your server yet you can browse them all at <a href="https://tilvids.com/a/linuxuserspace/videos" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tilvids.com/a/linuxuserspace/v</span><span class="invisible">ideos</span></a></p><p>You can also follow their general social media account at <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@linuxuserspace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linuxuserspace@mastodon.social</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/FeaturedPeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FeaturedPeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/ComputingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ComputingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Distros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distros</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/GNULinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNULinux</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTube</span></a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTubers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeerTubers</span></a></p>
Ferg's gaff<p><strong>My Laserwriter 4/600 PS Adventure!</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.scotgate.org/2025/03/18/my-laserwriter-4-600-ps-adventure/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.scotgate.org/2025/03/18/my-laserwriter-4-600-ps-adventure/</a></p>
Paul<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsky.brid.gy/r/https://bsky.app/profile/thomasfuchs.at" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thomasfuchs.at</span></a></span> I think the oldest piece of computer hardware I have would be this IBM 360 panel, circa mid 60s<br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Thomas 🕹️🔭<p>What’s the oldest piece of computer hardware you have? <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a></p>
Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>The little we saw of the MSX over here didn’t really demonstrate its power. Mainly because the (relatively) higher price of cartridges didn’t fit in with the budgets of the majority of the UK homes. One good example is Bubble Bobble <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
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