Bill Taroli :neurodiversity:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@wendynather" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>wendynather</span></a></span> SPARC workstations caused some serious trauma! I wonder if therapists specialize in that…</p><p>Seriously, though, I do have dreams like that sometimes. Can’t move. Can’t scream. Can’t stop. Thankfully I have a decent dose of other ones to make up for them. </p><p><a href="https://federate.social/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sun</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/SPARC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SPARC</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/OpenBoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBoot</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/OBP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OBP</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/nightmare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nightmare</span></a></p>
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Colin McMillen<p>A full playthrough of Glider for Apple II. Don't watch if you plan on playing, otherwise you wouldn't have the surprises! <br><a href="https://youtu.be/B-mr6-a3d2c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/B-mr6-a3d2c</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></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>
Colin McMillen<p>Glider for Apple II's first beta release is available at <a href="https://www.colino.net/wordpress/glider-for-apple-ii/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">colino.net/wordpress/glider-fo</span><span class="invisible">r-apple-ii/</span></a></p><p>I hope you'll enjoy it, and be sure to report issues if you find some!</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>
ajft<p>Original <a href="https://aus.social/tags/xbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xbox</span></a> and a pile of games, $100<br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/forsale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forsale</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> (retro enough I reckon). SE Melbourne</p>
Exxo<p>Is here anybody who has <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gerber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gerber</span></a> files for an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> 500 keyboard pcb (Mitsumi)?</p><p><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>
tom jennings<p>OK sheesh, THIS was a super-sweet spot in my (admittedly ancient) computing platform history: DESQView and QEMM.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DESQview" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DESQview</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>I mistakenly remembered it as OS/2, which I did run around that time (88, 89, 90) but no, it was desqview.</p><p>I'm fine without a mouse, it turns out. I've been writing a bunch of CP/M sofware and old workflows came back (hint: its barbaric, I don't fully recommend it).</p><p>Gonna put a web page up about the CP/M thing soon. Got my version 2 boards from JLCPCB, awaiting a delayed delivery from Digikey.</p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Emily<p>Working on my Micro 8088 and got the floppy controller done! But I forgot the 3.5" floppy uses a different power connector size (feels like a 1993 rookie mistake.) So waiting on an adapter. In the mean team, switched to my VGA board for some fun.</p><p><a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/Micro8088" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Micro8088</span></a> #8088 <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/diy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diy</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/soldering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soldering</span></a></p>
DesertFOX<p>Wow! Windows 386 is so much more usable now in 1024x768 SVGA resolution with 256 colors. Yes, I finally found a working graphics driver! And also "yes", I have nothing better to do at 3am! 😉 </p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Windows</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Retro</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Oldschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oldschool</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/86Box" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>86Box</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Emulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Emulation</span></a></p>
Mark Gardner<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bitbang.social/@NanoRaptor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>NanoRaptor</span></a></span> Heck, the VAXstation was a very cute, little, and *real* <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/VAX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VAX</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
Scott Small 🇨🇦<p>So, here's my actually-planned-for-this-year <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MARCHintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MARCHintosh</span></a> project. Attached is a photo of four very dusty containers full of floppy disks. These are the actual disks from my childhood IIfx!</p><p>Most of these disks aren't original. The originals lived at Dad's workplace. He would periodically bring home software from work, make a copy of the disks, and return the originals to work. These were, I'm told, the "off-site backups", in case there was a fire at the workplace or something like that. But we also had all this software installed on the family IIfx so Dad could read any files that he brought home from work with him.</p><p>Of course, we also bought our own software for the home, and those are mixed in with these disks as well. And that stack of CD-ROMs in the top left are my MacAddict cover disks - those are already archived.</p><p>Anyway, because these are just consumer-grade diskettes, they degrade quicker than the professionally-manufactured original ones. I've already lost a few, so I want to get these archived! And of course, anything that doesn't already exist on the Garden will be uploaded there and shared on <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/GlobalTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalTalk</span></a> as well. </p><p>(expect this to be a long-ass foone-style thread with lots of updates over several days)</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/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VintageMac</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mac</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MacOS</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClassicMac</span></a></p>
MathDaTech :fedora: 🤘<p>Starting Windows 3.1 in 1994</p><p>[📹 pc_user_486]</p><p><a href="https://hostux.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>Early access video: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/joy-of-sticks-124426928?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">patreon.com/posts/joy-of-stick</span><span class="invisible">s-124426928?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link</span></a> <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>After talking to @chinnyvision.bsky.social yesterday about how I’d never had a Speccy 48k with a working keyboard I find myself with an entirely functioning one - no keyboard faults, no memory issues, no cpu or ULA faults - this one isn’t being opened, it can stay vanilla <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
emulaThor<p>When it comes to the relationship between old <a href="https://retrohub.cafeobskur.de/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pets</span></a> and new <a href="https://retrohub.cafeobskur.de/tags/pets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pets</span></a> it is rarely a black or white thing.</p><p><a href="https://retrohub.cafeobskur.de/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodore</span></a> <a href="https://retrohub.cafeobskur.de/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retroComputing</span></a></p>
Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>New video: Taking a look at the Panasonic FS-A1FM MSX2 computer <a href="https://youtu.be/80TtLHtVheI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/80TtLHtVheI</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/plsShare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plsShare</span></a></p>
@haitchfive<p><strong>Crosstacks are Orthogonal Stack Views</strong></p><p><a href="https://github.com/ha1tch/ual/blob/main/spec/incoming/ual-1.8-PROPOSAL-crosstacks.md" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/ha1tch/ual/blob/mai</span><span class="invisible">n/spec/incoming/ual-1.8-PROPOSAL-crosstacks.md</span></a><br>Crosstacks are a new ual kind of element that provides orthogonal views across multiple stacks (think: a row of a spreadsheet that traverses several stack columns).<br>This extension lets you work with data in both vertical (traditional stack) and horizontal (cross-stack) directions with equal efficiency. With crosstacks, you can elegantly express complex operations on multi-dimensional data without specialized syntax. Tailored for matrix operations, image processing, and tensor calculations while maintaining ual's philosophy of explicit, efficient operations.</p><p><strong>HA-HT</strong></p><p><a href="https://github.com/ha1tch/ual/blob/main/doc/compiler/crosstack-implementation/haht.md" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/ha1tch/ual/blob/mai</span><span class="invisible">n/doc/compiler/crosstack-implementation/haht.md</span></a><br>Under the hood, crosstacks use a Hybrid Adaptive Hash-Tree structure that combines direct addressing with specialized data structures. The first two levels provide O(1) access to positions, while the third level adapts between five different implementations based on actual usage patterns. This approach delivers consistent performance for both vertical and horizontal access while efficiently handling sparse data and diverse workloads. At this time this is our best candidate implementation.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ual</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/compsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compsci</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rustlang</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/golang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>golang</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/foss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foss</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/forth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forth</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/retrodev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrodev</span></a></p>
rk: could be an enum<p>I regret to inform you that I am back on my bullshit. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.well.com/tags/java" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>java</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.well.com/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.well.com/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Kroc Camen<p>Great new <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> channel -- <2K subs. This video is about the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Oric1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oric1</span></a>, a British computer released a little too late to overtake the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZXSpectrum</span></a> but became a small hit in France: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JJ2q0qMC97Y" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=JJ2q0qMC97</span><span class="invisible">Y</span></a></p>
Quazar<p>For convenience I've made a quick page for buying some of my <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/SAMCoupe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SAMCoupe</span></a> items with UK shipping included in the price. I'll get more added shortly, but just now there's the recent issues of SAM Revival magazine, pre-order the next issue (27, with The Lower Caverns on disk) and my gold plated SAM PCB keyrings, which help add a few pounds to the development kitty of my SAM projects.</p><p><a href="https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>For everything I do for the SAM Coupe, and other platforms, see my main page: <a href="https://www.samcoupe.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">samcoupe.com</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/indiedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>indiedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamedev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gaming</span></a></p>
µP<p>Just found an "autoprotec" 5.25" <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/floppy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>floppy</span></a> disc - with protections slides to make them writable or write-protect it.</p><p><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/Diskette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Diskette</span></a></p>
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