> I Was a 1980s Teenage Programmer: the Alphatronic <
https://blog.startifact.com/posts/teenage-programmer-alphatronic/
Nice old-timey computing story. I'm also amused by his "User Guide" interpretation.
#retrocomputing
Finally, it's done. Shoveled some games, demos, and tools onto it to showcase the PicoGUS in its various modes. Wavetable is working great, too.
Windows 95 runs particularly well on the system, despite "only" being a DX4-100. I guess 32 MB RAM, a rather fast hard disk supporting block mode, and a graphics chip with a blitter help quite a bit.
Glider for Apple II's first beta release is available at https://www.colino.net/wordpress/glider-for-apple-ii/
I hope you'll enjoy it, and be sure to report issues if you find some!
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Original #xbox and a pile of games, $100
#forsale #retrocomputing (retro enough I reckon). SE Melbourne
New on Lectronz: Amiga 500 2000 3000 4000 RGB S-Video CVBS cable https://lectronz.com/products/amiga-500-2000-3000-4000-rgb-s-video-cvbs-cable
#Gaming #Retrocomputing
New on Lectronz: AMYRGB2SCART - An RGB cable for Commodore Amiga https://lectronz.com/products/amyrgb2scart-an-rgb-cable-for-commodore-amiga
#Gaming #Retrocomputing
Gauntlet (1989)
Macintosh
@NanoRaptor Heck, the VAXstation was a very cute, little, and *real* #VAX
So, here's my actually-planned-for-this-year #MARCHintosh project. Attached is a photo of four very dusty containers full of floppy disks. These are the actual disks from my childhood IIfx!
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.
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.
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 #GlobalTalk as well.
(expect this to be a long-ass foone-style thread with lots of updates over several days)
M-NET the oldest running Public Access UNIX has arrived! The original Altos ACS68000 will be on display next weekend at the Interim Computer Festival. M-NET is now under SDF.org Vintage Systems care. Thanks jfk, cross and tod! #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #community #bbs
Tried out InterPrint on my IIfx today and I've got to say, it works beautifully!
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/interprint-112
This Chooser extension allows you to print to LPR queues over TCP/IP. But unlike the IP printing support in LaserWriter 8 (which "requires" Mac OS 8, though I think you can manually install it on as low as System 7.5.3), InterPrint works all the way down to System 6.0.5! It fully supports PostScript, too.
What this means for me is that after #MARCHintosh is over, I can repurpose my Raspberry Pi, which currently acts as an AppleTalk print server for my local network (and #GlobalTalk, by extension).
I recommend using Tribosys for lubricating keyswitches as well as the key stems. With the keyboard apart, I was able to easily apply the lubricant using a thin brush. #retrobrite #retrocomputing #appleextendedkeyboard #vintageapple #MARCHintosh