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**Gareth Halfacree** @ghalfacree@mastodon.social · 22h

22h

Gareth Halfacree @ghalfacree@mastodon.social

Now the web is full to the brim with #AI slop, I'm turning to... other, more reliable information sources.

Now, if you'll excuse me, Mind Maze awaits.

A hand holding a boxed copy of Microsoft Encarta '96 Encylopedia. The somewhat battered box shows a head turning to a ribbon, revealing a range of pictures of historical events, animals, and more. A globe at the bottom-left says it is the World English Edition, while an insert at the top says it is "Designed for Microsoft Windows 95" but "Requires Windows 95 or Windows 3.1." A Windows for Workgroups Program Manager window is visible on a monitor in the background, with the Microsoft Multimedia program group open; an icon for Encarta '96 is visible.

#vintageComputing #Encarta #MicrosoftMultimedia

**MacReeg** @macreeg@mastodontech.de · 1d

MacReeg @macreeg@mastodontech.de

https://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/games/schach-chatgpt-verliert-gegen-atari-2600-a-294337cd-e34b-417b-8227-f9492166f45e

DER SPIEGEL · 6dKI gegen Brute Force: ChatGPT verliert im Schach gegen Atari 2600By DER SPIEGEL

#gameconsole #retrogames #retrogaming

**Metin Seven** @metin@graphics.social · 2d *

2d *

Metin Seven @metin@graphics.social

Having been a "demoscener" (± 1000 years ago), I've got a soft spot for retro demo effects. Someone recreated a number of them in JavaScript and Canvas:

https://jdfio.com/pages-output/demos/x-mode/

jdfio.com90s VGA Demoscene

#demoscene #demo #coding

**Bob Tregilus** @elaterite@mastoart.social · 2d

Bob Tregilus @elaterite@mastoart.social

What do y'all think, time to toss my collection of ribbon cables?

A large, around a foot wide, tangled pile of old computer ribbon cables in gray and black colors. Some of the end connectors are blue but most are black. The pile lies on a concrete floor.

#Computers #Computer #VintageComputing

**Ars Technica News** @arstechnica@c.im · 2d

Ars Technica News @arstechnica@c.im

Reddit user surprised when 1960s computer panel emerged from collapsed family garage https://arstechni.ca/LR4p #computercollecting #Classiccomputing #Vintagecomputing #computerhistory #IBM'sSystem/360 #retrocomputing #mainframes #RCASpectra #mainframe #retrotech #1960s #Tech #1966 #ibm #RCA

A RCA Spectra 70/35 computer control panel from 1966, discovered in a collapsed garage.

Ars Technica · 2dReddit user surprised when 1960s computer panel emerged from collapsed family garageBy Benj Edwards

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**Metin Seven** @metin@graphics.social · 4d *

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Metin Seven @metin@graphics.social

@mobidic @jk Wow, Holger Gehrmann and Karsten Obarski, more pleasant flashbacks! Karsten's Soundtracker was a revolution in Amiga music editing.

I was part of three-guy Amiga development team myself. We created two music editors, SIDmon and Digital Mugician, and a range of Amiga games:

https://amiga.abime.net/games/list/?artist-id=992

amiga.abime.netHall Of Light - The database of Amiga gamesAmiga games database containing data, screenshots, reviews, cheat codes, walkthroughs, maps, manuals, links, box scans, disk scans.

#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev

**Eva Winterschön** @winterschon@bsd.cafe · 4d

Eva Winterschön @winterschon@bsd.cafe

I've found the vintage-modern modem we all deserve, but perhaps never knew existed. This is a modded board which supports 115,200 baud via serial to the host, connecting upstream to modern 802.11 wifi.

Fond memories of my Hayes 14.4K of the same design, running on a Compaq 486DX2 50MHz. With an upgrade to 8MB of RAM it was fantastic on Borland Turbo C++ and Ultima VIII.. no gui, no worries. Teenage me never wanted to disconnect.

- https://www.tindie.com/products/retromodem/wifi-retromodem-for-hayes-smartmodem/

#vintage #vintagecomputing #modem

**ICM** @icm@mastodon.sdf.org · 4d

ICM @icm@mastodon.sdf.org

This KL10 might just run again

https://icm.museum/blog/?p=38

This is MIT-MC.ARPA, currently in preservation. While it may not be necessary to run all of its subsystems, we might be able to bring up the 3 bay KL10 CPU and Front End processor and emulate the rest.

We are evaluating it this summer. Would you like to help? Check out the blog and follow our activity.

A detail of the KL-udge panel in the KL10 I/O

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

**Gareth Halfacree** @ghalfacree@mastodon.social · 5d

Gareth Halfacree @ghalfacree@mastodon.social

I now have a workflow to produce PostScript or PDF presentations from Lotus Freelance Graphics 2.1 on Windows for Workgroups, for export to and use on more modern machines.

...now if I could only remember why I wanted that.

A screenshot, looking as though it was physically captured with a camera pointing at an old CRT monitor, of Lotus Freelance Graphics 2.1 running in Windows for Workgroups. A slide is visible, titled "Test Presentation," with the text "I have no idea if this will work" and a clipart image of a businesswoman against a gradient background. The background and imagery are dithered, as the machine is set to display only 256 colours.

The same slide from the first image, but this time displayed on a modern computer. The clipart is noticeably more detailed than before, and the gradient background is smooth. The colours are noticeably different, too.

#vintageComputing #retroComputing

**Ars Technica News** @arstechnica@c.im · 6d

Ars Technica News @arstechnica@c.im

Engineer creates first custom motherboard for 1990s PlayStation console https://arstechni.ca/NBSz #electronicsengineering #hardwarepreservation #Reverse-engineering #Vintagecomputing #hardwarehacking #retrocomputing #classicgaming #GamingHistory #crowdfunding #Gameconsoles #PlayStation #retrogaming #opensource #PCBdesign #retrotech #Gaming #gaming #Sony

A photo of the Sony PlayStation video game console.

Ars Technica · 6dEngineer creates first custom motherboard for 1990s PlayStation consoleBy Benj Edwards

**ICM** @icm@mastodon.sdf.org · 6d

ICM @icm@mastodon.sdf.org

We'd like to restore our Symbolics 3670 LISP machine and our Thinking Machines CM-2.

https://icm.museum/blog/?p=15

A Symbolics LISP Machine and a DECSYSTEM-2020

A processor board from the Thinking Machines CM-2

Our Thinking Machines Connection Machine 2 in storage

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

**Colin Haynes** @ColinHaynes@mastodon.scot · Jun 11

Jun 11

Colin Haynes @ColinHaynes@mastodon.scot

Commodore PET 4016 upgraded to 32k. Refurbished with fantastic help from here:

https://www.vintage-radio.net/forum/showthread.php?t=218958

I got help which included the creation of a 6502 zero page RAM tester that didn't exist for PETs - 45 years after the PET was made.

Several chips replaced including most of the RAM and four out of five of the 40 pin chips. And a new label applied as the old one had gone.

Thanks very much to @simon_brooke for letting me have it.

#commodore #commodorepet #6502coding

**space.bi** @HSB@chaos.social · Jun 11 *

Jun 11 *

space.bi @HSB@chaos.social

Nicht vergessen: Am kommenden Samstag ist es wieder soweit:
* ein gerader Monat (6)
* der zweite Samstag (14)
=> #VintageComputing Meeting bei uns im Space in #Bielefeld

Bei Kaffee, Kuchen und echt alter aber nicht vergammelter Computer-Hardware treffen sich Nerds und Interessierte zum Austausch.

#c64 #vc20 #atari

**paulrickards** @paulrickards@mastodon.social · Jun 10

Jun 10

paulrickards @paulrickards@mastodon.social

I'm looking to pick up a HP Draftmaster II, RX, MX, RX+, or MX+ pen plotter. Do you have one or know someone that does and wants to part with it? I'm in the US Mid-Atlantic region.

Thanks for a boost!

#PenPlotter #VintageComputing