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Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:<p>ARM'd and dangerous: kzimmermann takes on the <a href="https://c.im/tags/OldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldComputerChallenge</span></a> 2025 with nothing but a Raspberry Pi Model B.</p><p><a href="https://kzimmermann.0x.no/articles/old_computer_challenge_2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kzimmermann.0x.no/articles/old</span><span class="invisible">_computer_challenge_2025.html</span></a></p><p>Yes, it's late - but it's done. Sorry for the delay, I was having too much fun learning <a href="https://c.im/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</span></a>, I guess :D</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/oldcomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputers</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/occ25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>occ25</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>runbsd</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/oldcomputerchallenge2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge2025</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/100DaysToOffload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>100DaysToOffload</span></a></p>
Dave<p>New <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> post!</p><p>OCC: Rebuilding my first PC </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://haewyr.mataroa.blog/blog/occ-rebuilding-my-first-pc/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">haewyr.mataroa.blog/blog/occ-r</span><span class="invisible">ebuilding-my-first-pc/</span></a></p>
becca<p>I spend a week with the Sony Vaio VGN-TX2XP from 2006 and it was surprisingly nice (except for some audio stuff). I wrote about it on my blog: <a href="https://blog.not-outdated.com/entries/vaiovgntx2xp.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.not-outdated.com/entries/</span><span class="invisible">vaiovgntx2xp.html</span></a> </p><p>(also why I poofed, didn't use my smartphone much and the website is slow on older machines)</p><p><a href="https://urusai.social/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/sony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sony</span></a></p>
Vladimir<p>I've finalized the <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> write-up and updated the post.</p><p><a href="https://www.talibov.xyz/posts/occ2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">talibov.xyz/posts/occ2025/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Key learning from the exercise:</p><p>1. That the modern web is the biggest constrain is not a meme<br>2. More power to Emacs, it's very transferable<br>3. I still don't know how do I get to South America once the internment starts.</p>
screwlispDepressingly real journalism on LLMS ruins my last old computer challenge post
hairylarry<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>screwlisp</span></a></span> </p><p>I have my old computing challenge. My board game, 10Print, is based on the famous C64 program, 10Print.</p><p>I have been play testing the game at NEA Game Fest and we have fixed the tile art to aid maze connectivity and added a sliding tile feature that adds another dimension of strategy.</p><p>Now I need to get some whiteout to fix the tiles.</p><p><a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a></p>
screwlisp<p><a href="https://screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25/jul18.txt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25</span><span class="invisible">/jul18.txt</span></a></p><p><a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/oldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldComputerChallenge</span></a> </p><p>really I just read mdh's oldComputerChallenge markwrites. <a href="https://appdot.net/@mdhughes/114856809902955354" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">appdot.net/@mdhughes/114856809</span><span class="invisible">902955354</span></a></p><p>---</p><p>Maybe old computer challenge is not best viewed as an experience of<br>retro hardware or software, but as a forward compatible receiving<br>point for hyperlinks from the past.</p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>First complete program run! WOO!</p><p>And it's usable on the<br>CYBER HOLE<br><a href="https://cyberhole.online/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">cyberhole.online/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/cyberhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberhole</span></a></p>
screwlisp<p><a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/oldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldComputerChallenge</span></a> <br><a href="https://screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25/jul17.txt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25</span><span class="invisible">/jul17.txt</span></a><br>In which I dig up my cryptic reference to rpg's ( <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a> )<br>The Structure of a Programming<br>Language<br>Revolution<br>'s<br>reference to Teitelman's thesis on advice in the 60s, while already tired from writing my other article today.</p>
Jason123santa<p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> day 3 is uploaded </p><p><a href="gemini://gemini.jasonsanta.xyz:1965/gemlog/occ-2025/occ-day-3.gmi" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible"></span><span class="ellipsis">gemini://gemini.jasonsanta.xyz</span><span class="invisible">:1965/gemlog/occ-2025/occ-day-3.gmi</span></a></p><p>I have included steps on how to get an exfat drive to work on FreeBSD.</p>
Jason123santa<p>Freebsd with i3 on my Acer Aspire 7720 screenshot for <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a></p>
Lykso<p>Posting from masto9 on my AMD K6-2! <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Officeplant<p>Leaving <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> early because transphobic behavior in the promoted IRC. Turns out the hardest part of a communal dated hardware challenge is dated beliefs. </p><p> :yikes:</p>
maple "mavica" syrup [6502]<p>if <a href="https://computerfairi.es/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> folks are congregating on an IRC channel where it isn't the fashion to call people against using slurs "triggered snowflakes" please let me know! i'd love a new channel to hang out in</p>
Andreas (82mhz)<p>New blog post: </p><p>OCC 2025 - I'm back on ICQ<br><a href="http://82mhz.net/posts/2025/07/occ-2025-i-m-back-on-icq/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">82mhz.net/posts/2025/07/occ-20</span><span class="invisible">25-i-m-back-on-icq/</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a></p>
thedæmon<a href="https://snac.9front.club?t=oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OldComputerChallenge</a> Join us. <a href="https://occ.deadnet.se" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://occ.deadnet.se</a><br>
screwlisp<p><a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/oldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldComputerChallenge</span></a> for 16 July.</p><p><a href="https://screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25/jul16.txt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25</span><span class="invisible">/jul16.txt</span></a></p><p>Mostly sharing some notes from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.hackers.town/@lambdacalculus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lambdacalculus</span></a></span> ' own <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> etc we heard on today's episode : (download peertube link at <a href="https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/114859955237187501" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/11485</span><span class="invisible">9955237187501</span></a> ).</p><p>Viz Old computer Challenge: <br><a href="http://occ.deadnet.se/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">occ.deadnet.se/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Lispy Gopher Climate w/screwlisp<p><strong>#lispyGopherClimate w/ 500 hats of LambdaCalculus #HOPE_16 #PHREAKNIC previews #lisp #oldcomputerchallenge</strong></p> <p><a href="https://communitymedia.video/videos/watch/8f0e5d5f-18d5-43c7-bfb2-4a866a59be0c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">communitymedia.video/videos/wa</span><span class="invisible">tch/8f0e5d5f-18d5-43c7-bfb2-4a866a59be0c</span></a></p>
screwlisp<p><a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/hackThePlanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hackThePlanet</span></a><br><a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/lispyGopherClimate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lispyGopherClimate</span></a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/interview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interview</span></a> with 500 hats of <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://masto.hackers.town/@lambdacalculus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>lambdacalculus</span></a></span> <br>Their kofi: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/lambdacalculus" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ko-fi.com/lambdacalculus</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://communitymedia.video/w/iEzEkc2SPuL5twaSnTEEq5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">communitymedia.video/w/iEzEkc2</span><span class="invisible">SPuL5twaSnTEEq5</span></a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archive</span></a></p><p>of <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/DOOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOOM</span></a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/redstaros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redstaros</span></a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/piratebox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>piratebox</span></a> fame</p><p>Previewing their<br><a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/phreakNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phreakNIC</span></a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hacker</span></a><br><a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/HOPE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HOPE</span></a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/HOPE_16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HOPE_16</span></a> <br>talks!</p><p>Also <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/oldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>oldComputerChallenge</span></a> happening RIGHT NOW <a href="https://screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25/jul15.txt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25</span><span class="invisible">/jul15.txt</span></a> (I'm doing <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/xemacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xemacs</span></a> emacs)</p><p>LambdaCalculus knows <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>emacs</span></a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a> ...! And that's where it began then <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/commonLisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commonLisp</span></a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/CCL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CCL</span></a> on the <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macintosh</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@dougmerritt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dougmerritt</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://appdot.net/@mdhughes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>mdhughes</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://gamerplus.org/@hairylarry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>hairylarry</span></a></span></p>
Dillo browser<p>For those in the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldComputerChallenge</span></a> in need for a lightweight <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> browser, <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Dillo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dillo</span></a> can be built from source in under 10 minutes from old CPUs (let us know otherwise).</p><p>We always welcome new pictures for the gallery: <a href="https://dillo-browser.github.io/gallery/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dillo-browser.github.io/galler</span><span class="invisible">y/</span></a></p>