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Salvatore Lasorella<p>18 aprile 1983</p><p>L'Osborne Computer Corporation annuncia il computer portatile Osborne Executive, successore del famosissimo Osborne 1. L'Executive è il computer che, secondo la leggenda, causò il declino dell'azienda. </p><p>Noto come “effetto Osborne”, si narra che dopo l'annuncio di questo computer i concessionari annullarono tutti gli ordini per l'Osborne 1, distruggendo il flusso di liquidità della società ed ostacolando il prosieguo della gestione.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.uno/tags/retroinformatica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retroinformatica</span></a></p>
64'er Magazin<p>Hobbit | 64'er Magazin<br><a href="https://www.64er-magazin.de/SH8502/hobbit.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">64er-magazin.de/SH8502/hobbit.</span><span class="invisible">html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>c64</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/64er" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>64er</span></a><br>Lange haben die Abenteuerspielfreunde auf die Lösung von Hobbit warten müssen. Einen der möglichen Lösungswege, der sogar ein Ergebnis von 101,5 % zuläßt, wollen wir Ihnen hier vorstellen.</p>
Behind The Console<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieweb.social/@jbz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jbz</span></a></span> There is also an 1987 version of the tour.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0v6oSYf8xbs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=0v6oSYf8xb</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a> <br><a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://podcasts.social/tags/nsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nsf</span></a></p>
Ludovic Hirlimannun chouïa de nostalgie, trouvé dans ma bibliothèque une copie de ' utilisation des stations sun sous sunos<br> <br> <a href="https://pix.diaspodon.fr/discover/tags/solaris?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#solaris</a> <a href="https://pix.diaspodon.fr/discover/tags/retrocomputing?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>
Bits&Terminal Jeff<p>While I did order a new oooold stock ink ribbon cartridge for my printer, I decided to try the WD-40 trick to revive an old ribbon. </p><p>Verdict: it mostly works! </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/dotMatrix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dotMatrix</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/WD40" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WD40</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/epson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epson</span></a></p>
Lobsters<p>Honest and Elitist Thoughts on Why Computers Were More Fun Before <a href="https://lobste.rs/s/6jd4qy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lobste.rs/s/6jd4qy</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/historical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>historical</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a><br><a href="https://www.datagubbe.se/aficion/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">datagubbe.se/aficion/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
greatquux<p>Let’s go back to a website! 25 years. Is that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> yet? <a href="https://homestarrunner.com/toons/backtoawebsite" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">homestarrunner.com/toons/backt</span><span class="invisible">oawebsite</span></a></p>
LumiWorx<p>Do you like to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doodle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>doodle</span></a> ? Want to use/try something totally different than pencil on paper?</p><p>I came across an email reminder I sent myself in 2011, and although the link is redirected to its new home, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HarmonyR9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HarmonyR9</span></a> is still ready for users.</p><p>If you're familiar with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DoctorDobbsJournal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoctorDobbsJournal</span></a> and the hundreds of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/experiments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>experiments</span></a> they published in print - and also made available on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DataCD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataCD</span></a> , this is my favorite <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> creative graphics tool.</p><p><a href="https://mrdoob.github.io/harmony/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">mrdoob.github.io/harmony/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Bits&Terminal Jeff<p>Computers used to look way cooler than they do now. This Data General Eclipse system with its terminal printer is a beauty (InfoAge museum, Wall NJ).</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/DataGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataGeneral</span></a></p>
b4ux1t3 :trek_ds9_sisko:#1️⃣<p>Edit: uhhhhhh, solid maybe on this! Our internet is out! I forgot about that, because I was on a cell backup! And that probably can't handle a twitch stream... But we'll see! </p><p>Last edit (7:43 pm): internet is back! Stream is back! We're back! 9 PM I'll be online and live! </p><p>Last last edit (8:46 PM): internet is out again. Stream canceled tonight. See y'all next week. </p><p>Fuck you, Comcast. </p><p>Tonight, I'll be going live to continue working on my 6502 <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/emulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>emulator</span></a> in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Zig" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zig</span></a>!</p><p>We've finished the CPU!... Mostly! It's finished enough to run code, so, let's start adding I/O!</p><p>I'll be implementing an ACIA serial device to slot into our emulated bus!</p><p>I have _never done this before_!</p><p>What could possibly go wrong? Tune in at roughly 9 PM Eastern to find out! </p><p><a href="https://twitch.tv/b4ux1t3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">twitch.tv/b4ux1t3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LiveCoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LiveCoding</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IndieDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndieDev</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DevelopInTheOpen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopInTheOpen</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/low_level_programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>low_level_programming</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LowLevelCoding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowLevelCoding</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LowLevelCode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LowLevelCode</span></a></p>
Breathing Retro<p><a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Amiga" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amiga</a> "Boing Ball" 512-byte intro for BK 0011M Soviet computer: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oOuhyoB1hw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oOu...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23retrodev" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrodev</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23demoscene" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#demoscene</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23homebrew" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homebrew</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a><br><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4oOuhyoB1hw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"Boing Ball" 512-byte intro fo...</a></p>
Breathing Retro<p><a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23BBCMicro" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BBCMicro</a> version Amiga Boing ball demo: <a href="https://blog.mousefingers.com/post/bbc/bbc_boingball/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">blog.mousefingers.com/post/bbc/bbc...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23retrodev" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrodev</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23demoscene" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#demoscene</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23homebrew" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homebrew</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> 5/6<br><br><a href="https://blog.mousefingers.com/post/bbc/bbc_boingball/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BBC Boing Ball</a></p>
Breathing Retro<p>How the original Boing demo works: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032055/http://amiga.filfre.net/?page_id=5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">web.archive.org/web/20201112...</a> Scorpion engine version: <a href="https://neesogames.itch.io/amiga-boing-ball-tribute" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">neesogames.itch.io/amiga-boing-...</a> Two <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Amiga" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amiga</a> bouncing ball implementations on <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23NES" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NES</a>: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/boing-ball-for-59302672" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/posts/boing-...</a> <a href="https://mike42.me/blog/2022-11-porting-the-amiga-bouncing-ball-demo-to-the-nes" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mike42.me/blog/2022-11...</a> 1/6 <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23nesdev" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nesdev</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23retrodev" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrodev</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23demoscene" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#demoscene</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a><br><br>RE: <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kafktqdxrsnhx4kezwzddflx/post/3lmzwfenhfk2v" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:kafktqdxrsnhx4kezwzddflx/post/3lmzwfenhfk2v</a><br><br><a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/boing-ball-for-59302672" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Boing Ball for NES | bradsmith</a></p>
Breathing Retro<p>Iconic <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Amiga" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amiga</a> Demo on PCjr: <a href="https://whitaker8088.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/part-3-iconic-amiga-demo-on-pcjr/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">whitaker8088.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/p...</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23retrodev" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrodev</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23demoscene" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#demoscene</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23homebrew" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#homebrew</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23retrocomputing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> 6/6<br><br><a href="https://whitaker8088.wordpress.com/2022/01/16/part-3-iconic-amiga-demo-on-pcjr/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Part 3: Iconic Amiga Demo on ...</a></p>
jbz<p>Computer room walking tour, 1992 </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ1RcNxiNX8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=SZ1RcNxiNX</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/nsf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nsf</span></a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/hpc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hpc</span></a></p>
Colin McMillen<p>Uggggh it seems I'm running out of space and don't have enough room to add the score-updating robot hand. This is bothering me too much.<br>Luckily I added the tournament logic and screens already. I have to show it to you but I'd like to win a tournament first and I'm having hard time with Nerual.<br><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/GameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameDev</span></a></p>
Dan Morgan :ksu:<p>I recently stumbled upon the .yaff bitmap font file format. Every tool I researched is 404 or pretty iffy-looking if found at all. </p><p>I want to eventually convert these .yaff files to woff/woff2 through any series of steps. If that requires yaff to bdf to ttf to woff I’ll do it if I can find the tools and workflow. <br>Hell, I’ll do it by hand if I have to at this point. <br>Anyone done this on the last decade? <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://vmst.io/tags/marchintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>marchintosh</span></a></p>
Blake<p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> <br>call me blake.<br>i'm not new to fediverse (been here for years, in fact!), so spare yourselves the tutorials on it.</p><p>i'm just trying to make do here. and for reasons undisclosed i'm rather secretive about my flesh realm and whereabouts</p><p>most of my days i spend recovering my health, playing some games and watching DYKG trivia.</p><p>perhaps you can say bayonetta is one of my fave games. but i didn't really beat it yet.</p><p>also, i want to pick up drawing again at some point, i did that in the past.</p><p>most of my posts will be either musing about my recovery and identity crafting (broad mh/ph disclaimer), random slice of life posts and shitposts to distract me and others who go through shit.</p><p>consider the tags a sort of list of interests and subjects discussed. </p><p>note i will vet followers before accepting follow requests. very heavily advised to not follow if under 18.</p><p>expect a post about boundaries soon.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/mentalhealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mentalhealth</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/cats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cats</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/vocaloid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vocaloid</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/bayonetta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bayonetta</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/nintendo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nintendo</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/steamdeck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>steamdeck</span></a></p>
Dr Johnny Blanchard<p>I haven't kept up with things, is there anything better than the DivMMC now? If I have to replace it I may as well look around <a href="https://retrochat.online/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
Susam<p>My new PC featuring dual floppy disk drives and a classic Model M keyboard: <a href="https://susam.net/pc.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">susam.net/pc.html</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ascii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ascii</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>