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  1. New #blog post: Desperately Seeking Preview.app

    https://rldane.space/desperately-seeking-previewapp.html

    361 words

    Kind of a follow-up to yesterday's blost, but also informative for those who work with PDFs in Linux.

    Thanks to https://infinitemac.org for enabling me to get the screenshot of Preview.app on NeXTStep 1.0. So awesome!!!!

    cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn

    (I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

    P.S., I really hope someone gets the 1980s movie reference. Even though I've never seen said movie. 😄

    P.P.S., @scruss informs me that Firefox's built-in PDF viewer can do (almost) all of the annotation things I've been trying to do with multiple apps. I'm kinda shook!

    #100DaysToOffload #50 #FIFTY! #HalfwayThere

    #rlDaneWriting #blost #Macintosh #NeXT #NeXTStep #Retrocomputing (a little) #InfiniteMac #PreviewApp #PDF #PDFs #Linux

  2. New #blog post: Desperately Seeking Preview.app

    https://rldane.space/desperately-seeking-previewapp.html

    361 words

    Kind of a follow-up to yesterday's blost, but also informative for those who work with PDFs in Linux.

    Thanks to https://infinitemac.org for enabling me to get the screenshot of Preview.app on NeXTStep 1.0. So awesome!!!!

    cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn

    (I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

    P.S., I really hope someone gets the 1980s movie reference. Even though I've never seen said movie. 😄

    P.P.S., @scruss informs me that Firefox's built-in PDF viewer can do (almost) all of the annotation things I've been trying to do with multiple apps. I'm kinda shook!

    #100DaysToOffload #50 #FIFTY! #HalfwayThere

    #rlDaneWriting #blost #Macintosh #NeXT #NeXTStep #Retrocomputing (a little) #InfiniteMac #PreviewApp #PDF #PDFs #Linux

  3. I'm loathe to suggest more APIs for our bloated web, but it'd be nice if there's a way for online emulators like PCE.js and #InfiniteMac to tell the browser to not apply any fractional scaling so that retro desktops don't look like total mud.

  4. I'm loathe to suggest more APIs for our bloated web, but it'd be nice if there's a way for online emulators like PCE.js and #InfiniteMac to tell the browser to not apply any fractional scaling so that retro desktops don't look like total mud.

  5. @mihaip just enabled #InfiniteMac virtual machines to be embedded directly onto a website, and it works so well! I turned this on across classicmacdemos.com/ and it's a nice improvement to be able to play a game demo or explore a magazine cover CD without even leaving the page.

  6. @mihaip just enabled #InfiniteMac virtual machines to be embedded directly onto a website, and it works so well! I turned this on across classicmacdemos.com/ and it's a nice improvement to be able to play a game demo or explore a magazine cover CD without even leaving the page.

  7. Just waiting for the day that #InfiniteMac adds support for #MacOSX #SnowLeopard

    That's gonna be SICK.

    They're working on 10.4 now. Only two more to go.
    Not sure how they're going to do Intel emulation. Hopefully it will run as a lightweight vm on intel machines, somehow.

    https://infinitemac.org/

  8. Just waiting for the day that #InfiniteMac adds support for #MacOSX #SnowLeopard

    That's gonna be SICK.

    They're working on 10.4 now. Only two more to go.
    Not sure how they're going to do Intel emulation. Hopefully it will run as a lightweight vm on intel machines, somehow.

    https://infinitemac.org/

  9. Classic MacOS und NeXTSTEP spielend leicht im Browser erleben
    Heute werfen wir einen genaueren Blick auf eine faszinierende Entwicklung in der Welt der Web-Anwendungen. Die Infinite Mac-Plattform hat sich das Ziel gesetzt, Geschichte erlebbar zu mac
    apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/clas
    #Mac #News #Betriebssysteme #Computerhistorie #Emulation #Emulatoren #InfiniteMac #macOS #NeXTStep #RetroComputing #RetroSoftware #Webbrowser

  10. Classic MacOS und NeXTSTEP spielend leicht im Browser erleben
    Heute werfen wir einen genaueren Blick auf eine faszinierende Entwicklung in der Welt der Web-Anwendungen. Die Infinite Mac-Plattform hat sich das Ziel gesetzt, Geschichte erlebbar zu mac
    apfeltalk.de/magazin/news/clas
    #Mac #News #Betriebssysteme #Computerhistorie #Emulation #Emulatoren #InfiniteMac #macOS #NeXTStep #RetroComputing #RetroSoftware #Webbrowser

  11. I've finally gotten around to adding support for #InfiniteMac's new Mac OS X virtual machines to the collection of magazine cover CDs at classicmacdemos.com/discs/ . Should make it easier for people to try out some of the game and app demos that were distributed with 2000's-era Macintosh magazines in their browser. Fun!

  12. John Calhoun’s Lost Mac Games
    While the original Mac isn't often considered a top gaming platform, there were neverthless some very nice games for it. One of those was John Calhoun's classic shareware title Glider. (Glider can be played on Infinite Mac's emulation of System 6—look in the Games folder in the Infinite Mac disk on the De
    setsideb.com/john-calhouns-los
    #indies #retro #ClassicMac #Glider #indie #InfiniteMac #JohnCalhoun #macintosh #retro #UnfinishedTales

  13. John Calhoun’s Lost Mac Games
    While the original Mac isn't often considered a top gaming platform, there were neverthless some very nice games for it. One of those was John Calhoun's classic shareware title Glider. (Glider can be played on Infinite Mac's emulation of System 6—look in the Games folder in the Infinite Mac disk on the De
    setsideb.com/john-calhouns-los
    #indies #retro #ClassicMac #Glider #indie #InfiniteMac #JohnCalhoun #macintosh #retro #UnfinishedTales

  14. Okay, I've cataloged the CDs from every issue of #MacFormat magazine in my collection or that I could find online, for a grand total of 101 issues. I found and posted every issue from 1994 (issue 1) through 2000 (issue 98), with a smattering of issues from later years. They can all be explored live on #InfiniteMac .

    Enjoy!

    classicmacdemos.com/magazine/m

  15. Funny quirk of #InfiniteMac: it's easy to corrupt the "drive" that is stored in browser local storage, if you close the tab without ejecting the drive or shutting down the emulated Mac!

  16. Funny quirk of #InfiniteMac: it's easy to corrupt the "drive" that is stored in browser local storage, if you close the tab without ejecting the drive or shutting down the emulated Mac!

  17. I'm reworking classicmacdemos.com/ pretty significantly, so it's quicker to jump straight into playing a game or exploring a magazine CD on #InfiniteMac. I also want to focus the UX on a single visual style. What do you prefer?

  18. #InfiniteMac is a collection of oodles of #vintagemac emulators all in one place in the easiest format to run. Customizable and fast. Well done! infinitemac.org

  19. #InfiniteMac is a collection of oodles of #vintagemac emulators all in one place in the easiest format to run. Customizable and fast. Well done! infinitemac.org

  20. These #InfiniteMac custom disk images are so fast! Booting an emulated Quadra 650, launching a pared-down System 7.5.3, and starting the Prince of Persia demo takes a smidge under two seconds.

    Granted, I'm benefiting from some hot caches, but even without that. What a time to be alive.

    classicmacdemos.com/prince-of-

  21. These #InfiniteMac custom disk images are so fast! Booting an emulated Quadra 650, launching a pared-down System 7.5.3, and starting the Prince of Persia demo takes a smidge under two seconds.

    Granted, I'm benefiting from some hot caches, but even without that. What a time to be alive.

    classicmacdemos.com/prince-of-

  22. I just added support for custom #InfiniteMac configurations to the Classic Mac Demos website, and created a custom boot image for the Abuse demo. OMG you *must* try it, it's so fast! Thank you @mihaip ! More to come.

    classicmacdemos.com/abuse

  23. TacOps (1994) marks the 100th game demo added to ClassicMacDemos.com since I launched the site five weeks ago! Check out that play-by-mail feature.

    classicmacdemos.com/tacops

    Next up, converting many of the games to use the new custom boot disk feature on #InfiniteMac. In the testing I've done so far, the emulation is silky smooth.

  24. ClassicMacDemos.com now has 58 game demos to download and play on #VintageMacintosh computers and emulators. Ten of them can be played directly in your web browser, courtesy of #InfiniteMac. #retrogaming ftw!

    I started with some of my faves: the Myth and Marathon trilogies, the Warcraft RTS games, Diablo, Total Annihilation, Unreal Tournament.

    Any requests? What games do you want to see? Let me know and I'll try to hunt them down.

  25. The ClassicMacDemos site now shows details about the actual CD a demo came from. Download the .iso or read the associated issue of the magazine at #InternetArchive, or explore the whole CD inside an #InfiniteMac browser-based emulator instance.

    @mihaip #retrogaming #retrocomputing #macintosh
    classicmacdemos.com/source/mac

  26. The ClassicMacDemos site now shows details about the actual CD a demo came from. Download the .iso or read the associated issue of the magazine at #InternetArchive, or explore the whole CD inside an #InfiniteMac browser-based emulator instance.

    @mihaip #retrogaming #retrocomputing #macintosh
    classicmacdemos.com/source/mac

  27. Well, that's neat!

    Infinite Mac
    infinitemac.org/
    > Infinite Mac is a collection of classic Macintosh system releases and software, all easily accessible from the comfort of a (modern) web browser.

    #InfiniteMac #VirtualMachine
    #MacOS #WebBrowser #Emulator
    #Mac #Browser #Emulation
    #RetroComputing #Retro #OS

  28. Sorry folks I’m posting like crazy today.
    Friend of mine messaged me this:

    “Infinite Mac is a collection of classic Macintosh system releases and software, all easily accessible from the comfort of a (modern) web browser.”

    It’s pretty wild!

    infinitemac.org/

    #InfiniteMac #ClassicMac #SoftwareCollection #Macintosh

  29. Sorry folks I’m posting like crazy today.
    Friend of mine messaged me this:

    “Infinite Mac is a collection of classic Macintosh system releases and software, all easily accessible from the comfort of a (modern) web browser.”

    It’s pretty wild!

    infinitemac.org/

    #InfiniteMac #ClassicMac #SoftwareCollection #Macintosh

  30. My personal favorite being a Mac 512 running system 2.1 as this was my first experience using a Macintosh. We picked it out of the "take or leave it" shed at the dump in 1992. It was a big step up from the Apple IIe my family had been running up until that point. #infinitemac.

    infinitemac.org/1985/System%20