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  1. I just stumbled upon this upgrade I would have leapt at a few years back when I was building up my "new" Tandy 1000HX:

    Tandy 1000 EX/HX 3-in-1 V2 Adapter --- 640K RAM + 2x Serial + Parallel + XTIDE Upgrade by Rob Krenicki

    ebay.com/itm/197473626636

    It looks like the creator of this device, who posted the project to GitHub, has made his last production run, sadly. Several are available still on eBay.

    It doesn't look like the RAM expansion has the DMA chip, but that really doesn't much matter. What a great unit. I upgraded my own 1000HX to this spec -- but did it the Hard way (note the capital H).

    github.com/rkrenicki/Tandy-EX-

    #Tandy #Tandy1000 #Tandy1000HX #Tandy1000EX #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrogaming #XTIDE #modernretro #eBay #x86 #TRS80 #RadioShack

  2. I see a number of recent Roland MT-32 clone projects out there, built using Raspberry Pi and the like. I don't see any that are being sold, pre-assembled.

    The BulkyMIDI-32 looks great, but I don't think it's being sold, assembled.

    If such things are on offer, can someone point me to a decent unit?

    #MIDI #Roland #RolandMT32 #MT-32 #generalmidi #music #audio #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrogaming #DOS #AtariST #Amiga #RaspberryPi #RPi #modernretro

  3. Just read about this pretty awesome project, View IIc, a wireless Remote Desktop solution for the Apple //c. The hardware uses an ESP32 and plugs into the //c's RGB port, sending the 14MHz video bitstream to a Windows PC.

    This is a work-in-progress by Mike Neil (who calls its current status alpha), and I'm excited to see how this evolves.

    The link is to his Facebook post, but is readable without being logged in.

    facebook.com/share/p/WseYy4fRi

    Very cool!!

    #AppleII #AppleIIc #RDC #remotedesktop #ESP32 #hardware #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #Windows #apple2forever #modernretro #retrocomputers

  4. I got a new motorcycle recently that is a major upgrade and have been too stoked riding it to take any pics, but earlier today I realized I parked in photogenic spot after I got off of it and couldn’t help but snap an artful pic :dancingbanana:

    #motorcycles
    #photogenic #Kawasaki
    #NotQuiteA-#CafeRacer #ModernRetro
    #PumpHouseTheater #Cartersville #GA

  5. My Apple Music station is pretty good at introducing me to new bands it “thinks” I will like. Today’s discovery is CVC. They sort of remind me a bit of The Thrills (remember them?) but less “beach-y” and a bit more “yacht-y.” Good stuff on a Thursday morning.

    music.apple.com/us/artist/cvc/

    #modernyachtrock #modernretro #retromodern