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@silverwizard

> changed the build to meson

That's mildly irksome. I've also wanted to investigate fenrir (a Python-based terminal screen-reader, https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir/ ) so maybe I should give that another go.

> Interactive fiction

Frotz worked great under YASR last I checked, but there are several Z-machine interpreters you can poke at. FWIW, the only game that has ever made me sob was LASH, an interactive fiction game that feels superficial on the surface until you get into it.

> Jellyfin

Can't really help there having not used it.

> mpc/shoutcast

Not sure about shoutcast, but I've use mpd/mpc (it has a number of front-ends, including GUI, TUI, web, command-line, and API, so you should have options. I don't use it much because I quickly get bored with my personal music collection, so I tend to use pianobar(1) for streaming, or listen to podcasts (which I do using castget(1) to fetch them to a queue, and then batch-upload to my phone where I listen to them with VLC)

> Fediverse

The toot(1) client is pretty good when last I tested it for the #OldComputerChallenge

> what caused your initial search

I've had a long-standing interest in accessibility. I suppose the underlying factor is exactly what you're experiencing—the potential loss of one of my senses. So I'm conversational in ASL for similar reasons that I've gotten familiar with blind/visually-impaired tech solutions. If one of those senses go, I'm not starting from square zero.

@silverwizard

> changed the build to meson

That's mildly irksome. I've also wanted to investigate fenrir (a Python-based terminal screen-reader, https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir/ ) so maybe I should give that another go.

> Interactive fiction

Frotz worked great under YASR last I checked, but there are several Z-machine interpreters you can poke at. FWIW, the only game that has ever made me sob was LASH, an interactive fiction game that feels superficial on the surface until you get into it.

> Jellyfin

Can't really help there having not used it.

> mpc/shoutcast

Not sure about shoutcast, but I've use mpd/mpc (it has a number of front-ends, including GUI, TUI, web, command-line, and API, so you should have options. I don't use it much because I quickly get bored with my personal music collection, so I tend to use pianobar(1) for streaming, or listen to podcasts (which I do using castget(1) to fetch them to a queue, and then batch-upload to my phone where I listen to them with VLC)

> Fediverse

The toot(1) client is pretty good when last I tested it for the #OldComputerChallenge

> what caused your initial search

I've had a long-standing interest in accessibility. I suppose the underlying factor is exactly what you're experiencing—the potential loss of one of my senses. So I'm conversational in ASL for similar reasons that I've gotten familiar with blind/visually-impaired tech solutions. If one of those senses go, I'm not starting from square zero.

@silverwizard

> changed the build to meson

That's mildly irksome. I've also wanted to investigate fenrir (a Python-based terminal screen-reader, https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir/ ) so maybe I should give that another go.

> Interactive fiction

Frotz worked great under YASR last I checked, but there are several Z-machine interpreters you can poke at. FWIW, the only game that has ever made me sob was LASH, an interactive fiction game that feels superficial on the surface until you get into it.

> Jellyfin

Can't really help there having not used it.

> mpc/shoutcast

Not sure about shoutcast, but I've use mpd/mpc (it has a number of front-ends, including GUI, TUI, web, command-line, and API, so you should have options. I don't use it much because I quickly get bored with my personal music collection, so I tend to use pianobar(1) for streaming, or listen to podcasts (which I do using castget(1) to fetch them to a queue, and then batch-upload to my phone where I listen to them with VLC)

> Fediverse

The toot(1) client is pretty good when last I tested it for the #OldComputerChallenge

> what caused your initial search

I've had a long-standing interest in accessibility. I suppose the underlying factor is exactly what you're experiencing—the potential loss of one of my senses. So I'm conversational in ASL for similar reasons that I've gotten familiar with blind/visually-impaired tech solutions. If one of those senses go, I'm not starting from square zero.

@silverwizard

> changed the build to meson

That's mildly irksome. I've also wanted to investigate fenrir (a Python-based terminal screen-reader, https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir/ ) so maybe I should give that another go.

> Interactive fiction

Frotz worked great under YASR last I checked, but there are several Z-machine interpreters you can poke at. FWIW, the only game that has ever made me sob was LASH, an interactive fiction game that feels superficial on the surface until you get into it.

> Jellyfin

Can't really help there having not used it.

> mpc/shoutcast

Not sure about shoutcast, but I've use mpd/mpc (it has a number of front-ends, including GUI, TUI, web, command-line, and API, so you should have options. I don't use it much because I quickly get bored with my personal music collection, so I tend to use pianobar(1) for streaming, or listen to podcasts (which I do using castget(1) to fetch them to a queue, and then batch-upload to my phone where I listen to them with VLC)

> Fediverse

The toot(1) client is pretty good when last I tested it for the #OldComputerChallenge

> what caused your initial search

I've had a long-standing interest in accessibility. I suppose the underlying factor is exactly what you're experiencing—the potential loss of one of my senses. So I'm conversational in ASL for similar reasons that I've gotten familiar with blind/visually-impaired tech solutions. If one of those senses go, I'm not starting from square zero.

@silverwizard

> changed the build to meson

That's mildly irksome. I've also wanted to investigate fenrir (a Python-based terminal screen-reader, https://github.com/chrys87/fenrir/ ) so maybe I should give that another go.

> Interactive fiction

Frotz worked great under YASR last I checked, but there are several Z-machine interpreters you can poke at. FWIW, the only game that has ever made me sob was LASH, an interactive fiction game that feels superficial on the surface until you get into it.

> Jellyfin

Can't really help there having not used it.

> mpc/shoutcast

Not sure about shoutcast, but I've use mpd/mpc (it has a number of front-ends, including GUI, TUI, web, command-line, and API, so you should have options. I don't use it much because I quickly get bored with my personal music collection, so I tend to use pianobar(1) for streaming, or listen to podcasts (which I do using castget(1) to fetch them to a queue, and then batch-upload to my phone where I listen to them with VLC)

> Fediverse

The toot(1) client is pretty good when last I tested it for the #OldComputerChallenge

> what caused your initial search

I've had a long-standing interest in accessibility. I suppose the underlying factor is exactly what you're experiencing—the potential loss of one of my senses. So I'm conversational in ASL for similar reasons that I've gotten familiar with blind/visually-impaired tech solutions. If one of those senses go, I'm not starting from square zero.

An #oldcomputerchallenge would be to go through the process of writing a program/game for an 8-bit micro without any other tools.

It would probably look like--

- a reference manual
- the micro setup itself
- paper and pens

I think that would be a lot of fun!

#retrocomputing #vintagetech #c64

An #oldcomputerchallenge would be to go through the process of writing a program/game for an 8-bit micro without any other tools.

It would probably look like--

- a reference manual
- the micro setup itself
- paper and pens

I think that would be a lot of fun!

#retrocomputing #vintagetech #c64

An #oldcomputerchallenge would be to go through the process of writing a program/game for an 8-bit micro without any other tools.

It would probably look like--

- a reference manual
- the micro setup itself
- paper and pens

I think that would be a lot of fun!

#retrocomputing #vintagetech #c64

An #oldcomputerchallenge would be to go through the process of writing a program/game for an 8-bit micro without any other tools.

It would probably look like--

- a reference manual
- the micro setup itself
- paper and pens

I think that would be a lot of fun!

#retrocomputing #vintagetech #c64

An #oldcomputerchallenge would be to go through the process of writing a program/game for an 8-bit micro without any other tools.

It would probably look like--

- a reference manual
- the micro setup itself
- paper and pens

I think that would be a lot of fun!

#retrocomputing #vintagetech #c64

@rl_dane

I've done similarly for @solene's #OldComputerChallenge running on old underpowered (by today's standards, but mindblowingly powerful several decades ago) hardware.

@TheBird

@rl_dane

I've done similarly for @solene's #OldComputerChallenge running on old underpowered (by today's standards, but mindblowingly powerful several decades ago) hardware.

@TheBird

@rl_dane

I've done similarly for @solene's #OldComputerChallenge running on old underpowered (by today's standards, but mindblowingly powerful several decades ago) hardware.

@TheBird

@rl_dane

I've done similarly for @solene's #OldComputerChallenge running on old underpowered (by today's standards, but mindblowingly powerful several decades ago) hardware.

@TheBird

@rl_dane

I've done similarly for @solene's #OldComputerChallenge running on old underpowered (by today's standards, but mindblowingly powerful several decades ago) hardware.

@TheBird

@rqm @brynet Cool. I have this exact model at home. I think I'll try it out later when I find some time. That would be a good laptop for the #oldcomputerchallenge .

@rqm @brynet Cool. I have this exact model at home. I think I'll try it out later when I find some time. That would be a good laptop for the #oldcomputerchallenge .

@rqm @brynet Cool. I have this exact model at home. I think I'll try it out later when I find some time. That would be a good laptop for the #oldcomputerchallenge .

@rqm @brynet Cool. I have this exact model at home. I think I'll try it out later when I find some time. That would be a good laptop for the #oldcomputerchallenge .

@brynet

Hah, it also was used for one of @solene's #OldComputerChallenge tips, limiting modern machines to reduced amounts of RAM in pursuit of the old-computer restrictions ☺

@brynet

Hah, it also was used for one of @solene's #OldComputerChallenge tips, limiting modern machines to reduced amounts of RAM in pursuit of the old-computer restrictions ☺

@brynet

Hah, it also was used for one of @solene's #OldComputerChallenge tips, limiting modern machines to reduced amounts of RAM in pursuit of the old-computer restrictions ☺

@brynet

Hah, it also was used for one of @solene's #OldComputerChallenge tips, limiting modern machines to reduced amounts of RAM in pursuit of the old-computer restrictions ☺

@brynet

Hah, it also was used for one of @solene's #OldComputerChallenge tips, limiting modern machines to reduced amounts of RAM in pursuit of the old-computer restrictions ☺

@burnoutqueen

I think 75% of my computing needs could be fulfilled by a Raspberry Pi Zero (original).

I'd really like to test that, though. :D

I need to find a cheap old monitor and set up an #OldComputerChallenge with it. :D

I mean, it's "only" ten years old, but it's a ten year old super-low-end computer. ;)

@burnoutqueen

I think 75% of my computing needs could be fulfilled by a Raspberry Pi Zero (original).

I'd really like to test that, though. :D

I need to find a cheap old monitor and set up an #OldComputerChallenge with it. :D

I mean, it's "only" ten years old, but it's a ten year old super-low-end computer. ;)

@burnoutqueen

I think 75% of my computing needs could be fulfilled by a Raspberry Pi Zero (original).

I'd really like to test that, though. :D

I need to find a cheap old monitor and set up an #OldComputerChallenge with it. :D

I mean, it's "only" ten years old, but it's a ten year old super-low-end computer. ;)

@burnoutqueen

I think 75% of my computing needs could be fulfilled by a Raspberry Pi Zero (original).

I'd really like to test that, though. :D

I need to find a cheap old monitor and set up an #OldComputerChallenge with it. :D

I mean, it's "only" ten years old, but it's a ten year old super-low-end computer. ;)

@burnoutqueen

I think 75% of my computing needs could be fulfilled by a Raspberry Pi Zero (original).

I'd really like to test that, though. :D

I need to find a cheap old monitor and set up an #OldComputerChallenge with it. :D

I mean, it's "only" ten years old, but it's a ten year old super-low-end computer. ;)

Its a late #oldcomputerchallenge day 7 but I did finally write my closing thoughts for the old computer challenge with FreeBSD.
This is my second year I did the challenge.

gemini://gemini.jasonsanta.xyz/gemlog/occ-2025/occ-day-7.gmi

Its a late #oldcomputerchallenge day 7 but I did finally write my closing thoughts for the old computer challenge with FreeBSD.
This is my second year I did the challenge.

gemini://gemini.jasonsanta.xyz/gemlog/occ-2025/occ-day-7.gmi

Its a late #oldcomputerchallenge day 7 but I did finally write my closing thoughts for the old computer challenge with FreeBSD.
This is my second year I did the challenge.

gemini://gemini.jasonsanta.xyz/gemlog/occ-2025/occ-day-7.gmi

Its a late #oldcomputerchallenge day 7 but I did finally write my closing thoughts for the old computer challenge with FreeBSD.
This is my second year I did the challenge.

gemini://gemini.jasonsanta.xyz/gemlog/occ-2025/occ-day-7.gmi

FWIW, here is what I worked on for #OldComputerChallenge 2025.

gopher://booji.mutated.net/1/projects/occ/occ_25

#gopher #occ25

Here's a hypertext URL for the gopher-challenged:

https://portal.mozz.us/gopher/booji.mutated.net/1/projects/occ/occ_25

FWIW, here is what I worked on for #OldComputerChallenge 2025.

gopher://booji.mutated.net/1/projects/occ/occ_25

#gopher #occ25

Here's a hypertext URL for the gopher-challenged:

https://portal.mozz.us/gopher/booji.mutated.net/1/projects/occ/occ_25

FWIW, here is what I worked on for #OldComputerChallenge 2025.

gopher://booji.mutated.net/1/projects/occ/occ_25

#gopher #occ25

Here's a hypertext URL for the gopher-challenged:

https://portal.mozz.us/gopher/booji.mutated.net/1/projects/occ/occ_25

https://bsandro.tech/posts/occ2025/ full writeup with finale and afterthoughts. Long story short: it was fun. #OldComputerChallenge

https://bsandro.tech/posts/occ2025/ full writeup with finale and afterthoughts. Long story short: it was fun. #OldComputerChallenge

https://bsandro.tech/posts/occ2025/ full writeup with finale and afterthoughts. Long story short: it was fun. #OldComputerChallenge

https://bsandro.tech/posts/occ2025/ full writeup with finale and afterthoughts. Long story short: it was fun. #OldComputerChallenge

@screwlisp

I have my old computing challenge. My board game, 10Print, is based on the famous C64 program, 10Print.

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.

Now I need to get some whiteout to fix the tiles.

#oldcomputerchallenge #C64

@screwlisp

I have my old computing challenge. My board game, 10Print, is based on the famous C64 program, 10Print.

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.

Now I need to get some whiteout to fix the tiles.

#oldcomputerchallenge #C64

@screwlisp

I have my old computing challenge. My board game, 10Print, is based on the famous C64 program, 10Print.

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.

Now I need to get some whiteout to fix the tiles.

#oldcomputerchallenge #C64

@screwlisp

I have my old computing challenge. My board game, 10Print, is based on the famous C64 program, 10Print.

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.

Now I need to get some whiteout to fix the tiles.

#oldcomputerchallenge #C64

@screwlisp

I have my old computing challenge. My board game, 10Print, is based on the famous C64 program, 10Print.

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.

Now I need to get some whiteout to fix the tiles.

#oldcomputerchallenge #C64