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Nordischsound's New Animation Has Ken Kicking to the Beat
#Nordischsound #Commodore64 #SIDMusic #Chiptune #C64 #RetroComputing #8BitMusic #RetroAnimation
https://theoasisbbs.com/nordischsounds-new-animation-has-ken-kicking-to-the-beat/?fsp_sid=17303

The Orion Conspiracy, released in 1995
Released for: DOS
Point-and-click; Adventure
Science fiction, Thriller, Drama
aliens, murder, adult, dialogue trees, dog, nudity, single-player only, extreme violence, profanity

From the Internet Games Database
https://www.igdb.com/games/the-orion-conspiracy

#games #adventures #pointnclick #adventuregames #old #history #retrocomputing #retrogaming #retro #image #screenshots #1990s #90s #aliens #murder #adult #dialoguetrees #dog #nudity #singleplayeronly #extremeviolence #profanity #dos #sciencefiction #thriller #drama

edit mode as it existed in EDITYPE is now implemented, and seems to work.

https://codeberg.org/vidak/peoples/

i made a major modification, it merely dumps the whole buffer and allows the user to search and replace.

it will currently only replace the first occurrence it finds, and then require the user to type everything again...

uses about 3.6KB memory.

after this video, the interpreter reports:

> PRINT SIZE
2007
> PRINT HIMEM-SIZE
2723

#retrocomputing #basic #permacomputing #solarpunk

#Zuse-Computermuseums in Hoyerswerda geschlossen.

Nun ist auch das Ende der Stiftung besiegelt, die das Museum getragen hat. Stiftungsrat und Stiftungsvorstand der ZCOM-Stiftung haben am Mittwoch (11.11.2026) beschlossen, die Stiftung aufzulösen.

#kultur #desaster
#retrocomputing #history #industriekultur

https://www.diesachsen.de/meissen-news/zuse-stiftung-in-hoyerswerda-wird-aufgeloest-sammlung-soll-in-der-stadt-bleiben-3201340

edit:
lange Debatte dazu im Forum:
https://www.robotrontechnik.de/html/forum/thwb//showtopic.php?threadid=24237&s=f447e5ddac76a4ddbee27f3349d7646f

Opening up a document in Word 5.1a and it crashed on me for the first time in literal decades! <3 Not staged or planned, I promise! #microsoft #RetroComputing

Unintentional Permacomputing

"If there is any upside to a computational culture dominated by enshittification, crapularity and maximalist techno-aesthetics, is that sometimes a computational object or situation may generate unintentional permacomputing advantages.

Rejoice and dance around the tech dumpster fire!"

https://permacomputing.net/unintentional_permacomputing/

#permacomputing #outlook #retrocomputing #security

Do any of you fine #retrocomputing folk have a recommendation for a USB 3.5” 1.44MB floppy disk drive, which would work on modern Linux, Windows 10 (modern macOS would be a bonus)? Amazon have many possibilities… nothing from a known vendor though.

Pixelffector is out today, on iPhone and Android 🎉

A camera that sees in 8 bits: the live viewfinder runs through 31 retro console and home-computer palettes with real ordered and Floyd–Steinberg dithering. Tune every shot, add a retro border, export crisp pixel art up to 4×.

Free, no account, no cloud, no tracking.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id813599163
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.supudo.net.apps.Pixelffector

#PixelArt #Dithering #RetroComputing #IndieDev

Seit Jahren hätte ich gern ein Amiga CD 32.

Vielleicht schaffe ich es ja dieses Jahr, mir eins zu Weihnachten zu schenken.

Die Lage bei eBay ist aber zur Zeit alles andere als gut. 😭

#retrocomputing

Anspielungen in Larry 2: Larry 1, Hollywood, Disneyland und Space Quest IV (was zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch gar nicht veröffentlicht war, denn es kam drei Jahre später heraus) 🤔 🙃
#rtgcwt #dosgaming #dosgames #retrogaming #retrogames #retrocomputing #amiga #amiga500 #amigagames #larry2 #larrylaffer #leisuresuitlarry #leisuresuitlarry2 #sierraonline #sierra #dosbox

Dachbodenfund?
- so ähnlich
aber eher
Unterbodenfund ...

seltenes Thema i.d. Tagespresse
#retrocomputing #DDR #history
https://www.nordkurier.de/regional/neustrelitz/neustrelitz-und-umland/reinhard-erzaehlt-von-leben-das-wohl-viele-kannten-die-in-der-ddr-auf-wohnungssuche-waren-4981767

This brings the new ability to print, which is especially neat.

#classicmac #retrocomputing

Basic-Erweiterungen | 64'er Magazin
https://www.64er-magazin.de/SH8605/grafikerweiterungen.html
#c64 #retrocomputing #64er
Das Basic V2.0 des Commodore ist etwas schmächtig geraten. Mit den hier vorgestellten Befehlserweiterungen wird Ihr C 64 zur wahren Wundermaschine.

The Z-80 is an 8-bit chip with a 4-bit ALU, and Ken Shirriff's silicon teardown shows how

https://lockergnome.com/zilog-z80-8-bit-cpu-secretly-used-4-bit-alu/

#Z80 #ReverseEngineering #RetroComputing #tech #GenerativeAI

Important TWIN update! We now have working win16 cursors.

TWIN now stores a pointer to a GDI object in the 16 bit LDT selector for certain types of objects (Cursors and Icons for now) so a 16bit app can directly change the pixel data of a cursor by treating a HCURSOR as a HGLOBAL, thereby restoring pbrush.exe to its former glory.

modulo the xor cursors, because X can't do that. I'm debating software cursors.

Linux can now run pbrush.exe better than NT based #windows

#retrocomputing

MSE – Abtippen sicher und leicht gemacht | 64'er Magazin
https://www.64er-magazin.de/SH8606/mse.html
#c64 #retrocomputing #64er
Ähnlich wie der »Checksummer« ist auch der MSE ein leicht zu bedienendes Hilfsmittel bei der Eingabe von Listings, diesmal jedoch bei reinen Maschinensprache-Programmen.

Filters. Layers. Plugins. What more do we need? The future of Photoshop is here! #RetroComputing

Even if you don't have a lead for me on any of these things, feel free to enjoy browsing this thread - it's clearly turning into a catalogue of some of the weirdest PC/game controllers in history and it should be celebrated as such. #timswishlist #retrogaming #retrocomputing 🧵

Apple vintage computers

#Apple #powerbook #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

People be thinking that personal computing is over, but we've just started the Cuban phase. Now we got to maintain this stuff for the next 40 years with no outside help. #retrocomputing

Oh. Forgot to turn on 32-bit addressing. Oops. #RetroComputing

TWO KILOBYTES! Come onnnnn #RetroComputing

Welcome to Update's 4th mini-conference!

When: November 21–22 2026, 10:00–18:00
Where: Datorföreningen Update, Svartbäcksgatan 65, 753 33 #Uppsala

The conference and hackathon are free for anyone to attend. You're encouraged to bring along friends and peculiar computer hardware!

Please sign up if you plan to attend!
Sign-up: https://dud-poll.inf.tu-dresden.de/CoQa14jXHQ/

We hope to see you there!

=== Schedule ===

==== Saturday, November 21 2026 ====

10:00 – Arrival
10:15 – This Internet thing. Kaj Kjellgren (DE-CIX)
11:00 – From PDP-1 to Playstation 2 – A brief history of #computergraphics. Angelo Papenhoff (Obsolescence Guaranteed)
11:45 – The #programming language POP-11. Herbert Lange (University of Gothenburg)
12:30 – Lunch break
13:30 – Decompiling ancient #software. John Källén
14:15 – Floppy #preservation: A beginner's first steps. Pontus Pihlgren (Datorföreningen Update)
15:00 – Coffee break
15:15 – A #Datapoint 2200 resurrects – From IKEA kit to running. Mattis Lind (Dalby Datormuseum)
16:00 – The missing #LINC in #retrocomputing. Lars Brinkhoff (ICtech)
16:45 – Guided tour of Update's premises
18:00 – Collective pizza order and mingle

Abstracts and more info:
https://wiki.dfupdate.se/projekt:mini-conference

==== Sunday, November 22 2026 ====

all day starting 10:00 – #PDP-12 #hackathon

The PDP-12 is a laboratory computer introduced by #Digital Equipment Corporation (#DEC) in 1969. Only few dozen remain in existence today. Datorföreningen Update owns a PDP-12 called "Elsa", but it stopped working. You can read more about it in Update's newsletter Uptime 8 2023 (in Swedish).
https://wiki.dfupdate.se/_media/uptime:uptime-8-2023.pdf

In this hackathon, we will try to bring Elsa back to working condition. We will flip switches, read schematic diagrams, swap circuit boards, and observe signals. If this sounds intimidating, don't worry, we will learn from each other as we go. Everybody is welcome to participate, regardless of previous knowledge. Join us in this quest to bring Elsa back to live!

Drop in whenever you like. Food plans will be made spontaneously.

#computerhistory

🗹 alten Akku entfernt
🗹 Funktionstest
☐ saubere OS Installation: Snow Leopard 10.6
☐ Garageband und HALO installieren
☐ neuen Akku bestellen und einbauen

#retrocomputing
#retrogaming

Ohne Akku ist das Macbook Air noch leichter. Das Notebook lässt sich so auch betreiben aber leider drosselt das OS die CPU in diesem Modus merklich runter.

D.h. ein Ersatzakku muss her.

#retrocomputing

Der Akku war leider schon kaputt und hatte angefangen das Gehäuse aufzustemmen. Nach dem Ausbau des defekten Akkus liegt das Notebook wieder flach auf dem Tisch.

Keine bleibenden Schäden an Gehäuse oder Bauteilen. Super!

#retrocomputing

Ein schönes neues Spielzeug:

Ein lieber Kollege hat mir sein altes Macbook Air A1237 vermacht. Ich wollte ja schon immer mal mit Garageband herumspielen. Die perfekte Gelegenheit.

#retrocomputing
#mac

I remember when you answered your email offline and then connected for a few minutes when you were ready to send and fetch the new ones. There were even devices that had "email" but no Internet connection at all (early Palm / palmtops) as you would answer your email "on the go" and sync to a laptop/PC to actually send them #retrocomputing

Tiny BASIC text editor devlog.

Spent some time doing a first draft of what is called edit mode.

After the buffer T$ is filled with text, type E at the menu to echo the buffer and enter the mode.

Press C to search and replace from the whole buffer.

*

I am trying to think what features I would personally want in such as editor

The next step after this is to rewrite the whole thing in Lisp, as these GOTOs work, but they make me so nervous. Haha.

#retrocomputing #BASIC #arduino

At 22:00 UTC I'll have a look at this ASUS #EeePC that won't power up, just some corrosion to cleanup hopefully:

https://www.youtube.com/live/R7hlfm5FB2Q

https://www.twitch.tv/mmu_man

#RetroComputing #repair #electronics #LiveAtFabrico

“Tandy is halting production on its Model 200 portable. The laptops will be closed out at $499. Tandy says it expects its inventory of Model 200s to be sold out by the end of the year.”

(May 1988)

#retrocomputing #radioshack

FujiBlast played against a #ballyastrocade and an #apple2

TNFS://apps.irata.online/fujiblast/
Github: https://github.com/tschak909/fujinet-fujiblast

#retrogaming #retrocomputing