#retrocomputing — Public Fediverse posts

Back in the day "Programmers Heaven" used to be a knowledge hub for all things programming / coding / development; AFAIK here is what's left of it today:

https://www.infania.net/misc1/programmers_he1/

#RetroComputing

On the bench today it was my c64u for a small visit. Added the 3 utility buttons and changed the powerled for a 3 colour led.

Made the model for it in #freecad. You can find it on printables: https://www.printables.com/model/1720968-c64-ultimate-utility-buttons

It was @janbeta who kinda inspired me to do so.

#freecad #commodore #c64ultimate #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

I have resumed shipping to the USA.

The Postage / Tariffs / custom charges appear to have settled down to the point where I can semi-accurately predict the cost of postage, before I send the package.

https://extkits.co.uk

#USA #kits #science #retroComputing

I have resumed shipping to the USA.

The Postage / Tariffs / custom charges appear to have settled down to the point where I can semi-accurately predict the cost of postage, before I send the package.

https://extkits.co.uk

#USA #kits #science #retroComputing

It's one of those days when I get to say that I've put the missing Canadians in, and located Mr Ed. (-:

#Watcom #OpenWatcom #Commodore64 #retrocomputing #svicc #Canada #Ontario #Waterloo #vi

Paweł 'juen' Nowak nie zwalnia tempa i po raz kolejny zawiesza poprzeczkę amigowego developmentu niesamowicie wysoko. Autor m.in. online'owego środowiska IMP3, zaprezentował ostatnio projekty AminetBrowser i nowej przeglądarki internetowej Amelinium. Na polu gier, oprócz portu Celeste, opublikował emulator wirtualnej konsoli Pico8, który umożliwia amigowcom dostęp do ogromnej bazy fantastycznych tytułów. Na streamie 15.05.2026 przetestujemy działanie emulatora Amico8 i pogramy w wybrane gry z przebogatej biblioteki Pico8. Do zobaczenia w piątek o 18!
#amiga #retro #retroGames #retrogaming #retrocomputing #pico8

https://youtube.com/live/x3QaHxfOecM?feature=share

RPROM Kickstart Switcher Brings Seven Kickstart Slots to Classic Amiga Systems
#Amiga #Amiga500 #Amiga600 #Amiga2000 #Kickstart #RPROM #RetroComputing #RetroBuddys #DiagROM #CommodoreAmiga
https://theoasisbbs.com/rprom-kickstart-switcher-brings-seven-kickstart-slots-to-classic-amiga-systems/?fsp_sid=6784

RPROM Kickstart Switcher Brings Seven Kickstart Slots to Classic Amiga Systems
#Amiga #Amiga500 #Amiga600 #Amiga2000 #Kickstart #RPROM #RetroComputing #RetroBuddys #DiagROM #CommodoreAmiga
https://theoasisbbs.com/rprom-kickstart-switcher-brings-seven-kickstart-slots-to-classic-amiga-systems/?fsp_sid=6784

C64 Dev Machine Basics: Polytricity Explains the First Steps
#C64DevMachine #Commodore64 #Polytricity #C64Coding #6502Assembly #RetroComputing #VICEEmulator
https://theoasisbbs.com/c64-dev-machine-basics-polytricity-explains-the-first-steps/?fsp_sid=6774

C64 Dev Machine Basics: Polytricity Explains the First Steps
#C64DevMachine #Commodore64 #Polytricity #C64Coding #6502Assembly #RetroComputing #VICEEmulator
https://theoasisbbs.com/c64-dev-machine-basics-polytricity-explains-the-first-steps/?fsp_sid=6774

dBase debased: Database titan fades to black after 47 years https://www.theregister.com/databases/2026/05/13/dbase-debased-database-titan-fades-to-black-after-47-years/5238841

#dbase #retro #retrocomputing

One ROM Switching Brings Software-Controlled Kernal Selection to the Commodore 64
#Commodore64 #VIC20 #OneROM #PiersRocks #RetroComputing #C64 #JiffyDOS #RBCP #8BitComputing
https://theoasisbbs.com/one-rom-switching-brings-software-controlled-kernal-selection-to-the-commodore-64/?fsp_sid=6754

One ROM Switching Brings Software-Controlled Kernal Selection to the Commodore 64
#Commodore64 #VIC20 #OneROM #PiersRocks #RetroComputing #C64 #JiffyDOS #RBCP #8BitComputing
https://theoasisbbs.com/one-rom-switching-brings-software-controlled-kernal-selection-to-the-commodore-64/?fsp_sid=6754

One ROM Switching Brings Software-Controlled Kernal Selection to the Commodore 64
#Commodore64 #VIC20 #OneROM #PiersRocks #RetroComputing #C64 #JiffyDOS #RBCP #8BitComputing
https://theoasisbbs.com/one-rom-switching-brings-software-controlled-kernal-selection-to-the-commodore-64/?fsp_sid=6754

One ROM Switching Brings Software-Controlled Kernal Selection to the Commodore 64
#Commodore64 #VIC20 #OneROM #PiersRocks #RetroComputing #C64 #JiffyDOS #RBCP #8BitComputing
https://theoasisbbs.com/one-rom-switching-brings-software-controlled-kernal-selection-to-the-commodore-64/?fsp_sid=6754

One ROM Switching Brings Software-Controlled Kernal Selection to the Commodore 64
#Commodore64 #VIC20 #OneROM #PiersRocks #RetroComputing #C64 #JiffyDOS #RBCP #8BitComputing
https://theoasisbbs.com/one-rom-switching-brings-software-controlled-kernal-selection-to-the-commodore-64/?fsp_sid=6754

Tempest F256K2 Framework Tests Atari-Style Vector Action
#Tempest #F256K2 #Wildbits #RetroComputing #Atari #Foenix
https://theoasisbbs.com/tempest-f256k2-framework-tests-atari-style-vector-action/?fsp_sid=6744

Tempest F256K2 Framework Tests Atari-Style Vector Action
#Tempest #F256K2 #Wildbits #RetroComputing #Atari #Foenix
https://theoasisbbs.com/tempest-f256k2-framework-tests-atari-style-vector-action/?fsp_sid=6744

I know this seems counterintuitive, but I originally liked computers as a kid because they felt “simple” to me. By the time I was in college they already felt overly complex. By now, they feel like hopeless, impenetrable, tangled disasters.

Old machines were limited and clunky and temperamental and slow and often a huge pain in the ass, but I felt like I could understand them. Today there is so much to memorize, so many interconnected systems and services and toolchains and transpilers and webpackers…

I don’t know, maybe I’m just getting too old. But even in my 30s, my peers never seemed to have a problem understanding and adapting to these new paradigms, while I struggled. They are managers and directors and VPs now. I am still a senior software engineer, at the denouement of his career.

#retrocomputing #adhd #AuDHD #coding

I know this seems counterintuitive, but I originally liked computers as a kid because they felt “simple” to me. By the time I was in college they already felt overly complex. By now, they feel like hopeless, impenetrable, tangled disasters.

Old machines were limited and clunky and temperamental and slow and often a huge pain in the ass, but I felt like I could understand them. Today there is so much to memorize, so many interconnected systems and services and toolchains and transpilers and webpackers…

I don’t know, maybe I’m just getting too old. But even in my 30s, my peers never seemed to have a problem understanding and adapting to these new paradigms, while I struggled. They are managers and directors and VPs now. I am still a senior software engineer, at the denouement of his career.

#retrocomputing #adhd #AuDHD #coding

I know this seems counterintuitive, but I originally liked computers as a kid because they felt “simple” to me. By the time I was in college they already felt overly complex. By now, they feel like hopeless, impenetrable, tangled disasters.

Old machines were limited and clunky and temperamental and slow and often a huge pain in the ass, but I felt like I could understand them. Today there is so much to memorize, so many interconnected systems and services and toolchains and transpilers and webpackers…

I don’t know, maybe I’m just getting too old. But even in my 30s, my peers never seemed to have a problem understanding and adapting to these new paradigms, while I struggled. They are managers and directors and VPs now. I am still a senior software engineer, at the denouement of his career.

#retrocomputing #adhd #AuDHD #coding

I know this seems counterintuitive, but I originally liked computers as a kid because they felt “simple” to me. By the time I was in college they already felt overly complex. By now, they feel like hopeless, impenetrable, tangled disasters.

Old machines were limited and clunky and temperamental and slow and often a huge pain in the ass, but I felt like I could understand them. Today there is so much to memorize, so many interconnected systems and services and toolchains and transpilers and webpackers…

I don’t know, maybe I’m just getting too old. But even in my 30s, my peers never seemed to have a problem understanding and adapting to these new paradigms, while I struggled. They are managers and directors and VPs now. I am still a senior software engineer, at the denouement of his career.

#retrocomputing #adhd #AuDHD #coding

I know this seems counterintuitive, but I originally liked computers as a kid because they felt “simple” to me. By the time I was in college they already felt overly complex. By now, they feel like hopeless, impenetrable, tangled disasters.

Old machines were limited and clunky and temperamental and slow and often a huge pain in the ass, but I felt like I could understand them. Today there is so much to memorize, so many interconnected systems and services and toolchains and transpilers and webpackers…

I don’t know, maybe I’m just getting too old. But even in my 30s, my peers never seemed to have a problem understanding and adapting to these new paradigms, while I struggled. They are managers and directors and VPs now. I am still a senior software engineer, at the denouement of his career.

#retrocomputing #adhd #AuDHD #coding

Amiga Lisa Repair Brings Dan’s A1200 Back to Clean AGA Video
#Amiga #Amiga1200 #CommodoreAmiga #ChrisEdwardsRestoration #RetroComputing #AmigaRepair #AGA #LisaChip
https://theoasisbbs.com/amiga-lisa-repair-brings-dans-a1200-back-to-clean-aga-video/?fsp_sid=6714

Amiga Lisa Repair Brings Dan’s A1200 Back to Clean AGA Video
#Amiga #Amiga1200 #CommodoreAmiga #ChrisEdwardsRestoration #RetroComputing #AmigaRepair #AGA #LisaChip
https://theoasisbbs.com/amiga-lisa-repair-brings-dans-a1200-back-to-clean-aga-video/?fsp_sid=6714

Podcast-Empfehlung: In der Alteisenszene ist der Name Nolan Bushnell bekannt. Für alle anderen: Er hat Atari mitgegründet, das Computerspiel Pong erfunden und Pong Spielautomaten in Kneipen gebracht, was quasi den Markt für Arcade-Automaten los trat. Im Danielle-Newnham-Podcast gibt es gute 40min Interview mit Herrn Bushnell über die frühe Computerspiele-Szene, enjoy: https://danielle-newnham-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/nolan-bushnell #podcast #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #atari #pong

My latest eBay purchase. It's complete apart from the 3.5" software disks (it does have the 5.25" software disks).

I don't have any way of reading 3.5" or 5.25" disks, so the missing disks don't bother me.

It was sold as untested, so I'll see if it works later. It was very well packaged, so if it doesn't work, it won't be due to damage in transit.

#PsionCommunity #psion #RetroComputing

The story of the rescue of a warehouse worth of manuals of old electronic lab instruments and computer equipment. The 13,000 manuals, initially slated for scrapping, were digitized and uploaded to the Internet Archive.

The people who did this are heroes.

https://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/5833

#retrocomputing #documentation

I stood in front of this little machine and was completely mesmerized.

Apple Macintosh Classic II (1991) - the very last black-and-white compact Macintosh Apple ever made.

9-inch monochrome screen, 16 MHz 68030 processor, perfect all-in-one design. Even after 35 years it still looks incredibly clean, elegant and timeless.

Sometimes the old machines have a "soul" that modern computers just can't replicate anymore.
Or it's just me getting old now 🥲

#Macintosh #VintageApple #RetroComputing #AppleHistory #History #Computer #Apple #Mac #Museum #Blog #Thoughts

Bought an #SSD Upgrade to the #Powerbook G4 12" 1.5GHz

- chenyang mSATA Mini SATA SSD to IDE 44Pin
- Transcend MSA230 128GB mSATA SSD

Opening up this computer takes some commitment. And while I was in there I also lubricated the CPU fan to fix some noise. Then booted the computer from an external #Firewire disk and restored the #Sorbert Leopard image.

#VintageMac #Retrocomputing #PPC #PowerbookG4 #G4 #msata #Macintosh #PowerPC #osx

Bought an #SSD Upgrade to the #Powerbook G4 12" 1.5GHz

- chenyang mSATA Mini SATA SSD to IDE 44Pin
- Transcend MSA230 128GB mSATA SSD

Opening up this computer takes some commitment. And while I was in there I also lubricated the CPU fan to fix some noise. Then booted the computer from an external #Firewire disk and restored the #Sorbert Leopard image.

#VintageMac #Retrocomputing #PPC #PowerbookG4 #G4 #msata #Macintosh #PowerPC #osx

Bought an #SSD Upgrade to the #Powerbook G4 12" 1.5GHz

- chenyang mSATA Mini SATA SSD to IDE 44Pin
- Transcend MSA230 128GB mSATA SSD

Opening up this computer takes some commitment. And while I was in there I also lubricated the CPU fan to fix some noise. Then booted the computer from an external #Firewire disk and restored the #Sorbert Leopard image.

#VintageMac #Retrocomputing #PPC #PowerbookG4 #G4 #msata #Macintosh #PowerPC #osx

Bought an #SSD Upgrade to the #Powerbook G4 12" 1.5GHz

- chenyang mSATA Mini SATA SSD to IDE 44Pin
- Transcend MSA230 128GB mSATA SSD

Opening up this computer takes some commitment. And while I was in there I also lubricated the CPU fan to fix some noise. Then booted the computer from an external #Firewire disk and restored the #Sorbert Leopard image.

#VintageMac #Retrocomputing #PPC #PowerbookG4 #G4 #msata #Macintosh #PowerPC #osx

Bought an #SSD Upgrade to the #Powerbook G4 12" 1.5GHz

- chenyang mSATA Mini SATA SSD to IDE 44Pin
- Transcend MSA230 128GB mSATA SSD

Opening up this computer takes some commitment. And while I was in there I also lubricated the CPU fan to fix some noise. Then booted the computer from an external #Firewire disk and restored the #Sorbert Leopard image.

#VintageMac #Retrocomputing #PPC #PowerbookG4 #G4 #msata #Macintosh #PowerPC #osx

@jtruk

I have one and, at one point, I had great hopes of getting the successor, the Pyra. Unfortunately, that didn't happen.

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #handheld #palmtop #linux

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogfind #netscape #gold #apple #macintosh #mac #navigator

Catch of the Day: All that glitters is Netscape Gold! ✨

Hey Retro Fans!
While many of us struggle with gigabyte-heavy browsers today, our bouncer welcomed true web royalty last night at 2:30 AM:

Netscape Navigator 3.01Gold on a Mac!

Who remembers the "Gold" edition? Back in 1996, this was the absolute premium standard. Netscape 3.0 Gold didn't just bring improved JavaScript support and LiveAudio; it was the first to feature an integrated WYSIWYG HTML editor ("Netscape Composer"). You could view websites and build them in basically the same window—a dream come true for 90s webmasters!

The fact that this roughly 30-year-old browser is still exploring the web from a classic Mac today and using our search engine is simply wonderful, and exactly the reason FrogFind exists.

Stay retro and surf in gold!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogfind #netscape #gold #apple #macintosh #mac #navigator

Catch of the Day: All that glitters is Netscape Gold! ✨

Hey Retro Fans!
While many of us struggle with gigabyte-heavy browsers today, our bouncer welcomed true web royalty last night at 2:30 AM:

Netscape Navigator 3.01Gold on a Mac!

Who remembers the "Gold" edition? Back in 1996, this was the absolute premium standard. Netscape 3.0 Gold didn't just bring improved JavaScript support and LiveAudio; it was the first to feature an integrated WYSIWYG HTML editor ("Netscape Composer"). You could view websites and build them in basically the same window—a dream come true for 90s webmasters!

The fact that this roughly 30-year-old browser is still exploring the web from a classic Mac today and using our search engine is simply wonderful, and exactly the reason FrogFind exists.

Stay retro and surf in gold!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogfind #netscape #gold #apple #macintosh #mac #navigator

Catch of the Day: All that glitters is Netscape Gold! ✨

Hey Retro Fans!
While many of us struggle with gigabyte-heavy browsers today, our bouncer welcomed true web royalty last night at 2:30 AM:

Netscape Navigator 3.01Gold on a Mac!

Who remembers the "Gold" edition? Back in 1996, this was the absolute premium standard. Netscape 3.0 Gold didn't just bring improved JavaScript support and LiveAudio; it was the first to feature an integrated WYSIWYG HTML editor ("Netscape Composer"). You could view websites and build them in basically the same window—a dream come true for 90s webmasters!

The fact that this roughly 30-year-old browser is still exploring the web from a classic Mac today and using our search engine is simply wonderful, and exactly the reason FrogFind exists.

Stay retro and surf in gold!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #search #searchengine #frogfind #netscape #gold #apple #macintosh #mac #navigator

Catch of the Day: All that glitters is Netscape Gold! ✨

Hey Retro Fans!
While many of us struggle with gigabyte-heavy browsers today, our bouncer welcomed true web royalty last night at 2:30 AM:

Netscape Navigator 3.01Gold on a Mac!

Who remembers the "Gold" edition? Back in 1996, this was the absolute premium standard. Netscape 3.0 Gold didn't just bring improved JavaScript support and LiveAudio; it was the first to feature an integrated WYSIWYG HTML editor ("Netscape Composer"). You could view websites and build them in basically the same window—a dream come true for 90s webmasters!

The fact that this roughly 30-year-old browser is still exploring the web from a classic Mac today and using our search engine is simply wonderful, and exactly the reason FrogFind exists.

Stay retro and surf in gold!
Your FrogFind Team 🐸