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My teletypes have entered the third dimension! I hauled this shelf across town by light rail, then finally assembled it today.

I'm actively working on my Silent 733 and 742, so they're on the floor with the printed circuit cards removed.

The microcomputers (Commodore and CoCos) are unceremoniously stashed on the bottom shelf.

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

Something a little different: I got a new-old-stock Ultratec Miniprint 525 text telephone (TTY). It's a telecommunications device designed for deaf people that transmits in Baudot code over a phone line.

While waiting for data, it cutely chirps expectantly. Keypresses make the modem sounds you'd be familiar with if you're older than me.

I don't have a phone setup, but at least its thermal paper will be easier to acquire than the larger paper for my teleprinters. Strangely, it works with batteries, but not its provided power supply.

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

A friend was interested in the history of 3Dfx, reading a book about Jensen. I was scanning through some YT vids seeing if one was good to share, and I hit this entirely AI video.

Here's a frame accompanying an explanation of the pass-thru cable the early Voodoo cards used...

#AI #AIslop #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputer #Nvidia #PCI #photo #circuits #funny

The Silent 725 has a physical bell, unlike the other models which replace it with a speaker.

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

My Silent 707/1200 prints super fast, at 1200 baud, and is so pleasant to use. It was the star of my session at Low Resource Computing.

Here's the phone numbers programming into its auto-access cartridge, including the Multiple Listing Service. The previous owner must have been a real-estate agent.

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

My second Silent 745 has an APL keyboard and works pretty well! I just need a converter from current loop to RS-232 or a phone and modem, and I know nothing about telephony.

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

My new Silent 700 teleprinters from this past month! This brings my total to 11 Silent 700s of 9 models and 3 Teletype Model 43s.

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I've written up a retrospective on my UNIX V4 workshop at Low Resource Computing, highlighting the cool things people accomplished and learned, along with snapshots of the filesystem throughout the workshop. It was a lot of fun!

https://github.com/thaliaarchi/unix-v4-demo

#unix #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

Updates to Scriptee. Added ability to put titles on upper AND lower box frames yielding 6 possible positions. Added HDIV (horizontal divider). Some examples from testing.

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #atari8bit

Some demos on the new 68030 40 in the Amiga 2000.

Grind by Dekadence and Accession - #1 Assembly 2010

#Amiga #CommodoreAmiga #Commodore #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputer #demo #scenedemo #demoscene #crt #retrowave #mc68k #Amiga2000 #ByteCellar

A time-warp to my room around late 1992, where I show how exhilarating it was to be a game developer. 😆

#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #commodore #amiga #computing #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #designer #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon #hoi #MoonChild

Box titles have been added to Scriptee! Testing different style and location configurations here. Implementing the RUN command is next on the task list.

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #atari8bit

… Also check out these PyDPainter YouTube channels for feature videos and tutorials:

1️⃣ https://www.youtube.com/@MarkRiale

2️⃣ https://www.youtube.com/@stephaneanquetil7042

And the original DPaint manual:

https://archive.org/details/DeluxePaint3Manual

#PixelArt #GameDev #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #commodore #amiga #MSDOS #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #design #art #CreativeToots

If you've ever used, or heard of, the legendary Deluxe Paint ("DPaint") Amiga (and MS-DOS) pixel editor, @PyDPainter is a very accurate, free recreation of it, with some added features.

Downloads (Win / Mac / Linux):
https://github.com/mriale/PyDPainter

There's also a brand new forum:
https://forum.pydpainter.org/index.php

#PixelArt #GameDev #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #commodore #amiga #MSDOS #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #design #art #CreativeToots

My Apple IIGS Story

https://www.goto10retro.com/p/remembering-the-apple-ii-and-iigs

#retrocomputing #appleiigs #vintagecomputing

New video! I'm checking out a really cool new open source RAM Tester, updating the firmware and testing some chips.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/iQYF2-FwuoI
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/4H7H2ZshCt2H9UveMf6TJC

#DRAMduino #RAMTester #DRAM #SRAM #DRAMTester #Arduino #AduinoUNO #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #ZXSpectrum #C64 #Amiga #Atari

The best Arduino RAM Tester (so far)

https://makertube.net/w/4H7H2ZshCt2H9UveMf6TJC

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Trump’s New E-Waste Policy Has Vintage Tech Collectors Anxious They’ll Be Caught In The Crossfire - Kotaku

https://kotaku.com/trumps-new-e-waste-policy-has-vintage-tech-collectors-anxious-theyll-be-caught-in-the-crossfire-2000722706

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #tech #technews #vintagetech #ewaste #China #imports #CRT #technology #drumpf #kotaku

TIL about the TRON project, started 1984 in Japan as an architecture for real time operating systems, including a VLSI based CPU. It's some sort of ancestor for todays widely used RTOS real time operating system: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRON_project

IEEE Micro issue March/April 1987 has several articles on different aspects of the TRON project. #vintagecomputing #tron #rtos

Scriptee development post part 11 is published which introduces the POKE, BACK, and WAIT commands.

https://unfinishedbitness.info/2026/08/20/scriptee-part-11/

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #atari8bit

Bit more progress on Scriptee. Put an exclusion on the XE box style when inverse is turned on (doesnt draw anywhere near a box). Fixed the ERROR message alignment. Fixed a bug where the script would never end if no EXIT command was given.

Test results:

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #atari8bit

Lunchtime testing of Scriptee's INVerse command. Looks like box styles BLOCK and XE aren't really suitable for inversing.

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The Retro Shack Asks About the Future of Retro Computing
#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #TheRetroShack #Commodore64 #Amiga #ZXSpectrum #FPGA #Emulation #VintageComputers #ComputerHistory
https://theoasisbbs.com/the-retro-shack-asks-about-the-future-of-retro-computing/?fsp_sid=12000