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Hey guys, noticed a few posts in the microblog section but not actual threads. Its a feature I do not like in here but it can be avoided by clicking the + in the top right and making a new Article, NOT post. It feels backwards but you get used to it....

The first computer I ever worked on had 8KB of core memory. It was an old Digital Equipment Corporation pdp-8/e. I loved that machine and its open face tale drives and teletype with paper tape punch and reader and card reader.

Welcome to the ZX Spectrum.... what do we call this? Its not a reddit, a fedi? I dunno!...

I was definitely a Commodore kid, and BASIC was my first language. Maybe it’s nostalgia, but I still like BASIC for hobby stuff.

What this effectively means is that after just under 48 years since its launch in 1976, the Zilog Z80 will no longer be available for sale as discrete components, which is likely to primarily impact hobbyists and people who are trying to keep retro systems going. This does not mean that it’s the end of the road for Z80,...

After taking that pic, I got done cleaning the CBM. The entire Body, Board and keys all look a lot better now and im glad to say that after all of that, it turned on no problem as well! (Before and after)...

Two of the world’s first desktop computers have been discovered during a house clearance. The Q1, which was launched in 1972, changed the way we use computers today....

Historical source code for Infocom's Z-machine interpreters - GitHub

I greatly enjoyed "So now that we're done moving the goalposts, we can start porting Unix to the Famicom Disc System" and "the kernel is running trust me".

They keep this 20+ year old laptop around because it has a serial port and every now and then that comes in handy....

With your host, Lance Boyle.

This should boot up on your run of the mill S-100 based system with an 8086. Maybe an 8080 too? Also, it reportedly runs under #simH as a virtual machine. According to some, this is the earliest known version of #86-DOS, not long after replacing #QDOS as its successor....

I couldn't sleep. Also I don't know how to deal with formatting this because of the apostrophes and I don't care that much...

8-Bit Wonders is a C64 and VIC20 emulator for your Android device.

via rusty.cat/

Is this machine too new for this sub? Recently acquired the holy grail of Slot A: Athlon 1GHz. Very proud of this machine. I have wanted one for years.