If you want proof that how people act on the internet is pretty much the same as it's ever been, back to ARPANET in 1984 no less... #humor#computer#RetroComputing
What was the last printed magazine article to publish detailed plans for building your own computer, and when was it? 1990s? Early ‘80s? I’m talking about plans with detailed schematics and PCB layouts, like the Mark-8 or COSMAC ELF. #VintageComputing#RetroComputing
It’s not every day I get to play with a Xerox Alto thanks to the people at The Computer Museum in Maryland! I suck at Missile Command BTW. Great exhibit space and worth a visit! #RetroComputing#XeroxAlto
Does anyone happen to have some grey Model M keycaps they no longer need? Specifically the Right Ctrl, Left Arrow and End keys, since mine seem to have gone walkabout sometime in the last 33 years.
The MSX classic The Maze of Galious was actually Knightmare 2.
An interesting feature of the game depended on what was inserted into the MSX's second cartridge slot.
If the first Knightmare was in, you could resurrect your companion 99 times. If there was Q-bert, you started the game with bonuses like extra gold and a full health bar...☺️👍🕹️
This is an IOCREST-brand USB to RS-232 serial adapter, which I bought from a seller on AliExpress. It arrived in exactly the same time as an identical eBay listing said it would, for literally half the price - if eBay is still your default go-to for weird stuff like this, keep in mind dropshippers are probably fleecing you.
This adapter contains an FTDI chipset, not the much cheaper CH340, and it's time to see if this is the reason I couldn't get serial mice working natively on Windows 10.
So, question: Can I get some suggestions for software / tips and tricks for recording and reviewing raw data coming off a serial port? I'm a very long way from trying to reverse-engineer a novel protocol myself, but that's the eventual goal, and the next step I'd like to take is compare what I'm seeing coming out of a serial mouse with documentation online to make sure I really understand what's going on and how all this works.
And, yep - with Windows 10 told to enable serial mouse detection on boot, all you need is the right kind of adapter installed and a serial mouse plugged in when you boot up. Here's the FTDI-derived one working with my Microsoft Home serial mouse - you can see the adapter blinking to say it's receiving data when I move it around. #retrocomputing
In early 1993, Commodore hadn't released hardware specs for the new AGA Amiga computers. So me and my game dev partners decided to create a demo trilogy, using self-discovered AGA chipset features.
The second demo was called 'Mindwarp', and I still love to listen to our music composer Ramon Braumuller's 4-channel soundtrack.
In early 1993, Commodore hadn't released hardware specs for the new AGA Amiga computers. Our little game dev team created a demo trilogy, using self-discovered AGA chipset features.
Here's a 4-channel Techno track by our music composer Ramon Braumuller for the "Hoi sAGA part III"
For more tunes and info, check the other posts in this thread, the #TeamHoi hashtag and the "Team Hoi game devs" section of https://linksta.cc/@seven
In early 1993, Commodore hadn't released hardware specs for the new AGA Amiga computers. Our little game dev team created a demo trilogy, using self-discovered AGA chipset features.
Here's the second 4-channel track by our music composer Ramon Braumuller for the "Hoi sAGA part III"
For more tunes and info, check the other posts in this thread, the #TeamHoi hashtag and the "Team Hoi game devs" section of https://linksta.cc/@seven
84-24 is a beautiful -- both technically and visually --account of restoring an original #Macintosh. A good cozy engineering read for first morning coffee.