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paulrickards, 9 months ago to retrocomputing

System 7 Factory PoMo is just 🥵 I mean just look at it!😍

Raster to vector image plotted on 11”x17” with a HP 7550 Plus #PenPlotter. Thx to @rezmason for the clean scan of the System 7 manual cover as source.

#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac

Detail from a pen plot of the System 7 manual cover in a stylized 90’s tech graphic style called Factory PoMo. A classic glides on a conveyor with triangles and circles around it.
Detail from a pen plot of the System 7 manual cover in a stylized 90’s tech graphic style called Factory PoMo. A large 7 sites atop stylized machinery with zig zags around that look like it’s glowing.

paulrickards, 9 months ago to retrocomputing

Control Panel, #PenPlotter punk edition! 😅

Honestly wasn’t expecting much, pushing a 1-bit screenshot into my raster to vector code but it ain’t bad!

#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac

The early Mac System Control Panel as a raster graphic, embiggened.

paulrickards, 10 months ago to python

Mac 128k says hello! 11”x17” drawn on a Roland DXY-1200 #PenPlotter using #Python #RetroComputing

A pen plot of a Macintosh 128k with keyboard and mouse in front. The screen says hello. The paper is sitting on the drawing table of a Roland DXY-1200 pen plotter.

paulrickards, 10 months ago to retrocomputing

Well, I just placed orders for boards and parts to build a new Lisa 2/5 around my existing Lisa CPU card, the only part of a Lisa I’ve ever owned.

I would never have thought this was possible if it weren’t for the work of @DosFox who recently built the first new Lisa since 1986! Thanks for the inspiration!

I’ll continue this thread as parts roll in. I may ask (beg) if folks have some parts in your bins! 😀

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #AppleLisa #AppleLisaClone

paulrickards, 10 months ago to random

Some boxes #PenPlotter

paulrickards, 10 months ago to retrocomputing

10PRINT 🧵

First, Commodore SX-64

#10print #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #C64

The output of 10PRINT on a Commodore SX-64 showing random slashes.

paulrickards, 10 months ago to random

Plotting with white ink.

https://youtube.com/shorts/k6CaalmTAYg

#PenPlotter

paulrickards, 10 months ago to python

Noodling around today with some #Python and drew this abstract plot on 13x19 paper with the Roland DPX-2000 #PenPlotter. What do you see?

#RolandDPX2000

Detail of a pen plot of lines converging into the center of a circle.
A Roland DPX-2000 pen plotter with 13x19 paper on the print bed with a pen plot of lines converging into the center of a circle.

paulrickards, 10 months ago to python

Plotting images with #Python with a #Casio PB-700 and a FA-10 cassette/plotter!

http://www.stark.fr/blog/plotty/

#RetroComputing #PenPlotter

paulrickards, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to retrocomputing

Choose your fighter #RetroComputing

paulrickards, 10 months ago to c64

My first #ModemMonday are a pair of 1200 baud modems for the #C64. A Commodore 1670 and an #Aprotek Minimodem-C. I used both of these on my SX-64 and it felt incredibly fast compared to 300 baud!

H/t to @dialupworld for starting the tag!

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #modem

paulrickards, 10 months ago to random

🌀😵‍💫 #PenPlotter

https://youtube.com/shorts/KjtsDh6kcWk

paulrickards, 10 months ago to random

Playing around with an online bitmap-to-vector that claims to be AI powered.

The first thing I tried was the SimpleText icon (32x32). It took some artistic liberty but I kind of like it.

https://vectorizer.ai/

paulrickards, 10 months ago to random

Trying some more things on YouTube the past few days.

Can I get a subscribe from you? Thx + cheers for a boost!

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPghLKyIVxcsW8kLDhWGf4A

#RetroComputing #PenPlotter

paulrickards, 10 months ago to random

Petition to bring back vaporwave Apple.

paulrickards, 10 months ago to retrocomputing

Printing from Pages on my iPhone to an old thermal receipt printer!

https://youtube.com/shorts/MUfF7Nik9Ok

#RetroComputing #ThermalReceipt #iOS

paulrickards, 10 months ago to VintageComputing

Apple 410 Color Pen Plotter demo: drawing an original Macintosh!

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqhzH-Px-N0

#VintageComputing #RetroComputing #Apple410Plotter #VintageMac #VintageApple #Macintosh #PenPlotter

paulrickards, 10 months ago to retrocomputing

All work and no play etc. etc.

#RetroComputing #SpinWriter #TheShining

A NEC SpinWriter 3515 printing the text from The Shining, “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.” over and over again in various shapes of blocked text.

paulrickards, 10 months ago to random

Watching this Tangerine Dream concert from last year and I'm getting excited to see them in September! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwS6kqdXjQA

paulrickards, 10 months ago to retrocomputing

Need a hand with your G4 Cube?

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #PenPlotter #VintageMac #VintageApple #Macintosh #Apple410Plotter

An pen plotter drawing of a hand removing the internal components of a G4 cube that is upside down.

paulrickards, 10 months ago to retrocomputing

New blog post: Repairing my HP 7585B 36 in. wide pen plotter.

https://biosrhythm.com/?p=2722

#RetroComputing #VintageComputing #PenPlotter #HP7585B #Repair

The control panel of the HP 7585B pen plotter with large chonky buttons, a joystick, and a lovely dot-matrix LED numerical display.
A power transistor in a TO-3 case connected to a LCR meter to determine if it's functioning. The screen of the LCR meter says it's a PNP.

paulrickards, 10 months ago to art

CMY tangled rules on 11”x15” watercolor. This reminds me of looking up in the sky and seeing the Milky Way. What do you see?

Available in my shop: https://shop.paulrickards.com/wildcards/

#PenPlotter #Art #Artist #ArtForSale #GenerativeArt #CreativeCoding

CMY #PenPlot of geometric shapes derived from Wolfram's Rule sets. Large areas of orange, green, and purple meander from corner to corner with repeating triangle shapes of various orientations and angles.

paulrickards, 10 months ago to retrocomputing

Turns out this Power Mac 6100 with the MAXpowr G3 accelerator wasn't enabled because it lacked the extension to enable it! I wonder if the previous owner knew that?

Anyway, I installed it and it bumped it from a 66 MHz PowerPC 601 to 214.5 MHz PowerPC 750! 😎

#RetroComputing #VintageMac #Macintosh

Screenshot of Newer Tech Gauge Clockometer showing a processor of PowerPC 750 and a speed of 214.50 MHz.

paulrickards, 10 months ago to retrocomputing

Opened my PowerMac 6100/60AV to clean and assess the condition and was delightfully surprised to find a Newer Tech MAXpowr MXP6100 G3 accelerator. These things are clever in that they act as the original riser card to give you a pass through slot, in this case, for the AV card. #RetroComputing #VintageMac

A PowerMac 6100/60AV with the top open. A close up of an L shaped circuit board with heat sink sits on top on the hard drive.

paulrickards, 10 months ago to retrocomputing

Boost if you remember #ThePrintShop coming with free tractor feed paper with hearts and stars! #RetroComputing