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Thomas Cherryhomes<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/FujiNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FujiNet</a> is a Wi-Fi Network Adapter for <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> PCs.This is an example <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gamedev</a> application: A Sprite Editor running on the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ColecoAdam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ColecoAdam</a>.It is dumping its result back to a PC over a TCP socket.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL2zQbPh8nU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL2zQbPh8nU</a>

Metin Seven 🎨Having been a "demoscener" (± 1000 years ago), I've got a soft spot for retro demo effects. Someone recreated a number of them in JavaScript and Canvas:<a href="https://jdfio.com/pages-output/demos/x-mode/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://jdfio.com/pages-output/demos/x-mode/</a><a href="https://graphics.social/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#demoscene</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/demo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#demo</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/coding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coding</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#programming</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/PC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PC</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSDOS</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore64</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amiga</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C64</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VintageComputing</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computer</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computers</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computing</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/1980s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1980s</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/1990s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1990s</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintage</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nostalgia</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/old" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#old</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/graphics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graphics</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#digital</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/DigitalArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DigitalArt</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artist</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/arte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arte</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arts</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/GraphicDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GraphicDesign</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MastoArt</a> <a href="https://graphics.social/tags/FediArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FediArt</a>

DJ🌞:donor:A question for the <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/reverseengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reverseengineering</a> crowd: Is there any prior work on low-level details of how the 8051 CPU core functions? Down to gate/transistor level.

Furbland's Very Cool Mastodon™This is a comment I left on this video: <a href="https://youtu.be/bzpqi8wUwHY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/bzpqi8wUwHY</a> I want you to read the comment here, as it will probably get lost on YT and I consider it important. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

Atari Scene NewsAtari themed animation on a Corsair liquid cooling system LCD <a href="https://youtu.be/yNlbuv_YmTU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/yNlbuv_YmTU</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#atari</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

IT NewsBringing an Obscure Apple Operating System to Modern Hardware - During Apple’s late-90s struggles with profitability, it made a few overtures towa... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/06/16/bringing-an-obscure-apple-operating-system-to-modern-hardware/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://hackaday.com/2025/06/16/bringing-an-obscure-apple-operating-system-to-modern-hardware/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rhapsodyos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rhapsodyos</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apple</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intel</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unix</a>

64'er MagazinErster ausführlicher Test C 128 PC (Teil 2) | 64'er Magazin <a href="https://www.64er-magazin.de/8507/c128.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.64er-magazin.de/8507/c128.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#c64</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/64er" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#64er</a> In der letzten Ausgabe haben wir Ihnen die Eigenschaften und Möglichkeiten des C 128 vorgestellt. Diesmal sollen Sie erfahren, was alles im C 128 und dem neuen Diskettenlaufwerk 1571 zu finden ist, und wie es um das Betriebssystem CP/M im 128er bestellt ist.

Rod Hull - www.tfw8b.comComing Soon: Penultimate+3dcr for the Commodore VIC20 - ROM/RAM Expansion with SD2IEC & TurboLoader <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUOJuh81uhk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUOJuh81uhk</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroGaming</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VIC20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VIC20</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#8bit</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Koolkidz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Koolkidz</a>

Andrew FleggToday I had cause to get out my old <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Acorn</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/RISCOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RISCOS</a> 3 Style Guide to demonstrate that the fundamentals of good <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/UX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UX</a> can date back well over 30 years - same with the <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/HIG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HIG</a>.I need to find a modern equivalent that clearly shows the basics for an "intro to usability" post. Most <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/designSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#designSystems</a> seem overly focused on their components, rather than the principles of a good WIMP system.<a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a>

Ethan BlantonThis will be fun.<a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commodore</a> <a href="https://social.sdf.org/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#c64</a>

Dr Adrian SimmonsThe computer was unable to turn itself off! You still needed to tell it to shut down, but it didn't kill the power, just told you when it was safe to do so. /end<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

Dr Adrian SimmonsThere were instructions on how to hold and use the mouse 😃You could damage the computer unplugging the mouse while powered on /2<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

Dr Adrian SimmonsI've no idea how these manuals survived in our loft so long. But some of the contents are surprising. /1<a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

@Rp12Biker :verified:The little <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/CPM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CPM</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/workstation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workstation</a> is finished. My evening work consisted of packing it in a nice case and starting the backplane soldering. But there are still plenty of soldering points left, I'll have to do that tomorrow as well.Do any of you <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Pascal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pascal</a> nerds knows a source for porting <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Eliza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Eliza</a> to <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/TurboPascal3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TurboPascal3</a>, the first good Turing test in <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BASIC</a>? <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ZilogZ180" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZilogZ180</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SC126" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SC126</a>

tom jenningsI've done a top to bottom revision of the Friendly eZ80 CP/M computer page, and software releases. I've got 10 of the new boards running, a couple of the previous version are out there, languishing in Customs (US side of course).I'll take a couple to Tear Down in Portland this week.<a href="https://www.bleeve.me/eZ80/index.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bleeve.me/eZ80/index.html</a><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/cpm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cpm</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/cpm80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cpm80</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/permacomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#permacomputing</a>

Fedi.Video<a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtariST</a> and <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atari</a> 8-bit users, here is a playlist of videos on PeerTube about these computers::atari: <a href="https://fedi.video/w/p/u7E2A1QSFkQETNkVAhS6DH" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fedi.video/w/p/u7E2A1QSFkQETNkVAhS6DH</a>- If you're on a phone, scroll first two video titles at the bottom to see rest of the playlist.- If you're on a computer, choose a video from the playlist on the right.- If you're watching embedded, click ⏭️ or ⏮️ to see next or previous videos in the playlist.cc <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/atarist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@atarist</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atari</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtariST</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Atari8Bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atari8Bit</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Atari400" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atari400</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/Atari800" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atari800</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/8Bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#8Bit</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/tags/PeerTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeerTube</a>

64'er MagazinMSE - Abtippen sicher und leicht gemacht | 64'er Magazin <a href="https://www.64er-magazin.de/SH8503/mse.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.64er-magazin.de/SH8503/mse.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#c64</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/64er" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#64er</a> Ähnlich wie der »Checksummer« ist auch der MSE ein Hilfsmittel bei der Eingabe von Listings, diesmal jedoch bei reinen Maschinensprache-Programmen.

Wolfgang StiefPodcast recommendation: Danielle Newnham talks one hour with the Pixar Co-Founder Alvy Ray Smith about his career in computer graphics. And besides some Pixar history, the discussion is even more though the history of computer graphics and coloured pixels. Enjoy: <a href="https://danielle-newnham-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/pixar-co-founder-alvy-ray-smith-replay" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://danielle-newnham-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes/pixar-co-founder-alvy-ray-smith-replay</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagexomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagexomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#techhistory</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pixar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pixar</a>

James 🌈💜<a href="https://sauropods.win/@futurebird" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@futurebird</a> I've seen a few posts from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> community, using DOStodon. And hopefully this tag means someone will see...<a href="https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon</a>

64'er MagazinLeserforum | 64'er Magazin <a href="https://www.64er-magazin.de/8507/leserforum.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.64er-magazin.de/8507/leserforum.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#c64</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/64er" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#64er</a> Hallo liebe Leser, hier bin ich wieder, um Eure Fragen zu beantworten.

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