The OS for my new retro network DC is installed. Need to get it promoted and connect the other retro machines (where possible) this weekend.
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My ST busily awaiting the arrival of its monochrome SM124 CRT arriving today. I hope it was well packed...
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Another Communications Terminal MSX, this time from Sony. Expect a follow-up video to my Panasonic one #RetroComputing
Did you ever dream to write your own videogame for the #SEGA #MasterSystem? 
xfixium has released a *complete* #video #tutorial: "Make Your Own Game with #devkitSMS" where he creates a Ms. Pac-Man clone using the #C language! 
The whole series is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jGkoHX3BSk&list=PLBYs5vZbDPv6UPqtU_deDSihZjeoCkUsS&index=1 and you also can download the ROM (for free) here: https://www.smspower.org/Homebrew/MsPacManClassic-SMS , with the whole source code freely available here: https://github.com/xfixium/SMS-Ms-Pac-Man 
In honour of @RonsCompVids releasing a video on refurbishing a StyleWriter II, if any of you UK nerds want one that works but could use a bit of tending-to, let me know! I've barely used it since getting the 2400, so it could use a new home.
The front door falls open and the paper doesn't always grab properly, but it's fine once the rollers grab it. Needs a new ink cartridge (hence the dodgy print pic) but cheap Canon BC-01 knockoffs are fine. #RetroComputing
#FujiNet The #Retrocomputing and #Retrogaming networking adapter for #Atari8bit, #Apple2, #ColecoAdam, #TRS80CoCo and more has released version 1.5 of their firmware, which adds case insensitive recursive search to CONFIG!
Did you know Commodore released a 2 KB Commodore MAX with a membrane keyboard?
Rediscovering 8-bit Show and Tells excellent review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBYZeLO7rA0
"The Simpsons" After Dark Screen Saver for Windows 3.1 is simply hilarious! 
According to a billboard I used to pass driving to work, Microsoft was founded during a recession. Is that true? Since we're about to plunge into another recession and to celebrate Microsoft's 50th anniversary, I decided to find out. #RetroComputing #RecessionLessons https://dfarq.homeip.net/microsoft-founded-april-4-1975/
The Silicon Underground · Microsoft founded April 4, 1975It started with computer languages and they never looked back
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Voxel-style wink to Nintendo's Game Boy.
Made somewhere in the early 2010s.
More game-related voxel artwork in the 
Nostalgic souvenirs from my adolescent trips to computer game shows in London in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
I was an Amiga game developer back then, in search of a publisher for our small team's games. It felt like visiting heaven.
Info + downloads:
● https://metinseven.nl ➔ Team Hoi game devs.
● #TeamHoi
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@badnetmask those small cards are enough to be useful for retro games, maybe try asking someone involved in #retroComputing / #RetroGaming ?
I bet most spectrum and bbc games will fit within 2gb easily, and clever people have made converters to pretend they are disk drives when they are actually sd cards or compact flash etc.
Would you like to read about another 39 year old DOS bug that I found recently? This one causes an unlucky file to get truncated if it is in the wrong spot of a FAT12 partition when you move from an early version of DOS to a later one.
Get some popcorn and enjoy!
https://www.brutman.com/Adventures_In_Code/FAT12_File_Truncation_Bug/FAT12_File_Truncation_Bug.html
www.brutman.comThe FAT12 File Truncation Bug
On a sick day today and had some packages waiting for me at the local post office.
Got my hands on a Sun USB keyboard and mouse to go with the Sunblade 100 that @mike generously gave to me a couple of years ago.
Also got a sealed copy of Windows NT 4.0 Workstation because with the 3 weeks off work which starts next week I will be building that Pentium Pro NT workstation.
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A Proper OS For The Sega Genesis/Megadrive - The console wars of the early 1990s had several players, but the battle that matte... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/03/a-proper-os-for-the-sega-genesis-megadrive/ #retrocomputing #segamegadrive #segagenesis #fusix
Hackaday · A Proper OS For The Sega Genesis/MegadriveThe console wars of the early 1990s had several players, but the battle that mattered was between Nintendo’s SNES and Sega’s Genesis, or Megadrive if you are European. They are both fam…
Rob Sherman ( @Atari_BBS ) joins the Stray Pointers podcast to discuss his early years of BBSing in the 1980's and his current telnet bulletin-board systems running on Atari 8-bit gear.
straypointers.comS3:E05 - Atari BBSing with Rob Sherman - The Stray Pointers PodcastS3:E05 - Atari BBSing with Rob Sherman - The Stray Pointers Podcast
Check out some pictures from the recent Spring Interim Computer Festival held last month in Seattle.
Build an 8-bit computer from scratch
#HackerNews #Build #an #8-bit #computer #from #scratch #8bitcomputer #DIYtechnology #retrocomputing #hardwarehacking #techprojects
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The Weird Way A DEC Alpha Boots https://hackaday.com/2025/04/03/the-weird-way-a-dec-alpha-boots/ #Retrocomputing #alphastation #workstation #decalpha
Hackaday · The Weird Way A DEC Alpha BootsWe’re used to there being an array of high-end microprocessor architectures, and it’s likely that many of us will have sat in front of machines running x86, ARM, or even PowerPC process…
The Weird Way A DEC Alpha Boots - We’re used to there being an array of high-end microprocessor architectures, and i... - https://hackaday.com/2025/04/03/the-weird-way-a-dec-alpha-boots/ #retrocomputing #alphastation #workstation #decalpha
Hackaday · The Weird Way A DEC Alpha BootsWe’re used to there being an array of high-end microprocessor architectures, and it’s likely that many of us will have sat in front of machines running x86, ARM, or even PowerPC process…