Unreal Tournament 2004 is now available for free.
...well, I mean, you probably could've grabbed a GOG offline installer out the back of a truck earlier, but NOW it's Official/Legally Free and has the in-development community patch packed in for ongoing support. www.oldunreal.com/downloads/ut...
Project "make the dryer stop clattering" has completed successfully, the weekend is ON.
An Apple Lisa computer, powered on, showing the Lisa 7/7 3.1 OS with a ProFile window open and showing application templates
An Apple Lisa 2/5 is now fully functional, except for a wonky keyboard that’s waiting for a foam and foil set from TexElec. I’ve wanted one of these since I was like ten. Words cannot express how stoked I am. #applelisa #retrocomputing
I love this so much. I love this place. I love us. And they will never break us. Never.
Well, hello.
An Apple Lisa 2 (and probably Lisa 1) motherboard, cleaned up, but missing the slot for I/O.
It cleaned up fairly nicely, but the I/O slot lost pins after a light brush with a toothbrush. The slot came out, and a new replacement (as well as some resistor packs) arrives Tuesday.
A closeup of an Apple Lisa motherboard, tinged in green, with a heavily damaged slot in the foreground
Just an Apple Lisa 2 doing what a Lisa 2 does. #retrocomputing #apple #retrorepair
Two Apple Lisa computers stacked on one another, powered off as they are both broken.
Well, things just got interesting around here. #retrocomputing #apple
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A green phosphor monitor displaying “Apple ][“ (Apple 2) on the top line
I wonder if the reason I don’t see as much Apple II content on YouTube is that most of them still work. #retrocomputing #apple
A memory test running on a Commodore Amiga 4000, showing 386mb of total memory
Well, thats just unnecessary.
#retrocomputing #amiga
A green screen monitor connected to a Commodore B128, displaying the directory listing of an attached disk
Fun fact for the, like, 5 of us with a #Commodore CBM-II machine – after trying the SD2PET Future and PetDisk Max V2, I plugged in a SDPET+ to the Commodore B128 today, and not only does CATALOG/DIRECTORY work, but I can actually consistently load software again and again. We have a keeper.
An Apple III computer displaying a menu interface called “Selector ///“
An Apple III computer displaying a Pac Man clone called “Sandman”
Finally got the Booti block storage device working on the Apple /// today, and this thing finally feels useful. I’m not sure what it says that it feels like the entire A3 library fits on like one 32mb volume, but that’s what I’m into. #apple #retrocomputing
My Neptune 3 has served me well as my first 3D printer, but I use it (and get frustrated) enough that I broke down and bought something nice - a Bambulab P1S with AMS. I'm pretty sure I'm in love (and broke). It's fast, no nonsense, built in camera, built in filament changes, and networked. Wild.
An IBM Model F keyboard from a 5155, keys covered in grime.
An IBM Model F keyboard from a 5155, significantly cleaner.
This is still my least favourite part of retro computing, but it sure is nice to type on a clan keyboard that doesn’t smell of cigarettes.
That’s awesome!
I didn’t realize how much I wanted “BlueSCSI but IDE” until now. Looking forward to the launch!
Sorry to vaguepost, but I think my life needs a rebrand.
Setup is beginning for VCF Midwest… even bigger than before! #VCFMW #VCFMidwest
View from the rear of an SUV showing 6 bins and a box.
I’m not even halfway done packing the car. :( #vcfmw
Packing for VCFMW is only making my to do list longer.
A close up of the VCFMW table map highlighting Z24, Z25, and Z26.
Hey, my friend and I are going to be at #VCFMW next weekend, September 13th and 14th in Schaumburg, IL! I won't have anything to exhibit, but we are selling some retro odds and ends from 8 to 32 bit. Come say hi, even if you aren't buying, at Z24, 25, and 26.
We will miss you!
A circuit board with a LCD display and a ZIF socket and a chip installed in the ZIP socket. The display shows “Checking… Detected Type: 514402 1Mx4-SC”
Picked up a RAM tester on AmiBay, and this is so much better than the random assortment of Arduino hacks I used before this.
A SGI Indigo2 Impact on its right side, next to a lcd monitor, keyboard, and mouse. The screen and computer are powered up, and the IRIX desktop is displayed.
Work and home have been so busy lately that I haven’t had time to play. I went to boot my SGI Indigo2 and nothing. Turns out I forgot to secure one ribbon cable, and it was just loose enough to be a problem.
I should make more time.
Man, computers used to be so much more cool.
I've been away from #Perl for years, but this hit me in the gut. mst was loud, passionate, potentially troubled, incredibly intelligent. So much was possible because of him (Catalyst, DBIx::Class). You touched lives, and made things live. Rest in peace, Matt.
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A video screenshot of an A/UX desktop with an about window, Finder window, and CommandShell prompt, running the Kaleidoscope theme manager for classic Mac OS with the BeOS theme.
alternatively,
A video screenshot of an A/UX desktop with an about window, Finder window, and CommandShell prompt, running the Kaleidoscope theme manager for classic Mac OS with the Scherzo theme.
what about...
Happy birthday!
#VCFMW 20 Table Requests are open! (closing 7/11 19:00 CDT): forms.gle/UCwSn9S3Gc8Q...
Tables will be granted for a donation, which gets you a table, tablecloth, and power. You can also delete the table, to receive an open space (for those who are bringing racks, rolling displays, mainframes, etc.)
