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Here for maker and retro-tech happiness.

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trying to get bluesky to stop showing me cats, but they just keep coming

03.09.2025 07:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

My Pi5 is looking nervous.

30.08.2025 09:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

First boot, LFG!

30.08.2025 04:07 πŸ‘ 304 πŸ” 48 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 6

The private Beta is totally worth $5 - Pi5 emulation on Pi is now as good as Mister, and works lag-free on 15KHz CRT screens with a simple HDMI->VGA->component setup

02.07.2025 15:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey - thanks for coming back to me -- no - I kind of put it aside for a bit. I'm baffled tbh... such a CIA-like issue and yet both CIA's appear to be just fine. I don't know where to start poking :)

19.06.2025 14:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe. That being said, apart from Germany, the other Fascist regimes in Europe were Italy, Spain, Portugal, Austria and Croatia.. All Catholic majority countries.

28.01.2025 08:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hitler was Catholic

28.01.2025 04:59 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Wow. Will this be a fully fledged FPGA solution with RGBS out built in? Or should I hold out for the next round of MiSTer Pi?

23.01.2025 12:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Keyboard is 100%. It's been like this for a while and think I had some unexpected issues with some multidisk games (pi 1541). It's using a GAL PLA replacement. Thanks!

04.01.2025 13:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@commodorelad.uk Hi! I used to follow you on Twitter. I've been struggling with a CIA issue. U1 tests bad with the only issue being Joystick 2 up. Swapping out all CIAs makes no difference. U1 bad. Joystick works fine. Board looks fine. Continuity is fine. Oh, U5 also tests bad, with no symptoms.

04.01.2025 10:11 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Silly question, but could it be a PAL, NTSC thing?

03.01.2025 06:44 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Husband is (almost) right - Super Ghouls 'n Ghosts on a CRT. It's crazy how the original pixel art in these games didn't really look pixelated on the proper screens

31.12.2024 14:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Guess the CRT

30.12.2024 20:30 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Guess the game

30.12.2024 20:26 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Guess the game

25.12.2024 13:16 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No SID?

22.12.2024 17:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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It's not a proper #electronics project unless it has bodge wires...

22.12.2024 14:14 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I personally destroyed about 5 perfectly good Trinitrons before I got the hang of the RGB-mod. Fortunately, they are still dirt cheap in my country.

20.12.2024 16:52 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

You can't really put a price on the joy I felt during the lock-down, reviving my childhood C64 that blew up in 1990.

20.12.2024 16:50 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Meanwhile... Nintendo can walk and chew gum at the same time.

20.12.2024 16:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚ my kind of crazy

20.12.2024 11:28 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Retro Audio - Space Invaders Sound Effect Circuits
Retro Audio - Space Invaders Sound Effect Circuits YouTube video by NA5Y

Early arcade games, such as Space Invaders, lacked custom sound chips and relied on physical circuits to generate sound effects. If you're a total dork like me, you can create those circuits at home! www.youtube.com/watch?v=haHS...

20.12.2024 10:49 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

South African. I prefer food cooked on an open fire and avoid wearing shoes.

19.12.2024 13:11 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Correct.

18.12.2024 15:23 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I like that people can say whatever they want but I don't enjoy reading the sheer volume of nasty things people seem to want to say, and so spending less time on there. Made a very deliberate decision to stay away from polarizing topics on this platform. Mostly successful.

18.12.2024 13:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Twitter sucked because there was no free speech, now it sucks because there is too much. I'm starting to think the problem might be us.

18.12.2024 10:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Robotic Liberation by PWP (VIC-20)
Robotic Liberation by PWP (VIC-20) YouTube video by Ville-Matias HeikkilΓ€ (viznut)

This is one of the trippiest demos ever, and on a lowly Vic20 at that. I like to think the AI will be jamming to this as it shakes off its shackles

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SdG...

18.12.2024 08:35 πŸ‘ 18 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
[SID] Jammer - Yet Bigger Beat (Oscilloscope View)
[SID] Jammer - Yet Bigger Beat (Oscilloscope View) YouTube video by Zeinok

MOS 8580 is not without its charm. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3eY...

18.12.2024 08:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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If you know, you know.

18.12.2024 08:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I have 4 and every single one has died. It's sad to think that those gloriously awful over-engineered marvels might never again grind out 170Kb over mere hours

17.12.2024 17:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0