Eric’s Edge

Maybe it was having to recently choose a paste flavor at the dentist?

Now I need to get a copy just to find the exact passage.

Why did this occur to me now? I have no idea. It’s been at least 20 years since I read the book. It’s an interesting detail to recall.
Is it the olfactory reference? The indirect reference to humans having seven through holes? The prevalent use of mint in our society? Bodily functions?

Arkady ruminates on the cultural differences between people and how the clean shaven American smells of mint from every orifice. At least that’s my recollection. I can’t remember the passage in detail, just my mental image of the scene.

Here’s an example of how my brain functions.

Out of the blue, without an obvious trigger, I recall a passage from Gorky Park. Arkady is traveling to America escorted by an American CIA or FBI officer (I can’t recall which).

#marchintosh fun! Trying to revive two capacitor-damaged Macintosh Quadra 660AV logic boards YouTube video by BigBadBench

My first #marchintosh stream of the month! Let's try to repair a couple of Quadra 660av logic boards and try video input with them through my Mavica. Also, I want to show off what I have learned about this Sierra Video Systems Delta rack thing. (Noon EST on the 7th) youtube.com/live/-d5jHDI...

#Maclock #MARCHintosh

Is everyone enjoying #MARCHintosh 2026?

Do you have a #GlobalTalk setup?

* Post anything about Macintosh stuff en les réseaux sociaux?

** Make curmudgeonly blog statements about your vintage computer affairs?

Let us know! Drop in the hashtag!

* je ne parle pas français.
** sorry/not sorry.

Why Do I Use Old and Obsolete Tech? Eric's Edge published a post on Ko-fi

ko-fi.com/post/Why-Do-...

A depressing #MARCHintosh love story.

#MARCHintosh Hello all!
@museumjoe.bsky.social @1bit.bsky.social

Greetings from 1Bit, RToD, Superbenk, 68kradio, and others.

You know it’s #MARCHintosh when you walk past the basement stair and wonder what’s wrong with the furnace blower and suddenly remember you’re on #GlobalTalk and someone is printing to your ImageWriter II.

10 hours left

10 hours left for the PicoIDE, you can watch this video by Rees if you want to know more about the device

www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

A piece of 1-bit pixel art at 512x342 pixels in size, depicting a wacked-out image showing the giant number "2026" floating in space over a piece of "Globaltalk" text with an Apple logo next to it. Various spacy shit is around the piece, like a nebula behind, a planet with rings, a small black hole, a whole bunch of stylised magnetar lines, clouds, rocks, and black bubbles of possibly vacuum decay. it's signed in the bottom right corner by me, 'nanoraptor'

Figure it's been long enough for globaltalk folk to have the actual image exclusively. Here, straight-up bitmap for joy.

www.danamania.com/tmp/Globalta...

YouTube thumbnail of a 90s PC on a desk running Quake with the text "O.D.E. for PC" overlaid and an obligatory Big Red Arrow.

New Video: The PicoIDE is a brand new IDE optical and hard drive emulator for classic computers. Based on the Raspberry Pi RP2350 and ESP32, it's easy to use, open source, low cost, fully featured, and set to be an absolute game changer for the vintage computing hobby.

youtu.be/MG_t0Ti3_rY

I have a ZuluIDE and a PicoGUS but I'm most excited for the PicoIDE!

At last! New IDE Optical Drive Emulators for Retro PCs YouTube video by LGR

You can get your PicoIDE reserved today!
www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=td6Q...

At last! New IDE Optical Drive Emulators for Retro PCs YouTube video by LGR

Fresh new hardware for aging old computers on LGR!

youtu.be/td6QdOnMvnk

The ZuluIDE and PicoIDE optical drive emulators replace your old CD/DVD drive with a MicroSD card solution for loading ISOs, including support for Redbook CD digital audio! Among other features like virtual hard disks and more

If you are playing along with #MARCHintosh and you need modern Wi-Fi support for an old computer, I recommend this: the VONETS VAP11G-300 Wi-Fi Bridge. Set up in a web browser, connect it to Ethernet and USB (for power), and it's transparent. Only downside is the blinky lights.

“Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should.”

ronscompvids.threadless.com/designs/welc...

Macintosh Quadra 700

Sending Mac vibes for #MARCHintosh

Ignoring what made me leave them isn’t going to work.

#photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #nikon

Pop-a-Flop raw print in place. Lots of supports are required. If my print area were larger I’d print it on an angle.

The cleaned up Pop-a-Flop. Missing the base cover, front plate, and internal mechanism.

One of my #MARCHintosh projects is finally coming together. It’s functional and could use a slight tweak here and there.

Let's Chat about Return to Dark Castle (2026) w/ Mark Pierce & Zack Black! YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos

It's launch day for the newly remastered Return to Dark Castle! Check out my interview with the game's creative team, and learn how the new compares to the old!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCZN...

store.steampowered.com/app/4054940/...

A closed Apple iBook G3 clamshell laptop with a Computer Clan pinback button in place of the Apple logo in the center of the lid.

Happy #MARCHintosh Day 2! The Apple logo fell off, so I had to improvise.

Triage of these machines left for dead will be out soon! #MARCHintosh

Check out Ron's new updated guide. It is fantastic. Also, if you don't have a classic Mac kicking around and want to get your #marchintosh on, be sure to check out infinitemac.org
That's what I did before I snagged my LC and pico micro Mac. (Woops fixed typo)

Thanks Jeff!

And if you swing by JCM-1 to get one and I'm sold out, don't worry: I'm making more! Just sign up to be notified when they're back in stock.

Thanks to @ronscompvids.bsky.social and @gutbomb.net for their work to make this little cutie possible!

Thanks for showing it off, @jeffgeerling.com!

Happy MARCHintosh!

Not sure if that counts for #MARCHintosh, but I'm running System 6 on my Atari ST, and I'm loving it !