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LAYERED<p>First draft of a small project page for the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NeXT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeXT</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/SoundBox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoundBox</span></a> mini. I will successively create similar project pages for the other models (<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/NeXTcube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NeXTcube</span></a>, <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/MegaPixel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MegaPixel</span></a> Display).</p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Miniatures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Miniatures</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Replicas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Replicas</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/VintageComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VintageComputing</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/3DPrint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3DPrint</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/3dprinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>3dprinting</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Electronics</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PCB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCB</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/PCBDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PCBDesign</span></a></p><p><a href="https://next.layered.work/soundbox/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">next.layered.work/soundbox/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Paolo Amoroso<p>The importance of V7 in the history of Unix, the first release modern users would recognize as familiar.</p><p><a href="https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/V7WhyItMattersSoMuch" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/bl</span><span class="invisible">og/unix/V7WhyItMattersSoMuch</span></a></p><p>The Unix clone Coherent, sold as a commercial product between the late 1980s and the early 1990s, is likely the closest system to V7 we can still easily run today.</p><p><a href="https://www.nesssoftware.com/home/mwc/source.php" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nesssoftware.com/home/mwc/sour</span><span class="invisible">ce.php</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a></p>
Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 🙄<p>"tomorrow" being a vague time period, I did string variables and basic disk commands instead of INPUT (not hard, but paste is going to be a thing, so I'm "eh"). No more test program embedded in the source, it's just a file on disk (I think it's sanitized enough.)</p><p><a href="https://cyberhole.online/basic/basic.html?run=test.bas" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">cyberhole.online/basic/basic.h</span><span class="invisible">tml?run=test.bas</span></a></p><p><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/cyberhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cyberhole</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basic</span></a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
64'er Magazin<p>Australopedicus Robustus | 64'er Magazin<br><a href="https://www.64er-magazin.de/8508/robustus.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">64er-magazin.de/8508/robustus.</span><span class="invisible">html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/64er" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>64er</span></a><br>Australopiticus Robustus ist der Name einer Urzeitmenschen-Gattung. Ziel des Spiel ist es, drei Steinzeitmenschen, die Brüder Org, Fred und Gnom, durch ein gefährliches Labyrinth zu führen. Das Labyrinth besteht aus zehn verschiedenen Bildern, von denen jedes 2040 Pixels breit ist und in verschiedenen Geschwindigkeiten über den Bildschirm scrollt....</p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>Classic CDE (Common Desktop Environment) coming to OpenBSD <a href="https://www.undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250730080301" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">undeadly.org/cgi?action=articl</span><span class="invisible">e;sid=20250730080301</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cde</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commondesktopenvironment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commondesktopenvironment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/x" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>x</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/xwindows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>xwindows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desktop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desktop</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/libresoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>libresoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ports" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ports</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/packages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>packages</span></a></p>
4am ❧<p>Lock-It-Up Copy Protection System v5.1C.woz</p><p><a href="https://archive.org/details/wozaday_Lock_It_Up_Copy_Protection_System_51C" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">archive.org/details/wozaday_Lo</span><span class="invisible">ck_It_Up_Copy_Protection_System_51C</span></a></p><p>Lock-It-Up was the most popular Apple II copy protection ever. This is the master creator disk you could buy to protect your own programs. It is, itself, protected by Lock-It-Up.</p><p>Lock-It-Up was the one of the first protections I encountered on multiple disks, 11 years ago. I noticed minor code variations across disks, as if someone had picked options from a menu. This is the menu.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/wozaday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wozaday</span></a></p>
vga256<p>it's kind of nuts that we'd pay a commercial voip service for a DID number and per-minute voice call charges just to run a BBS or dial-up service with modems</p><p>has anyone created a public (voip) PBX for modem-based retrocomputing? to be clear: i'm talking about something like a SIP Proxy which would allow for direct IP-to-IP connections between client/server.</p><p><a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <a href="https://dialup.cafe/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
fenarinarsa :pokeball:<p>I got my ATW800/2 card today!</p><p>It’s a Transputer+accelerated HDMI card for Atari ST computers (Mega ST, Mega STE, TT).</p><p><a href="https://shelter.moe/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://shelter.moe/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Hank G ☑️While reading Laine Nooney's book "The Apple II Age" I learned that in the early 1980s there was a "Diet Analysis" program. Thanks to <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/users/a2_4am" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>a2_4am</span></a></span> it is in The Internet Archive! As someone who has recording and analyzed their daily diet every day since 2011 I often wondered if such a concept was even possible for me to develop as a fun project. You know I'm going to give that software a full tour now that I know it wasn't just possible but actually existed. Keep in mind the usual limitations it would have of running on a computer of the era where 64 KB of RAM and multiple disks of 140 KB each was a pretty snazzy setup. <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=diet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diet</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=fitness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fitness</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://friendica.myportal.social/search?tag=Apple2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple2</span></a> <a href="https://archive.org/details/DietAnalysisProgram4amCrack" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">archive.org/details/DietAnalys…</a>
Larvitz :fedora: :redhat:<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xalTFH5ht-k" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=xalTFH5ht-k</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://burningboard.net/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://burningboard.net/tags/modem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>modem</span></a> <a href="https://burningboard.net/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a> <a href="https://burningboard.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Blake Patterson<p>Spotted at the System Source Computer Museum: Missile Command 3.0 running on a Xerox Alto. </p><p>How many people wrote games for the Alto?! I wonder if this guy went on to bigger things? </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/INITHELLO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>INITHELLO</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Xerox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Xerox</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Alto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Alto</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/AppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AppleII</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple2Forever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple2Forever</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintageApple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintageApple</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SystemSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SystemSource</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/computinghistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computinghistory</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagetech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagetech</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/museums" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>museums</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Apple</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a></p>
The Oasis BBS<p>Nightworks Demo by Arise Stuns at BOOM! Party<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/C64Demo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>C64Demo</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Nightworks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nightworks</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AriseDemo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AriseDemo</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/BOOMParty2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BOOMParty2025</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CSDB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSDB</span></a><br><a href="https://theoasisbbs.com/nightworks-demo-by-arise-stuns-at-boom-party/?feed_id=4547&amp;_unique_id=6888c9d8919b7" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theoasisbbs.com/nightworks-dem</span><span class="invisible">o-by-arise-stuns-at-boom-party/?feed_id=4547&amp;_unique_id=6888c9d8919b7</span></a></p>
The Oasis BBS<p>Amiga 500 Plus Repair<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Amiga500Plus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga500Plus</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HardwareRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HardwareRepair</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/8BitManshed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8BitManshed</span></a><br><a href="https://theoasisbbs.com/amiga-500-plus-repair/?feed_id=4543&amp;_unique_id=6888c86e9b3f3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theoasisbbs.com/amiga-500-plus</span><span class="invisible">-repair/?feed_id=4543&amp;_unique_id=6888c86e9b3f3</span></a></p>
Simone S<p>Found an absolute bargain on eBay and snatched it. It's got the highest specs available for 2014, but with a brand new battery (2 cycles).</p><p>It supports OS X Mavericks -- which I will install. I'm currently filling up a personal local repo called 'RETRO' with all the software I might need that's compatible with it.</p><p>My actual time machine adventure is about to start, where the true test is to use this as a daily ride as much as I can.</p><p>Again: if the present looks bad, go back.</p><p><a href="https://sonomu.club/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a></p>
Nick Daniels :verified:<p>For all the convoluted ways BSI had in the day to drive their LCDs its refreshing to see Dolch do what I do: run a cable out the back <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/dolch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dolch</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/portablepc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>portablepc</span></a></p>
Paolo Amoroso<p>This 1988 paper reports on Smalltalk-80 for exploratory programming and fast prototyping at Tektronix.</p><blockquote><p>Standard software engineering uses programming to implement a given specification. In contrast, exploratory programming is writing the specification.</p></blockquote><p><a href="https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/51607.51614" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/516</span><span class="invisible">07.51614</span></a></p><p>Some of the parallels the paper draws to Interlisp-D are not entirely accurate.</p><p><a href="https://groups.google.com/g/lispcore/c/G9ozbhT2OnQ/m/-XF_Ufm6CAAJ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">groups.google.com/g/lispcore/c</span><span class="invisible">/G9ozbhT2OnQ/m/-XF_Ufm6CAAJ</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/smalltalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>smalltalk</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/interlisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>interlisp</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
LittleAlex 🇺🇦🇮🇱🇩🇪🇳🇴<p>Today 38 years ago a small computer manufacturer in UK launched their new product. The RISC machine became the Acorn Risc Machine and later Advanced Risc Machine -&gt; ARM</p><p>It is the most used CPU ever. Intel? Never heard of it...</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/acorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>acorn</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/AcornComputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AcornComputers</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ARM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ARM</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPU</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/computerhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computerhistory</span></a></p>
John T<p>I could use some <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> help!</p><p>I recently acquired a (homebuilt) device from a friend, and as a labor of love, I'm trying to restore it for him.</p><p>It has a single broken key (contacts are broken), which I don't see any good way to fix without replacement.</p><p>Anyone have any idea what this keyboard is?</p><p>Boosts are appreciated!</p><p>EDIT: I'm quite sure the prosigns (CH, CT, KN, AR etc) are label modifications. Also, the device origin is Australia or Canada.</p>
Emily<p>Managed to get a Commodore 64 AEA User port to TNC cable.<br>* Trying to find the manual or details<br>* Looking for an image of the original PackRatt Software for the Commodore 64 if possible?</p><p>Anyone in the Fediverse able to help? 😊 Thanks!</p><p><a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/HamRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HamRadio</span></a> <a href="https://hackaday.social/tags/AmateurRadio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmateurRadio</span></a></p>
Richard Troupe<p>I may have asked this before here, but I have an Apple II with a keyboard that doesn't work, other than CTRL + RESET.</p><p>What's the best replacement for this encoder?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/appleii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appleii</span></a></p>