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If you focus your energy like a laser, you can do anything!2 comments

Trixter wrote 1 day ago: It has taken me decades to understand my own behavior.  Saving you the lengthy self-analysis, I can … more →

Tags: Demoscene, digital video, Gaming, lifehacks, MINDcandy, Mobygames, Programming

How DEC Failed to Enter the PC Market: A 1982 Documentary

legalize wrote 3 weeks ago: Fanboy.com has an interesting post about DEC’s attempt to enter the PC market: This is an prom … more →

Tags: Computers

Manic Miner on X-One Console1 comment

zuzebox wrote 1 month ago: As promised in my post of 15th October, here’s some screen shots of Manic Miner on my Xmos XC-2 base … more →

Tags: Retro Gaming, vintage computer, xmos, video console, Manic Miner, X-One, VGA, Retro Computing, Xone

Save Ferris1 comment

Trixter wrote 1 month ago: Well, a group of us are collecting money to buy Ferris Bueller a new kidney. They run about 50 g … more →

Huge Warehouse of Vintage Computing Gear

legalize wrote 2 months ago: Check out hachti’s gallery A few impressions from Kiel for a peek at a large stash of vintage … more →

Tags: Computers

Remanufacturing PDP-7 Switch Handles

legalize wrote 3 months ago: devers6 writes: This is a short video of my CNC-converted Grizzly Mill-Drill (Sieg Super X3) being u … more →

Tags: Computers

Mike Ross's CoreStore Photos

legalize wrote 3 months ago: CoreStore Photos Mike Ross’s vintage computer collection is indeed something to drool over. He … more →

Tags: Computers

DENCON13 comments

Eliot Phillips wrote 4 months ago: Defcon, the world’s largest hacker convention, is this coming weekend in Las Vegas. While the … more →

Tags: cons, News, defcon, defcon17, Jason Scott, Las Vegas, PDP-11, Retro, vintagetech

A Look Back

jamssn wrote 7 months ago: Ah, the days where a computer with a beige finish was all the rage and a 9” screen was somethi … more →

Tags: Apple, Mac

Blogging on the move at Block Party 20094 comments

Trixter wrote 8 months ago: I’m headed off to Block Party 2009; hopefully I can see some of you there, and maybe meet some … more →

Tags: Demoscene

Learning to let go6 comments

Trixter wrote 9 months ago: There’s a happy ending in here, so don’t cry for me Argentina.  Also, it rambles a bit.  … more →

Tags: Demoscene, Software Piracy

Restoring yellowed computer plastics35 comments

Eliot Phillips wrote 9 months ago: Many of our cherished computers and consoles from the past have not stood up well over time. It … more →

Tags: macs hacks, Misc Hacks, pcs hacks, Amiga, Apple, Commodore, glycerine, Hydrogen Peroxide, oxy

Stories of Apple1 comment

kOoLiNuS wrote 1 year ago: aaaaaand finally my italian fellow Nicola D’Agostino has decided to make available to the inte … more →

Tags: Apple, Blogroll, Hardware, vintage, Computers, Retrocomputing, avertising, cupertino, Steve Jobs

25 Years of Junior25 comments

Trixter wrote 1 year ago: 25 years ago, IBM announced the IBM PCjr.  23 years ago, they killed it as swiftly as one would kill … more →

Old geekery. Part 1.

Gustavo Seidler wrote 1 year ago: 3½ Double Density Floppy Disc: Format: FAT12 Media id: 0xF9 Total sectors: 1440 Total tracks: 80 Sec … more →

Tags: Floppy Disc, specifications

The diskette that blew Trixter's mind171 comments

Trixter wrote 1 year ago: As an IBM PC historian, one aspect of my hobby is archiving gaming software.  (You can take that sta … more →

Tags: Software Piracy

Kicking my own ass6 comments

Trixter wrote 1 year ago: I love Wizball. Every few years, as I slowly work my way through my hobby of restoring vintage IBM P … more →

Tags: Gaming

Dynamic compilation for computer emulation

rhyre wrote 1 year ago: This post is really about using Apple Integer BASIC as a scripting language…. Intel Mac users … more →

Tags: technology

Crushed under the weight of my own fun7 comments

Trixter wrote 1 year ago: I find myself, routinely, in the odd position of having so many fun things to work on that all I can … more →

Tags: Demoscene, Programming


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