Double the Islands, Double the Fun? I doubled the number of islands, from 14 to 28, widening the map to use the full screen. I created a new font for the map, intended to be more evocative of archaic Greek alphabets . I moved workshops...

I expanded Cycladic League,
troypress.itch.io/cycladic-league/devlog/1... #QBASIC #retrocomputing #retrogaming

FujiNet has tools like NGET and NPUT to move stuff between an #apple2, and any network endpoint. But I have consistently tried to ask, what could make the experience more integrated?
#retrocomputing

a technical drawing of a 5x light pen splitter, with a male RJ11 cable connected to an enclosure with 5x female RJ11 jacks.

Whats the only thing better than using a light pen?

Using five light pens.

#retrocomputing

MacBook Air festooned with stickers

A few new stickers for #MARCHintosh on the 2022 MacBook Air.

#Mac #MacBookAir #macOS #Apple #AppleSilicon #sticker #stickers #laptopstickers #laptops #M2 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #nomanssky #photo #photograph #computers #Macintosh

Twitch Twitch is the world

New stream setup test tonight
If it works… we fly Star Wars: TIE Fighter

twitch.tv/tormbo

Chaos guaranteed

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #dosgaming #twitchstreamer #pcgaming

Anyone got an idea what to price this at for eBay? It’s a sealed copy of Star Wars Force Commander from 2000

#starwars #retrogaming #retrocomputing

“The light pen itself will continue to be a fairly useful device for selecting menu- type options,” Grayson says. “If the mouse turns out to be as popular as it’s be- ing portrayed, use of the light pen will be limited.” Still, Grayson thinks the light pen is “a viable interface for people who don’t want to use a keyboard.”

What do you think, will the mouse end up being popular?

#retrocomputing

Un Minitel 1 couleur "La Radiotechnique 11 CFZ 201" avec son écran et son clavier séparé posés sur mon bureau.

Le Minitel démonté. On voit l'électronique à l'intérieur qui a été remise en état.

Le Minitel connecté à mon serveur Minitel qui affiche la page d'accueil en couleur.

Nouvel article de blog en ligne sur un sujet attendu depuis un moment :
Analyse et remise en état d’un Minitel 1 couleur « La Radiotechnique 11 CFZ 201 »

📝 www.jelora.fr/post/2026/03...

#blog #Minitel #retrocomputing

An engraved technical illustration of a computer tape drive. It is an exploded diagram in axonometric layout, with callouts and meticulous shading on the metal surfaces and knobs.

Hat tip @dectape.bsky.social

#retrocomputing

SEGA

A new blog post about the surprisingly complicated story of SEGA in the UK.
whereweretheynow.blogspot.com/2026/03/sega... #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #SEGA

Looking for UK based #retrogaming and #retrocomputing accounts on mastodon and bluesky to follow. I’m sorely missing fun accounts who share retro tech and projects. If you fit the bill, let me know.

Ramping up. I predict this will double if not triple before bidding ends. #RetroComputing #Acorn #Archimedes

WTB: Looking for any of:

* SpectraVideo SV-328
* Memotech MTX-512
* Tatung Einstein

for doing #FujiNet bring-ups.

Please message me directly.

#retrocomputing

A squarish, flat cardboard box approximately 8" sitting on a wooden surface. The box has a faded label marked "Warp Speed Light Pen - Compatible with All MS/PC-DOS Computers"

The shiny aluminum light pen with an attached black coiled phone cord. A digital calipers indicates the pen body is 15.1 cm long.

A somewhat uncommon example of a light pen for the IBM CGA's light pen header.

#retrocomputing

Purdey uses a Model 770 Intelligent Terminal in the headquarters of the Canadian security services in "The New Avengers".

In "Sapphire & Steel", Lord Mullrine's secretary uses a UTS 400 to check stock prices and Steel later uses it to recall newpaper stories from the 1930s.

Lumley's Intelligent Terminals: www.starringthecomputer.com/newsitem.htm...

#computersinmovies #retrocomputing #UNIVAC

#Amail unit testing still ongoing... Fixing things...

Also have an #Amiga 2000 on my bench to do cleanup and get running again. Thinking of selling this one once complete.

The floppy drive was pretty dirty see below. Cleaned up, new grease applied and works well.

#commodore #retrocomputing

"Screenshot" of a Windows XP logon screen (in glorious S-Video quality)

It's aliveeeeeeee! #retrocomputing

ThinkTank on the PC w/DOS Outliner software seems to attract a uniquely obsessive group. The lure of getting one's thoughts organized is powerfully strong, but does it work?

Obsidian, todo.txt, Emacs Org-mode? They all have a predecessor from the MS-DOS era!

ThinkTank on the PC w/DOS
stonetools.ghost.io/thinktank-dos/
#retrocomputing

Cleaned up die of an ATI X1400

Always love to see the die under the thermal compound. #retrocomputing

Cooling solution of a SFF PC: A big shaped piece of metal with a fan and two copper parts/heatpipes

That's a big hunk of metal! #retrocomputing

#ScreensaverOTD - 2026-03-29:
3D Flower Box

Year: 1995
Creator: Microsoft Corporation
Product: Windows 95
Publisher: Microsoft Corporation
Systems: Windows 95 to XP
Resolution: 1024x768

#Screensaver #RetroComputing

The University of Cambridge origins of AmigaDOS: the British technology behind the Amiga When the Commodore Amiga 1000 arrived in 1985, it felt as though the future had suddenly appeared on people’s desks. At a time when most home computers we

The University of Cambridge origins of AmigaDOS: the British technology behind the Amiga www.generationamiga.com/2026/03/29/t... #Amiga #AmigaDOS #TRIPOS
#UniversityOfCambridge #ComputerHistory #RetroComputing
#BritishTechnology #Amiga1000 #OperatingSystems #TechHistory #Commodore

Surprised that bidding on this Archimedes is still so low considering the upgrades and included podules, though I imagine there'll be some frenzied bidding towards the end. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/39774751...

#RetroComputing #Acorn #Archimedes

So cool. #MP3 playback working under #Amiga #Workbench 1.3 using #MHI hardware decoding in the #AMIGus sound card on my #A3000. :-) #retrocomputing

Enjoying catching up on some #ms-dos #PC #demos today. Turns out I have missed some great demos in recent years for DOS. :-) #retrocomputing #pentium200 #mmx #demoscene

Mac SE torn down for testing

Mac SE stock benchmark

Mac SE with MicroMax MMXL99 accelerator

Mac SE post upgrade benchmark

#marchintosh shenanigans.

Originally for a Plus, I soldered on a right-angle eurocard/euro din connector for the PDS slot.

Got a semasimac at first, found out I needed to disconnect the A29 pin (or remove the GAL at U7.) Now it works!

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #macintosh #apple

Apple-1 replica arrived just in time for Apple 50th at icm.museum #apple50 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

:Kare_happy: вот пример (п**иса** л уже чуть ранее об этой пробл**еме**)
страница в unicode пок**аза** на, в принципе, корректно, не считая неработающих жабас**кри** птов. но…
внимание на заголовок окна!

#macos9

ICYMI — Check out this deeply reported profile of an overlooked early experiment in online comics.

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #comics #history #longreads

Damn Small Linux 4.4.9 on 86Box with Socket 370 [1998] We have earlier showcased how Damn Small Linux 2024 RC7 works on a VMware virtual machine, and it was different from the classic DSL Linux distribution, which focused on being a small distribution that has the size of 50 MB. Unlike the classic Damn Small Linux, which can fit on a business card sized CD-ROM, the modern version doesn't fit on a mini CD because it has a size of 718 MB.

Damn Small Linux 4.4.9 on 86Box with Socket 370 [1998]

#Linux #Kernel #LinuxKernel #Computers #Laptops #TechNews #TechUpdates #Retrocomputing #DamnSmallLinux #DSLLinux