Playing the Swedish game "Dubbelmoral" on a #Macintosh. #retrogaming #computerhistory
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Late 80s, my buddy writes a programme to zoom in on the Mandelbrot set in interpreted GW-BASIC running on a 4.77 MHz Intel 8088 processor. It's glacially slow, hours per picture, but we think it's awesome.
A few months later he gets a floppy disc with a Mandelbrot zoom programme written in hexadecimal machine code and running on a 6 MHz Motorola 68000. It does the same job in seconds.
The second oldest digital computer in the world is now working 
Well done @usagielectric for getting it in a running state!
The oldest is the Harwell Dekatron at @tnmoc in Bletchley Park, which is also very cool and well worth visiting 
Another book on #C64 history? Don’t mind if I do.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beyondtheborders/redo-from-start-volume-i
#Commodore #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #Gaming
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beyondtheborders/redo-from-start-volume-i
#Commodore #RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #Gaming
Starting a fresh new profile, let's introduce me.
I'm Nicolas from north of France, I like old computers, I have a collection of #amiga, #C64, #amstrad, #atari. I also like #computerhistory and started to code emulators, I made a #teletype, #altair and #Intel8080 emulator, and also a #Z80 then a #trs80 emulator coded in #rust. Currently experimenting with #Zig, and #riscv64 assembly.
@dougmerritt @northernlights @kentpitman @SDF @nosrednayduj @sacha @hairylarry @pkw @rat @pizzapal
https://anonradio.net:8443/anonradio #liveNow (on the hour)
if everyone can #boost the #live #interview with Kent Pitman on #lisp / #computerScience / #computerHistory / your live questions toot ^ within the next hour, I would be much obliged.
(mac)OStalgia by Michael Feeney.
A delightful dive into classic macOS 9, with reimagined versions of modern day applications, showing how they might look and feel if they met the expectations and interface conventions from back then.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DwJNQMBCOk
Background on how it was made and beautiful stils:
I also have a panel discussion occurring at 2:35 pm EST with Sean Haas of the @adventofcomputing podcast!
We're going to discuss the non-official ways mainframe computers were used - games included! #computerhistory
#firstPost #Medium
https://medium.com/@screwlisp/introduction-to-screw-lisp-common-lisp-clim-series-8563795a8b6c
Hi everyone! I have come to find cool people on and around Medium, please say hi!
Lots of what I write is about #lisp #commonLisp #computerHistory (though it all is bleeding edge and was bleeding edge originally too).
I found formatting this article for Medium sooo hard. Any tips?
I'm also -> @screwtape@mastodon.sdf.org (main) @screwtape@communitymedia.video (interviews/shows)
@screwtape@toobnix.org (short lisp videos)
I am happy for us to be mutuals over there/s too.
Retoot 4 new friends please!
Medium · First Medium/Nice to meet you! & About my programming / lisp / GUI / lazy stuff | Medium
Early hobbyist computing in Japan, circa 1978. #computerhistory
A few more photos emphasising the hands-on nature of the Centre for Computing History. Most of the computers, games consoles and arcade games that are on display are working, and set up for visitors to use. It's great.
The kid and I had a great time at the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge today. As I anticipated he had fun playing old games on the many computers, games consoles and arcade machines, but he was also surprisingly interested in writing 2 line BASIC programs on the BBC computers in the "80's classroom" room.
@muzej@mastodon.social
At first glance, "just another" keyboard for the Iskra Delta Triglav computer (celebrating 40 years this year – more on that soon!), but upon closer inspection, it turns out to be a high-quality DIY conversion into an upgraded ZX Spectrum! (With one small flaw – did you spot it?) A big thank you to the generous donor!
@muzej@mastodon.social
Home computers Oric Nova 64, Schneider CPC and Orao – less widespread and known, but each with a fascinating story behind it!
@muzej@mastodon.socialThis is the appearance of a CPU when removed from a wafer. Shown here is the Intel 83C196LD CPU die—a 16K ROM variant of the renowned 80196—extracted from a factory-diced wafer but never completed with final packaging.
@muzej@mastodon.social
Action 52 for the NES promised a great deal: 52 games for $199, or less than $4 per game! However, anyone who bought it quickly realized that the games weren’t even worth that much. Some wouldn’t even start, or they crashed outright 
@muzej@mastodon.socialWe're live! Join us for a stream as we build an Apple I replica! 
Link: https://www.twitch.tv/racunalniskimuzej
@muzej@mastodon.social Paka 3000 + 
Node.js = 
@muzej@mastodon.socialThis one took a bit more time —what do you think? 
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