After Dark's bathroom wall screensaver

still hurts, don't it dark forces

Time for some #macintosh #retrogaming

I can't believe this just worked, mostly.

Wow, last month’s Linux 6.16 kernel release included a fix for the Macintosh II.

It’s a small fix: the Macintosh II was being detected as “Apple Macintosh Unknown” due to an off-by-one error (despite getting the proper Gestalt ID, 6).

Regardless, it’s an issue that’s been around since Linux 2.6.12-rc2 in 2005 (20 years ago), for a computer that’s been around since 1987 (38 years ago)!

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-6.16-Mac-II-Fix

There was a time when I thought the most amazing graphics I had ever seen were ICOM Simulations's "MacVenture" games. But we all know what nostalgia can do to our memories, so I went back and looked at them again.

And they still look great. I knew it!

today's buried treasure:

an interview with john henry thompson on the history of Macromedia Director. it's one of the only interviews ever recorded on the subject.

as the lead programmer and creator of Lingo - the OO scripting language used in director - he relates intimate knowledge of its origins. i was delighted to learn that he borrowed much of the grammar from Hypertalk!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqISbaJ7qug

The #declutter efforts are mixed #TBH

I hate it, but started an #ebay account again https://www.ebay.com/usr/3vil_1
To help pay it forward on some items

And the things that are not moving on the local #Craigslist

eflea #siliconValley #SillyValley
#vintagecomputing
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware
#computerHistory
#retro
#retrocomputing #retroComputers
#WallOfRetro
#retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech
#apple #VintageApple #VintageMacintosh #macintosh #mac #mac_pro #mac_osx #MacintoshPr0n
#ham_radio #ham_operator #HamRadioOutlet #ham
#vintageDell #DellComputer #laptop #vintagelaptop
#hp #Hewlett_Packard_Enterprise #hewlett_packard

Now I kinda want a small [Potato [wiki.xxiivv.com]] plushie or something I can talk to while learning #uxn. XD

Rek's cartoon anthropomorphization of Potato (obviously inspired by form factors like the #Macintosh IIsi and earlier mac models) hits me right in the feels. XD

i wrote a 120,000 word book on my experience growing up in the BBS and dial-up internet era, from ~1985-1997

it's chock full of stories about ibm pc and macintosh hardware and gaming

it's going to be published this autumn as an ebook and might get a print edition

but i have a far more stupid idea for it: how about a floppy disk edition with a custom dos/windows 3.1 & macintosh system 6 ebook version

has anyone written a Voyager Expanded Book using the VEB Toolkit in 30 years?

(if you haven't heard of Expanded Books, michael crichton and voyager's team wrote an *excellent* version of Jurassic Park)

is there an ms-dos or windows 3.1 equivalent to VEBs? I swear that back in the 90s someone made ebooks using "Asymetrix Multimedia Toolbook", but i can't seem to find any examples of it

Sunday funday! #retrocomputing #commodore #amiga #c64 #apple #macintosh

Sorcellerie !
#Macintosh #vintagecomputing #macintoshse #ipadmini

Wow, this is kinda cool. If I had an M4 Mac mini, I would possibly need to acquire one of these nostalgic docks.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wokyis/wokyis-m5-retro-outside-powerful-inside

I could have fun with that 5-inch screen.

Anyone know how i can #ssh into a modern computer using a #classicmac
Trying to get a #macintosh SE to become a terminal console for a #linux computer/server.

Ssh might be too new, so i mught need telnet or rsh to properly get #networking
Working.

Any thoughts

my gods. i had no idea this existed. after dark 10th anniversary edition came with a special module called Hall of Fame that had manga re-imaginings of the most popular AD characters.

Boris begs to have its own sega branded anime game. fish also gets a top dog award.

video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36Agdjw3x5U

Does Apple still make any reference to “Macintosh” in macOS or it's computers?

This thought prompted by the nice detail that Adobe InDesign still does in its PDF Creator metadata.

SIMP_SND.DLL contains every sound used in the berkeley systems simpsons after dark screensaver

it turns out to be a long chain of unsigned 8-bit RIFF waveform 11025hz files

extracted here for your pleasure

Today’s vintage find. #myst #macintosh

The original Macintosh took me by suprise in 1984 because, as a hobbyist with limited access to research literature, I wasn't aware of the work at Xerox PARC and elsewhere on Graphical User Interfaces. I was familiar with the text and graphics modes of home and personal computers but the mouse-driven interface came out of the blue for me.

The new Applesauce+ is amazing. Imaging 800k disks with ease. #digipres #macintosh