New post! I documented my weekend efforts to run #Rust on classic Mac OS in case it's useful to others or if anyone has ideas of additional things to try.
wezm.net/v2/posts/2023/rust-on…
I recently acquired a Power Macintosh 9500/150 and after cleaning it up and building a BlueSCSI to replace the failed hard drive it’s now in a semi-operational state.www.wezm.net
you can see you can see the early "DAS BOOT" disk loading TOS boot screen, printed really big pasted up on the whiteboard for some reason
probably using that Apple Imagewriter
#retrocomp #retrocomputing #Atari #AtariST
The Atari 260ST. There's a lot of misinformation circulating about this model on the internet, including the "fact" that it was only released with 256K of RA...YouTube
someone pointed out there is an Apple Lisa with Atari asset tags owned by a collector in Germany?
and may still have the TOS development system on its hard drive
homecomputer.de/pages/f_info.h…
could be the same one on the far right in the photo!
#retrocomp #retrocomputing #Atari #AtariST #Apple #Lisa
as it is the 40th anniversary of the Apple Lisa i am once again obsessing about this photo of Atari developers Dave Staugas, Jim Eisenstein and Jerome Domurat sitting in front of a few Apple Lisas and Macintoshes in March of 1985
the Apple Lisa was used to prototype the Atari ST's TOS operating system before the hardware was ready
the photo is from this Antic Podcast interview with Jerome:
archive.org/details/JeromeDomu…
#retrocomp #retrocomputing #Atari #AtariST #Apple #Lisa
Jerome Domurat worked at Atari from November 1981 through July 1986 as an artist and interface designer. He started creating art for the home game systems,...Internet Archive
speaking of Apple Lisa source...
source code for the GEMDOS prototype for the Apple Lisa was found among the Digital Research source code that was released under the GPL by Caldera a while back
now that's how you publicly license historical source code
and people have gotten it to run!
with a full GEM desktop!
it even runs well behaving Atari ST apps!
stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopi…
alternative-system.com/en/revi…
compu85.homeip.net/stuff/Lisa/…
#retrocomp #retrocomputing #Atari #AtariST #Apple #Lisa #GEM
This is the best photo of magnetic core memory I've ever taken. IBM, early 60s. Shot with a microscope lens mounted on a 35mm B&W digital camera. No post! (I got into the habit of never doing any post-processing while documenting historic artifacts for the museum. Photoshop not allowed!) #retrocomputing #photography #rcsri
I used this shot for the cover of my book of images from our museum:
amazon.com/Inside-Machines-Dav…
This website provides the full back archive of BYTE magazine, all 23 years of it from 1975 to to 1998. It's a treasure trove of vintage tech and nostalgia, not even Archive.org carries all the issues.
The site actually focuses on old Apple magazines, but has also PC magazines and other resources on the history of microcomputing.
Si tu fais de l'informatique, et que tu comprends pas toujours ce qui se passe dans ta babasse, parceque tu ne programmes qu'en #java, #javascript,#python je t'encourage vivement perdre quelques heures de ta vie pour regarder cette série de vidéo.
“Hello, world” from scratch on a 6502 — invidious.fdn.fr/watch?v=LnzuM…
Learn how computers work in this series where I build and program a basic computer with the classic 6502 microprocessor. More info: https://www.eater.net/6502 Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl8vPW5hydQ Part 3: https://www.youtube.Ben Eater | Invidious
Now that there are so many people here, maybe there's a chance:
🖥️ In the 1990s, I used a #MicroVAX II with a #DEC #VT320 #terminal like the one shown here, but with an original black plastic case for both the monitor (white monochrome) and keyboard as sold new by the vendor (Evans & Sutherland).
🔎 Has anyone ever come across one of these with the black case? Surely some of these rare models were saved from the landfill.
Announcement: Macstodon 0.3 is here! 🥳
Macstodon is a Mastodon client for 68k Macintosh computers! With it, you can post plain-text toots, view your home and local timelines, and view your notifications!
System Requirements:
- A 68020/68030/68040 Macintosh
- System 7.1 through 8.1
- At least 1.5 MB of free memory
- 32-bit addressing enabled
- Internet Config installed
- an SSL-stripping proxy running on another machine
You can download the latest release from GitHub: github.com/smallsco/macstodon
(but please read the Read Me, I worked hard on it!)
And with that, I'm going to take a break from this project for a few days! But do let me know if you've successfully used it!
#RetroComputing #RetroProgramming #VintageMac #68K #Apple #Mac #MacOS #ClassicMac
A basic Mastodon client for Classic Mac OS. Contribute to smallsco/macstodon development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
3 years ago I volunteered to create a new edition of Ethan Winer’s 1990s BASIC programming book using LibreOffice (@libreoffice). Over the span of a year, with Ethan’s editorial input, I rebuilt the book layout from TXT sources in #LibreOffice , and recreated all diagrams from scratch using #FreeDOS, #InkScape and #GIMP. It turned out great!
#BASIC #programming #RetroComputing
British computer scientist and mathematician Kathleen Booth has passed away. Kathleen is credited with inventing the concept of assembly language and implementing the subsequent assembler and autocode for computers at the University of London. Machines: The Automatic Relay Calculator (ARC), Simple Electronic Computer (SEC) and the All Purpose Electronic (X) Computer (APE(X)C)
Kathleen Booth 1922 - 2022
#rip #obituary #computerhistory #retrocomputing #hacking
Foenix Retro Systems is a provider of "new" retro systems. Either based off the WDC65C816 or 32bits CPUs like the MC68EC030 or i486DX2-66.The C256 Foenix
An #introduction: I'm a #javascript dev from Brisbane, Australia. I run bne.social for Brissie folks & friends, join us!
📹 I loove #travel #vlog / #filmmaking / editing. Check out my Youtube at ash.ms/yt. Send me yours!
🚵 Also interested in #sustainability, #cycling, #retrocomputing & my CD collection (what's your fav album?)
Otherwise I love this part of the world & you'll probably find a lot of photos of moments I find beautiful around here. PS: 💯 gay 🌈 🦄
