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Taking the Mac for a walk. Those wheels were a great investment.
Me at work these days.
“You must come into the office”
The office:
Great idea - replace the original video IC in a retro computer with a Pico-based replacement that also does HDMI. Here’s one for Texas Instruments’ TI99/4A quirky computer that also works in the Memotech MTX512 quirky computer.
https://lectronz.com/products/pico9918pro
Interested in learning FORTH?
The Retro Computer app has a widget that shows up on my car’s CarPlay-connected screen. I mean, yeah, I like it. It’s super nerdy.
Coming soon..
Only a little bit bonkers. The Virtual KIM iPhone app now comes with a companion app that now includes contemporary games. At least one of which runs on a 6502 emulator ON THE WATCH.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/virtualkim-6502-emulator/id1548356829
An update to the opcodes app is now available.
- Z80N opcodes and info
- Missing transputer instructions
Remember to tip your developer!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/opcodes-retro-cpu-reference/id6760205834
I tried to build a mechanical scanning TV using an old LP and a neon bulb (LEDs were too expensive) when I was wee.
Here’s how i might try it if i was going to give it a go today.
Scanwheel, a miniature mechanical TV
Remember kids: if you can’t afford a KIM-1 you can always use a KIM-1 emulator.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/virtualkim-6502-emulator/id1548356829
Holy shit. Someone actually coded this. It’s real. And it times out after 2 minutes. And best of all a single click on the last digit triggers the check so unless it’s a 1 it fails. It’s bloody amazing!
World’s worst UX ever!
We did it! We finally did it!
A reminder - if you bought Pocket Universe (even ten years ago) - your purchase should have unlocked all the features in the new version permanently. If not, please let me know.
But $3 for ten years of updates is pretty good value I would have thought.
You’re going to like this: My biggest retro-computing project yet! It’s an app that gathers information, specs, community, new peripherals.. everything I can think of.
Here’s the public TestFlight beta. PLEASE let me know where I have made mistakes or omissions!
Retro Computers
https://testflight.apple.com/join/pY3ZksZz
I need one of these to scan retro computers.
https://store.creality.com/products/creality-pika-3d-scanner
If 600 people use the 99c tip in the retro computer app, I’ll order it. Only 598 tips to go!
Boosted by @joe@f.duriansoftware.com
By popular demand, the Motorola 680x0 family gets full details in the free CPU reference app “opcodes”. You nerds.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/opcodes/id6760205834
Hey have you ever wondered what would happen if you made a mad old racist lunatic into the king of the world? Well wonder no more.
The DEC Opcodes app just got a nice update. Learn how to write low-level code on mini and mainframe computers; now with PDP-1 and PDP-8 programming tutorials. Especially useful if you have a PiDP-1 or PiDP-8!
It’s new and improved! Added a new PDP-11 tutorial, more “historical documents”, and a list of real world places to see a real PDP (or log into one).
Good morning from a country led by genocidal war criminals. But also one without universal healthcare, if that helps narrow it down.
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@cap_ybarra @raynerlucas the hero we need
Interesting times.
I don’t really care about Liquid Glass. What I care about is when I take a photo it vanished for ages before eventually appearing in the Photos app.
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@JenMsft@mastodon.social meow!!
Come get your libtard blood.
Going to be visiting Copenhagen for a few days. I need your recommendations and useful Danish phrases!
Virtual KIM also got an update. Improved 6502 lessons and a new ROM that might look familiar.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/virtualkim-6502-emulator/id1548356829
Update for “Opcodes” app is out! I fixed some missing 68000 instructions, improved the view on the iPad, and now you can paste in a string of hex digits to disassemble them in the scratchpad.
Sir Charles Antony Richard Hoare (/hɔːr/ HOR; 11 January 1934 – 5 March 2026), known as Tony Hoare or C. A. R. Hoare, was a British computer scientist who made foundational contributions to programming languages, algorithms, operating systems, formal verification, and concurrent computing.
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Update is out. Taking requests for new features and bug fixes for v1.2!
The users who hate the user interface of Pocket Universe 2 *really* hate it (in a non-specific way) so I’ve spent a lot of time just simplifying and de-fancy-fying in the hope that will help. Feel free to try the TestFlight and leave feedback (especially if you are German, French, Italian or Spanish!)
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@isonno@mastodon.social @DosFox@tech.lgbt what kind of terminal was connected to it? A Mac?
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@isonno@mastodon.social @DosFox@tech.lgbt FLOPS cost.
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@hansotten@mastodon.social the white looks really nice. Never seen one in person.
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@dpiponi@mathstodon.xyz what a time to have been alive
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@me it was not a text-based interface :) well there was a character generator but seems most often used for graphics. It had 1024 by 1024 points. Remember it was really an oscilloscope CRT, hence round. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDP-1
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@europlus@social.europlus.zone most of the pictures I took myself at various museums. Others are under Creative Commons from Wikipedia. No AI images.
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@wiert@mastodon.social not at the moment.
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@RobeeShepherd@mastodon.art ok the update is out. Speak your brains the easy way!
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@ben no civilised society should allow guns.
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@frobozz@tty0.social which burrito place?
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@apple4ever@mastodon.social I used the 6502 version to verify my 6502 emulator in Virtual KIM.
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@jfaulken@mastodon.gamedev.place swiftUI absolutely sucks at that. Will try again.
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@me funnily enough no - Cartesian. lac xcoord / load X into AC
lio ycoord / load Y into IO
dpy / 720007, plot the point
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@pdevine@sfba.social they can be!
Anyone going to try and watch the total solar eclipse next month? I am, but so stressed about missing it!
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@cblatro@social.vivaldi.net oh wait. I
Meant 3D models.