mastodon 4.7.3Old computers, home electronics, software, and bad cars. Trying to learn 日本語
New blog post! It's part five of my quest to make my very own #ColecoVision. This time, I let other people build one too, and make sure I actually included all the parts! There's still some bugs to work out, but I do still love my first clone system.
https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/03/24/colecovision-diy-part-5.html
New blog post! This TRS-80 Model 1 was found in the bottom of a trash bin, smashed to bits by heavy printers and cash registers above it. Will it ever run again?
#retrocomputing #tandy #trs80 #trs80model1
https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/03/03/trs80-model-1-power-supply-case-fix.html
New blog post! Fujitsu made a wildly complicated machine in the FM-77AV2, and this one defeated me. I did narrow the problem to a bad custom chip! Come along and see the heaviest 8-bit computer I owned before I got even heavier ones. https://www.leadedsolder.com/2026/02/10/fujitsu-fm77av2-damaged-keyboard-controller-failure.html
Finally getting around to unboxing this FM-77 (non-AV) CRT monitor that Surugaya sent me with *free shipping to Canada*. Hopefully it works; they probably won't do a deal that dumb again. #retrocomputing #fm7 #fujitsu
@ancientjames@mastodon.social Pressure sensitivity so you can get the bubble stuck in that weird kind of halfway state for AAAAAA
@gloriouscow@oldbytes.space just sn76489 things
@hkz@social.chinwag.org @DosFox@tech.lgbt I was wondering if you were working together since I knew dosfox was on one.
@markjustmark@aus.social @ifixcoinops@retro.social it's gotta be incredible vibes at these meetings where you just propose whatever comes to mind and they turn it into a power tool
@ifixcoinops@retro.social I gotta get this kit. No longer will I be forced to bribe local magpies to clean my gutters
@ifixcoinops@retro.social didn't even know this was a thing. I assume you still use a ladder?
@hkz@social.chinwag.org @jonn_blanchard@retrochat.online the ejector marks also have dirt piled up in them, and the factory code is different on each one. Definitely pulls, but probably what they say they are.
@gloriouscow@oldbytes.space I assume there used to be some kind of hacked debug that put text mode on a second monitor, or maybe everyone just used a different debugger to crack games.
@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net very nice.
@gloriouscow@oldbytes.space the wizards who can make it sing do some truly incredible songs.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io thanks. I've never heard of such a device. Are you taking up knitting?
@hkz@social.chinwag.org ooh i can't wait. looks like it has room to add a bluescsi or something on the end too
@hkz@social.chinwag.org Great name. Is this for the A2?
@mos_8502@studio8502.ca Yeah, I've ruminated myself on how to make z88dk understand something like paging in code segments. It does *have* paging (https://specnext.dev/blog/2024/12/10/everything-you-wanted-to-know-about-z88dk-paging-segmented-memory-addresses-but-were-afraid-to-ask/) but I think I need to do some experiments before I feel safe using it.
@knutaf@mastodon.gamedev.place @MichaelKlamerus@dosgame.club players who die are punished by being reincarnated in Ann Arbor
@GamesMissed@mastodon.social it works great until you realize glue smudges the marker
@dpiponi@mathstodon.xyz you're probably going to get a lot of other stories like this, but I got almost exclusively ads for large industrial machinery for awhile. I think it's less model collapse and some kind of lazy hill climbing.
@sleepytako@famichiki.jp that bowl better be the size of a bathtub and self refilling like one too
@hkz@social.chinwag.org great name.
@smellsofbikes@mastodon.social @NilaJones@zeroes.ca there's been some neat videos with cats that I've seen. Complaining about the weather is always funny.
@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net this is wild. I look forward to the write up!
@kimlockhartga@beige.party do you take it daily or just as a response?
@mos_8502@studio8502.ca I had a lot of fun at VCF Montreal talking to Gregory who does the C64OS for the REU. Very powerful page switching techniques for process freeze/resume.
@ifixcoinops@retro.social only need one guy for toast: https://youtu.be/S4O5voOCqAQ?
@Rib@fedi.rib.gay I bet someone on the ScummVM team is working hard as we speak
@fozztexx@mastodon.fozztexx.com universal edge is a good idea. Is it safe to start making an adapter to this for the PC-6001, or you want to wait for a few more cycles?
I honestly thought this would taste a lot more like a health potion. Maybe this is actually what health potions taste like? #dragonquest #retrogaming #coffee
@mos_8502@studio8502.ca why can't you do program bank switching, is it a limitation of the C runtime?
@fozztexx@mastodon.fozztexx.com good idea. I was just about to ask you how much the female connector costs.