Josip Retro Bits @josipretrobits@social.cleverlibre.org

After being offline (and even not really using my computers much) for over a week and not really missing it, then coming back and seeing news of big tech privacy issues, and the US's current sanity issues, I'm kinda thinking maybe just going back to the 80s/90s, using computers that aren't hyperconnected and going back to BBSs and BBS parties for socialising.

It seems that everything works so far.
#C64 #uEliteBoard64 !
Keyboard, cartridge, disk, joysticks. :-) Sound is oddly quiet, but also works nicely.
And the board offers pins to run a shielded luma signal for a slightly clearer picture. Nice touch!

(The board got a temporary home in my breadbin case until I found something nicer)

Practice makes perfect.

Eco-friendly portable swimming

A way to relax. A bit of fun for the city dweller and even to collect some rainwater for something else after...

#eco #tips #freeschool #diy #homemade #summer #fun #portable #swimming #pool

Been rewatching a lot of #StarTrek #DS9 recently. It’s my favorite Trek by far and incredibly wholesome and witty most of the time. We should really make an effort to get to that Federation utopia at some point instead of behaving like stereotypical Ferengi and Cardassians.

🕹 Atari Lives, IE does not, and the minions are coming - This Geek in Review for 2022-06-24

https://www.gozgeek.com/posts/2022/atari-internet-explorer-minions-theoffice-this-geek-review-2022-06-24/

RC-BOX BBS is turning 1 year this month - time to celebrate!

Would you believe it? Indeed this month marks the 1st anniversary of RC-BOX BBS, the world's first and (currently only) #rc2014 based buelltin board system.

And what an effort it took to get the all the CP/M tools customized, configured and compiled / assembled.

...and than the need for that "DCD line" hack on the SIO/2 board!

The initial install used the "MBBS" software for CP/M instead of "RBBS4" but once I found the BDS-C code for "RBBS4" I adapted that code to make use of some special #rc2014 hardware modules and switched the system over to "RBBS4".

Since then, 1164 calls were received and 84 messages have been posted to the "General" message file (message file ID #2).

There are at least two or three regular callers which is a lot, given the plain nature of the system (and the general unwillingness of people to dial in to BBSes, except for their own 😋​)

#rc2014bbs #rc2014 #cpm #rbbs4 #bulletinboard #bbs #8bitnews

Echo And The Bunnymen – Heaven Up Here https://ift.tt/QeRAbqO #revivalrecords #vinyl

Let’s address the name of the band first, shall we?

Well, it turns out there is no special or cerebral hidden meaning if we are to believe Will Sergeant, the lead guitarist, it was just a st…

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Still available to download to try/buy for Windows and Mac.

Just tested the latest Mac binary (Universal PPC and Intel compiled in 2012) and it works fine under Rosetta 2 on a M1 Max MacBook with my screen saver license from 2015. 🤓

#RetroComputing #Screensavers #MarineAquarium #SereneScreen
https://www.serenescreen.com/v2/issues.html?os=ios#download

Thanks to some rather quick delivery I can, at least, remove the Bluetooth tape out of the equation #retrocomputers #retrocomputing #xp

Would Duke Nukem make a good movie in 2022 or would it be like cringing at that outdated, sexist uncle at the family wedding?
https://youtu.be/1RfxjHrUlqw

We discuss this and all the retro news of the week on TWIR. Watch on YouTube or search “This Week in Retro” on your #podcast app https://twitter.com/RMCRetro/status/1538776943805583365/photo/1

James Brown (@ancient_james on Twitter) tweets:

I wired the brick up as a very small external monitor, so you can, for instance, play Doom on it.

#Lego #Doom #Maker

More on James Brown's brick:

https://www.hackster.io/news/james-brown-s-lego-computer-brick-hides-a-fully-functional-programmable-oled-display-bf686c392057

https://twitter.com/ancient_james/status/1538651525945630720

https://twitter.com/ancient_james/status/1534002794726031360

@/pripyatbeast My Windows 98 rig is my go-to for late 90s/early 2000s

1GHz Pentium III, 256MB RAM, 16MB Voodoo 3 AGP, Aureal Vortex 2 and Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold sound cards, and a variety of storage devices packed into a Lian Li PC-62 case https://twitter.com/lazygamereviews/status/1538578802514792451/photo/1

I love the look of all these new components on the new board, knowing (well, hoping, really) that it will eventually become a #C64 ++ #uEliteBoard64

Exploring the abandoned birthplace of the 6502 and Commodore 64

https://gadgeteer.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/exploring-abandoned-birthplace-400x225.jpg Wow, imagine going back to visit the abandoned building where you started work about 35 years previously, where you went in and out with lots of other people full of hopes and dreams. Amazingly, too, […]

https://gadgeteer.co.za/exploring-the-abandoned-birthplace-of-the-6502-and-commodore-64/ https://squeet.me/objects/962c3e10-c8f6f96a-e4cf58ebf9d03b1c