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Decades ago, we had to manually assign interrupt addresses for external hardware to get internet.

#RetroComputing

Inside of a vintage computer modified with the image of a telephone operator at a switchboard
#retrocomputing

i'm making a #QBasic game using mode 13h, 320x200 8bpp. i'm using the line doubling feature of the VGA card to make it 320x100 then manually doubling each pixel horizontally for 160x100

i realized i could use a palette with 3 bits red/green and 2 blue, and then do "subpixel" dither to generate the in between colors. i made a converter to test if that would look good, and it does

here's a thread of images showing what that looks like

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#PixelArt #QBasic #dos #RetroComputing #RetroDev

an overgrown torii gate in a forest (CRT version)
an overgrown torii gate in a forest
cool vaporwave mountains (CRT version)
cool vaporwave mountains
#Pixelart #retrocomputing #qbasic #dos #retrodev

Thanks to Bruce and Jeff for their hard work getting the Altair 8800 running PGA BASIC in time for the big game! #gohawks #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

icm.museum

The Interim Computer Museum

icm.museum
#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #gohawks

Hey everyone, Iโ€™m #newhere in this pod. diaspora* user Nยบ 21520 (join in 2010).

Iโ€™m interested in #computers, #linux, #gnulinux, #software, #hardware, #homecomputer, #music, #freesoftware, #diaspora, #nature, #retrocomputing, #trekking #mountainbike, #kayak and much more!!!

Thanks to @Daniel Doubet for creating and maintaining this pod.

I live in Patagonia, Argentina.

#Linux #nature #software #Music #diaspora #hardware #freesoftware #computers #retrocomputing #kayak #Trekking #newhere #gnulinux #homecomputer #mountainbike @Daniel Doubet

Fortunately all my vintage tech still fits in a corner! I have to specialize in little computers and teletypes now.

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

Top to bottom, left to right: - PiDP-11, TI Silent 700 Model 733 ASR, Teletype Model 43 - TRS-80 Pocket Computer 2, Commodore 64, Commodore 1541 floppy drive, AlphaSmart Pro, Color Computer 1, (hidden) Color Computer 2 - C.ITOH Prowriter Jr., VT220, accessories - Color Computer 3, Commodore 1702 video monitor, Macintosh SE
#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

FUCK IT, MISSING DOS WEDNESDAY

Trying to locate an Australian DOS game from โ‰ˆ 1988, ๐‹๐ž๐ฑ, ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐…๐ฎ๐ง ๐Ÿ.

The game was part of a series of four Edutainment games by Reckon Software/John Grimley.

Here's the box cover art, a text ad, and screenshots of 2 other games in the series! Help a gal out!?

#retrogaming #retrocomputing #msdos #dosgaming #australia

Lex, Word Fun One cover art. Wizard with helicopters. Incredible concept. The game allows you to become a wordy pilot of the Semantic Squadron, I've read!
๏ปฟWord Fun 1 Based on a helicopter theme, this package provides learners with plenty of hands on action as they take control of their various aircraft. Its interesting graphics reinforce the fantasy aspect of a skill building word rescue assignment. Oppocopter uses words taken from a large pool of carefully selected exact opposite pairs, that have beeen graded into four levels of difficulty. The learner manoeuvres a helicopter to shoot down the correct opposite from a multiple selection. A scorebar counts correct answers, but if an error is made, the correct answer is highlighted. At each level, one of four speeds can be chosen to place a time limit on answering each question. Synocopter asks the learner to effect a rescue by helicopter, by matching a word with its exact synonym to correctly locate the target. There are three levels of difficulty and three speeds to choose from. Alphacopter provides a unique way to practise alphabetical skills as well as strategic problem solving skills. Using a helicopter to lift the top word block off one of three piles and then to move it to another pile, the learner is able to transform a randomly ordered pile of words into an alphabetically ordered array. Six levels grade this activity from a simple task to a most demanding one. The exciting action in all three games gives this package a particularly strong computer games appeal which is well balanced by its sound educational content.
Spelling Fun 1 menu screen. In fetching CGA!
Lex, Wizard of Words commencement screen. Yet more lovely CGA!
#australia #retrocomputing #retrogaming #dosgaming #msdos

Modern web needs like 100MB just to say "Hello World". I went the other way.

Introducing GASM: A Gopher server in pure i386 Assembly.

๐Ÿ’พ Binary: 1.5KB
๐Ÿง  RAM: 24KB (Verified with pmap)
๐Ÿšซ Dependencies: 0 (No libc, pure syscalls)
๐Ÿฆ• Min Spec: Intel 386DX (1985)

Probably runs on the shittiest hardware you can find, or on your Ryzen 9.

github.com/someodd/gasm

#assembly #gopher #lowlevel #linux #retrocomputing #foss


GitHub - someodd/gasm: bare-metal i386 Gopher server for Linux

bare-metal i386 Gopher server for Linux. Contribute to someodd/gasm development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
#Linux #foss #retrocomputing #assembly #gopher #lowlevel

I managed to get my new #Palm Tungsten C on the internet and damn, it can still read RSS feeds today! Slashdot and Ars Technica were the only ones I could find with plain HTTP support, but it works really well!

#RetroComputing

#retrocomputing #palm

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