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Thank you so much to all who answered, this is really cool! Love to learn more about all the unofficial clones and how successful they were....

Thank you so much to all who answered, this is really cool! Love to learn more about all the unofficial clones and how successful they were. The speccy was truly an international success!

I knew the ZX Spectrum sold very well (supposedly 5 million, all models combined), but I also know there were countless clones especially in...

I knew the ZX Spectrum sold very well (supposedly 5 million, all models combined), but I also know there were countless clones especially in Eastern bloc nations. Does anyone know how many units were made when counting all these variants?

#ZXSpectrum #speccy #retroComputing

@adafruit Hey there, long time happy customer here, thank you for all that you do. I'm moving soon and I have a functional Ender 3 pro...

@adafruit Hey there, long time happy customer here, thank you for all that you do. I'm moving soon and I have a functional Ender 3 pro that I'd like to donate; do you know if there are places (makerspace/schools/etc) in the NYC area that would want it for free?

Feeling sick, not happening this weekend.

Feeling sick, not happening this weekend.

Book and card got here, will be plugging in the latter this weekend in my Apple //e and connecting it to my Epson LX-80. I already had a PDF...

Book and card got here, will be plugging in the latter this weekend in my Apple //e and connecting it to my Epson LX-80. I already had a PDF for the manual, but the real spiral bound thing is so much nicer!

#appleII #epson #dotMatrix #retroComputing

Very cool tiny demos for the ZX Spectrum, including one about the progress pride flag. 8 bit machines demos are my favorite due to the...

Very cool tiny demos for the ZX Spectrum, including one about the progress pride flag. 8 bit machines demos are my favorite due to the limitations of these early home computers.

Note: don't read the comments, most are good, but many assholes are also posting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQZt4MO2eD4

#ZXSpectrum #demo #pride #retroComputing #LGBT

Just bought a book from eBay that comes with a weird dongle. Looking forward to reading it, I'm sure it will be exciting.#epson...

Just bought a book from eBay that comes with a weird dongle. Looking forward to reading it, I'm sure it will be exciting.

#epson #dotMatrix #appleII #retroComputing

Even though most people have seen the cat vs Lego cat video, here it is again. Enjoy!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAy9ZYWq8_o#cats #lego

Even though most people have seen the cat vs Lego cat video, here it is again. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAy9ZYWq8_o

#cats #lego

It would be a bad idea for me to buy a dead CGA monitor and attempt to fix it, then resell it. Most likely the monitor will just stay...

It would be a bad idea for me to buy a dead CGA monitor and attempt to fix it, then resell it. Most likely the monitor will just stay dead.

Worse still, I might be able to fix it and then keep it and I don't have the room.

#retroComputing

My favorite computer magazine of the early to mid 80s was Compute! magazine. Today I decided to go check if the internet archive had them...

My favorite computer magazine of the early to mid 80s was Compute! magazine. Today I decided to go check if the internet archive had them and the answer is yes!

https://archive.org/details/compute-magazine?sort=date

#retroComputing #Compute #magazines

I like oldbytes.space a lot. This image is one of the reasons why.If you can spare a few bucks, send them to the admin @dashie who's...

I like oldbytes.space a lot. This image is one of the reasons why.

If you can spare a few bucks, send them to the admin @dashie who's doing a great job with this instance.

Edit: forgot to include donation link - https://ko-fi.com/dashie_the_otter

#threadsBlocked

A little thing about congestion pricing - for most people in NYC who have to use a bus to commute to Manhattan it will likely be a very good...

A little thing about congestion pricing - for most people in NYC who have to use a bus to commute to Manhattan it will likely be a very good thing. It usually took me 90 minutes to get to work using the express bus, most of that time with that bus crawling on a busy boulevard or waiting to slowly cross the midtown tunnel. Tomorrow will be my first time on that bus this year, so I'm curious to see how it goes.

#nyc #congestionPricing

I've been following Usagi Electric's Bendix G-15 saga since it began and I now love this 50s computer. Seems like it's working...

I've been following Usagi Electric's Bendix G-15 saga since it began and I now love this 50s computer. Seems like it's working now!

Edit: I love that it has a bell ringing to indicate success, early beep codes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe1wYwGcjlo

#retroComputing #vintageComputing #BendixG15

Turns out my PC was too recent to play nice with a PCI Sound blaster game port; older Dell with Debian 12 and janky setup to the rescue. I...

Turns out my PC was too recent to play nice with a PCI Sound blaster game port; older Dell with Debian 12 and janky setup to the rescue. I managed to successfully test all 5 analog joysticks and half the gamepads at least as two button game controllers.

#joysticks #linux #gameport #retroComputing

I have an Apple //e. I also have cats.Here is proof of both statements (including the culprit after the fact).#cats #appleII #retroComputing...

I have an Apple //e. I also have cats.

Here is proof of both statements (including the culprit after the fact).

#cats #appleII #retroComputing #catsOfMastodon

Well, I can't test the PC-only joysticks I got from Goodwill (a box of untested joysticks and game pads), but one of them is a PC/Apple...

Well, I can't test the PC-only joysticks I got from Goodwill (a box of untested joysticks and game pads), but one of them is a PC/Apple IIe/c joystick and it works!

#appleII #joystick #Galaxian #retroComputing

Okay, I have two PCI SoundBlaster cards with a gameport - both cards work fine as sound cards on Ubuntu 24.04, but no success using a...

Okay, I have two PCI SoundBlaster cards with a gameport - both cards work fine as sound cards on Ubuntu 24.04, but no success using a joystick on the gameport.

Anyone know of a live usb Linux distro version that supports the legacy gameport? Preferably something that is less than 15 years old. Only doing this to test old joysticks/gamepads so it doesn't have to be good at anything else.

Thank you.

Edit: please only answer if you have personal experience with the above (PC gameport controllers on Linux); looking up possible solutions on search engines and testing them out is something I've already done, which is why I'm asking here.

#retroComputing #retroGaming #gameport #joysticks #linux

Somewhat related recent purchases:#appleII #retroComputing #gotek

Somewhat related recent purchases:

#appleII #retroComputing #gotek

Woz's masterpiece: the Disk II interface.#SteveWozniak #Woz #appleIIhttps://paleotronic.com/2024/01/29/steve-wozniak-talks-disk/

Woz's masterpiece: the Disk II interface.

#SteveWozniak #Woz #appleII
https://paleotronic.com/2024/01/29/steve-wozniak-talks-disk/

A bit of context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grendizer

A bit of context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grendizer