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adventofcomp.bsky.social
A podcast about the history of computing https://adventofcomputing.com/
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Will you believe it?

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it took a month, but i've reverse engineered this IBM MCGA gate array chip. 17,000 transistors. 768 gates. over 1200 nets.

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Any guesses at next episode's topic?

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IDK if this is a hot take or not. I have a Mac SE. I like it. I hate doing any work to it. Classic macs are neat and all, but I always feel like it's going to break and I never have enough room inside the case.

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Production is back up at the central office. Just got my long promised bonus episode up on Patreon! www.patreon.com/posts/byte-s...

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Joe Spreadsheet is making the rounds again, so now I can share this: I learned about Joe Spreadsheet from a catalog I scanned for VGHF's digital library! archive.gamehistory.org/item/5ea6bec...

submitted 19 days ago • 2 comments

doing "real programming" i.e any programming where you get to draw a little ascii diagram

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Book on order. Yes, I am doing some deep cut stuff. I've been thinking more about early data management lately...

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I have a question for the Mac people out there: is there a way to adapt a PC floppy drive to work on mac floppy interface? Is that a thing?

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the other day at the Computer History Museum we got a brand new, in the original box, batch of IBM punch cards!

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Now that I have stuff working, I have a question: what's some software I need to try out on my IIgs?

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Awful crt, but I'm booted up!

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Got it to work! Haha!

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Can you tell I'm a software guy?

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Trying out this whole adtpro thing for the first time!

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Next thing to look at. I've had this disk drive forever but apparently it don't work.

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Have you ever wanted to make a video game? on your OWN computer? Computer illuminary Tim Hartnell has just the book for you. (Source.)

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Ok! Got a bunch of parts ordered. Gonna get the IIgs pushing to VGA. Should be a fun time! Never had the chance to play with a IIgs before, and the community seems very vibrant.

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Back from VCF SoCal, and I have something new for the bench. This is now an Apple IIgs podcast.

submitted 25 days ago • 2 comments

@vcfsocal.bsky.social year 2 is in the books. It was a great time! Thanks to everyone that came out! Now I just need to make it back to the central office...

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A real life flexo!

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Just landed in LA! @vcfsocal.bsky.social here I come!

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Who'd be interested in doing some kind of group dinner during VCF SoCal? Could be a good chance to hang out!

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