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chartreusek.bsky.social
Just another old computer loving fur. Homebrew computers, vintage computers, repair, and programming. He/Him See also @[email protected]
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Thank you to @tojothethief.bsky.social for the wonderful gift of a proper era and JDM stereo for the Insight. I really miss this era of creative design, also Minidiscs.

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

Can't help but think the all plastic cup and thicker sippy cup type lid has more waste plastic than the older lined paper cups, thinner lids, and plastic straws

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

There are some big, BIG things stirring here in Wizzyland right now. Truly a once in a lifetime donation to the museum. More to come...

submitted 17 days ago • 2 comments

Bandcamp lets us keep 85% of revenue. That is the best rate of anybody out there. Over a period of about 15 years, I have taken home ~$3000. Every album is "pay what you want", so you all rock. If you bought an album for $5 then you gave me more than streaming the whole album ~300 times.

submitted 17 days ago • 35 comments

I want cis people that claim to be our allies to take lessons from the Sikhs. Most Sikhs when they are the targets of islamophobia don't jump to correct people and say "no! I'm not a muslim!" They instead loudly denounce islamophobia.

submitted 24 days ago • 1 comment

Cute otter

submitted 25 days ago • 1 comment

Do you think students taking a final exam would do better or worse if in a silent room or one where the professor yells relentlessly "Come on! Gotta get it done! We only have limited time! What's taking so long?! Let's move it! Are you done yet? Hurry up!" Same is true for working environments.

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

I'm working on one of the final revisions of book 1 of the Sentients novel (based upon my last album release). I'm curious how to promote it as I'm not an experienced author. What would you prefer to see? - selected chapters posted - excerpts - short stories based from the story - other ideas?

submitted 29 days ago • 3 comments

mac

submitted 32 days ago • 0 comments

Oh thank god, for the same reasons the new stuff: github.com/mk6i/retro-a...

submitted 36 days ago • 0 comments

Bambu's firmware shenanigans are making me rethink ever recommending one again. They have to backtrack on it, or lose the goodwill of the 3DP community that is "open source but willing to give on value sometimes", which is not an insignificant sector.

submitted 39 days ago • 73 comments

I have before me 2 DEC AlphaStation 200 4/233 systems. I’m told one works and one does not. I believe they have OpenVMS installed on them and that they were running some high-availability application (I also have the shared external disk enclosure).

submitted 41 days ago • 4 comments

I will also say it sucks being cursed with pattern recognition and like, knowing how this story ends if the blowback isn’t fast and fierce, and yet people say “I don’t get it, why’s this so bad?” In a year or so when Bambu has gone full HP you’ll understand why it was so bad.

submitted 41 days ago • 0 comments

An important part of understanding early hacker movies and culture – yes it was that easy. You call a number and you were on the mainframe. You sniff WiFi and you get their password. You type the right URL with # and you see all their pictures. Today is downstream a world utterly without defenses.

submitted 41 days ago • 42 comments

made with the Death Generator by @foone.bsky.social, who is one those cyberpunks themself deathgenerator.com#snatcher

submitted 47 days ago • 2 comments

*electrification* itself was only 40 years old when these towers were built.

submitted 49 days ago • 4 comments

Recently picked up this NOS 70's car computer for giggles. It's surprisingly advanced! The copy is really fun and the box shape is well thought out for point of sale displays.

submitted 54 days ago • 28 comments

Much more appropriate wallpaper for the SPARCStation IPX. Getting the symmetry right for tiling was a bit of a pain in `bitmap`. Took a couple of attempts, and originally went for the original non-angled sun logo.

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments