Seen on #HackerNews : "I've stopped paying for music streaming services in favour of going back to buying albums and building my own digital music collection. This article is about some of the modern tools I'm applying to this endeavour, including updating my choice in audio codecs for storing the collection."
Self-destructing, shareable, no-registration #event pages.
#Hugo is a 4-button #ESP8266 #WiFi #Remote, #Arduino compatible and simple to use. #HomeAutomation #OpenHardware #Hue #Lighting
Les recherches de HabiloMédias ont démontré que les
enfants encadrés par des règles à la maison
relativement à l’utilisation d’Internet sont moins
susceptibles de commettre des gestes comme
communiquer leurs coordonnées, visiter des sites de
jeu, chercher de la pornographie en ligne et parler à
des étrangers en ligne. C’est une bonne idée de
s’entendre en #famille sur un certain nombre de règles à
respecter dans le cyberespace. C’est le meilleur moyen
pour enfants et adolescents de découvrir ensemble
comment s’assurer d’une utilisation prudente, sage et
responsable d’Internet.
A group of Canadian parents say their kids are so addicted to the video game #Fortnite that they’ve stopped eating, sleeping and showering. Now these parents want to hold its tech-giant creator accountable.
netboot.xyz enables you to boot from PXE into many types of operating systems using lightweight tooling.
100+ open-source clones of popular sites like #Airbnb, #Amazon, #Instagram, #Netflix, #Tiktok, #Spotify, #Whatsapp, #Youtube etc. See source code, demo links, tech stack, github stars.
Pixel-perfect remakes of various type styles from text-mode era PCs - in modern, multi-platform, Unicode-compatible #TrueType form (plus straight bitmap versions).
A tool to migrate static leases between #DDWRT, #OpenWrt, #OPNsense, #Mikrotik, and #pfSense routers. Also supports #CSV and #JSON.
A simple and efficient device to improve air quality while saving power.
If you love playing Pac-Man you will want this super cool 30cmX80cm desk mat to accessorize and add some retro arcade game style to your office desk or work area.
Fresh air all year round! #OpenERV mounts in a window to exchange polluted air from inside with clean air from outside, without the heating/cooling problems of an open window. Great for houses, apartments, RVs and Tiny Houses.
Oat Foundry builds the analog Split Flap Display which uses modern technology while maintaining old-school functionality.
Au Québec certaines municipalités organisent une "fin de semaine" de vente de garage ou vente-débarras. Ce site compile une liste des municipalités et dates de ces ventes mais aussi des conseils pratiques et des liens au sujet des ventes de garage au Québec.
The Machinery proprietary game engine appears to have just shut down, changing their EULA and demanding all users delete their work within 14 days. In doing soo, they might have just written the ultimate ad for why you should use Free open source software.
Retrieve RSS feeds URLs from a WebSite.
Construct the computer from your childhood or build an entire computer museum at home with these paper models, free to download and share. Print, Cut, Score, Fold and Glue.
#C64OS is a completely new operating system for the Commodore machines. It includes switchable desktop workspaces, a windowing system, draggable icons, a Mac-style menu bar at the top, and drop-down menus for the icons.
The BackBit Pro cartridge that can read/write to MicroSD allows you to get the best use out of your vintage hardware. Individual adapters expand functionality to multiple devices. One adapter is included, and more adapters are available to purchase separately.
Long before the Internet connected the planet and changed nearly evertying, there was a brave and pioneering band of computer users who spent their time, money and sanity setting up their home computers and phone lines to welcome anyone who called. They called these places "Bulletin Board Systems," or BBSes. And their collections of messages, rants, thoughts and programs became the way that an entire generation learned about being online.
Many computer users got their start with the #TRS-80, the #Tandy Color Computer, or the Model 100 portable computer. This program looks at the role Radio Shack played in the early launch of personal computers and the hordes of users who still love their old Tandy PCs. Featured demonstrations include the Tandy 2500 SX/20, the Tandy 4033 LX, the GRiD 1550cd, the GRiD 325sc. Also shown is the original TRS-80 and some of the earlier cassette based software such as Dancing Demon. Guests include Howard Elias, Vice President of Tandy Computers and Mark Paulson, leader of the Color Computer User's Group. Originally broadcasted in 1991.
What started as a partnership to create a CD add-on for the super nintendo, quickly morphed into open feud between the biggest player in gaming, Nintendo, and electronics giant, Sony. What followed was the birth of one of the most iconic brands in gaming and some of the most important games ever released. This is the Story of the Playstation.
A documentary on the making of Super Mario World, the launch of the Super Nintendo, and how the game perfected the concepts of the Super Mario series.
The Vintage Computer Federation is a 501(c)3 non-profit. Our mission is to preserve computing history through education, outreach, conservation, and restoration. We strive to accomplish this through family friendly hands-on activities at our museum, at regional and global events, and by fostering and nurturing the expansion of our on-line and in-person communities.
#Libravatar is a Federated Open Source Service which delivers your avatar (profile picture) to other websites, as an alternative to #Gravatar. If you create an account with us, your photo could start popping up next to forum posts or blog comments on any site where you left your email address.
This is a program for the Tandy / Radio-Shack TRS-80 Color Computer to perform RSA key generation, encryption, and decryption. The code is all written in 6809 assembly. It will operate with up to 2048 bit keys.
It should work on any CoCo with at least 32kb of memory. 16k CoCos should work for smaller keysizes.
Lego celebrates Atari’s 50th anniversary with a new Lego Atari 2600/VCS set coming this August.
There are a few ways to test operation of a Color Computer. This may be useful when buying or selling a CoCo, when taking out old equipment from storage or simply to test your daily driver.
Simple screen sharing over LAN using a RaspberryPi or display computer connected to a projector or TV.
Dramatisation of the race for home computer supremacy in the 1980s, documenting the lengthy rivalry between Clive Sinclair (Alexander Armstrong) and Chris Curry (Martin Freeman).
Bryan Sparks, President of #DRDOS, clarified the license of CP/M: "Let this paragraph represent a right to use, distribute, modify, enhance, and otherwise make available in a nonexclusive manner CP/M and its derivatives. [...]"
In this video, we'll see how to use a Wombat ADB to USB and vice versae converter. We'll see also how to configure and how to upgrade the firmware. I discovered this device from BMOW (Big Mess O' Wires) website. Of course I'm not affiliated and I'm just a customer who provide feedback on it.
An as yet unnamed project which aims to bring a pre-emptive multi-tasking graphical operating system to the 8-bit Atari.
A collection of past and current Apple II FTP sites. ftp.apple.asimov.net is synced daily.
A definitive book about the first half-century of interactive fiction.
Use your old Apple or NeXT ADB keyboard on a USB system. Mini-DIN 4 to micro-USB.
Yet another javascript emulator, this time for the legendary ahem MC-10 microcomputer by Tandy Corp!
Purely the result of one persons sentimental journey into his childhood days of PEEK'ing and POKE'ing. Source is available on #GitHub.
In Stranger Things season two episode eight (“The Mind Flayer”), there is a need for them to restart a computer system. Radio Shack Bob says someone needs to know BASIC to do this. (Oh, really, writers?) This leads to a scene where Bob gets the system going by … typing in a #BASIC program.
Do you want to share the links you discover? Shaarli is a minimalist link sharing service that you can install on your own server. It is designed to be personal (single-user), fast and handy.
#DynoSprite is a sophisticated, object oriented game engine for the #Tandy #ColorComputer 3, written in #6809 assembly language. The build system runs on a modern computer to compile, assemble, and package a final disk image which can be loaded into an emulator or copied onto a physical disk for running on a real #CoCo 3. The resulting CoCo program requires a 512K Coco 3 with a disk system (either 5 1/4" floppy drive, or CoCo SDC card, or CoCoNET ROM Pak, or similar.
Le fléché québécois est une forme de tissage aux doigts évolué, raffiné et complexe. Unique au monde, cette technique a été inventée par les Canadiens-Français dans la deuxième moitié du XVIIIe siècle et transmise de génération en génération jusqu’à nos jours. Ce livre cherche à développer chez les apprentis flécherands une meilleure compréhension de la technique du fléché, en décortiquant ses bases, ses pièges et ses possibilités.
Before smartphones and iPads, before the Internet or the personal computer, a misfit group of technophiles, blind teenagers, hippies, and outlaws figured out how to hack the world's largest machine: the telephone system.
Exploding The Phone is their story.
The TCI Library is maintained by Telephone Collectors International, a non-profit organization, as a public service. It supports our goal of helping to preserve the history of telephony -- particularly fragile paper documents that may otherwise be lost to posterity.
The VTDA purpose is to archive vintage technology, digitally. That means scanning manuals, advertising, boxes and circuit boards as well as recovering data from magnetic, optical and other forms of media. The main focus is on computing, telephony and radio, but sometimes other things catch our eye.
BitSavers is an extensive personal archive of retrocomputing related PDFs, magazines, software, and books - more than 143000 files including over 7 million text pages in various digital formats. The archive is curated by Al Kossow of the CHM - Computer History Museum in MountainView, California.
LogiCall is an Executive Level Synonym Execution Program and integrated software ensemble that enhances the speed and operating ease of your Color Computer 3. LogiCall permits you to move from drive to drive, move into and out of your word processor, database, spreadsheet, terminal program and other programs using just a few logical keystrokes. LogiCall displays pictures and word processor files on the screen without using graphics or word processor applications.
#Applesauce is a USB floppy disk controller for modern Mac systems targeting retro computing enthusiasts and digital archivists. It combines the most capable and full featured disk analysis software available along with powerful hardware, and packages it up into a product that it easy to use for even non-technical folks.