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I completely sold out of Applesauce units and upgrade kits over the holidays. Been working for the last couple days to assemble a new batch. These units are in the final testing and burn in stage.
You know you’re old when the systems you used to work on are in the Computer Museum
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This is why you shouldn’t just power up that old computer from the basement. Ewwwww. Hopefully this VIC-20 can be salvaged. #retrorepair #vic20
Billy learned the companion app for his brand new "Make A Million" ball was no longer in service, thus rendering it a regular bouncing ball instead of a smart one that counts it's bounces. Dad + Python to the rescue! It's rough code, but it works! github.com/ktelep/MAM_BLE_Py…
First output from the TMS9918A display adapter I built for my home brew 6502. Now to display something besides whatever is left in memory…#6502sbc #RetroComputing #homebrewcomputer
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Finally found a copy of one of my favorites to take out of the public library when I was a kid. #retrocomputing #trs80 #c64 #basicprogramming
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Naming, by engineers:
"1 Gbps is called SFP"
"Cool"
"10 Gbps is called SFP+"
"...why don't we just use numbers instead?"
"Oh okay, 25 Gbps is called SFP28!"
"But...that doesn't..."
"50 Gbps is QSFP14"
"Why is there a Q??"
"100 Gbps is QSFP28!"
"...did you have a stroke?"
That feeling when you bring an 8-bit back from the dead. Failed 6520, RAM chip, and damaged PCB trace in this 800XL. Good as new now. #Atari8bit #retrorepair
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Looks shady, but it’s working. I can now archive these DC Area Commodore User Group disks of the month from the 80s. #Commodore #C64 #RetroComputing
Today I faced my fears of CRTs and after successfully discharging it, recapped this Commodore 1702 monitor and gave it all a good cleaning. Contact cleaner is magic stuff.
