Michael Coorlim<p>Uploaded a two-player Pong clone in a TRS-80 emulator. Plays with the A,Z and O,L keys... not very well, but it's a 50 line BASIC program so you get what you get. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/gameDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gameDev</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/devLog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>devLog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/microComputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microComputer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/TRS80" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TRS80</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/retroComputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retroComputer</span></a></p><p><a href="https://basic-code.bearblog.dev/trs-80-pong80bas/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">basic-code.bearblog.dev/trs-80</span><span class="invisible">-pong80bas/</span></a></p>
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ochobitero<p>En 1985, Ultimate Play The Game, la legendaria desarrolladora británica detrás de Knight Lore y Sabre Wulf, sorprendió a todos con un título que rompía con su estilo habitual: Imhotep, un shooter horizontal ambientado en el Antiguo Egipto. Pero más allá de su estética exótica, el juego se convirtió en una rareza por su diseño, su dificultad… y su recepción.<br>👉🏻<a href="http://ochobitero.es/2025/09/06/imhotep/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">ochobitero.es/2025/09/06/imhot</span><span class="invisible">ep/</span></a><br><a href="https://tkz.one/tags/commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://tkz.one/tags/microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcomputer</span></a> <a href="https://tkz.one/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>“Microsoft has open-sourced the version of BASIC it created in 1976 for the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MOS</span></a> #6502 processor used in many early <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/microcomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcomputers</span></a>.</p><p>As the software colossus explained in a Wednesday post, Microsoft founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen wrote the company’s first product, BASIC for the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Altair8800" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Altair8800</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcomputer</span></a> and the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Intel8080" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Intel8080</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/processor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>processor</span></a> that powered it, in 1975.</p><p>A year later Gates and Ric Weiland, Microsoft’s second employee, ported Microsoft <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> to the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/6502Processor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>6502Processor</span></a>.</p><p>In 1977, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/CommodoreComputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CommodoreComputer</span></a> licensed it for $25,000 and used <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a> <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> in its <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/PET" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PET</span></a>, <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/VIC20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VIC20</span></a>, and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> machines.”</p><p>source code <<a href="https://github.com/microsoft/BASIC-M6502/blob/main/m6502.asm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/microsoft/BASIC-M65</span><span class="invisible">02/blob/main/m6502.asm</span></a>> (6,955 lines)</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>software</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/assembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assembly</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/KLOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KLOC</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/MITLicense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MITLicense</span></a> <<a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/04/microsoft_open_sources_6502_basic/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/09/04/mic</span><span class="invisible">rosoft_open_sources_6502_basic/</span></a>></p>
RETROLINUXUSER<p>Microsoft has officially open-sourced its 6502 BASIC interpreter. This historic 8K version (1.1) powered the PET, VIC-20, and Commodore 64, and now, under a modern open-source license, you can explore and reimagine the code yourself. <br>👉 <a href="https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/03/microsoft-open-source-historic-6502-basic/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">opensource.microsoft.com/blog/</span><span class="invisible">2025/09/03/microsoft-open-source-historic-6502-basic/</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcomputer</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>commodore64</span></a></p>
argv minus one<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ngate" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ngate</span></a></span> </p><p>“Bug-riddled” isn't really fair. As far as 1981 <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcomputer</span></a> operating systems go, <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/MSDOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MSDOS</span></a> itself was quite solid and did its job well.</p><p>Problem is that its job didn't involve preventing buggy applications from scribbling on whatever memory they cared to scribble on, and most of them were written in assembly and/or C, which had very few safety features. System crashes were therefore common and sometimes catastrophic.</p><p>But, again, 1981. This was typical back then.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
RETROLINUXUSER<p>BBC Micro – The Ancestor to a Device You Are Guaranteed to Own <a href="https://retrogamecoders.com/bbc-micro-the-ancestor-to-a-device-you-are-guaranteed-to-own/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">retrogamecoders.com/bbc-micro-</span><span class="invisible">the-ancestor-to-a-device-you-are-guaranteed-to-own/</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/arm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arm</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcomputer</span></a></p>
Tarnkappe.info<p>📬 Emulatoren im August 2025 für Homecomputer und Spielkonsolen<br><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/WarezListen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WarezListen</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Emulator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Emulator</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Homecomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Homecomputer</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microcomputer</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/Spielkonsole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spielkonsole</span></a> <a href="https://sc.tarnkappe.info/6fa4f3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">sc.tarnkappe.info/6fa4f3</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
E-TARD The LifeCaster<p>I just watched one of my favorite childhood movies D.A.R.Y.L. (1985) <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088979/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">imdb.com/title/tt0088979/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br>It's about a little boy that has a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microcomputer</span></a> for a Brain🧠<br>Every kid wanted to fly the SR-71 Blackbird😁 back then, I know I wanted to.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ArtificialIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ArtificialIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AIHuman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AIHuman</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SR71" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SR71</span></a></p>
☮ ♥ ♬ 🧑💻<p>1985</p><p>“BASIC was a fine tool to learn programming with. But <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/programs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programs</span></a> in it occupied far too much of the limited working <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/memory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>memory</span></a> of a <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcomputer</span></a>, and it was horribly slow. </p><p>The way to get anything ambitious done was to write the program directly in the language <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> translated into: <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/assembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>assembly</span></a> code, only one layer up from the <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/silicon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silicon</span></a>. </p><p>Suddenly, you were responsible for the entire flow of very simple commands that allowed the computer to function.”</p><p>40 years ago, Elite was created and released by <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/IanBell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IanBell</span></a> and <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/DavidBraben" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DavidBraben</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Elite</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/Cambridge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cambridge</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a> / <a href="https://ioc.exchange/tags/BBCMicro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BBCMicro</span></a> <<a href="https://theguardian.com/books/2003/oct/18/features.weekend" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/books/2003/oct</span><span class="invisible">/18/features.weekend</span></a>></p>
Machina Speculatrix<p>Basic guide to address decoding for I/O devices on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/homebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homebrew</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computers</span></a>. Part of a series based around my #6502 <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microcomputer</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://medium.com/machina-speculatrix/simple-i-o-address-decoding-for-your-homebrew-computer-183b3f7a42ce" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/machina-speculatrix</span><span class="invisible">/simple-i-o-address-decoding-for-your-homebrew-computer-183b3f7a42ce</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>electronics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/maker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maker</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a></p>
Devlin :nonbinary_heart:<p>I always thought that a CB2 microcomputer ( <a href="http://cb2.qrp.gr/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="">cb2.qrp.gr/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> ) would be nice to try make but they're not sold any more. Any thoughts for simple kit computers like it that are affordable? (sub £30) <a href="https://topspicy.social/tags/kit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kit</span></a> <a href="https://topspicy.social/tags/microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcomputer</span></a> <a href="https://topspicy.social/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a> <a href="https://topspicy.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hardware</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>🎉 Oh joy, another promise of a "revolutionary" microcomputer! 💻🚀 Because what the world really needs is a retro toy that trades functionality for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> and calls it innovation. 🙄 Can't wait to see this relic compete with modern tech in the year 2025... or maybe just in someone's basement collection. 🤦♂️<br><a href="https://www.endbasic.dev/2025/06/unveiling-the-endbox.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">endbasic.dev/2025/06/unveiling</span><span class="invisible">-the-endbox.html</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcomputer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techinnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techinnovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrotoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrotoys</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/basementcollection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>basementcollection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Hacker News<p>Unveiling the EndBOX – A microcomputer prototype for EndBASIC</p><p><a href="https://www.endbasic.dev/2025/06/unveiling-the-endbox.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">endbasic.dev/2025/06/unveiling</span><span class="invisible">-the-endbox.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EndBOX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndBOX</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microcomputer</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EndBASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndBASIC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Prototype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Prototype</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TechInnovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechInnovation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a></p>
ITs History!World's first mass-market <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/laptop?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#laptop</a> was the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/T1100?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#T1100</a> computer by <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Toshiba?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Toshiba</a>. Introduced with a 4.77MHz <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/CPU?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CPU</a>, 512KB of <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/RAM?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RAM</a>, <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/monochrome?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monochrome</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/LCD?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LCD</a> display, and battery capacity up to 7 hours, it changed the world of <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/IBM?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IBM</a> compatible portable computers. It even worked with <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/MS?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MS</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Windows1?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Windows1</a> in 640x200px <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/CGA?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CGA</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/graphics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#graphics</a>, but only within a narrow view angle <a href="https://youtu.be/qk04sDF5SrM" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/qk04sDF5SrM</a><br>
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Even without a hard disk this machine was very important, since the plus model was re-engineered in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/USSR?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USSR</a> as Электроника <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/МС1504?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#МС1504</a>. Unlike <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/US?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a>, users in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Russia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Russia</a> didn't pay royalties, or used the internal 3.5" floppy drive to boot <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/MS?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MS</a>-DOS 2.11 <a href="https://youtu.be/_u5LwiP5Q4g" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/_u5LwiP5Q4g</a><br>
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Our <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/graphic?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#graphic</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/illustration?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#illustration</a> is a tribute to this <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/IT?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IT</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/milestone?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#milestone</a>, celebrating the 40th <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/anniversary?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#anniversary</a> of this historic <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/microcomputer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microcomputer</a> achievement in 1985. See it in comparison of <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ComputerChronicles?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ComputerChronicles</a> to <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Tandy?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tandy</a> or <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Dynamac?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Dynamac</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/laptops?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#laptops</a> two years later <a href="https://youtu.be/tPEMilDYpgY" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/tPEMilDYpgY</a><br>
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The <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/screenshot?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#screenshot</a> of this <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/retrocomputer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputer</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/cgi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cgi</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/art?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#art</a> shows <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SVG?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SVG</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vector?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vector</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/outlines?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#outlines</a> around the cursor in <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/xRay?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xRay</a> view-mode. Made with <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Inkscape?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Inkscape</a> and <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FreeSoftware?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a>
Wintermute_BBS<p>Oh, I love this one:</p><p>"Comparing <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/FORTH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FORTH</span></a> to <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/BASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BASIC</span></a> is like comparing a Gothic cathedral to a mud hut." - Steve Vickers</p><p>( Vickers is one of the fathers of the legendary <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/JupiterAce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JupiterAce</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcomputer</span></a> )</p><p>Source: <a href="https://www.theregister.com/2012/09/21/jupiter_cantab_jupiter_ace_is_30_years_old/?page=3" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2012/09/21/jup</span><span class="invisible">iter_cantab_jupiter_ace_is_30_years_old/?page=3</span></a></p>
Konomi Kitten<p>I got curious how much power my MicroPython Sensornode was using and it sips power. Just under 100 mA peak.</p><p>So from left to right: SPS30 PM sensor, SCD40 CO2/temperature/humidity sensor, AHT20 + BMP280 sensor (both do humidity/temperature), Waveshare ESP32-C6-Pico and a KEWEISI KWS-1902C Type-C USB Tester UPM.</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MicroComputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroComputer</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ESP32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESP32</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Sensor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sensor</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CO2</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Nerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nerd</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Python</span></a></p>
Konomi Kitten<p>Don't talk to me or my microcomputer or my microcomputer or my microcomputer....</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MicroComputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroComputer</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Silly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Silly</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ESP32" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESP32</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ESP8226" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESP8226</span></a></p>
Blaudio<p>Hi <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a>, ich suche Menschen die sich mit dem P8000 auskennen, ein alter Computer aus der DDR.<br>Wikipedia: <a href="https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/P8000" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/P8000</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>:BoostOK: <br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/fedipower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fedipower</span></a> <br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/p8000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>p8000</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>microcomputer</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8bit</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/16bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>16bit</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/u880" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>u880</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/u8001" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>u8001</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retro</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ddr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ddr</span></a><br><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/ostrechner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ostrechner</span></a></p>
Su-Shee<p>this is the future I'm here for "This programmable fibre, which incorporates a 32-bit floating-point microcontroller, independently performs edge computing tasks even when braided, woven, knitted or seam-sewn into garments. " <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08568-6" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41586-024</span><span class="invisible">-08568-6</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/wearables" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>wearables</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/microcomputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>microcomputer</span></a> more detailed less paywall <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-23628-5" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41467-021</span><span class="invisible">-23628-5</span></a> and my long term favorite on the subject: <a href="https://www.kobakant.at/DIY/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">kobakant.at/DIY/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
DansLeRuSH ᴱᶰ<p>Nice initiative : discovered thanks to Fairphone and founded in 2021, the small Belgian company <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Citronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Citronics</span></a> offers "microcomputers" (in fact nanocomputers) designed from smartphone motherboards … and there is stock ! 😅</p><p>› <a href="https://citronics.eu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">citronics.eu</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/CircularEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CircularEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/EWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EWaste</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/WEEE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WEEE</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/EOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EOL</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/NanoComputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NanoComputer</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/MicroComputer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MicroComputer</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Belgium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Belgium</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Fairphone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fairphone</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Upcycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Upcycling</span></a></p>
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