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Today, I was forced to use the GMail website to fix a problem I was having with messages. I don't care what people say. It's absolutely atrocious and headache-inducing. It's also overly and needlessly complicated, and yes, that includes all the little shortcuts, turning NVDA browse mode off, etc. I switched to Thunderbird 102 when they shut down the Basic HTML site. But today, I thought of something very interesting. Third party clients can access GMail. Why couldn't someone recreate the Basic HTML site, either as a site that retrieves e-mail or as a web application? Apparently, someone already made a concept demonstration of it.
https://github.com/tumaranja/my-basic-html-gmail
I've also heard that screenshots have been taken of the original pages. If someone could do this, it would be wonderful for the blind community. Yes, Thunderbird works, but sometimes, it's simpler and quicker to just use the site. What I don't know, though, is if setting could be changed that way. I imagine that searching for messages would still work.
Now, if only someone could bring back the Mobile Youtube site from 2017! That was also wonderful and useful, unlike the modern mess!
#accessibility #blind #coding #computers #E-Mail #GMail #HTML #Narrator #NVDA #programming #ScreenReaders #technology #WebApplications #Youtube
Anyone can assist me, but I'm mostly writing to the blind community, as they may know the individual in question. I'm seeking a man named Xavier, who also goes by DJX. He has repaired many of my computers and sold me some over the years, but I can't seem to get in touch with him. The last time I received anything from him was in 2024, so I'm not even sure if he checks the e-mail address I have for him. I sent him an e-mail a week ago and haven't heard from him. I will send another. I just hope he's okay. Apparently, someone said he made a post to Blind Ads in July of 2025. If no one knows him, I heard there is someone else on that list named Kevin. I also remember someone with the last name Washington who works on computers.
I need the hard drive on my Toughpad FZ M1 Mk3 to be upgraded and for Windows (either 11 or 7) to be reinstalled. I also need the keyboard replaced and for Windows to be upgraded from 7 Starter to Professional on my Acer Aspire One D270. I may upgrade the drive on that as well.
#blind #ComputerRepair #computers #technology #upgrades #Windows
There's a shambling Mouse King on the floor of my vintage computer room.
#mouse #mice #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #cables #HID #inputdevice #Atari #Mac #ps2 #infestation #photo #computers #hardware #tech #ByteCellar
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A tangle of computer mice
This one might be interesting to anyone interested in computer gaming history.
I spent the last couple of weeks finally finishing a project I started for Bletchley Park about 20 years ago. Recreating the original MUD and MIST on a mirror of the original Essex University system that finally closed in 1991.
Roy Trubshaw and Richard Bartle wrote the first online multi-user game (MUD) on Essex University's DECSystem-10 in 1978 and it ran till I closed it in 1991. I diligently backed everything up so I could potentially recover it one day, but as far as I can see, all the DECSystem-10's went to the great scrapyard in the sky, my backups were mostly stolen when my first museum was stolen, and I had huge issues recovering the Essex BCPL compiler to compile what I had left when I finally got a decent TOPS-10 emulator running on a VAX for Bletchley Park.
One good thing about being an unemployable whistleblower is free time, so I finally hunkered down to some 90 hour weeks and built a software replica of the Essex system I think reflects it well. It's running on a KS10 not a KL10 but I had to let some things slip.
I put the latest known versions of MUD and MIST on it, and miraculously found ROCK too.
So, to meander to the point, if you want to see and relive exactly what online multi user gaming was like from 1978 to 1991, you can go to https://dec10.uknet.net and login as guest, then follow the terse instructions from there.
In those days, you were generally faced with a "." prompt and left mostly alone, so for authenticity, I will leave it at that.
I should note that this is a museum peice, without a community they are still wildly popular games with a huge community in snapshot-form at the moment. But I will leave them up and running to see. I wasn't going to, but Richard seemed happy to have MUD running, and former MIST players wanted it back, so...
Pop this a share if you know folks who might be interested.
#history #digital #retrogaming #retrocomputing #games #mud #muds #mist #rock #computers #emulation #emulators #vms #tops10 #museum #history #bletchleypark #simh #essex #uk #computinghistory #36bit #engineering
(don't try this on a phone!)
I have hyperhydrosis on my hands, feet, and under arms. I lost count of the amount of keyboards I've had to replace, both internal in my laptops and external usb ones. I know there are silicone options, but they are very mushy, often have strange layouts, and are full-sized. I am totally blind, so I need both tactility and the layout to be normal, or at least, close to it. I tried at least one a keyboard cover, but it made it very difficult to feel the keys, since it was thick and felt like a single sheet of silicone, even though it did have the spaces for each key.
This is my ideal keyboard in both layout and size, next to that on the Acer Aspire One D270, which is perfection. But I've gone through about seven of them already, because I keep shorting out keys. I try to remap them, but after awhile, it just becomes annoying.
CUQI Mini Keyboard, Small Wired 82 Scissor Keys, USB Interface
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C26RZBRJ
I bought this last month. It's okay, but I always have to use Auto Hotkey to add an Applications key and reverse the left Alt and Windows keys. Plus, not all programs recognise the changes. I have no idea how long it will last, either, since this is my first one. But at this price, I don't want to keep buying them. It's not portable enough to fit in my bag with my tablet, but it's thin, light, and not huge.
ALLIFE Universal Ultra Light Slim Portable Wireless Bluetooth 3.0 Keyboard
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09GKFJM5D
This is good for phones, but it doesn't contain the F1 through F12 keys for Windows.
ProtoArc Foldable Compact Keyboard, XK04
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D9PT9884
I bought this a few days ago, precisely because it's supposed to be waterproof. They say it's for my Toughpad, which is a seven-inch tablet, but it's a giant, full-sized keyboard! Why they would make this for such a small machine is beyond me. That said, if this were compact, it would be perfect, since it's rigid with good key tactility. While they say it's mechanical, don't expect anything like a Model M.
BoxWave Keyboard Compatible with Panasonic Toughpad FZ-M1 MK3 (7 in)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DJ3NT9G9
I've tried a few others, from folding to solid, but many were missing essential keys (most noteably the F1 through F12 keys) and some were simply ruined very quickly. Can anyone help me find a good, portable keyboard that can withstand my sweat?
#accessibility #blind #computers #hyperhydrosis #keyboards #portable #sweating #technology
March 12,1987 and it's State Of The Art Computers at Vintage Edmonton:
http://www.vintageedmonton.com/2026/03/march-12-1987.html
#yeg #alberta #edmonton #1980s #Computers
Probably true.
My friend is an EMT who spent most his working life as a software developer before changing careers. He just messaged me the following and I'm dying:
"Yesterday, I asked a patient if he needed to go to the bathroom before transport. Without a word, he peed himself where he stood. It's still better than computers. 🙃"
Why are #governments discarding serviceable #computers instead of installing #Linux? #OpenSource solutions like #openSUSE extend hardware life, cut costs, and reduce toxic #ewaste. Your tax dollars deserve better. 🐧 #Endof10 #Linux https://news.opensuse.org/2026/01/12/software-policies-can-fuel-waste/
#windows #microsoft #microslop #sloppysoft #meme #funny #computers
Wow, I never knew there was a hand-held LCD version of OutRun. 😃
https://www.igdb.com/games/outrun--2
#OutRun #LCD #HandHeld #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #arcade #computer #computers #computing #IT #1980s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Photo of an OutRun LCD hand-held game device from the late 1980s.
🧵 Space-themed work, 18/x
Poster design for a retro-computing documentary called 8 Bit Generation - The Commodore Wars.
Made in 2016 using Blender.
#RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #8bit #commodore #Commodore64 #C64 #computers #3D #1980s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Retro-futuristic 3D artwork, showing a Commodore 64 computer depicted as a spaceship in war with a Sinclair ZX Spectrum computer spaceship, with Earth in the background.
"Robert Tinney passed away on February 1st, 2026.
[...]
He was the artist behind the beautiful hand-painted covers of the influential computer hobbiest magazine Byte from the December 1975 issue until the early '90s.
[...]
Tinney's career didn't begin or end with Byte. He worked for a range of electronics companies and magazines [...] doing plenty of covers and advertisements that have rarely been collected or highlighted."
https://70s-sci-fi-art.ghost.io/robert-tinney-byte-magazine-and-beyond/
@rl_dane Unfortunately you are correct. #UserInterface Design, of course, isn't limited to #computers. There aren't too many new #vehicles these days that do *not* have a #touchscreen #infotainment #center. They are a distraction.
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Same goes for #synthesizers. Many #digital #synths have gorgeous touchscreens but few #tactile #controls. Menu diving has always been an issue on these devices but it's definitely worsened. A lot of my time architecting new sounds is spend navigating an OS with my fingertips.
On the flip side, these instruments are ridiculously powerful. Multiple SoCs and running #Linux!
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I wonder how things would have turned out if Gary Kildall wasn't screwed over by Bill Gates. If CP/M was the dominant OS instead of MS-DOS. Gary was an actual computer scientist while Bill was a proto-tech bro that despised the open culture of computing at the time
Feb. 16, 1978 -- forty eight years ago today -- the first public dial-up bulletin board system went online.
Wired: "1978: Ward Christensen and Randy Suess launch the first public dialup bulletin board system. The two unleash the kernel of what would eventually spawn the world wide web, countless online messaging systems..."
https://www.wired.com/2010/02/0216cbbs-first-bbs-bulletin-board/
I got my first modem in the summer of 1986, a Prometheus ProModem 1200A (modem on a card) for the Apple II. The first BBS I logged in to was OxGate, an RBBS/RCPM system the phone number of which I still can remember (my earliest BBS software -- firmware-based on that modem card -- had no phone book). I used BBSs avidly until sometime in 1994, when I subscribed to a local ISP's (Widomaker of Williamsburg, VA) dial-up modem-based PPP service that brought TCP/IP to my 486 PC with Windows 3.1. I could then browse the web from home, and that was basically the end of BBSing for me -- for the moment, anyway.
For those interested in experiencing this early form of online community, there are many BBSs online right now, accessible via telnet on systems old and new. I've enjoyed getting back into BBSing this way, especially when using vintage systems to login.
Most any computer can do it, today. Tips on how: https://bytecellar.com/bbsing
#BulletinboardSystem #BBS #BBSing #telnet #dialup #modem #online #terminals #terminalprograms #computinghistory #history #computers #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #nostalgia #ATDT #onlineforums #preinternet #internet #communication #RBBS #AppleII #CRT #memories #Wired #tech #technews #technology
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Apple IIe computer (circa 1983) dialed into an electronic bulletin board system (BBS)
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OxGate BBS login screen from 1986
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Prometheus ProModem 1200A modem packaging with details
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Logged into a telnet-based BBS using MuffinTerm for iPadOS
I really appreciate all the Mastodon mentions and camaraderie for this essay. ❤️ I suppose I really should toot it myself:
@Amiga_News Spillhistorie, great site! 😉
https://spillhistorie.no/2016/09/08/interview-with-metin-seven-and-reinier-van-vliet-of-team-hoi/
#TeamHoi #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #16bit #commodore #amiga #computer #computers #computing #IT #1980s #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital
Why I quit Dell over Gaza
(photo : Pro-Palestinian activists protest outside the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, opposing the presence of Israeli firm aiOla and major tech companies, including Dell, Microsoft and Google, accused in complicity in Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Marc Asensio Clupes ZUMA Press / Newscom)
A few months ago, I resigned from my job as a senior support technician at Dell Technologies because I refused to continue selling my labor to a corporation complicit in Israel’s genocide of Palestinians.
Now that I’ve settled into my new life, I want to tell my story.
When I saw employees rising up in a worker intifada against other tech companies involved in Israel’s crimes, I felt I had to act too.
“After weapons manufacturers, technology is arguably the second most complicit sector in Israel’s ongoing genocide,” according to the Palestinian-led BDS – boycott, divestment and sanctions – movement.
https://electronicintifada.net/content/why-i-quit-dell-over-gaza/51219
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#boycott #Dell #computers #BDS #gaza #palestine #israel #genocide #microsoft #google
Signal Under Siege: How Russian-Linked Hackers Are Exploiting the Encrypted Messenger’s Trust to Infiltrate High-Value Targets
https://www.webpronews.com/signal-under-siege-how-russian-linked-hackers-are-exploiting-the-encrypted-messengers-trust-to-infiltrate-high-value-targets/ #cybersecurity #Signal #Russia #QRCodes #computers
A VIC-20 Emulator In Your Browser
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/03/a-vic-20-emulator-in-your-browser
#VIC20 #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #8bit #commodore #computer #computers #computing #IT #1980s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital
There's also a C64 emulator you can run in a browser:
#C64 #Commodore64 #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #8bit #commodore #computer #computers #computing #IT #1980s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital
This affects several systems in my home lab.
Can someone explain to me the reasoning behind shipping a system that won’t boot unless a monitor is plugged in, and has no way of modifying this behavior in the BIOS/UEFI? Like, what’s the goal here other than to make it a hassle to use as a server?
I’ve got little HDMI/DisplayPort dongles that fake having a monitor connected but it seems silly that it’s necessary at all.
Question: Now that I have the #CAT7 & #CAT6 ran in the house, do I splurge for the CAT 7 termination/ends, keystones, panel, etc. or do I just use the CAT 6 that I have on hand/procured?
I ran both to the drops, now to terminate - wall plates & patch panel. procured shielded CAT 6, started shopping for CAT 7 and the sticker shock for someone who is unemployed....
#networking #homenetworking #ethernet #ethernetadapter #computers #termination #networktermination #patchpanel #keystones
#cabling #networkcabling #network #networktermination #network_management #cat6 #cat7
To answer my own question after researching most of today:
We are just going to use the CAT6 terminations/ends - the custom CAT 7 terminations by the company consortium is overpriced BS (IMHO)
#networking #homenetworking #ethernet #ethernetadapter #computers #termination #networktermination #patchpanel #keystones
#cabling #networkcabling #network #networktermination #network_management #cat6 #cat7
I learned about #computers and #programming when I was younger for a specific reason: I was into math and science, and these days it's basically impossible to separate the study of mathematics and the practice of science from *personal computing*, or "microcomputing" as it used to be called.
These days it's taken for granted that you'll be doing all your data collection and numerical analysis and so forth on a computer, using some mathematical or scientific #software packages. Microcomputers are likely to be how a person in the laboratory interacts with scientific instrumentation.
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@dfx Ich habe hier noch ein Pentium, Windows XP Server (1TB Raid) mit DAT (viele Bänder!) rumstehen. Weist du Jemand der den brauchen könnte? Würde gegen Speicher (HD, SSD etc..) tauschen, notfalls auch für ein bisschen Geld. Würde ihn ja verschenken wenn ich es mir leisten könnte 😭. Auf Wunsch auch als komplett Anlage mit Monitor, Tastatur und Maus. 🎮🕹️💾💿🖥️⌨️‼️
#WindowsXP #Server #Retro #retrotech #flohmarkt #4sale #zuverkaufen #Computer #Computers #OldStuff #Reuse #Junk
*Update. RIM may work with screen readers other than JAWS.*
(Note: You will need to skip down several headings to find the beginning of the article)
I can't comment on this from a business perspective. But I do know that I have never been able to connect remotely to any of my computers, either from Windows to Windows or from Android or IOS to Windows, with any commercially made program for the purpose. The only one that works for me is NVDA Remote, which works on all three platforms, with Windows and the NVDA screen reader being a requirement. The limitation, however, is that I can't hear the sound on the controlled computer, nor can I transfer files between it and the controller. Fortunately, I don't really need these features and am happy just being able to control my machines at all. But for those who do need them, RIM allows this, but only for users of JAWS (which costs several hundred dollars/NVDA is free), and the last time I checked, it is also very expensive for an individual user who doesn't require it for work purposes. I'm also not sure if it is cross-platform, so it may only work with Windows. If anyone knows of a free, accessible solution that works with NVDA, please let me know.
Remote Incident Manager (RIM)
https://at-newswire.com/remote-incident-manager-from-pneuma-solutions/?utm_source=toptechtidbits&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=01012026&utm_content=editorial
#accessibility #Android #blind #computers #IOS #JAWS #NVDA #RemoteAccess #Talkback #technology #Voiceover #W
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Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton with the extensive amount of code she and her team wrote to guide the NASA mission to the Moon, USA, 1969
Dieses MacBook von 2009 bekommt keine Sicherheitsupdates mehr. Hier spielen wir ein #Linux auf und der Rechner kann wieder genutzt werden!
This 2009 MacBook no longer receives security updates. We're installing Linux on it so the computer can be used again!
https://derreparierer.codeberg.page/derreparierer/computers/electronic_waste/readme.html
#opensource #linux #computers #repair #reparatur
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Linux Mint running on a MacBook from 2009.
it's been quite a while, so lemme write a new #intro
i'm raven, a silly #transgirl on the internet who likes to write, and create free-to-use #photography (mostly landscapes). u can find me on mastodon, and see what an overview of what i’m up to on my now page. i have so many interests and try my best to experience new things in this short life. some sort of neurospicy, tend to be overly genuine, a bit corny, over-opinionated at times
🩺 #nurse, 📸 #photographer, 👩💻 #linux nerd, 🏳️⚧️ #trans girl, 💞 #relationship anarchist, 🌱 #vegan for the animals, 🌹 #leftist, ✊ #union steward, 🧗♀️ #queer outdoor girlie, 🌠 star stuff, 🚴♀️ bikes are cool, 😽 certified girl/boy/nb-kisser, 😝 #silly adventurer
i work in the OR as a nurse and i love my job
likes: #forests, #mountains, #oregon coast, #coffee, #adventures, #movies, #computers, #transit, #bikes, #Portland OR, scrub-role in surgery, science-stuff, n95s, #sewing, #privacy and #security in tech, #philosophy, #ceramics, #sailing, #music, pineapple on pizza, #leftism, workers-rights, #silliness, #headpats, and #praise
“chaotic af, kinda scatter brained, but smart if that makes sense”
“very direct and able to be vulnerable very easily (a good thing!) and the most ethically-minded and community-focused person ive met!”
“an iceberg. you’ve got a fun, flirty, smolder of a vibe when people meet you initially. then after getting to talk with you people see that you’ve got way more going on under the surface of the water”
i upload my photography as creative commons attribution license, i don't own a car, i have a #cat named Loki who i post about under the #catsofmastodon tag, i'm #divorced after a 14 year marriage (not the outcome i wanted, but here i am), and now happily in relationships as a relationship anarchist.
i live in #pdx and want to make it a better place by organizing and creating #unions and #community
i do #rock-climbing, #bjj, #running, #swimming, #sailing, currently recovering from injuries
i love #webdesign and created a #hugo theme which i use for my website (on github)
yes, imma #puppygirl and silly af
Watching a bit of Wargames (1983) today. Good thing we don't put computers in charge right.. oh, wait. haha, oh, sadness...
Talk about the ether giving up its dead. Someone found a original 1973 reel to reel tape of Bell Labs UNIX-4!!!!! #computers #unix #reeltoreel
now where did I put my DEC PDP-11 so I can load the bootstrap?
AND: Is my copy of god help us OS/2 WARP!!!!!!!! valuable lol
https://ksltv.com/local-news/computer-unix-4-confirmed/864048/
Friendly reminder to turn off your computers before midnight. 😂
For those who remember that time…what a crazy time it was. Did you turn your computer off or live on the edge?
#Y2K #Computers #NewYear #Tech
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Close-up of the front panel of a beige Packard Bell desktop computer. There is a yellow and black sticker from Best Buy on one of the drive bays. The sticker reads:
REMEMBER
Turn your computer off before midnight on 12/31/99.
The reminder is related to concerns over the Y2K bug, which was an issue expected to affect computers at the turn of the millennium. The computer in the image has a CD drive and a floppy disk drive visible.
Things you see at your IT job.
Laptop was *insanely* hot and throttling the PC, shutting off randomly, fan was suspiciously quiet.
Opens up fan, oh....that would do it.
A literal pebble stuck in the fan. How TF....
Anyway, laptop is a happy clam now that the fan is fanning 🌬️ ❄️
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A hand holding a laptop cpu cooling fan edge on so you can see the small blades. You can see a small pebble stuck in the blades and it is wedged against the case, preventing it from spinning.
Version Museum ─ A Visual History Of Your Favorite Technology
#internet #web #history #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #computer #computers #computing #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #apple #Mac #macOS #linux #windows #tip #tips #FediTips #MastoTips
Abhishek Prakash: "Around me, I see children glued to nonsensical, AI-generated videos. You know the kind of content with no meaning, no learning value, and no purpose beyond keeping them hooked to a screen. …
"I see parents and elderly family members watching AI-generated gibberish as well, sometimes even trusting it, as the line between reality and illusion quietly erodes.
"And while this happens, we are bracing for rising RAM and SSD prices, so we people create and consume more of this brain rot at scale.
"Unfortunately, this isn’t a dystopian prediction anymore. This is the direction we are heading into 2026."
https://itsfoss.com/news/rob-pike-furious/
🧵 Tech-themed works, 25/x
Arcade Dream (2014)
#arcade #VoxelArt #LowPoly #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #8bit #aliens #space #shooter #computers #computing #1980s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Low-polygon / voxel style 3D artwork, showing four arcade cabinets with a shoot 'em up game, progressing on each cabinet screen.
🧵 Tech-themed works, 41/x
Digital artist. Made in the mid-1990s for the intranet of a media company I worked for at the time. Hence the thick CRT screen. 😁
#PixelArt #illustration #RetroComputing #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #8bit #16bit #commodore #amiga #computer #computers #computing #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Cartoon-style pixel illustration of a painter painting colors onto a noisy monitor screen on an easel.
@gamesthatwerent 👍 I loved Spindizzy. Once made this 3D tribute to it. 💚
#gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #8bit #commodore #Commodore64 #C64 #computer #computers #computing #1980s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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3D tribute to the mid-1980s Commodore 64 game Spindizzy.
Now that memory is getting expensive, we're looking forward to a technological regression with newer devices being more cramped for resources than in the last few years. All those bloated and poorly optimized applications are going to cost more to run
Bright side: Bottlenecks tend to drive evolution so this could actually spark an innovative period for software development when it comes to improving efficiency
"[A] small cohort of teenage computer enthusiasts from the Princeton, N.J., area flaunted a clever work-around: They borrowed an acoustic coupler—a forerunner of the computer modem—and connected it to a nearby pay phone. With this hardware in place, the youngsters dialed in to an off-site minicomputer.
The teenagers called themselves the RESISTORS, a retronym (they picked the moniker first and then matched words to the letters) for “Radically Emphatic Students Interested in Science, Technology, Or Research Studies.” The trade publication Computerworld gave the RESISTORS front-page billing—“Students Steal Show as Conference Opens”—and noted how the group drew a “fascinated crowd” of computer professionals. A reporter even suggested that the RESISTORS represented the vanguard of a small-scale social movement as the teens sought to engage with their counterparts from “underprivileged areas of Trenton” and introduce them to personal computing.
In the modern history of computing, a story about a small cohort of teens “playing” with computers might seem tangential. But the previously untold history of the RESISTORS highlights the fact that, years before there were machines called personal computers, some people regularly accessed computers for activities unrelated to their professional lives. Motives varied, but entertainment as well as the display of technical prowess mattered. Just as important, the story of the RESISTORS expands our sense of the hobbyist community beyond later and better-known groups like the Bay Area’s Homebrew Computer Club."
https://spectrum.ieee.org/teenage-hackers
#Computers #ComputerHistory #Hacking #NewJersey #Princeton #Resistors
Gizmodo: The Worst Thing About the RAM Shortage That Nobody’s Talking About
"....“black hole” of AI “sucking everything into it”..."
https://gizmodo.com/the-worst-thing-about-the-ram-shortage-that-nobodys-talking-about-2000700185
A few days ago I posted about buying an Exsurf T160R laptop (here: https://furry.engineer/@notthatdelta/115709118577245503)
If you're scratching your head, no worries - I'd never heard of this laptop brand either. Well, it showed up today and I decided to dig in! I'm going to make a short thread about the experience so far.
#laptop #teardown #computer #computers #hardware
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🧵 Tech-themed works, 16/x
Atarobot (2024). 🕹️
#atari #Atari2600 #joystick #robot #robots #bot #bots #mecha #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #8bit #computers #computing #1980s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #3D #CGI #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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3D robot design, featuring an Atari 2600 retro console as its chest and head.
🧵 Tech-themed works, 22/x
Digital communication icon designs (2023)
#icon #icons #pictograms #pictogram #symbols #audio #video #computer #computers #modem #graphics #design #artwork #2D #vector #cartoon #illustration #illustrator #picture #DigitalArt #digital #experimental #style #art #artist #arts #arte #designer #GraphicDesign #minimalism #ArtLovers #FineArt #painting #drawing #MastoArt #FediArt #MastodonArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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Graphic-style icon designs of digital communication hardware, such as a satellite dish and a modem.
🧵 Tech-themed works, 24/x
Commodore 64 (and 1702 monitor) 💙
#icon #icons #PixelArt #GameDev #gaming #games #game #gamer #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #RetroGames #RetroTech #VintageComputing #retro #history #8bit #commodore #Commodore64 #C64 #computers #computing #1980s #1990s #tech #technology #vintage #nostalgia #digital #DigitalArt #graphics #CGI #CharacterDesign #design #artwork #art #artist #arte #arts #GraphicDesign #MastoArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #ArtistsOnMastodon
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3D icon style tribute to the legendary Commodore 64 computer and 1702 monitor.
Entertaining ideas for The Holidays, from True Value Hardware Store!
#UnexpectedComputer #TI #TexasInstruments #TI99 #computers #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #vintageads #TrueValue #Holidays #Christmas #giftideas #nostalgia #scan #photo #TMS9900 #retrocomputer
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A magazine ad for a Texas Instruments 99/4A computer system and accessories from True Value Hardware Store
My Maclock has arrived. System Disk and all!
#Maclock #Macintosh #Apple #vintageApple #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #desktoy #toy #gadget #Mac #giftideas #nerdy #geek #photo #computers #ByteCellar
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Maclock Mac-looking desk clock
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Maclock Mac-looking desk clock
Good lord I've never seen Steve this pissed off. But what he's describing is seriously bad and potentially absolutely horrendous. Basically the potential end of consumer owned computers and a future where we're forced to rent compute from the cloud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A-eeJP0J7c
#computers #capitalism #AI #enshittification
I had this recent exchange with my wife:
Wife: What is FreeBSD?
Me: It's Unix, an operating system, and it's awesome!
Wife: Oh OK. The only reason I asked is because I am finding these FreeBSD CDs around the house. FreeBSD 12.0, 13.3, 14.0.
Me: Yeah, I use the old versions as coasters for my tea mugs.
Wife: *pauses, laughs* I can see that.
#FreeBSD #homelab #tech #fun #unix #computers #freebsd15 #operatingsystem #awesome
It's Cyber Monday and though we have no merch to put deals on and excessive spending can be harmful, we do see how computers and improv players could be much alike. 🤣
"A computer will do what you tell it to do, but that may be much different from what you had in mind." --Joseph Weizenbaum
#MondayMotivation #CyberMonday
#DoctorWho #TARDIS #Dalek #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Parody #Computers #Improv #Improvisation #Theater
The influence of powerful imagery and rhetorics in promotional material for computing is neither new nor surprising. There is a longstanding tradition of overselling the latest technology, claiming it to be the next (industrial) revolution or promising that it will outperform human beings. With the passage of time it may become difficult to recognize these invented ideas and images that have acquired a life of their own and have become integrated as part of a historical narrative. As modern, digital electronic computing is nearing its 100th anniversary, such recognition does not become easier, though we may be in need of it more than ever before.From https://cacm.acm.org/opinion/the-myth-of-the-coder/This particular case, where the praise of automatic programming implied the obsolescence of the coder, can be instructive for us today. There is a line that runs from Grace Hopper’s selling of “automatic coding” to today’s promises of large AI models such as Chat-GPT for revolutionizing computing by automating programming or even making human programmers obsolete.19,20 Then as now, it is certainly the case that the automation of some parts of programming is progressing, and it will upset or even redefine the division of labor. However, this is not a simple straightforward process that replaces the human element in one or more specific phases of programming by the computer itself. Rather, practice adopts new techniques to assist with existing tasks and jobs. Such changes do not generalize easily, and using titles as like “coders”—or today’s “prompt engineers,”—while memorable, does not do justice to the subtle process of changing practice.
#ComputerScience #computers #computing #programming #dev #tech #hype #GPT #ChatGPT #Copilot