Adamsdesk Receives Haul of Donated Retro Electronics
Travel along with me exploring the donated retro electronics haul treasures of the past and help to figure out ideas to repurpose all this equipment.
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I want to give #Mastodon a proper go this time, but it's hard to connect with people when no-one follows you, and hashtags only get you so far. 😞
So, if you like one of the hashtags below, please consider following me, and if you do, I'll follow you back! Thank you. 💗
#retrocomputing #msdos #windows #vintagecomputing #ai #lego #scifi #amiga #linux #doctorwho #drwho #startrek #starwars #space #uk #lgbtq #3dprinting #woodworking #discworld #reading
I just discovered the amazing Evertop project by @cobble2stone @ericjenott! Evertop is a portable PC that emulates an IBM XT with an 80186 processor and 1MB RAM, running DOS, Minix, and other old 1980s operating systems, including Windows up to version 3.0. Powered by a low-power microcontroller and an e-ink display, it can run for hundreds or even thousands of hours on a single charge, thanks to its built-in solar panel and extreme power-saving measures. It's loaded with built-in peripherals like a keyboard, PS/2 ports, graphics support, audio output, serial ports, USB, Ethernet, WiFi, and LoRA radio. Charging options include a solar panel, DC input, and micro USB. It features a detachable keyboard, optional hibernate, and power shutoff. Storage is via SD card, and it's powered by an Espressif ESP32 microcontroller. Compatibility includes almost all IBM PC/XT compatible DOS software from the 1980s and early 90s. There's also a minimal version, "Evertop Min," which reduces weight and cost by removing some features. I'd love to see a model with a Raspberry Pi Zero for more productivity-focused tasks. Let's see if someone is already working on something similar! #Evertop #RetroComputing #PortablePC #OpenSource #DIY #TechInnovation #Emulation #OffGridComputing #ESP32 #RaspberryPi #Minimalism #Productivity #EInk #solar #solarpanel #Typewriter
In 1976 Robert S. Boyer at SRI and J Strother Moore at Xerox PARC invented the Boyer-Moore fast string-search algorithm. Moore wrote in Interlisp the first implementation which was "10 to 50 times faster than the existing routines for searching for strings in a file", as Warren Teitelman noted in the 1976 annual report on Interlisp:
💿 Pourquoi les boutons ?
The Flashback Symposium 2.0 is cancled! We will try again later in 2025. Stay tuned!
Das Flashback Symposium 2.0 wurde abgesagt. Wenn möglich werden wir das später im Jahr nachholen.
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Hey Commodore Amiga fans!
You can discover lots of Amiga videos on PeerTube on this playlist:
https://fedi.video/w/p/rBBYAHtsBcpBXtpcT26VPG
- If you're on a phone, scroll the first two video titles at the bottom to see the rest of the playlist.
- If you're on a computer, choose a video from the playlist on the right.
- If you're watching embedded, click ⏭️ or ⏮️ to see next or previous videos in the playlist.
cc @amiga
#Amiga #Commodore #CommodoreAmiga #RetroComputing #ComputingHistory #16Bit #PeerTube
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who wants to shop here?
#indiegame #pixelart #retrogaming #retrocomputing
New video! Trying to fix a wonky C64 board which has been worked on previously.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/mkGEXlQ84wk
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/gRhqjexEYWjRZFaFjUr5q4
#C64 #Commodore64 #Repair #Troubleshooting #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #Commodore #DesTestMAX #DeadTest #Diagnostics
“it takes more than good memory to have good memories”
a fortune from Mary Chung’s in Cambridge affixed to one of MIT-MC.ARPA’s MH10s by David Moon.
On May 28, 2025 Eleanor Young will give the talk "The Medley Interlisp Project: Reviving a Historical Software System" at the 2025 IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering and Industry Summit (CCECE). She will discuss what other historical software recovery groups can learn from the Medley Interlisp Project.
#AtariST and #Atari 8-bit users, here is a playlist of videos on PeerTube about these computers:
https://fedi.video/w/p/u7E2A1QSFkQETNkVAhS6DH
- If you're on a phone, scroll first two video titles at the bottom to see rest of the playlist.
- If you're on a computer, choose a video from the playlist on the right.
- If you're watching embedded, click ⏭️ or ⏮️ to see next or previous videos in the playlist.
cc @atarist
#Atari #AtariST #Atari8Bit #Atari400 #Atari800 #8Bit #RetroComputing #PeerTube
By request, a playlist of PeerTube videos about the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A home computer:
https://fedi.video/w/p/2xitoEV748hKWzFk84Ddzf
- If you're on a phone, scroll first two video titles at the bottom to see rest of the playlist.
- If you're on a computer, choose a video from the playlist on the right.
- If you're watching embedded, click ⏭️ or ⏮️ to see next or previous videos in the playlist.
cc @retrocomputing
#TI99 #TI994A #TexasInstruments #RetroComputing #ComputingHistory
A brand new 68k Mac emulator quietly dropped last night!!
“Snow” can emulate the Mac 128k, 512k, Plus, SE, Classic, and II. It supports reading disks from bitstream and flux-floppy images, and offers full execution control and debugging features for the emulated CPU. Written using Rust, it doesn't do any ROM patching or system call interception, instead aiming for accurate hardware-level emulation.
Download link (Mac, Windows, Linux): https://snowemu.com
Documentation link: https://docs.snowemu.com
Source link: https://github.com/twvd/snow
Release announcement: https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12509
#RetroComputing #VintageMac #Apple #Mac #MacOS #ClassicMac #68k #emulation
Are you a fan of the Sinclair ZX Spectrum?
There are lots of PeerTube videos about the Spectrum (and other Sinclair machines) on this playlist:
https://fedi.video/w/p/fKcNNx7EdTxa4pcV5AcfgE
- On a phone: Swipe up first two videos at bottom to browse rest of playlist
- On a computer: Choose video by scrolling through playlist on right of screen
- If you're watching embedded: Click ⏭️ or ⏮️ to see next or previous videos in playlist
cc @zxspectrum
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Sometimes, it is all about perseverance.
And in some cases, a problem persists for 20 years until you are able to solve it.
Trying to save an incredible game by IJsfontein that is full of very personal childhood memories is my current "this will never work" problem.
And I’m slowly getting there.
https://fabulous.systems/posts/2025/05/saving-the-masters-of-the-elements-part-1/
Stay tuned for Part 2!
We are happy to share the preprint and slides of the paper "The Medley Interlisp Project: Reviving a Historical Software System" by Eleanor Young et al.:
https://interlisp.org/documentation/young-ccece2025.pdf
https://interlisp.org/documentation/young-ccece2025-slides.pdf
It tells the first 5 years of the Medley Interlisp Project and discusses what other historical software recovery groups can learn from our experience. The paper was presented at IEEE CCEECE 2025 in Vancouver and accepted for publication.
There are loads of videos about MS-DOS, DOS games and DOS PCs on PeerTube, here's a playlist:
https://fedi.video/w/p/uEorJj9vYsrdmihjc2otzu
- Watching on a phone: Swipe up first two videos at bottom to browse rest of playlist
- Watching on a computer: Choose video by scrolling through playlist on right of screen
- Watching embedded: Click ⏭️ or ⏮️ to see next or previous videos in playlist
cc @msdos
#FeaturedPlaylist #MSDOS #DOS #RetroComputing #ComputingHistory #DosGaming #PeerTube #PeerTubers
New video! Testing the ISEVIC that gets you native HDMI output from the Commodore 64's cartridge port.
YouTube: https://youtu.be/rcsn17_pJ4E
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/dvSbzFE533RTZnvkVLAm15
#ISEVIC #BloodMosher #HDMI #Commodore #C64 #Commodore64 #VideoOut #AV #FPGA #Upscaler #VICII #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #VintageComputing
In the Medley Interlisp documentation and literature the word "button" was used as a verb for mouse gestures for which we would now say "click". For example:
"Left-buttoning the display window updates it, and middle-buttoning the window brings up a menu that allows you to change the display state."