Posts by blakespot@oldbytes.space
 (DIR) Post #ARPI1w7JgDBXTMrLO4 by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2022-12-29T16:59:27Z
       
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       I spent some time this morning flying over Arizona in MS Flight Sim 2020. Another fav sim of mine is Pilotwings 64 for the Nintendo 64 -- such fun! It was developed by a group called Paradigm. Before Paradigm made PW64, they did flight sim work for SGI systems. One of those sims was "Certain Impact." There aren't many videos around of it in play, but I made a quick-and-dirty video of it running on my SGI O2 a while back. The O2 with the R10000 was pretty beefy hardware, for the time. Have a look.https://bytecellar.com/2017/05/05/a-glimpse-of-paradigm-simulations-certain-impact-for-sgi-irix/#SGI #flightsim #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #gaming #N64 #Nintendo #flightsimulator #FlightSim2020 #UNIX #IRIX #3D
       
 (DIR) Post #ARwcSQPYbjWTEODuy0 by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-01-23T14:55:02Z
       
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       Doing a little BBSing with MuffinTerm for macOS.#BBS #BBSing #macOS #iOS #iPadOS #telnet #terminal #ATDT https://muffinterm.app
       
 (DIR) Post #ARx8viXdTYDmOO0uTQ by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-01-23T23:44:44Z
       
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       @paradroyd That would be nice, as would 80-column PETSCII (C128-style).
       
 (DIR) Post #AS0kEVv2uQXWWbfZ3o by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-01-25T17:13:29Z
       
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       Looking for info. After the C128 landed, were 80-column PETSCII BBSs a thing, or is that more a recent construct of tweaked terminal emulation -- just PETSCII 40 at twice the horizontal resolution? Does PETSCII 80 behave exactly as PETSCII 40 from a terminal emulator perspective? Thanks.#C64 #C128 #BBSing @particlesbbs
       
 (DIR) Post #AS0ln9OGlIfAk8Pzs0 by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-01-25T15:39:22Z
       
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       Blog post: “MuffinTerm”: A Great New Terminal Emulator App for BBSing on the iPhone, iPad, and Machttps://bytecellar.com/2023/01/25/muffinterm-a-great-new-terminal-emulator-for-iphone-ipad-and-mac/#BBS #BBSing #online #login #telnet #terminal #textmode #BulletinBoardSystem #Apple #iPhone #iPad #Mac #iPadOS #iOS #macOS #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #mobile #tech #blog #review
       
 (DIR) Post #AS1D3tiH06RHo1z8Xw by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-01-25T23:44:59Z
       
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       @paradroyd @particlesbbs Ok, so there aren't a lot of 80-col PETSCII boards out there (like Particles)?
       
 (DIR) Post #AS1SdbuCBY3iJW35iy by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-01-26T03:37:07Z
       
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       @paradroyd Right. Another multi-format is/was Dura-Europos. But...I can't seem to connect anymore. It may be gone from the world. :-\ I enjoyed it a while ago.dura-bbs.org:6359
       
 (DIR) Post #AS7tWdwk3sNuKNtyQC by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-01-27T22:57:03Z
       
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       Lo, and the seventh seal was broken as the dread horsemen of the apocalypse bounded across the blood-red sky.#endofdays #endofman #harbingerofdoom #endtimes
       
 (DIR) Post #ASF9oocy2y6I2Y3j04 by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-02-01T18:11:47Z
       
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       My 1-inch tungsten cube arrived! Weighs .67 lbs. I love it!#tungsten #heavy #heavymetal #dense #metal #science #geektoy #geek #cool #elements
       
 (DIR) Post #ASlDig2enjDFgsrul6 by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-02-17T03:48:57Z
       
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       Random desk photo from 2009.#desk #desktop #Amiga #iPod #iPhone #DVD
       
 (DIR) Post #ATOdWFUSXwwC4DIk6K by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-03-02T15:29:53Z
       
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       ANSI BBSing on the TI-99/4A.Raspberry Pi 3 interfaced to the TI-99 via peripheral expansion card and F18A video hardware replacement enabling 80-column, 16-color text. Logged in via WiFi232 device connected to Myarc serial card.https://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/46317912492/in/album-72157707233990765/#TI99 #TI994a #BBS #BBSing #RaspberryPi #Tipi #hardware #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #electronics #cables #vintagetech #tech
       
 (DIR) Post #ATQcCwUPFvH7zrQV5k by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-03-08T22:32:45Z
       
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       Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids.#NoMansSky #NMS #procgen #SciFi #gaming #gamers #screenshot #virtualphotography #spacegames #games #PCgaming #PS5 #Xbox #HelloGames
       
 (DIR) Post #ATpUUZsD2c1uVLUqLQ by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-03-14T02:52:00Z
       
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       SixelSixel, short for "six pixels", is a bitmap graphics format supported by terminals and printers from DEC. It consists of a pattern six pixels high and one wide, resulting in 64 possible patterns. Each possible pattern is assigned an ASCII character, making the sixels easy to transmit on 7-bit serial links.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sixel#terminal #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #computinghistory #graphics #emulation
       
 (DIR) Post #ATvZqKXaOSEe2cnki8 by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-03-23T22:22:33Z
       
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       @pierrenick @likesoldmacs It's interesting -- during the development of the Amiga, artists were contracted to come in and draw impressive and demonstrative digital art using versions of the first Amiga drawing program, "Graphicraft," so early on in its development that file operations had yet to be implemented. The drawings were completed, photographed by Commodore, and then lost to the ether when the system was powered off. It's amazing to contemplate, so groundbreaking were some of these works, carried out on a $1,295 consumer-oriented computer in 1985. One such example is "Four-Byte Burger" by Jack Haeger, here scanned from one of the Amiga 1000's manual covers. https://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/50926604693/in/album-72157604421303889/Note the CRT scanlines in the image ... and their orientation.  #Amiga #Mac #vintageAmiga #vintageMac #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #pixelart
       
 (DIR) Post #AUgaY2ckFB2jzPl116 by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-04-15T19:30:57Z
       
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       Vintage Apple things of various sortshttps://www.pinterest.com/blakespot/apple-vintage/#Apple #AppleII #AppleIII #Macintosh #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #computinghistory #olde #gallery #pinterest #vintagetech
       
 (DIR) Post #AUuSSGAcXykYsqUigK by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-04-21T23:25:03Z
       
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       XboxAhoy's recreation of Jack Haeger's lovely "Four-Byte Burger," referenced in my earlier toot, displayed in phosphor glory on my Amiga 1000 and its 1080 CRT. (XboxAhoy linked the IFF in the post to his sub - r/XboxAhoy - on reddit).Obviously that old 1080 doesn't like to lie on its side! Eek!So very lovely!#Amiga #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #computinghistory #pixelart #pixels #graphics #JackHaeger #computerart #1985 #techhistory #pixels #art #restoration #Commodore #vintatgecomputers #reddit
       
 (DIR) Post #AVHWztoF3jzBpYOwBk by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-05-03T14:57:19Z
       
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       "All these moments will be lost in time, like droplets of a liquifying rubber foot wearily tracing their path down the underside of a 30 year old modem."#modem #vintagetech #RoyBatty #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #dialup #fading #OldTimeIsStillaFlying #photo
       
 (DIR) Post #AVVIG5XwtVNCKhloKe by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-05-10T03:45:11Z
       
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       The source code for NeXTSTEP has been leaked and is on Github.https://www.nextcomputers.org/forums/index.php?topic=4690.0#NeXT #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #NEXTSTEP #OS #Mach #Apple #SteveJobs #UnIX #macOS #sourcecode #GIT
       
 (DIR) Post #AVhoQ7OsNyp5PLs7yS by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-05-15T23:42:20Z
       
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       Pretty amazing demo of 128K enhanced Apple IIe graphics/text mode switching mid-screen. I've never seen anything like this before in my 40 years with the II. And a Mockingboard soundtrack, to boot.http://deater.net/weave/vmwprod/mode_switch/#AppleII #demos #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #vintagecomputers #demoscene #chiptune #Apple #vintagetech #vintage
       
 (DIR) Post #AVv6QuHgpyXtUrxbA8 by blakespot@oldbytes.space
       2023-05-22T16:12:39Z
       
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       Hmm.#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #DOS #PC #CRT #uglycomputers #odd