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Anthony Horton<p>As far as I know there are still a few Eee PC's in use on the Anglo-Australian Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory (<a href="https://aat.anu.edu.au/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">aat.anu.edu.au/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>).</p><p>I took this photo of the telescope's Cassegrain Acquisition &amp; Guiding Unit (AGU) in 2018. There's a white Eee PC velcro'd to the steelwork on the right, which was (and quite probably still is) used to run the Cassegrain acquisition camera. </p><p>These days if you wanted a small, inexpensive computer to run a USB astronomy camera and integrate it into a bespoke telescope control system you'd use an SBC like a Raspberry Pi, but netbooks predate the Raspberry Pi by about 5 years so there was period of time where using a tiny laptop for something like this made sense, even if you didn't need the display, keyboard or battery.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astrodon</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telescope</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/EeePC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EeePC</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Netbook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Netbook</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retrocomputing</span></a></p>
64'er Magazin<p>Hypra-Load für SX 64 | 64'er Magazin<br><a href="https://www.64er-magazin.de/8509/hypra_sx64.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">64er-magazin.de/8509/hypra_sx6</span><span class="invisible">4.html</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/c64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>c64</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/64er" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>64er</span></a><br>Wie bereits in der ersten Beschreibung von Hypra-Load (Ausgabe 10/84) erwähnt, funktioniert das Programm nicht auf dem Commodore SX 64 trotz angeblicher Vollkompatibilität. Der Grund hierfür liegt in der unterschiedlichen Verwendung der Speicherstelle 1 bei den Computern C 64 und SX 64....</p>
thE qUAntUm wOrmhOlE<p>[2025-08-30 04:58:30]: KawaiiNekoGirlMilaF just logged into node 2 with the EInstEIn-rOsEn brIdgE theme <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/sysop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sysop</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/mysticbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mysticbbs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/tqwNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tqwNet</span></a></p>
thE qUAntUm wOrmhOlE<p>[2025-08-30 04:58:12]: KawaiiNekoGirlMilaF has just registered to use the BBS <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/newuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newuser</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/mysticbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mysticbbs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/tqwNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tqwNet</span></a></p>
thE qUAntUm wOrmhOlE<p>[2025-08-30 04:26:40]: SuperKawaiiNekoGirlMila just logged into node 2 with the EInstEIn-rOsEn brIdgE theme <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/sysop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sysop</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/mysticbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mysticbbs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/tqwNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tqwNet</span></a></p>
thE qUAntUm wOrmhOlE<p>[2025-08-30 04:26:03]: SuperKawaiiNekoGirlMila has just registered to use the BBS <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/newuser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>newuser</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/mysticbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mysticbbs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/tqwNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tqwNet</span></a></p>
Diego Barros<p>OK, it looks like I'll be buying an Evercade console. 🦙 🐄 🐑 </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIbMlDNbLzQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/watch?v=FIbMlDNbLzQ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
qUAntUm RaDio! :verified:<p>nOw PLaYiNG oN qUAntUm RaDio!: silence bY Noise! tUnE iN NoW: <a href="https://radio.erb.pw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">radio.erb.pw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/chiptunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chiptunes</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/trackermusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trackermusic</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/sceneradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sceneradio</span></a></p>
thE qUAntUm wOrmhOlE<p>[2025-08-30 02:00:02]: MRC Meatup: thE grAvY trAIn - at 21:00 BST this sAtUrdAY, Aug 30th 2025 <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/mrc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mrc</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/gravytrain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gravytrain</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/sysop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sysop</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/mysticbbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mysticbbs</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/tqwNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tqwNet</span></a></p>
Lectronz<p>Now in stock on Lectronz: USB for RC <a href="https://lectronz.com/products/usb-for-rc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lectronz.com/products/usb-for-</span><span class="invisible">rc</span></a> by <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dinotron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dinotron</span></a></span><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kits</span></a></p>
DesertFOX<p>Zum Thema "Office-Assistenten" in Office 97 und 2000, hier noch ein passendes Wallpaper dazu aus dem Jahr 2000. Nostalgie und so! 😉 </p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Clippy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clippy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Office" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Office</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/2000s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>2000s</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retro</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Microsoft</span></a></p>
Carlos Rodrigues 🪣<p>Oh, an Amiga demo that doesn't use the CPU. That kind of twists my brain. 🤯</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXT5MrDdyB8&amp;t=45s" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=OXT5MrDdyB</span><span class="invisible">8&amp;t=45s</span></a></p><p>Of course, it does use the CPU to load the demo's initial state. But then the CPU gets its interrupts disabled to prevent the demo from cheating. It must use the Amiga's custom chips as a Turing-complete set.</p><p><a href="https://github.com/askeksa/NoCpuChallenge" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/askeksa/NoCpuChalle</span><span class="invisible">nge</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>amiga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a></p>
Michael Engel<p>Hat jemand von euch in der Nähe von Bamberg (+100 km Umkreis oder so) zufällig einen ACSI2STM Festplattenemulator für Atari STs, den ich kurzfristig testweise ausleihen könnte (oder gar einen zum Verkauf)?</p><p><a href="https://sueden.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/atarist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atarist</span></a></p>
The Hat Fox<p>Revisiting it from 2025, on the surface Windows 95 looks and feels much like a modern (albeit basic) OS.</p><p>But there are areas where that illusion quickly shatters, such as user management. Or should I say the lack of it! Out of the box there are no user accounts at all, and when they are enabled they only provide per user custom desktops.</p><p>There aren't even default home folders by default. In 1995 "My Documents" was not yet a thing. Save your documents wherever you like 🤷 Anyone can access them anyway, there is no concept of file permission either.</p><p>In a way such simplicity is kind of refreshing, but it's also a sign of how far things have come.</p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/windows95" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows95</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>windows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Jani Nikula<p>I wanted to find a small niche hobby coding project that approximately nobody would care about.</p><p>I'm tooting about it now, and I don't expect you to care.</p><p>I want to use m68k-linux-gnu-as cross-assembler, but it doesn't support the Motorola syntax the original Amiga tools did.</p><p>How hard can it be to write a preprocessor that converts vasm mot syntax module compatible assembly to GNU as?!</p><p>Turns out, less trivial than I thought. </p><p><a href="https://floss.social/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/m68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>m68k</span></a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Assembly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Assembly</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>Oh, the glorious quest for tech hipsters: creating demos on an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amiga</span></a> sans CPU! 🤯 Because nothing screams <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/innovation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>innovation</span></a> like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> with LESS computing. 🚀 GitHub's got your back, offering <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> to help code for machines older than your grandpa. 🕰️<br><a href="https://github.com/askeksa/NoCpuChallenge" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/askeksa/NoCpuChalle</span><span class="invisible">nge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/techhipsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>techhipsters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</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>The No-CPU Amiga Demo Challenge</p><p><a href="https://github.com/askeksa/NoCpuChallenge" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/askeksa/NoCpuChalle</span><span class="invisible">nge</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/NoCPUAmiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoCPUAmiga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmigaDemoChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AmigaDemoChallenge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a></p>
qUAntUm RaDio! :verified:<p>nOw PLaYiNG oN qUAntUm RaDio!: hm? bY Abuse! tUnE iN NoW: <a href="https://radio.erb.pw" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">radio.erb.pw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/demoscene" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>demoscene</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/chiptunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>chiptunes</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/trackermusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trackermusic</span></a> <a href="https://mas.erb.pw/tags/sceneradio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sceneradio</span></a></p>
titaniumbiscuit<p>Attention all <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/vintagemac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagemac</span></a> people: A guy in the south of Germany is selling about 50 vintage Macintosh, including several 128k and classic models and an Apple Lisa (Macintosh XL). </p><p>(Pickup only)</p><p>Link for the Lisa: <a href="https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/apple-macintosh-xl-lisa-ii-von-1985/3173926751-228-7529" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/app</span><span class="invisible">le-macintosh-xl-lisa-ii-von-1985/3173926751-228-7529</span></a></p><p>Link for the lot: <a href="https://www.kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/umfangreiche-apple-mac-sammlung-50-macs-zus-weiteres-zubehoer/2814940295-234-7529" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kleinanzeigen.de/s-anzeige/umf</span><span class="invisible">angreiche-apple-mac-sammlung-50-macs-zus-weiteres-zubehoer/2814940295-234-7529</span></a></p><p>Disclaimer: I don't know the guy</p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>macintosh</span></a></p>
Paul (Goto 10)<p>I have more 5 1/4” floppy disks than you. <br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a></p>
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