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I miss this aesthetic in software. #Macintosh #VintageApple #HyperCard #VintageMac

#WeekOfPatching ⨯ #OldComputerChallenge day 1 scratching the surface of "M", Intelligent Music's interactive composing and performing system from 1987 #Macintosh #VintageApple #RetroComputing

found this hidden gem on the garden. it's a japanese hypercard game called Summer Vacation - Search for the Golden Beetle (夏休み・黄金のかぶと虫を探して, Natsuyasumi - kogane no kabutomushi o sagashite) the pixel art is just insane - such a careful balance of positive and negative space in each rendering. it plays very much like early Cyan games like The Manhole - pure exploration. thank you macgarden archivist baku for finding, buying, and preserving this incredible gem. https://macintoshgarden.org/games/natsuyasumi #1bit #hypercard #macintosh #vintageApple #art #japan

i just fell in love with an extremely obscure piece of macintosh software that has a 10/10 ui: Calculator Construction Set by dubl-click software you drag and drop pieces of a calculator: pushbuttons, lcd screens, paper tape printers, and then wire them together using a wiring tool. then you can script in behaviours for every component. https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/calculator-construction-set #macintosh #vintageApple

I made a thing! Come help out? retrorepro.wiki — a catalogue of modern reproduction parts for vintage computers. Reloaded logic boards, 3D-printable brackets, replacement chips, analog board recreations and more. Mac-heavy right now (that's what my bookmarks look like), but Commodore and IBM PC sections are coming. Missing something? Account requests are open. https://retrorepro.wiki/Main_Page (Who wants to make a logo?) #vintagemac #vintagecomputers #vintageapple #retrocomputing

Introducing my first #MARCHintosh project - #GlobalTalk Chat 1.0! Now re-written from the ground-up as a native Mac Toolbox application in C. You can get it NOW on “Blackbird” or “landisk” in the “BaroNet” zone on GlobalTalk. #RetroComputing #VintageApple #mb (1/3)

happy to belatedly discover this full 2.5h interview with Newton software engineer Steve Capps which goes into serious depth on the NewtonOS development and history of apple https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsaGx0loR3M (conducted by the director of the Love Notes to Newton doc) #newton #macintosh #vintageApple

"sit", the modern Unix-based StuffIt archive creation tool, has been updated with a few bug fixes:

• better support for special characters, so you can include "Work ƒ" or "Project.π" or "Business®App™" and preserve those names when expanding.
• names containing a slash could not be expanded on classic Mac OS
• never overwrite an existing file; if "archive.sit" exists then create "archive-1.sit" instead, and so on.

github.com/thecloudexpanse/sit

#retrocomputing #VintageApple #VintageMac

i realize that this only speaks to 0.1% of you, but some useful info for NeXTStation owners: the battery backup that shipped with the nextstation is a BR 2/3A type battery - a chub gherkin that costs about $7-12 USD and are not easy to find these days. thankfully i've discovered a modern direct swap equivalent: the CR123A. it is used in various types of LED flashlights. it outputs the same voltage. the only difference i noticed is that the CR123A is about 0.5mm longer due to slightly more protruding positive terminal. thankfully, the battery holder accepts it (it just puts more pressure on the holder's metal flexi-tab). the CR123A can be found for $1 each. #vintageApple #macintosh #next #retroComputing #vintageComputing