Post #1905943
2026-05-03 05:54 UTC
@janschiefer@mastodon.social i liked muscle memory revealing things about older versions of VT100 code in that a trick I STILL HAD in muscle memory to clear the screen to keep teachers from seeing what you were doing popped out and _didn't work_ on a post-VT102 VT100 clone terminal.
watching people talking about your shit as stuff they're researching is a weird feeling but i can see why the doctor likes it (and I've already had my shit in museums so i've already been down _that_ nonsense ladder)
i think my favourite exhibits tho' were the massive HP desktop calculators from 1969, 1971, and 1972 (which ran BASIC!), with their personality cartridges. so _extremely_ cool. if you didn't look at those go look at them tomorrow, they were great :D
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@janschiefer@mastodon.social 2026-05-03 06:15
@moira@mastodon.murkworks.net YESSS! They were my favorites also, especially the 9810 (the one in the middle), which I had previously encountered some 40 years ago, doing some surveying stuff during my military service, in a land far far away. It was obsolete even then, but as an HP calculator fan since my teen years, I was just blown away by this thing.Very nice to see it again. I wish there was more HP stuff at VCFPNW. Guess I need to bring some of mine next year! #VCFPNW #HP #HPCALC