Bits&Terminal Jeff
jf_718@oldbytes.space
<p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Queens" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Queens</span></a> Early Gen-X nerd ❤️ 🇹🇼☕🐱. Online since 1992. He/him. Bi/ace🏳️🌈:bisexual: :asexual:. White lapsed Catholic/Immigrant/ESL/Citizen. Not nice but tries to be kind.</p><p>Notes: kindness not extended to bigots. Someone from a marginalized group can be a bigot too. Reverse racism isn't a thing, so fellow white people please don't ever whine about it. </p><p>General account is <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@jf_718" class="u-url mention">@<span>jf_718</span></a></span> but here for <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>retroComputing</span></a> stuff.</p>
Posts
-
Post #2911108
About a week ago, I began writing a few lines of Applesoft BASIC at night when I can&#39;t fall asleep. Nothing impressive, just rediscovering the feeling of doing a few fun things on my old machine, just like I did as a teen; the main bonus is it helps me relax and fall asleep faster. Modern computers make me more stressed out, so I like that my oldest computer has the opposite effect. #retroComputing #appleII
-
Post #1763519
Posting this for multiple reasons: while I did sell my Samsung CK4644 CGA monitor last weekend, I still have its twin (Imtec-1464w), which has the same case, controls, features and stripe width (think dot pitch but for slot mask) of .41mm. Just like the Samsung I need to open it up and clean up comically seized potentiometers plus the mono/color switch (a neat feature most CGA monitors didn&#39;t have). The second reason was to share my favorite TUI of the mid to late 80s - AppleWorks 4.0...
-
Post #1754135
This could have been called &quot;Oil, gears and hammers - the mechanical side of early digital computers&quot;. Usagi electric fixes up a 1963 LGP-21 computer and peripherals, with most of the work not being electronic in nature. #retroComputing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJjRCCetyo4