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  I was looking at my old disks. This VGA image blow my mind away in the early 90s. CLOWN.GIF A real picture in only 320x200 pixels and 256 colors. Someone did a terrific task in the quantization of the image. I don't know the original source, but I got a copy from a guy in a computer store. I've scaled it for proper display. #retro

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  Some more of these 1990's GIF, scaled and converted for your viewing pleasure. #retro #retrocomputing

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  Do you want to see how looked a BBS in Mexico in 1993? I found a 64 kilobytes captured session :awesome: #retro #retrocomputing https://nanochess.org/la_cueva_bbs.html

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  I've found my old robot animation made in early 1994 and ray traced with transputer. The walk cycle was reasonable, but now I see the hands jump. I've uploaded it to my git. https://github.com/nanochess/transputer #retro #retrocomputing

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  This Star Trek IV scene always cracks me up. I just learned it was going to be an Amiga computer but the square-head vendor didn't want to lease it, instead he wanted a sale #facepalm #retro #retrocomputing

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  Removing pieces from an old motherboard. I finally decided that after 25 years, I'm not going to repair it. I still need to remove the oscillators but my Chinese solder station decided to fail today 😆 #retro #retrocomputing

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  El pan de dulce de hoy 😋 #pan #pandulce #bread #mexico

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  The Witcher season 4. The whole cast looks like their souls were stolen by Netflix. There are some good fights, but the script hides a good story with too much time for secondary actors and filler scenes like a sitcom. It only missed public laughs. Disappointing.

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  Do you remember my DJGPP port of my transputer C compiler? I thought all the work was done, and maybe I could compile it in a Macbook Air. I was very wrong. Enjoy my trip porting it to 64-bit!!! #retro #transputer https://nanochess.org/transputer_c_compiler.html

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  My Am29000 Javascript emulator now can run my 1999 operating system, including the web browser. However, because Javascript security restrictions, it cannot access Internet. #retro #amd #developer #javascript #os https://nanochess.org/am29000_emulator.html

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  Once upon a time when I was barely age 18 I wrote a windowed operating system for a homebrew computer based on the Am29000 processor. I've made an emulator so you can test it :awesome: #retro #amd https://nanochess.org/the_am29000_computer.html

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  After 10 years I finally found how FM instruments are programmed (and instrument data!) into the YM2413 chip used in MSX2+ and Japanese SMS. I've implemented this in CVBasic along an instruments table for use in your games. #retro #retrogaming #msx #sms https://github.com/nanochess/CVBasic/blob/master/examples/fm_instruments.bas

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  I wanted the power led working in my Atari 600XL so I bought a new membrane from Retro Fuzion. The installation is relatively easy and now it works! The original membrane is oxidized. #retro #retrogaming #atari

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  So Gen V made a Doctor Kay and they just ran around doing nothing in The Boys? 😂 😂 😂 The weakest season with lots of holes (V1, old heroes), wasted characters, and some terrible perfomances. The final fight is reasonable, but it doesn't push you to the edge like previous seasons. #theboys

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  I've these in the collected volumes but always wanted to get the original magazines for these issues of Dr. Dobb's Journal. Steve Wozniak writing games and Landon Curt Noll (way before the IOCCC) announcing the discovery of the 26th Mersenne prime. #retro #magazines

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  I finally tested my ECS Extended BASIC language with an Aquarius Data Recorder and a real cassette tape. It works just fine 😀✌️ #retro #retrogaming #mattel #intellivision

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  I got a nice looking Sigma C64 but it wasn't working. I discovered the PLA enabled all chips at the same time! The bus contention made chips to get really hot! I bought a replacement PLA and I had to change all the RAM chips for BASIC to work. Also repaired some broken lines for cartridge. #retro #retrogaming #c64

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  I've updated my Ko-Fi page with member tiers like getting early access to my articles, reading my drafts, or simply supporting my retro work. #retro #retrogaming https://ko-fi.com/nanochess

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  Go to Youtube to see the live streaming of the 29th IOCCC winners announcement. The first winning entry so far is a FORTRAN card reader calculating a black hole! #retro #retrocomputing https://www.youtube.com/live/MoWCwZx1Swc?si=6raC49UyKy6kbanP

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  My first draft article for the tier 32-bit fan members is now available in my Ko-Fi https://ko-fi.com/post/New-draft-article-Jun2026-S8C420YEDR

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  My new article about my Klondike Solitaire game for curses in 5K of C language is now up. #developer #programming https://nanochess.org/klondike_in_c.html

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  A guy ported Mac OS X to Wii https://bryankeller.github.io/2026/04/08/porting-mac-os-x-nintendo-wii.html

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  Ya estamos en Plaza Galerías Estrellas de 11am a 8pm. #retro #retrogaming #atari #Commodore #nes

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  8-bit optimization for Z80 and 6502 in 2026. Multiplication and division routines #retro #retrogaming #z80 #6502 https://nanochess.org/article_8_bit_optimization.html