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#retrocomputing

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Stewart Russell

We spent the downtime at VCF East trying to get the COMX-35 to completely* fill the screen with randomly-placed asterisks. This was somewhat hampered by us having no COMX BASIC manual. We thought it couldn't be done ...

Thanks to the amazing Emma 02 emulator, it turns out it's possible and we were doing it wrong. We had no manual, though

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*: except for the last char position, for $reasons

A screen shot from an emulated COMX-35 computer, showing 40 columns and 24 rows of cyan asterisks on a black background. The very last position at the bottom right is not filled, as COMX BASIC scrolls the screen if a character is printed in that position
A screenshot from an emulated COMX-35 home computer showing a short BASIC listing in magenta text on a black background. The program is: 10 DEFINT I: CPOS (0,0): CLS 20 LET I=RND(959) 30 CPOS (I/40,MOD(I,40)): PRINT "*"; 40 GOTO 20 50 END
#VCFeast2025#BASIC#RetroComputing
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DesertFOX

Im Jahre 1999 veröffentlichte Microsoft einen Haufen kritischer Jahr-2000 Updates und Patches für ihre Software. Aus heutiger Sicht wichtig war v.a. auch der fehlerbereinigte Datei-Manager WINFILE.EXE unter Windows 3.1 und WfW 3.11, der so angepasst auch 2025 noch problemlos funktionert.

Da ich hierfür endlich mal eine richtige physische Quelle haben wollte, hab ich mir nun mal die offizielle Microsoft Jahr 2000 Ressourcen CD besorgt. Es handelt sich um die finale Version dieser Disc vom November 1999.

Hier zum Download:
archive.org/details/ms_y2k-cd_

Microsoft's offizielle Jahr 2000 Ressourcen CD-ROM
Der Datei-Manager unter Windows 3.11 funktioniert dank Y2K-Update auch heute noch problemlos!
#Microsoft#Windows#Y2K
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zeratul2099

It is day 14 of #AmigApril

Some days ago I discovered OpenLara, an opensource-implementation of the first Tomb Raider engine and its port to AmigaOS.

It is just a demo with only two levels and (at least in my case) no sound. But it is fully playable at stable 30 fps. I never thought this (unfairly tuned) Amiga is able to push so many polygons 😀

Music: Nexus Bell - Chris Hülsbeck
patreon.com/chris_huelsbeck

#retrocomputing#retrogaming#amiga
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Josh Renaud

AI was hot in the 80s, but Kirschen felt people didn't really want "artificial intelligence" — but artificial *personality* and *creativity.* "Could a computer display personality traits? Could a computer create music?" he asked.

He was ahead of his time.

I'm thankful to have known him, and to have helped preserve a small part of his legacy.

You can help his wife Sali by donating via their PayPal link: tiny.cc/3oncvz

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Yaakov Kirschen and Sali Ariel are seated, smiling at the camera. Between them is a Commodore Amiga displaying a large caricature of Bach from Kirschen's "Magic Harp" software.
#retrocomputing#kirschen#drybones
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Josh Renaud

Decades later, I began researching and rescuing Kirschen's forgotten computer games and software for the Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore Amiga, and IBM PC.

breakintochat.com/blog/categor

Over the years, he and his wife Sali graciously made time to talk with me and send material related to his software.

I'm proud to have published histories on it for my blog, Emory University, the Internet Archive and Juiced.GS.

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Break Into ChatKirschen Archives - Break Into Chat
#retrocomputing#kirschen#drybones
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Josh Renaud

Sad news: "Dry Bones" cartoonist Yaakov Kirschen has died.

jns.org/dry-bones-cartoonist-y

I first encountered Kirschen through his "Mom and Me" and "Murray and Me" graphical chatbot programs (received from my uncle Jim when he handed down his Atari ST to us in the late 1980s).

Kirschen's work on "Mom" and "Murray" was profiled in-depth by the NYT, LAT, and others.

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Yaakov Kirschen sits in his kitchen holding a drink. Beside him is an Apple II computer on a desk. The computer monitor shows the title screen of a game called "The Goldberg Variations."
#atarist#atari#retrocomputing
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Marius

Looking through my forgotten corner of my shed I found a gem. I was hoping to finally install some clean Excel without the bloatware, but I think I misplaced my floppy drive 25 years ago 😄. And I have a sneaking suspicion that I would not be able to read anyhting from 30 year old floppies. #Excel #retrocomputing

3 5,25" floppy disks with Excel 2.10c
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Silicon Underground (Dave F)

When did Google go from being a search engine company to primarily an advertising company? April 13, 2007's acquisition of Doubleclick was a really big step in that direction. Does it seem like it's been 18 years? dfarq.homeip.net/googles-acqui #TechHistory #BusinessEvolution #RetroComputing

The Silicon Underground · Google's acquisition of DoubleclickAcquiring a large ad provider raised antitrust concerns but the deal went through
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