@paulrickards This hackaday article mentions the Si5351 clock generator (~$2.30 at digikey), this might also be an alternative for the #LisaClone?

#AppleLisaClone #retrocomputing

https://hackaday.com/2023/09/12/clock-hack-gives-dec-rainbow-a-new-lease-on-life/
https://www.skyworksinc.com/-/media/Skyworks/SL/documents/public/data-sheets/Si5351-B.pdf

Cartas que te alegran el dia.
Y no me refiero al contenido (que también) sino al hecho de ver ese logo, que tantos años nos acompañó, impreso en un sobre en la actualidad.

Gracias Pablo Ruiz por hacerlo posible!
Y gracias, como no, a Jordi Blecua (Egroj)!

#zxspectrum #retrogaming #retrocomputing #retrogames

nOw PLaYiNG oN qUAntUm RaDio!: Brat Title bY Dr. Awesome! tUnE iN NoW: https://radio.erb.pw #retrocomputing #demoscene #chiptunes #trackermusic #sceneradio

You have a hi tech computer system, you NEED a Hy-Tec desk! I wanted this desk and eventually built one like the one on the right sans the printer section. Ad from Compute! May 1984. #retrocomputing #atari8bit #appleii #c64 #ti99

Imagewriter II Print Sample (ca 1983-1985) #Retrocomputing

nOw PLaYiNG oN qUAntUm RaDio!: Dna-Symphonie No.1 bY Trip! tUnE iN NoW: https://radio.erb.pw #retrocomputing #demoscene #chiptunes #trackermusic #sceneradio

The main hallway at the VCF Midwest venue just after 10AM on Saturday.

#vcf #vcfmw #retrocomputing

One of many displays at VCF Midwest 18. This was in the "Big Iron" room the night before the event officially opened.

#vcf #vcfmw #retrocomputing

A *Siemens* Newton on the ebays? What is this witchery? #RetroComputing

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175895704720

🦖​Tal y como el propio Roolandoo
decía hace unas horas...EXO-TICAL, su nuevo juego, ya está acabado en su versión de #ZXSPECTRUM

🎬​Aquí tenéis su trailer con escenas ingame (como dicen los de ahora...) ¡No tiene desperdicio!

Próximamente en: https://roolandoo.itch.io

#zxspectrum #retrocomputing #retrogaming

This is quite an interesting machine, it's an educational computer built around a Sanyo PHC-25 #RetroComputing https://buyee.jp/item/yahoo/auction/g1105211576

There's really never been a better time to check out C64 OS:

https://c64os.com/c64os/whatsnew/

Honored to have my ugly mug testimonial alongside the most interesting man in the world just shy of halfway down this page:

https://c64os.com/c64os/

#retrocomputing #commodore #c64 #commodore64

Atari Introduces a New Old Console - Readers of a certain age no doubt remember the Atari 2600 — released in 1977, the ... - https://hackaday.com/2023/09/11/atari-introduces-a-new-old-console/ #retrocomputing #atari2600 #rockchip #games #atari #retro

She sits in a corner by the door
There must be more I can tell her
If she really wants me to help her
I'll do what I can to show her the way
And maybe one day I will free her
Though I know no one can see her
Lisa, Lisa, sad Lisa, Lisa

("Sad Lisa", Cat Stevens)

#AppleLisaClone #LisaClone #retrocomputing

nOw PLaYiNG oN qUAntUm RaDio!: night bY Hoffman-starry! tUnE iN NoW: https://radio.erb.pw #retrocomputing #demoscene #chiptunes #trackermusic #sceneradio

nOw PLaYiNG oN qUAntUm RaDio!: huume bY Strobo-naru! tUnE iN NoW: https://radio.erb.pw #retrocomputing #demoscene #chiptunes #trackermusic #sceneradio

okay so I don't know if this will come about, but in the future i might want to livetoot on an old, non-smart phone. it doesn't have wifi. but i do have cellular data and limited web 1.0 access (HTTPS-only sites give errors).

so, a couple questions for #retrocomputing / #retrotelephony (?) folks:

1) is there, or COULD there be, a way to text to Mastodon? ideally for free? doesn't need to be a gazillion characters or get notifs or anything fancy. just to post.

2) i'm sure this is elementary web stuff, but is there a way to host brutaldon (https://brutaldon.org) without HTTPS / #SSL? is this something i should ask about on their git repo?

http://windowsupdaterestored.com/ #retrocomputing

Not only 2 modems, but 2 modem posts! Here's the inside of the Microcom Deskporte FAST modems from the last post.

Inside of the plastic case is coated in a brown conductive paint. The modem chipset is a Rockwell 288DPi, using what appears to be a Zilog Z80 to manage everything. The main difference between them seems to be where the components have been sourced from.

#ModemMonday #Modems #RetroComms #RetroComputing

So since I missed #ModemMonday last week - Here's two modems!
This time, they're Microcom Deskporte FAST modems. One branded by Banksia (local Australian distributor for Microcom) and one only branded Microcom. I suspect the Banksia branded one is slightly newer, but not by a lot. The Banksia is marked "FAST +" while the Microcom is just marked "FAST" with a "tm" after it. I think this was simply a branding thing between these modems, though it's possible one of them has later firmware or different internals.
These modems supported MNP from level 2 right up to level 10. They even had a parallel interface, in case the serial interface wasn't up to the task of keeping up with the modem, though you'd use the serial port to do things like dialling, etc.

#RetroComms #RetroComputing #Modems