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Amanita Design @amanita-design.net · 7h

Machinarium turns 16 today 🤖

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Jeff Geerling @jeffgeerling.com · 7h

I've just posted a video that *tries* to document the overwhelming nature of the event (overwhelming in a good way, of course).

And I think I only covered like 1/3 of the show floor!

Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF0N...
Blog post: www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/vc...

Resurrecting old tech at VCF Midwest

YouTube video by Jeff Geerling

www.youtube.com

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Garth Beagle @garthbeagle.bsky.social · 7h

Hope they like vintage computers 🤷‍♂️

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Joe's Computer Museum @museumjoe.bsky.social · 18h

We have the NOAA system parsing data on the SpectraGen! GitHub update soon.

In future, I'll have a script to take external data automatically.

Thanks to purple horse (they know who they are) for the final bit of information I needed to get this parsing correctly.

It was this. $$

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Garth Beagle @garthbeagle.bsky.social · 22h

!! 39 !!

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BigBadBiologist @bigbadbiologist.bsky.social · 1d

39 trace repairs, RTC and battery back on and it’s testing perfect!

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allthingsdg @caliban10.bsky.social · 1d

Some shots of my blue & yellow CatMac Mini SE from jcm-1.com/product/catm....
Thanks to @ronscompvids.bsky.social & @gutbomb.net for the concept & design and to @museumjoe.bsky.social collection of Magnificent Printing Machines at jcm-1.com.
Now I just need a small blue & yellow LCD to use with it.

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walking mirage @wolf.observer · 2d

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 2d

NPR's veteran defense reporter Tom Bowman: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon Pass

www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g...

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass

Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

www.npr.org

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Hackaday @hackadayofficial.bsky.social · 2d

BlueSCSI: Not Just for Apple

Hackaday Article

hackaday.com

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Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 3d

Next time they make up some thing about offshore wind and whales, ask about this.

Dustin Mulvaney @dustinmulvaney.bsky.social · 4d

Republicans are aiming next to dismantle the marine mammal protection act, which protects whales, dolphins, manatees, polar bears, and sea otters.. among other ocean wildlife. 🦦

Horror Tor, friend of Union ghosts @splitrailfence.bsky.social · 4d

I love it. Makes me happy.
Weird that I'm now seeing your post here after I just read about the bill to end the 1970s marine mammal legislation to protect these beautiful creatures.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/wir...

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techknight @thetechknight.bsky.social · 4d

100% restored Macintosh Portable. that basically took my entire weekend to complete, but I am happy. Another one saved from the brink of death!

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BlueSCSI @bluescsi.com · 10d

Yes! BlueSCSI works on PC's but a lot of people don't realize it. Watch
TME Retro setup their PC with a #BlueSCSI

www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1UR...

BlueSCSI works with PC's now?

YouTube video by TME Retro

www.youtube.com

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BigBadBiologist @bigbadbiologist.bsky.social · 6d

I'm a sucker for an underdog, so Saturday's noon eastern stream will be trying to repair this battery-ravaged Macintosh Classic. youtube.com/live/R5UQ4VA...

Attempting repair of an EXTREMELY battery-damaged Macintosh Classic

YouTube video by BigBadBench

youtube.com

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techknight @thetechknight.bsky.social · 7d

I released a Public Service Announcement video on why you cannot use a Macintosh Portable without a good battery, on a Powerbook or after-market AC adapter: youtu.be/ed7-AqrY70s

PSA: Macintosh Portable Powerbook AC Adapter Damage

YouTube video by THEtechknight

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Anatoly Shashkin💾 @dosnostalgic.bsky.social · 6d

Good night.

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Joe's Computer Museum @museumjoe.bsky.social · 6d

Did you know that the Texscan MSI Compuvid Spectragen 4B can make a picture of a Millennium Falcon?

On an unrelated note: I created this screen on a PC with a Python script and sent it over serial.

The page editor works. YAY!

Still some rough edges, but we're getting there.

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Rob Delaney @robdelaney.bsky.social · 7d

Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a guy throwing a printer at a horse

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 7d

"Somebody showed me a TikTok video of a pregnant woman eight months pregnant—she is an associate professor at the Columbia Medical School—and she is saying 'eff Trump' and gobbling Tylenol with her baby in her placenta."

gizmodo.com/rfk-jr-compl...

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 7d

Whoa, I found another floppy from original Macintosh team member Joanna Hoffman! 😳

It contains the earliest version of ResEdit I’ve seen, v1.0 D4 - from 1985! 💾

#AppleHistory #Macintosh