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DelphiX

@delphix4855.bsky.social

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CRT nerd, Minecraft player for over a decade, furry. Australian, 19y/o, he/him Discord: delphix4855 Minecraft: DelphiX

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tweegeemee 트위지미 @tweegeemee.bsky.social · 8h

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DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 18h

i too love burning my retinas while trying to watch tv

DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

Ultra 64 was the original name planned for the Nintendo 64. As for the Famicom, I don’t know why the controllers have transparent plastic. Either it’s a clone console, or modern replacement controller shells have been swapped in

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I put the Mandelbrot set on an Apple IIgs at #PAX AUS :3

Mandelbrot set in very low resolution on a tiny colour CRT monitor.

code for the Mandelbrot set (see replies for copy-paste)

Full shot of the computer and monitor, with disk drives to the right and a keyboard and mouse in front.

DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

had some fun with PRINT and GOTO on the Apple IIgs

DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

the Apple IIc’s monitor had a bad component that would cause near-complete horizontal and vertical deflection collapse after a few minutes of being switched on. turning it off for a bit would temporarily resolve the issue. I spent much of my time keeping an eye on the monitor for when it did this.

DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

photo of the line of tables with various old computers (Apple IIc, Macintosh (out of order), Apple IIgs, iMac, etc.)

closeup of Apple IIc’s monitor phosphors. this monitor was actually faulty, which I’ll explain more about in the coming posts

my high score on Barney Carnage on the iMac G3. 20725 points. I got to level 5 (maybe 6? I lost count.) and my hand was sore by the time I stopped

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DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

90s IBM PC (I can’t remember which one) hooked up to a Mitsubishi 19” flat Trinitron PC CRT monitor (Diamond Plus 93SB), running Quake. to the sides of the PC are beige speakers, in front is an IBM Model M or F keyboard (can’t remember which) and off camera to the right is a mouse

monitor info for the Mistubishi
Model HR19
Serial number 11900001

better shot of Quake on the monitor. 1024x768, and I’m pretty sure it’s running at 85Hz

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DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

Amiga 500 hooked up to a 14” Sony PVM CRT. There’s speakers on either side of the PVM and two joysticks and a mouse on the table next to the Amiga

Commodore 1280 with Commodore 1701 CRT monitor. in front of the computer is a keyboard and joystick

closeup of the Commodore 1701 monitor’s phosphors

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DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

Atari 1040ST and monitor with a box of floppy disks, a mouse, and 4 joysticks

closeup of the Atari monitor’s phosphors

iMac G3, with keyboard and hockey puck mouse

DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

Atari 2600 hooked up to and 80s CRT TV. there’s a bunch of cartridges and game boxes on the table, and the box for the console itself to the left of the TV

Acorn Archimedes and monitor. a 3-button mouse is to the right of the computer

closeup of the Acorn Archimedes monitor phosphors

DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

Hanimex TVG-070C hooked up to a tiny 5” colour CRT TV, with a Vectrex to the right

top of the 5” colour CRT TV. it has a carry handle, antenna, composite video and mono audio, both input and output, headphones jack, TV/antenna toggle button, UHF/VHF toggle button, and volume knob

DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

Colecovision hooked up to an 80s CRT TV, and a Power Mac G4 with Apple Studio 17” transparent CRT monitor

side view of the Apple Studio 17” transparent CRT monitor. very sleek design that deliberately shows off the internals. it looks very cool, even with a big bit of sticker stuck to the side

inside view of the Apple Studio 17” transparent CRT monitor.

top view of the Apple Studio 17” transparent CRT monitor. very sleek design that deliberately shows off the internals. it looks very cool

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DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

Huge, bright red, sleek PC with a Dell monitor running Quake III Arena

beige PC with beige monitor, beige mouse, beige speakers, and beige keyboard (IBM model F or M, I can’t remember which) running Doom. on top of the PC is a music tracker (I think?) and Zip drive

closeup of the beige monitor’s phosphors

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DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

Apple IIgs running a game. In front is a keyboard, mouse, and joystick. To the right of the computer are some disk drives.

closeup of the phosphors on the IIgs’s monitor.

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DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

display cabinet with a Sharp X1, a cool looking red computer. another red computer sits on the shelf above.

Sharp X1 on the shelf under a Super Primary Computer, also bright red

sign for the Sharp X1:

Sharp X1
Manufacturer: Sharp
Units Sold: Not publicly released
Random Trivia: It was marketed as a “PC-TV”: the monitor had a built-in TV tuner so you could watch TV and pop computer graphics on top

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DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

Sharp Famicom CRT TV with controllers and games

closeup of the controllers. they have a unique silver/black design with a grey grid on the black sticker thingy. the A and B buttons are square and made of rubber.

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DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

boxed Mario games in a display cabinet
Super Mario Kart
Super Mario Bros
Super Mario Maker
Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary Edition
Mario Bros cards
Mario Kart 64

same display cabinet, different angle
too many games to name all of them, but mostly Gameboy, SNES/SFC, and N64, with some Famicom, FDS and more

Sharp Famicom Station with grey NES Zapper, two standard NES controllers, all cartridge slots filled by special black-and-yellow cartridges (plus a few more on top)

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DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

thread of photos and videos I took at PAX
I spent most of my time in the classic games area so I only took photos of stuff there

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Display cabinet with an Ultra 64 (early name for the Nintendo 64). There’s a label on the top of the console that reads “Property of Nintendo”.

To the left of the Ultra 64 is a Famicom with transparent controllers.
On the shelf underneath are two Apple Pippins, one beige and one charcoal grey.

On top of the display cabinet is a printed sign:

Ultra 64 1995, Nintendo, Japan Development/pre-release console which preceded the final release of the Nintendo 64 in 1996, going by the name "Nintendo 64 Ultra"
Possibly the ONLY complete working system in the world?
Owned by Last Gamer

Sharp Famicom Titler. Also some novelty LCD game watches at the top and right edges of the image

Sign for the Sharp Famicom Titler, reading:

Sharp Famicom tiler AN-510 - 1989, Sharp (Nintendo Licenced), Japan
The Famicom Titler （ファミコンタイトラー）、AKA: TheFamicom Editor （編集ファミコン，Henshuu Famicom）， is a
Nintendo-licensed Famicom-compatible device produced by Sharp Corporation in 1989.
Released exclusively in Japan at a retail price of 43,000 yen ($428.50 AUD /)
The system was the only consumer-level Famicom to internally generate RGB video. The system also functioned as a subtitle-generator and it could be used in combination with a RF-video camera to create and edit gameplay videos and demos.
Character input was made upon a small touch-sensitive tablet mounted into the console. A stylus was included as attached to the body, and audio additions to the demo could be made using the included microphone. Flipping the switch back would superimpose the video and subtitles on the console.
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Game Watches
Collection of watches from mid 1980's to 1990's with game playable features.
Ranging from 1-3 games per device.

Display cabinet with various boxed PC games - including Doom, Prince of Persia, Diskworld, and a sealed copy of Quake! There’s a few other games in there too.

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TJ "Henry" Yosh @tj99er.bsky.social · Sep 9

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Pep @pepverbsnouns.bsky.social · Sep 7

"Bluesky is boring."

Social media *should* be boring. Being algorithm and dopamine poisoned is bad, actually.

When your feed dries up for the day, that's your cue to go do something else until new stuff shows up later.

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DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

7 COLOR= I: PLOT PX,PY: PLOT PX,47 - PY

8 NEXT PX: NEXT PY

9 GET K$: TEXT

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DelphiX @delphix4855.bsky.social · 1d

Code by [email protected]:

1 GR : POKE 49234,0: CALL - 1998

2 FOR PY = 0 TO 23: FOR PX = 0 TO 39

3 X0 = (PX - 31) * .066:Y0 = (PY - 23) * .05:X = 0:Y = 0:X2 = 0:Y2 = 0

4 FOR I = 1 TO 15:Y = (X + X) * Y + Y0:X = X2 - Y2 + X0:X2 = X * X:Y2 = Y * Y

5 IF X2 + Y2 > 4 GOTO 7

6 NEXT I: GOTO 8

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