Froyo☆Tam
@froyotam.bsky.social
29F / insta: @FroyoTam/ i run http://cari.institute, http://digicam.love / my fonts @itemlabel / comms closed / FREE PALESTINE
my e3 2002 ps2 watch
November 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
my e3 2002 ps2 watch
my Givenchy Oblique perfume bottle arrived today
November 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
my Givenchy Oblique perfume bottle arrived today
10 games to get to know me
October 31, 2025 at 4:12 AM
10 games to get to know me
i found a beautiful acorn
October 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
i found a beautiful acorn
October 8, 2025 at 2:42 AM
challenged myself to assemble Lee Hart’s smallest COSMAC computer, the MemberCHIP Card, essentially a COSMAC ELF with no input switches, a ROM monitor, RCA BASIC3, serial output, and 32K static RAM.
it fits within an Altoids Smalls tin!
it fits within an Altoids Smalls tin!
October 4, 2025 at 11:31 PM
challenged myself to assemble Lee Hart’s smallest COSMAC computer, the MemberCHIP Card, essentially a COSMAC ELF with no input switches, a ROM monitor, RCA BASIC3, serial output, and 32K static RAM.
it fits within an Altoids Smalls tin!
it fits within an Altoids Smalls tin!
appreciation for TRS-80 title screens:
Frogger (1981) by Cornsoft / SEGA
Lunar Lander (1980) by Mike Wall & Jack Moncrief
Clash (1983) by Bill Dunlevy
Rear Guard by Wayne Westmoreland & Terry Gilman
Frogger (1981) by Cornsoft / SEGA
Lunar Lander (1980) by Mike Wall & Jack Moncrief
Clash (1983) by Bill Dunlevy
Rear Guard by Wayne Westmoreland & Terry Gilman
October 1, 2025 at 1:54 AM
appreciation for TRS-80 title screens:
Frogger (1981) by Cornsoft / SEGA
Lunar Lander (1980) by Mike Wall & Jack Moncrief
Clash (1983) by Bill Dunlevy
Rear Guard by Wayne Westmoreland & Terry Gilman
Frogger (1981) by Cornsoft / SEGA
Lunar Lander (1980) by Mike Wall & Jack Moncrief
Clash (1983) by Bill Dunlevy
Rear Guard by Wayne Westmoreland & Terry Gilman
virtual boy is allowed
September 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
virtual boy is allowed
it’s also worth mentioning cassette storage had their own set of problems. cassette decks can vary in quality control from manufacturer to manufacturer. the tone dial was a source of many people’s struggles, as you have to play with the dial, trial-and-error
September 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
it’s also worth mentioning cassette storage had their own set of problems. cassette decks can vary in quality control from manufacturer to manufacturer. the tone dial was a source of many people’s struggles, as you have to play with the dial, trial-and-error
two big reasons for the push for cassette storage was price and convenience. paper tape punch and readers were extremely costly, and took up a lot of space. for example, Teletype Model 33 ASR can take up a good chunk of a room. anyone could buy a cassette+cassette deck at their local Radio Shack
September 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
two big reasons for the push for cassette storage was price and convenience. paper tape punch and readers were extremely costly, and took up a lot of space. for example, Teletype Model 33 ASR can take up a good chunk of a room. anyone could buy a cassette+cassette deck at their local Radio Shack
why are cassettes important to the dawn of microcomputers? you can store data as audio on any recording medium. there are many encoders, an early one for S-100 computers was the Kansas City Standard.
in 1977, Interface Age debuted Floppy ROM and bound flexidiscs with program data to the magazine.
in 1977, Interface Age debuted Floppy ROM and bound flexidiscs with program data to the magazine.
September 13, 2025 at 6:39 PM
why are cassettes important to the dawn of microcomputers? you can store data as audio on any recording medium. there are many encoders, an early one for S-100 computers was the Kansas City Standard.
in 1977, Interface Age debuted Floppy ROM and bound flexidiscs with program data to the magazine.
in 1977, Interface Age debuted Floppy ROM and bound flexidiscs with program data to the magazine.
my AVI ELF II -> RCA COSMAC VIP setup is now practically complete! had to order a few PCBs & ICs and solder.
it can now read and write to cassette with the VIP ROM. i also attached a speaker to the VIP keyboard.
it’s fun to tinker with microcomputers at the component level!
it can now read and write to cassette with the VIP ROM. i also attached a speaker to the VIP keyboard.
it’s fun to tinker with microcomputers at the component level!
September 13, 2025 at 6:19 PM
my AVI ELF II -> RCA COSMAC VIP setup is now practically complete! had to order a few PCBs & ICs and solder.
it can now read and write to cassette with the VIP ROM. i also attached a speaker to the VIP keyboard.
it’s fun to tinker with microcomputers at the component level!
it can now read and write to cassette with the VIP ROM. i also attached a speaker to the VIP keyboard.
it’s fun to tinker with microcomputers at the component level!
Game of Life program timelapse for the COSMAC VIP, code by Ben Hutchinson.
Original machine code published in Ipso Facto Issue #6 (June 1978)
Original machine code published in Ipso Facto Issue #6 (June 1978)
September 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Game of Life program timelapse for the COSMAC VIP, code by Ben Hutchinson.
Original machine code published in Ipso Facto Issue #6 (June 1978)
Original machine code published in Ipso Facto Issue #6 (June 1978)
unused work I made for Machine Girl's latest album, Psycho Warrior
(posted with permission)
(posted with permission)
September 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
unused work I made for Machine Girl's latest album, Psycho Warrior
(posted with permission)
(posted with permission)
finally have the 1802 Membership card by Lee Hart! it is a modern COSMAC ELF that is shrunken down to the size of an altoids tin.
i adapted mine to be battery powered using 3 AA cells, and connected it to my Apple IIe using a TTL-RS232 serial converter and a terminal emulator program.
i adapted mine to be battery powered using 3 AA cells, and connected it to my Apple IIe using a TTL-RS232 serial converter and a terminal emulator program.
August 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
finally have the 1802 Membership card by Lee Hart! it is a modern COSMAC ELF that is shrunken down to the size of an altoids tin.
i adapted mine to be battery powered using 3 AA cells, and connected it to my Apple IIe using a TTL-RS232 serial converter and a terminal emulator program.
i adapted mine to be battery powered using 3 AA cells, and connected it to my Apple IIe using a TTL-RS232 serial converter and a terminal emulator program.
haven’t posted in a while
August 10, 2025 at 2:02 AM
haven’t posted in a while
i went to see the Matrix at the Cosm last night!
photo of me in phone booth taken by @jadapaige.bsky.social
photo of me in phone booth taken by @jadapaige.bsky.social
June 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
i went to see the Matrix at the Cosm last night!
photo of me in phone booth taken by @jadapaige.bsky.social
photo of me in phone booth taken by @jadapaige.bsky.social
new CHIP-8 setup!
i now have an SD ELF II card and VIP hex keypad that can put my AVI ELF II into an RCA Cosmac VIP-compatible mode.
portable b/w TVs pair so well with the CDP1861’s 64x32 graphics.
i now have an SD ELF II card and VIP hex keypad that can put my AVI ELF II into an RCA Cosmac VIP-compatible mode.
portable b/w TVs pair so well with the CDP1861’s 64x32 graphics.
June 1, 2025 at 6:56 AM
new CHIP-8 setup!
i now have an SD ELF II card and VIP hex keypad that can put my AVI ELF II into an RCA Cosmac VIP-compatible mode.
portable b/w TVs pair so well with the CDP1861’s 64x32 graphics.
i now have an SD ELF II card and VIP hex keypad that can put my AVI ELF II into an RCA Cosmac VIP-compatible mode.
portable b/w TVs pair so well with the CDP1861’s 64x32 graphics.
getting back into handlettering using the apple graphics tablet for apple II
May 29, 2025 at 5:14 AM
getting back into handlettering using the apple graphics tablet for apple II
recorded Anamanaguchi's friends and family concert, captured on Hi8 tape — 2025.05.06
May 14, 2025 at 1:55 AM
recorded Anamanaguchi's friends and family concert, captured on Hi8 tape — 2025.05.06
