If you like the look of that CDC6500 computer, with it’s transistor based logic, you can actually log into it and run software on it. Open terminal on your Mac or CMD on your PC, and enter
ssh menu@tty.livingcomputers.org
Isn’t that amazing?
#retrocomputer#retrocomputing
The Sinclair ZX80 is 40 years old today! It was perhaps the first affordable computer for folks in the UK, and forerunner of the ZX81 and ZX Spectrum. Ask your local British nerd in their 50s to tell you about FAST & SLOW mode, or where to store machine code. #retrocomputer
Wow, yet another “Dynamac” portable 68000 Mac clone! I guess this one got away with licensing by using actual Mac parts. Looks like a GRiD! #retro#retrocomputer#retrocomputing
Printing and assembly done! Time for some glamour shots of the #retrocomputer Callisto II. It took about six days on an Ender 3. Here are the plans (not by me):
Currently has a Pi inside running CP/M but there is space for my #RC2014 collection.
A great essay on 50 years of Pascal, written by creator Niklaus Wirth. After BASIC, #Pascal was the first "real" programming languages for many. Did you learn it? On what platform? (Team #retrocomputer fan swears by Turbo Pascal on CP/M)
#FlashbackFriday
This is the Xerox Star from 1981. Yes, that’s a GUI. A GUI way ahead of its time. You can play with it at the #livingcomputers museum in Seattle and see what state-of-the-art looked like. #retrocomputer#retrocomputing#gui#xerox
This calculator emulates a Sinclair Calculator from 1974: its crazy genius. To find the square root you take the log, divide by two and take the anti log. And it’s all in RPN. I love it. The original had all the #Sinclair hallmarks. #retrocomputer#calculator
Hi everyone! I received 3 Amigas and tried to fix them, this Amiga 600 was a real challenge to recap, especially with just a regular soldering iron...definitely wasn’t easy! #amiga#retrocomputer
New Open Source Hardware design is verified: ESP32-SBC-FabGL single board computer based on FabGL library with PS2 keyboard, mouse and VGA display with many retro computer emulators #oshw#retrocomputer#retro#game#fabgl#ibmpc#emulator#cpm
Excited to start using these to upgrade iBooks/PowerBooks and other IDE laptops. Total cost including 16GB drive: $16. #retro#retrocomputing#retrocomputer