bakkus
@bakkus@bitbang.social
Traveller, Speaker of languages, and Tinkerer in general. He/him. Boringly CIShetero, but staunch ally. ADHD, Anxiety Disorder, sprinkling of Tourette's Syndrome. Atheist, Secular Humanist. Scandi + honorary Mexican. I occasionally take pictures and publish them on https://everythingnormalisweird.com
bitbang.social
bakkus
@bakkus@bitbang.social
Traveller, Speaker of languages, and Tinkerer in general. He/him. Boringly CIShetero, but staunch ally. ADHD, Anxiety Disorder, sprinkling of Tourette's Syndrome. Atheist, Secular Humanist. Scandi + honorary Mexican. I occasionally take pictures and publish them on https://everythingnormalisweird.com
bitbang.social
@bakkus@bitbang.social
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5d ago
I made a thing! Come help out?
retrorepro.wiki — a catalogue of modern reproduction parts for vintage computers. Reloaded logic boards, 3D-printable brackets, replacement chips, analog board recreations and more.
Mac-heavy right now (that's what my bookmarks look like), but Commodore and IBM PC sections are coming.
Missing something? Account requests are open.
https://retrorepro.wiki/Main_Page
(Who wants to make a logo?)
#vintagemac #vintagecomputers #vintageapple #retrocomputing
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Karl Baron
@kalleboo@bitbang.social
Generic iOS dev guy living in Japan. Into #VintageApple #RetroComputing. Apologies for being an extremely boring person. 🇸🇪→🇯🇵 #fedi22
bitbang.social
Karl Baron
@kalleboo@bitbang.social
Generic iOS dev guy living in Japan. Into #VintageApple #RetroComputing. Apologies for being an extremely boring person. 🇸🇪→🇯🇵 #fedi22
bitbang.social
@kalleboo@bitbang.social
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Mar 01, 2026
Introducing my first #MARCHintosh project - #GlobalTalk Chat 1.0! Now re-written from the ground-up as a native Mac Toolbox application in C.
You can get it NOW on “Blackbird” or “landisk” in the “BaroNet” zone on GlobalTalk.
#RetroComputing #VintageApple #mb (1/3)
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vga256
@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net
indigenous canadian, recovering academic → writer, gamedev & interactive toolsmith with a penchant for modems, the 4o3 bbs scene, 1-bit art, classic macs, and 80s/90s gaming. curator of internet, canadian & gaming historical obscura. → mages & modems: growing up in the golden age of personal computers, games & internet piracy → kiki: a tiny homepage construction kit → exigy: a VB & Hypercard-like shareware game creation kit https://exigy.org (profile: a 6¢ canada red fox stamp)
mastodon.tomodori.net
vga256
@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net
indigenous canadian, recovering academic → writer, gamedev & interactive toolsmith with a penchant for modems, the 4o3 bbs scene, 1-bit art, classic macs, and 80s/90s gaming. curator of internet, canadian & gaming historical obscura. → mages & modems: growing up in the golden age of personal computers, games & internet piracy → kiki: a tiny homepage construction kit → exigy: a VB & Hypercard-like shareware game creation kit https://exigy.org (profile: a 6¢ canada red fox stamp)
mastodon.tomodori.net
@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net
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Jan 22, 2026
happy to belatedly discover this full 2.5h interview with Newton software engineer Steve Capps which goes into serious depth on the NewtonOS development and history of apple
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsaGx0loR3M
(conducted by the director of the Love Notes to Newton doc)
#newton #macintosh #vintageApple
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Ken McLeod
@_the_cloud__dup_23993@mastodon.social
Retired software engineer. ☁️ @ "That's a lot of old computers."
mastodon.social
Ken McLeod
@_the_cloud__dup_23993@mastodon.social
Retired software engineer. ☁️ @ "That's a lot of old computers."
mastodon.social
@_the_cloud__dup_23993@mastodon.social
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Jan 05, 2026
“sit”, the modern Unix-based StuffIt archive creation tool, has been updated with a few bug fixes:
- better support for special characters, so you can include “Work ƒ” or “Project.π“ or “Business®App™” and preserve those names when expanding.
- names containing a slash could not be expanded on classic Mac OS
- never overwrite an existing file; if “archive.sit” exists then create “archive-1.sit” instead, and so on.
github.com/thecloudexpanse/sit
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vga256
@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net
indigenous canadian, recovering academic → writer, gamedev & interactive toolsmith with a penchant for modems, the 4o3 bbs scene, 1-bit art, classic macs, and 80s/90s gaming. curator of internet, canadian & gaming historical obscura. → mages & modems: growing up in the golden age of personal computers, games & internet piracy → kiki: a tiny homepage construction kit → exigy: a VB & Hypercard-like shareware game creation kit https://exigy.org (profile: a 6¢ canada red fox stamp)
mastodon.tomodori.net
vga256
@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net
indigenous canadian, recovering academic → writer, gamedev & interactive toolsmith with a penchant for modems, the 4o3 bbs scene, 1-bit art, classic macs, and 80s/90s gaming. curator of internet, canadian & gaming historical obscura. → mages & modems: growing up in the golden age of personal computers, games & internet piracy → kiki: a tiny homepage construction kit → exigy: a VB & Hypercard-like shareware game creation kit https://exigy.org (profile: a 6¢ canada red fox stamp)
mastodon.tomodori.net
@vga256@mastodon.tomodori.net
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Dec 12, 2025
i realize that this only speaks to 0.1% of you, but some useful info for NeXTStation owners:
the battery backup that shipped with the nextstation is a BR 2/3A type battery - a chub gherkin that costs about $7-12 USD and are not easy to find these days.
thankfully i've discovered a modern direct swap equivalent: the CR123A. it is used in various types of LED flashlights. it outputs the same voltage.
the only difference i noticed is that the CR123A is about 0.5mm longer due to slightly more protruding positive terminal. thankfully, the battery holder accepts it (it just puts more pressure on the holder's metal flexi-tab). the CR123A can be found for $1 each.
#vintageApple #macintosh #next #retroComputing #vintageComputing
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