Adam Brisebois (YesterGearPC) @yestergearpc@ccrvb.com

@reidrac That's awesome! I always loved Olivetti's Aesthetics, I just hate trying to fix them when things go wrong, lol. My current headache is an "AT&T 6386/WGS" that's a rebadged Olivetti M380-XP3? I think. It's such a weird design.

Did you know that I run a #Discord server? We have over 600 members, a lovely community of retro tech enthusiasts. Invites are open at https://discord.gg/xnnUaKN

You can also connect via #IRC! All discord channels except two are instantly mirrored on my IRC server at irc.yestergearpc.com:6667 - you can bring your old machine online and chat with the modern world! Don't be afraid to do a /list, there's only 24 channels! (Feel free to use the server for your own channels too, if you like)

@reidrac That is an aesthetically pleasing machine. I'd add it to my "must find" list, but it's made by Olivetti. Every Olivetti machine I've tried to resurrect has given me headaches lol. I think of them like the Ferrari of computers: Italian Odd Engineering with expensive parts and frustrating decisions.

@drunkenmadman And here I was, thinking there were no more K-Mart stores. Didn't realize they hadn't completely folded yet.

@indigoparadox @kiwa I'm actually kinda surprised they didn't push an update to W7 just to make that message read Windows 11!

@kiwa at least it says Windows 10! ROFL

@kolli either way, I'd love to get my hands on something like that lol. It's a thing of beauty, and those drive enclosures (and hopefully controllers for it) are hard to find.

@kolli It really does just look to be an Imsai 8080, that someone replaced the plexi overlay on. Might have been a custom-refit, or some other company that "rebadged" one.

@aristeon Mastodon and Discord share time equally.

@Jake_Vig Chaos is the natural order of the universe.

@Jake_Vig My dog woke me up before I was ready to wake up. She decided her breakfast was more important than my sleeping in.

@kiwa Yeah, if you create an account, you can set it back to the old style (or other styles). Definitely necessary now imo.

@BBQDeveloper Openshot is what I use when I need to slap a few clips together.

@hyrulian Update your Sources.list to have

https://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/hardy/

Instead of archive.ubuntu.org

Done. All repos are still there, you just gotta modify your sources manually :)

@jh It obviously signs you up for CatFacts!

@shaman Aha, that's a Ford Trimotor. Actually a 1920's airliner!

@shaman What model is that? I'm pretty familiar with 1930's commercial airliners, and they all looks a whole lot cushier than that! This is a Boeing 247, in operation from 1933.

Only Sith deal in absolutes. #vaguepostoftheday

Yes, I realize the irony in that statement lol.

@thomasfuchs

"Gun nuts" irk me.

That being said, firearms are the great equalizer. They make the meek and disabled able to defend themselves from people who would do them harm. I have helped several gay and trans friends choose a pistol, and helped train them to defend themselves. Armed gays don't get bashed.

Mental health is the real problem. Folks in dark places do dark things, no matter what tools are available to them.

If this earns me a block, so be it. I'll show myself out.