Seven years ago, a fellow named "MIDI_MAN" compiled 130,000 unique MIDI files by browsing a ton of sites, placing them into directories, and generally assembling years of MIDI music.
Now that collection (1gb compressed, 3.5gb uncompressed, 130,000 files for real!) is at the Internet Archive at this URL:
The Panasonic Business Partner 1650 is really a Tandy 1000 SL/2, but rebadged for Panasonic! Paired with a Tandy CM11 CGA monitor, and running IRC via a Linux Terminal server! #Tandy #retrocomputing
The Tandy 1200 - XT-class desktop made by Tandon for Tandy, paired with an EGA monitor, and an IBM Model F keyboard. Running Windows 3.0. #tandy #retrocomputing
The Tandy TRS-80 Model 2000. An MS-DOS (But not IBM) Compatible that runs on a 80186 CPU! It's an odd duck that proved that Tandy Engineers really liked their drugs :D
So I'm working on a game right now, but it's a bit long and its my first game I'm working on; so I'm gonna work on a shorter game to show myself I can actually do things, so what should the game premise be? #game #programming #horrorgame
My domain ccrvb, I've had since 2001. Originally stood for "Comprehensive Computer Repair Virginia Beach"
But I haven't used it for about 12 years except for my email, but now that the domain is back, I need to make a backronym.
I've come up with:
"Casually Contemplating Retro Vibes, Baby!"
If you can think of a better one, chime in lol.
This is the "True Blue" K-mart computer. Celeron 633, 256 MB Ram (originally 128 according to my research)
Has a 2nd hard drive added (original is 8gb, add-on was 20GB).
The masochist who owned this one had it running Windows XP SP3.
The motherboard was made by MSI for LG - who packaged the machine. It's actually quite well built, and has help up very well. #retrocomputing
Medium: "How I quit my programmer job to become a chicken"
excellent read!
https://sebastiancarlos.medium.com/how-i-quit-my-programmer-job-to-become-a-chicken-b733c20680b1
Does anyone have/maintain a list of "suspect" or "undesirable" servers I can proactively add to my server's Blocklist?
After getting a vintage computer post boosted by an account called "Ethical Pedophile" from a server called "lolicon", I'd like to nip that kind of thing in the bud before it happens again lol.
Being that I'm new to Mastodon, figured I'd post a few of my favorites from the past year or three. This is the #Celery2000. A computer I custom built from a PC/104 Celeron 1000 board. It has a ESS PC/104 sound card, and can double as a 5/12v PSU.
It was built from a Hammond chassis that I modified to fit. Aesthetics were "mid 70's minicomputer". Runs Windows 98, and does it well.
Greetings Mastodonians! I am JamHamster and do this sort of thing.
Oh, and other stuff, mainly #retrogaming related.
I also have no clue how this works, am I doing this right? 😂
Vintage computer collector, electronics engineer, mechanic, business manager, absurdist, proud father of two awesome trans kids. No room for bigots.