Two Stop Bits | splorp's submissions

Z80 Sans: An OpenType font that disassembles Z80 instructions (z80 font programming opentype disassembler) (github.com | ia)
8 points by splorp 30 days ago | 3 comments
A working Turing Machine hits Lego Ideas (lego turing mechanical computation algorithm concept) (theregister.com | ia)
5 points by splorp 39 days ago | discuss
When Having a Computer Was Weird (collecting retrocomputing exhibit portland pdx) (justinmiller.io | ia)
7 points by splorp 41 days ago | 2 comments
Wayback Classic — A frontend which works on old browsers (waybackmachine internetarchive browser archive webarchive retrocomputing) (wayback-classic.net)
10 points by splorp 48 days ago | discuss
WozTubes – an Apple II Invidious and Peertube client (appleii video streaming peertube invidious software) (colino.net)
4 points by splorp 51 days ago | discuss
A Step into the Computer Era – A Comparative Study on Early Home Computing (history culture paper homecomputing microcomputer study europe) (widerscreen.fi)
3 points by splorp 52 days ago | discuss
The Music Industry’s ’90s Hard Drives Are Dying (harddisk harddrive hdd hardware failure mtbf legacy data) (arstechnica.com | ia)
5 points by splorp 55 days ago | 5 comments
A Guide to Imaging Obscure Floppy Disk Formats (floppydisk floppy disk archiving guide howto imaging) (zenodo.org | ia)
9 points by splorp 55 days ago | discuss
ReStuff 2: Automatic StuffIt 5+ to StuffIt 3 Archive Conversion (stuffit compression conversion macos macintosh utility retrocomputing) (jcs.org)
4 points by splorp 57 days ago | discuss
Linux/4004: Slowly booting full Linux on the intel 4004 (4004 processor linux mips) (dmitry.gr | ia)
3 points by splorp 61 days ago | discuss
Wallops — A modern IRC client for classic Mac OS (irc retrocomputing macos macintosh chat) (jcs.org | ia)
7 points by splorp 67 days ago | discuss
Unicode 16.0: Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement (PDF) (unicode symbology glyph typography encoding legacy retrocomputing) (unicode.org | ia)
5 points by splorp 69 days ago | 2 comments
TashRecorder: a Farallon MacRecorder compatible clone (farallon macrecorder audio interface digitizer macintosh retrocomputing) (tinkerdifferent.com | ia)
5 points by splorp 73 days ago | discuss
What we can learn from vintage computing (vintage opensource reteocomputing nonobsolescence editorial) (osnews.com | ia)
5 points by splorp 79 days ago | 2 comments
Macintosh Type/Creator Codes: Improving Identification of Files (macintosh macos filetype identification retrocomputing forensics) (pubpub.org)
4 points by splorp 81 days ago | 1 comment
Getting a 1980s computer to play samples (retrocomputing audio sample sharp mz700) (tautology.org.uk | ia)
6 points by splorp 85 days ago | 3 comments
Ethernet History Deepdive – Why Do We Have Different Frame Types? (ethernet networking history ieee standards) (lostintransit.se | ia)
6 points by splorp 90 days ago | discuss
Decoder Ring: A keygen for games released by Ambrosia Software (games gaming macos macintosh license abandonware) (macintoshgarden.org)
2 points by splorp 96 days ago | discuss
Subpixel Text Encoding (pixel subpixel font text screen rendering encoding) (msarnoff.org | ia)
5 points by splorp 98 days ago | 1 comment
The computer is a feeling (chm history museum technology perspective) (robinrendle.com | ia)
4 points by splorp 118 days ago | discuss
The bizarre secrets I found investigating corrupt Winamp skins (winamp skins zip corruption discovery history) (jordaneldredge.com | ia)
12 points by splorp 119 days ago | discuss
Apple PenLite: The iPad Before the iPad! (apple hardware portable prototype pen stylus) (youtube.com | ia)
3 points by splorp 151 days ago | discuss
“Micro Chart” CPU Reference Cards (6502 z80 8088 68000 cpu reference programming) (retrocomputingforum.com | ia)
9 points by splorp 156 days ago | 1 comment
What the .SIT! — StuffIt File Type Detector (stuffit archive compression mac filetype utility retrocomputing) (bluescsi.com)
6 points by splorp 170 days ago | 1 comment
Tiny Transfer (BinHex Conversion and File Transfer) (binhex hqx mac filetransfer software conversion) (tinkerdifferent.com)
5 points by splorp 171 days ago | discuss
How A DOS Format Blunder Revealed Some Priceless Source Code (dos game duplication floppydisk source sierraonline oops) (hackaday.com | ia)
8 points by splorp 179 days ago | discuss
Atari Acquires Intellivision Brand (business videogame console gaming history trademark news) (atari.com | ia)
8 points by splorp 179 days ago | 2 comments
Japanese Attractions: Kana on the PET 2001 (japanese commodore pet 2001 keyboard rom emulator) (masswerk.at | ia)
6 points by splorp 181 days ago | 4 comments
Gordon Bell, an architect of our digital age, dies at age 89 (dec vax pdp uart microsoft) (arstechnica.com | ia)
6 points by splorp 183 days ago | discuss
Democratizing the Demoscene: PicoGUS Brings the 90s Tracker Sound to the Masses (peripheral emulation hardware soundcard pc pico gus) (makezine.com | ia)
6 points by splorp 186 days ago | discuss
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