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classichasclass 605 days ago | parent | on: SPARCbook 3000ST teardown
A lot of Tadpole's later chasses were Acers.
classichasclass 624 days ago | parent | on: Grasshopper, a low level language for the 6502
Near as I can tell this is all that's left. There is fragmentary source in the thesis.
classichasclass 646 days ago | parent | on: PC GEOS: the multitasking DOS-based GUI OS that e...
Note that 6502 GEOS and x86 GEOS are related only in spirit, not in code.
classichasclass 652 days ago | parent | on: Atari Stacy vs Macintosh Portable
I have both a STacy and a Mac Portable, and they're not even in the same class. The Portable has a fabulous screen and a wonderful full-stroke keyboard, and feels solid and professional. The STacy feels cheap and thrown together. The Portable can be relatively easily worked on, the degenerating plastics notwithstanding; the STacy hides screws and flexed dangerously even when it was new.
But the STacy is an ST, and it's the only one I've got.
classichasclass 665 days ago | parent | on: MII: An Apple //e Emulator for Linux
Seems very nice. I wonder if things like Vapor Lock will be how Apple II emulators distinguish themselves on compatibility, though.
classichasclass 675 days ago | parent | on: The Apple Network Server's all-too-secret weapon (...
It was a really strange time. I loved my ANS and other than a brief time I got to touch an A/UX console (though I lacked a login) it was the only Apple Unix thing I used contemporaneously. Apple truly seemed all over the place. Otherwise for me personally it was all BSD and classic Mac OS, as a child of the University of California. 8-)
classichasclass 676 days ago | parent | on: Second Reality demo ported to the Apple II
The Commodore 64 version, on the other hand, is a very close conversion.
https://csdb.dk/release/?id=908 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiWbKQ_gUKQ
classichasclass 680 days ago | parent | on: Retro’s Rubbery Curse - Why Rubber Is Such a Probl...
Another one: open cell foam. Spent the better part of a month digging degenerated, vaguely toxic goo out of an Anvil case.
- djr 680 days ago
  Polystyrene as well. Acquired a Dragon32 recently and spent a few hours digging the power cable out of the polystyrene. It had melted it's way through about 3cm. Horrible clean up.
  All those people storing their retro "treasures" MIB complete with free chemical reactions ruining it.
classichasclass 689 days ago | parent | on: Retro Collectors are Uncovering Hoards of Old Data
Also useful for finding prototype operating systems and test boxes. My biggest prize was a DoD system which had been mostly, but not completely, wiped, and some bits of its former life could be elucidated.
classichasclass 699 days ago | parent | on: CP/M for the 6502
It's the reverse. TPA = Transient Program Area, which is how much memory you have available for running a desired program.