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jgrahamc 643 days ago | parent | on: The working prototype of my cyberdeck is complete.
I guess the readers of Two Stop Bits get to decide what's suitable content but I'm not a fan of cyberdecks here. They don't feel very retro.
- zxm 643 days ago
  perhaps a cutoff point would be 32bit os or less. cpm, dos, os/2 and it's pretty retro. anything with a 64bit os modern windows or linux is not applicable to this site?
  - bmonkey325 643 days ago
    I would prefer to stick to the bounds of good taste than a hard cutoff. IRIX on SGI equipment from the 1990s was 64-bit. It would be a shame to not post anything for that kit because it is 64-bit. iPod is on its way to be vintage / retro since. And what about the revive 800xl built totally on modern FPGA kit - an Atari with native HDMI.
    At this point my post is going to tumbleweed along as it has not received a single upvote and will never see the front page. And I am ok with it if that is the will of the site.
    - zxm 643 days ago
      as soon as i hit enter i remembered the early 64 bit systems from the 90s PLUS the mainframes we're now emulating in micro systems like https://magpi.raspberrypi.com/articles/pidp-11-review
      perhaps a better definition would be 2 out of 3 of ancient, obsolete, legendary?
      - bmonkey325 643 days ago
        Tbh. I spent a lot of time thinking on this today. My self regulation was to post an interesting cyberdeck link on “Cyberdeck Thursday”. Mostly im suckered by ones that harken back to gas plasma displays or look futuristic in some way.
        Ultimately, I want to see this site succeed and grow . So many amazing things I’ve seen and learned about.
        jgrahamc 642 days ago
        Don't over think it. It's not a big deal.
- bmonkey325 643 days ago
  I always like them because they appear in so much cyberpunk art that predated the web. Especially this one in particular. Of what could have been instead of all the boring clamshells and beige boxes that define the PC era.
  Retro doesn’t have to mean old. New guts in old cases. Atari vcs inspired case running an emulator so that old games from many eras could have another life.
  - bmonkey325 643 days ago
    In he 80s and 90s when everyone assumed this was the future and have keyboard will travel was going to be a thing. :
    https://blog.rfox.eu/en/Hardware/Cyberdecks.html
    - nickt 642 days ago
      There’s something I’d not seen before, the Sakhr AX-370. It’s a Kuwaiti MSX, based on the Sanyo PHC-70FD. Very 80’s cybervibes.
      https://www.msx.org/wiki/Sakhr_AX-370
      https://www.msx.org/wiki/Sanyo_WAVY_PHC-70FD
  - jgrahamc 643 days ago
    That's fair. I like them too. I just worry that Two Stop Bits could get overrun with people's cyberdecks. But as I said above it's the users of Two Stop Bits who upvote stuff so we'll see where it goes.
    - bmonkey325 643 days ago
      I think we only have issues if we wake up one morning and the front page is all cyberdeck or any other mono topic. I try to draw from my links file randomly to keep the site interesting and varied.
      - jgrahamc 643 days ago
        Yeah. That's fair. And thank you for all your submissions!
jgrahamc 670 days ago | parent | on: ONI2.net — The main resource site for anything rel...
The link you submitted doesn't seem to work for me. I get an error.
- Lammy 670 days ago
  Still working for me — resolves to Hetzner. It might be slow because I'm mirroring the non-wiki portions and hitting a `pics_big.php` pretty hard lol
  - jgrahamc 670 days ago
    If I click the link in the story (oni2.net not the wiki) it says:
    Not Found The requested URL was not found on this server.
    Apache/2.4.57 (Debian) Server at oni2.net Port 443
    - Lammy 670 days ago
      Try it non-TLS. Seems like they have some sort of SNI/VHost misconfiguration with https://7dtd.illy.bz on the same host even though I do get served a `CN=oni2.net` cert here.
jgrahamc 672 days ago | parent | on: The world’s smallest PNG
I don't see the connection with retro
jgrahamc 674 days ago | parent | on: Niklaus Wirth has passed away
I don't know. I want the site to develop a different personality from Hacker News. For example, I've added tags here so that people can look at topics which Hacker News doesn't have.
jgrahamc 681 days ago | parent | on: The long-lost MVS/XA operating system found in Kaz...
Fun fact: Two Stop Bits runs in a screen session that I detach from and leave running. When I need to do something I ssh in to the machine and re-attached. There I have access to the REPL.
jgrahamc 687 days ago | parent | on: Papercraft models of vintage computers
Yes. I saw that. What a nice touch.
jgrahamc 688 days ago | parent | on: Looking into the Stadia Controller Bluetooth Mode ...
How's this related to retro computing or gaming?
jgrahamc 692 days ago | parent | on: Zero wing
Somebody set us up the bomb!
jgrahamc 696 days ago | parent | on: Doom Is 30, but Hasn’t Aged the Way Games Are Supp...
Don't worry about being old. You're very welcome here :-) I too played Doom over IPX with 10BASE2.
jgrahamc 697 days ago | parent | on: The Bare Minimum Video Game: The Odyssey 100
Agreed. Well worth reading the article.
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