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Andreu RetroCGA retweeted
Happy 41st birthday, Mario!
Super Mario Bros was released on September 13, 1985.
It's still the first game I associate with the NES, nothing comes even close.
Andreu RetroCGA retweeted
The last version of VLC runs on windows XP to 11, macOS 10.07 to 27, iOS9 to 27, Android 4.1 to the latest.
Runs on ChromeBooks, Apple TV, Android TV, VegaOs FireTV, Windows on ARM, Pentium III and so on…
With PowerVLC it runs on G3 with MacOS X 10.2!
Optimize more, keep your hardware longer!
With love.
Your old computer is not dead. It just needs VLC!!!
Running the current VLC version on a iMac G3 (1998) and on a Pentium III on Windows XP (1999).
Live on our booth at @IBCShow, with JBK, you can see and test them. Yes, both machines still work & yes, the latest VLC still runs on them!
No, they are not ready for the e-waste pile....
Because software compatibility is also an environmental feature, and because people don't optimize the software
VLC remembers. It has always had a soft spot for old formats, old machines and technologies everybody else declared dead.
Running @jggonz's OS8088 is amazing! With such a small footprint and running on a 286 at 6Mhz you have a windows-like operating system 😱 And loads fast from a 5.25" disk. – at Canet de Mar, Spain
Andreu RetroCGA retweeted
When I created Raspbian for the Raspberry Pi, I was excited to help bring low-cost compute into the hands of a next generation of tinkerers and programmers.
However, I now despair that a Raspberry Pi can cost upwards of $300 because AI shortages are making personal computing unaffordable. Furthermore, bright young people are being discouraged from learning programming because they are being told it is now a commodity skill that AI will do.
I have to ask myself what it was all for. Is this the future we were promised? If so, I'm starting to regret my part in it.
My 286/8mhz has finally died...
It just hangs after setting date/time on the BIOS... Can't continue to boot. – at Canet de Mar, Spain
Now playing with this beauty! A 8088 board. Trying to boot it. Thanks to AI I learned that these boards needed -5Vcc that my PSU is not giving. But despite injecting -5Vcc it wont start. Only 5 beeps. – at Canet de Mar, Spain
Andreu RetroCGA retweeted
Doomscrolling, late 80s.
Heading over to your friend's house, gaming all day/night long, and definitely checking ALL their games to see which one to borrow. I know you did it :)
"Los Justicieros" by Dinamic Multimedia, 1996. Was a spanish cinematic point and shoot videogame. – at Canet de Mar, Spain
Andreu RetroCGA retweeted
El 3 de octubre daré en la UOC de Barcelona una charla junto a Toshinari Oka, extrabajador de Konami y programador del Metal Gear 2, sobre lo que he encontrado desensamblando el juego. No te la pierdas si quieres conocer de primera mano todos los secretos del juego. #MSX
Just played Wacky Wheels serial cable multiplayer with my daughter 🤩🤩
I played it when I was young (also multiplayer with a monochrome 386 laptop) so I wanted to play with her as I did 30y ago.
She enjoyed a lot!
What a great game... We can name it antecessor of Mario Kart? – at Canet de Mar, Spain
Andreu RetroCGA retweeted
I connected a 3.5'' floppy drive to my @Tesla, and it works.
It's nice that the Linux kernel still supports this subsystem. The system script mounts any detected disk drive (with some exceptions) as external storage for Sentry/Dashcam/media source.
It's even possible to play a single MP3 file from the diskette.
Unfortunately, formatting the diskette to exFAT fails, and it can't be used with Sentry. It's a shame.
Look at this "thing" exposed in @newartfound! Its body formed by old motherboards 😜 – at Barcelona, Spain
Never know it until today 😱
Great discovery! – at Canet de Mar, Spain
Lode Runner, released in 1983 by Broderbund and designed by 21-year-old University of Washington student Douglas E. Smith, became a mega-seller.
It was the top U.S. computer game of 1983 and Broderbund's second-best-selling title for the C64, following Choplifter. By 1984, it had sold over 300,000 copies and reached 2.5 million worldwide by the end of the decade, with its C64 port developed by Dane Bigham. This game is an easy 10/10 for me.
Andreu RetroCGA retweeted
Lode Runner, released in 1983 by Broderbund and designed by 21-year-old University of Washington student Douglas E. Smith, became a mega-seller.
It was the top U.S. computer game of 1983 and Broderbund's second-best-selling title for the C64, following Choplifter. By 1984, it had sold over 300,000 copies and reached 2.5 million worldwide by the end of the decade, with its C64 port developed by Dane Bigham. This game is an easy 10/10 for me.
