@mac84.bsky.social
Vintage computer enthusiast and archivist. EEP! http://www.mac84.net
Have a listen of it here! ๐
youtu.be/gcDJKhOjFC4
My constituent would also like to apply.
31.01.2026 18:01 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0I got up at 5 AM to record with the TWiR crewโฆ totally worth it! It was really fun getting to chat retro with them. What a great bunch!
31.01.2026 15:37 โ ๐ 36 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0
Less than 24 hours after launching on Crowd Supply, PicoIDE has doubled its goal. Iโm overwhelmed (in a good way) by the response! Thank you so much to everyone that has backed the project so far. www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...
30.01.2026 20:38 โ ๐ 115 ๐ 22 ๐ฌ 5 ๐ 0โ.. Macintoshโs with extremely cursed IDEโ
hahaa you donโt say? ๐
#PicoIDE
Let's do this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtQ9...
Hah, I made an old video about this thing! youtu.be/GLypgynUa2c?...
30.01.2026 17:34 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
A fortune cookie with a fortune that reads โtake a pause from consuming informationโ
I guess I should stop doomscrolling, the cookie demands it! ๐ฅ
29.01.2026 22:35 โ ๐ 30 ๐ 6 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 1
The PicoIDE Crowd Supply campaign is now live! Back the project to be among the first to get yours! PicoIDE is an open IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for retro systems. www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...
29.01.2026 21:04 โ ๐ 192 ๐ 76 ๐ฌ 8 ๐ 11
@polpo.org joins us this week to talk optical media fragility, "cursed IDE controllers," & more, as ATAPI CD-ROM / IDE fixed hard drive replacement PicoIDE is ready for production.
The campaign launches today, see picoide.com for details, and watch this Saturday on This Week in Retro episode 253!
Men in tech treating women in tech like idiots, property, out of place or anything other than an equal or superior: take heed.
You need to "fix your hearts, or die" as stated by David Lynch.
If I see you in person being condescending, I'm going to call you out on it.
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29.01.2026 03:37 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Your cat is as sick of this shit as we all are!
29.01.2026 01:15 โ ๐ 16 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I hope you get some rest soon! I eventually nodded off but a nap is in my future this afternoonโฆ
28.01.2026 14:29 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Literally happened to me last night, not fun! ๐ฉ
28.01.2026 14:27 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Pay attention to this. Do not let up on the pressure, demand accountability and change until the root cause has been resolved. Anything short of that means failure.
27.01.2026 14:50 โ ๐ 39 ๐ 12 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Pretti Good reason for a national strike
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27.01.2026 05:13 โ ๐ 292 ๐ 48 ๐ฌ 4 ๐ 2
๐ถ do you want to build a Mac Man ๐ต
www.youtube.com/live/hUyRYm4...
We had fun over at Ronโs. Youโre invited. Bring your favorite pizza, soda pop and adventure game.
24.01.2026 18:23 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Did you know I was featured in @archive.org's Vanishing Culture Report? 1,300 filmstrips preserved. 3,000 more waiting.
Hitting our GoFundMe goal for 2026 would buy 12 months of full-time work on this. We're currently only at $254.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
FYI, I'm doing a supporter exclusive live stream in ~10 min. If you're a Patron or a YT member check your appropriate feeds to watch! ๐บ
If you aren't a member you can join for as little as $1 a month via Patreon or YouTube to help keep my tinkering antics going! ๐พ
www.patreon.com/posts/suppor...
Itโs too cold out today, so stay inside and warm up with @gutbomb.net โs latest hot video featuring my SGI Indigo 2! youtu.be/BzAGCK_Thnw?...
24.01.2026 12:47 โ ๐ 20 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
1,300 filmstrips preserved and on @archive.org. 3,000 to go.
Our 2026 GoFundMe is only at $254 of $30K. Hitting our goal means saving them full-time instead of doing DoorDash, and prevent thousands of films from becoming #lostmedia.
uncommonephemera.org/donate
Attention everyone in the North East!
Did you know a Vintage Computer Festival is happening this coming weekend outside of Montreal?
Go experience some vintage tech love at one of these events. It's a real blast!
vcfed.org/vcf-montreal/
I found a Bose Wave radio heading out for recycling a while back. Letโs crack it open, see how it works, and discover why it was disposed of to begin with!
youtu.be/cE-Ic-q5cpo
Thank SO much, this had a pre-release install of System 7.5, so cool! ๐
23.01.2026 01:49 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
Oh wow, it's a beta of System 7.5!
System 7.5a5! Lots of cool things to play with...
Thank you!!!
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