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Ugh. I have a radio on in the background at work, just to break the monotonous silence. That damn "song"is being played constantly. Every thime I hear that piano intro I know it's time to take a bio break.

I'm just having fun
On the stage in my heels

Thanks. Yeah, I did a massive reorganization of my bench a couple of months ago. Way more elbow room now.

Happy B-day, @pointerfunction.bsky.social! 🎂 53?! For real? I don't believe it.

Finally working on this JVC TM-910SU for a friend. A fine little CRT for retro gaming.

YouTube video by Jan Beta HDMI from the C64 Cartridge Port with the ISEVIC

New video! Testing the #ISEVIC that gets you native HDMI output from the Commodore 64's cartridge port.

YouTube: youtu.be/rcsn17_pJ4E
PeerTube: makertube.net/w/dvSbzFE533...

#HDMI #Commodore #C64 #Commodore64 #VideoOut #AV #FPGA #Upscaler #VICII #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #VintageComputing

A big thanks to the Chilliwack Retro-Computing Club for inviting me to speak yesterday by live stream to attendees at the club's Retro Computing Expo in Vancouver, BC 🇨🇦. I had a great time and I hope everyone enjoyed my talk about growing up at the dawn of the personal computer.

Commodore 264-series (Commodore 16, Commodore Plus/4, and the like) diagnostic team is now complete and ready for some diag action.

And then there's me... last week I ordered PCBs to make a diag264 cartridge, and then this past weekend I remembered I ordered these goodies from #TFW8b in April 2019. 🤦

LOL. Yeah, a year's time seems to be my timeline for things lately, too.

Hey @theretrochannel.bsky.social, I've been re-watching your CoCo 2 s-video mod videos – I'm finally pulling my unfininished #SepTandy repair video out of mothballs – did you ever revisit your NTSC CoCo 2 RF modulator conversion? I think part of the issue with my repair case is a dodgy RF modulator.

Well, decided to take on the challenge to repair a friend's old Canon PowerShot G1. Jeez, it's like peeling an onion, a lot of layers and sooooo many tiny screws!

Before your hands get cold... Coincidentally, I just upgraded my old-ish (and ellegedy non-hardware compliant) workbench PC from Win 10 to Win 11 using Flyby11 (github.com/builtbybel/F...). It worked a treat, and the computer runs smoother on Win 11. Just sayin'. 🤷‍♂️

Damn, you are coming up with a lot of great video mod creations these days. Nice work!

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Damn!

45 Years Ago, Nintendo Was Just Getting Started Nintendo’s legendary Game & Watch series was inspired by a bored businessman.

A fun quick read...
45 Years Ago, A Chance Encounter On A Train Changed Gaming Forever–Inspired by a bored businessman.
www.inverse.com/gaming/game-...

Wow!...
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Announcement: The Return of Compute!'s Gazette Magazine
We are delighted to announce the upcoming revival of Compute!'s Gazette magazine. The inaugural issue of this new era is scheduled for publication in July 2025.
www.computesgazette.com

Coincidentally, I was looking at this project again over the weekend. I would love to build one. Sven, did you order the full kit with all components included?

Thomas Christoph Announces SID Symphony Cartridge Reproduction - The Oasis BBS Thomas Christoph reveals the new SID Symphony cartridge reproduction for the Commodore 64. Compatible with 9V SIDs and modern replacements. Pre-orders open now.

Thomas Christoph Announces SID Symphony Cartridge Reproduction
#Commodore64 #SIDSymphony #ThomasChristoph #SIDMusic #RetroComputing #ARMSID #BackSID

theoasisbbs.com/thomas-chris...

🕹️ The Ultimate #Bluesky #StarterPack for #RetroComputing and #RetroGaming

👉 go.bsky.app/99ZzF5p

Reposts Appreciated 👍

Wow! That's quite the list. Thank you very much for including me.

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Happy Birthday, Lee!

Nice. I would guess not a whole lot of old retro computers still around in Yellowknife?

Where in Canada are you? If you don't mind me asking.

Well, we do sometimes have our retro haul moments here in Canada. 😜

My Commodore 16 on my desk with a wavy menu showing on the connected screen that lists some software accessible from the C264 Magic Cart that is plugged into the cartridge port.

I built a C264 Magic Cart (which is a Magic Desk style cartridge for the C16/116/Plus4 which can access up to 2MB of software from EPROMs). It’s very cool indeed!

Link here: github.com/msolajic/c26...

#Commodore #C16 #C116 #Plus4 #InTheLabDoingStuff

Thanks. And hello there! It's been a while. :)

Toronto traffic sucks at the best of times, but at least there's usually a moment to take a decent pic out the window of the car. No, I'm not the one driving.

New blog post - Penultimate +3 Turbo - VIC20 Fastload!
blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2025/03/penu...
Finally, the new feature is revealed, the Penultimate +3 now has built-in SD2IEC and built-in turbo load. Works on the built-in file browser, and in BASIC. Works on real disk drives and other SD2IECs.

Thank very much for reading and commenting. Glad you enjoyed it and that my genuine enthusiasm was felt. LOL... Yeah, Mike Huffman was a great guy. He would let me sit behind the counter and copy games while my mother shopped 🤣 -- sorry Epyx, and thank you for Jumpman.