dreaming of a world without microslop or wintel
04.03.2026 07:51 — 👍 26 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0dreaming of a world without microslop or wintel
04.03.2026 07:51 — 👍 26 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
not yet, though if you want to see its graphical capabilities (with ram upgrade), check out NUMEN it has a lot of real-time complex gfx that were done for the first time on it
youtu.be/bTCVpCPvfBM?...
photo of my atari xegs, purchased at VCF SoCal for $90. photo includes keyboard and copy of mario bros XE, plugged into the system. keyboard is a rubber dome mitsumi type and probably one of the worst keyboards i’ve used. same keyboard as the rest of the XE and ST line. hardware based on atari 65xe. has 64kb of RAM, SIO port, GTIA, ANTIC, and POKEY chips. BASIC runs when keyboard is plugged in. missle command plays when no keyboard or cartridge plugged in. fascinating 45 degree angle design, but ports (outside the SIO and video / power ports) also at 45 degree angle so it is not very practical for inserting peripherals. i still personally enjoy the design, and the atari 8-bit line has a fantastic library of games, programs, and demoscene releases. works best paired with a Fujinet
atari xegs console/computer
01.03.2026 21:57 — 👍 111 🔁 21 💬 5 📌 9
Sun Ultra 5, resting on top of my IBM RS/6000 model 150 43p
Solaris 9 desktop screenshot, running XScreenSaver hypercube + helix, and Macintosh Application Environment 3.0
Quake on Solaris, showing a color palette swap across the UI to fit Quake
i got my first Sun workstation!
Sun Ultra 5
it has a HyperSPARC IIi @ 400mhz, 256MB of RAM, ATI Mach64, running Solaris 9
got it to run Quake too
VCF SoCal stage, room filled up with attendees for my talk
closeup on attendees to my talk
people greeting me after the presentation
my first panel at VCF SoCal last week was a success! managed to fill the room up. had a blast talking about the history of desktop publishing and scalable typography
photos and digicam snaps by @semichapeau.bsky.social
6V solar panel connected to an altoids-sized cosmac vip2k computer, hooked up to portable monochrome tv
solar powered cosmac computer
24.02.2026 18:11 — 👍 51 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Amiga 2000 running Imagine 4.0, showing a wireframe cow in four views. Cow is from Imagine 4.0 sample objects.
phong-shaded raytraced cow. cow is from Imagine 4.0 sample objects
cow.obj
03.02.2026 21:30 — 👍 81 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 0i’ll be replying back today, thanks for the reminder!
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Vadem Clio showing the splash screen of Waranya!
Waranya! for Windows CE by Akinohitoshi / Friedfood (2002)
29.01.2026 19:45 — 👍 54 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 0i love fermentation as a hobby, it’s like playing an idle game with produce
11.01.2026 22:14 — 👍 34 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0$20
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AIX 4.3.3 Boot screen
CDE Desktop on AIX 4.3.3, Mustard color scheme
AIX 4.3.3 on IBM RS/6000
06.01.2026 17:17 — 👍 25 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0i really want a glass terminal
06.01.2026 16:32 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
my 1802 membership card, hooked up to breadboard and TTL-RS232
Lee Hart from TMSI creates altoids-sized COSMAC computers, this is my 1802 membership card i have. it runs on a 4mhz CDP1802. it also comes with a ROM with monitor, RCA floating-point BASIC3, and Adventureland text adventure game.
06.01.2026 07:48 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
NEC TK-80 hooked up to TV, ASCII keyboard, and portable cassette deck
COSMAC ELF featured in the August 1976 issue of Popular Electronics: Text: Another PE Tested Breakthrough! THE COSMAC ‘ELF’ A microcomputer trainer that’s powerful, expandable, and costs as little as $80.
iasis inc. ia7301, an 8-bit intel 8080 microcomputer kit inside a 3-ring binder
Compucolor 8001 displaying a color rendition of the Starship Enterprise with the text “COMPUCOLOR” above it
some overlooked microcomputers hitting the big 50 in 2026:
1. NEC TK-80 (August 3, 1976)
2. COSMAC ELF (August 1976)
3. iasys inc. ia7301 Computer in a Book (1976)
4. Compucolor 8001 (December 1976)
box art for Alien Invaders for Emerson Arcadia 2001
box art for Red Clash for Emerson Arcadia 2001
thinking about how rough and slapdash the Emerson Arcadia 2001 game box art is
04.01.2026 18:21 — 👍 9 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0tasted whataburger spicy ketchup for the first time it changed my life
30.12.2025 23:49 — 👍 9 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
ibook clamshell with casing disassembled
photo from january 10, 2020, testing ibook LCD screens
30.12.2025 20:26 — 👍 40 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0
ibook clamshell with casing disassembled
photo from january 10, 2020, testing ibook LCD screens
30.12.2025 20:25 — 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0tom yum soup in the wintertime is unmatched
30.12.2025 19:15 — 👍 14 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
richard d. james album cover (aphex twin) he is smiling
he is smiling for an amazing reason
29.12.2025 22:18 — 👍 81 🔁 30 💬 0 📌 0
squarepusher – my red hot car ☆
youtu.be/9zwisWaiVzQ?...
Space Invaders by Charlie Brint (1980) Title screen shown, reading “1802 INVADERS”, displayed on a monochrome green phosphor CRT. Includes photo of AVI ELF II, with AVI ELF II SD Card and Quest Electronics Super ELF Adapter Board.
Space Invaders by Charlie Brint (1980) Gameplay screen with 7x5 row of aliens, 4 bases, and player ship displayed on a monochrome green phosphor CRT. Includes photo of AVI ELF II, with AVI ELF II SD Card and Quest Electronics Super ELF Adapter Board.
playing one of the few Space Invaders ports for COSMAC ELF written in CDP1802 assembly, with no CHIP-8 interpreter.
it uses the PIXIE (CDP1861)’s highest available resolution mode, 64x128.
mockup of valve steam machine with sinclair zx81 branding
what if sinclair research branded valve steam machine
17.11.2025 23:03 — 👍 151 🔁 21 💬 2 📌 0
TROD: https://itemlabel.com/products/trod- font
ferrite core dx: https://github.com/froyotam/ ferrite-core/ (free)
baudotpunch, included in TROD purchase https://itemlabel.com/products/trod-font baudot encoder and dot punch font
ultra hi-gloss, my first commercial and most popular font. https://itemlabel.com/products/ultra-hi-gloss-font
you can use my released fonts, free or commercial, for video games!! i allow it. links are in alt text!!
07.12.2025 19:53 — 👍 678 🔁 224 💬 10 📌 2
the free design – bubbles ☆
youtu.be/XAacK1G0GtM?...
play underground games (unused concept) logo, typography
unused branding concept for Play Underground Games
28.12.2025 01:37 — 👍 30 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
AVI ELF II in COSMAC VIP mode, running AstroDodge by revival studios over the CHIP-8 interpreter. video output is displayed on a portable black and white CRT
Trip-8 Demo by revival studios (2008)
Blinky by Hans Christian Egeberg (1991)
new CHIP-8 setup!
i now have an SD ELF II card and VIP hex keypad that can put my AVI ELF II into an RCA Cosmac VIP-compatible mode.
portable b/w TVs pair so well with the CDP1861’s 64x32 graphics.
Signetics 2513N/CM4800 Character Generator IC, Katakana bit pattern specimen sheet, bitmaps used on Apple II j-plus character ROM
Signetics 2513N/CM4800 Character Generator IC (1970-?)
Katakana bit pattern specimen sheet