Retro Theory

Retro Theory

@retrotheory.bsky.social

Playing with old computers, breaking them, maybe fixing them.

2,804 Followers 87 Following 76 Posts Joined Dec 2023
9 hours ago

Eep

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One man's trash: The journey of neglected compact Macs YouTube video by THEtechknight

My First #MARCHintosh video of the Year is out!
youtu.be/rjN4kAmt8WQ?...

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1 week ago
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More on what @mac84.bsky.social suggested, temp being a weather symbol. Making a weather symbol in 5x7 'pixels' is kinda meh. So I though make it the same width as the DAY, so 18x11. It needs some work , not bad for first pass. At the moment , its click to change. And saves to prefs.

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1 week ago

Its just a fixed variable. 😜 All for show lol

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1 week ago

nice picture, thanks for posting πŸ‘

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1 week ago

YES!

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1 week ago

It may run under 9, I haven't tested it, but it's worth a shot

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1 week ago

Tempting faith, I see :)

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1 week ago
Macintosh Quadra 700

Sending Mac vibes for #MARCHintosh

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1 week ago

Yes it will be released soon

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1 week ago

Yes indeed, good point.

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1 week ago

Just throwing this out there , would you not have the soldering along side the sanding and a common extraction / filter setup ?

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1 week ago

Nice idea. Yea, I have a list of updates, and that shouldn't be a problem. A dropdown in preferences to pick weather or click on weather to cycle it to next one.

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1 week ago
Date and time on an AmberCRT Macintosh,  it gives a warm glow

Give github.com/retrotheory/... BigMaclock a try, It supports dynamic pixel sizing so you can run it on a larger screen. #MARCHintosh

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1 week ago

Use the "SetClock" Utility from Macintosh Garden, or use year offset to fix incorrect DAY , 1998 seems to work for this.

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1 week ago
Preferences page of BigMaclock, alarm set, sound selection, Day Month order, invert , AM/PM and grey background option Post image

Preferences and about page on BigMaclock.

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1 week ago

Instead of turning a clock into a vintage Mac, I turned a vintage Mac into a clock!, I though it would be fun given its #MARCHintosh The program can be downloaded here: github.com/retrotheory/...

It supports US/EU month day order AM/PM, Invert display, 'grey' background and alarm function

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1 month ago
A vintage Macintosh Plus and a Macintosh SE/30 computer sit side-by-side on a desk, powered on and glowing under vibrant pink and blue "vaporwave" neon lighting. The Macintosh Plus is in the foreground, displaying the "About This Macintosh" system window on its monochrome screen, with a classic mechanical keyboard and mouse positioned in front. The background is a soft, out-of-focus wash of neon colors against a plain wall.

At 40 years old, this Macintosh Plus is officially living its best life: no social media, no notifications, and zero concept of "The Cloud"β€”just a physical box of floppies and dreams

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4 months ago
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Like this one ?

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10 months ago

Wow!

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1 year ago
Preview
a man stands in front of a sphere with the words science written on it ALT: a man stands in front of a sphere with the words science written on it

Titanic is a science movie , you gotta go for

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1 year ago
YouTube
Broken Commodore 1085s epic repair YouTube video by The 8-Bit Manshed

my most epic monitor repair to date. Snapped in 5 places, 105 traces repaired...
youtu.be/Dsje26clJ-Q

#amiga #commodore #crt #RetroComputing

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1 year ago

Are your jumpers set for CGA ? If 5 and 6 are both off then motherboard is set to MDA

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1 year ago

We had a power brown out, and it just scrambled the display. The powercycle fixed it.

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1 year ago
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Picked up an old soldering station from a junk yard in Mos Eisley, seems to be stuck in Aurebesh mode.

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1 year ago
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It's the IBM 5151 monitor , shipped with the original IBM personal computer in 1981

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1 year ago
stardot.org.uk - Index page

www.stardot.org.uk/forums/ would be my first choice , have fun πŸ‘

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1 year ago

#SonicScanlineSunday

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1 year ago
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Are, are you the puppeteer ? 😜

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1 year ago
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How tall can you make a 5150?

#retrocomputing

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