#retrocomputing

Dopo dieci anni di pausa, Lubit Linux riparte con un nuovo progetto, il suo fondatore, Luigi Iannoccaro, vuole riportare in vita la distribuzione puntando su leggerezza, design e coinvolgimento della community. #LubitLinux #Linux #GNU/Linux #OpenSource #LinuxItalia #Retrocomputing https://www.linuxeasy.org/lubit-linux-torna-dopo-dieci-anni-una-nuova-distribuzione-per-ridare-vita-ai-vecchi-pc/

📝 Daily report 📈

Here are today's most popular trending hashtags #⃣ on our website 🌐️:

#retrocomputing, #debian, #visualart, #mastoart, #cybersecurity, #fedora, #ubuntu, #digitalart, #devops, #kubernetes

🔥 Stay tuned! 🔥

Sounding the alarm for #Apple / #Macintosh fans in the US Midwest - ran across this Facebook post: A giant piie of stuff that must go in 30 days! Located in Kansas City, MO area.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/19T53y7mWE/

#mac68k #retrocomputing

So cray what this supercomputer looked like; they don’t make them like they used to. Yes, it even has a little upholstered bench to sit on. 🥰

#Retrocomputing #retro #ComputerHistory #cray

2026 review: which digital camera for your Apple II?

"This very serious video is there to help you, in 2026, choose the best 1990s camera for your 1980s computer."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJNdHbVP3Kg

"The latest release of Quicktake for Apple II brings quite a few more cameras to the party: Sierra cameras (Epson PhotoPC PCDC001, Sanyo VPC-G1, Sanyo VPC-G200, Sierra Imaging SD640, and probably quite a few more), Canon PowerShot 350, Fujifilm DX-8, Konika Q-Mini, Panasonic NV-DCF1."

Video by @colin_mcmillen@piaille.fr

#AppleII #digitalcamera #photography #cameras #QuickTake #Apple #vintageApple #retrocomputing #retrocomputers #vintagecomputing #computing #computinghistory #vintagetech #tech #photo #Apple2forever

@davefischer@hachyderm.io's book Inside the Machines was delivered today. I haven't spent a lot of time with it yet, but I can confirm that the photos are gorgeous.

It's a B&N Print on Demand, and the binding, cover, and print quality are ... adequate and very fair for the price point. I think Dave's photos are worth higher quality paper and a decent coating, but I will enjoy this book.

#retrocomputing #photography #art #history

Differential Equation Analyzer (Analizator Równań Różniczkowych, ARR)

Manufacturer: Institute of Mathematics of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Państwowy Instytut Matematyczny), Poland 1954
#retrocomputing #photography

Remember when the future was here, and it was at Radio Shack?

This robot could be programmed, and it used cassette tapes for memory. It is designed to hold and move drinks. Pretty wow for the 80s.

Personally, I was more interested in the fireman's hat with integrated flashing light and siren (https://www.ebay.com/itm/277870190036). Nope, never got one.

#Photography #RetroComputing #RadioShack #Robots

Something a little different: I got a new-old-stock Ultratec Miniprint 525 text telephone (TTY). It's a telecommunications device designed for deaf people that transmits in Baudot code over a phone line.

While waiting for data, it cutely chirps expectantly. Keypresses make the modem sounds you'd be familiar with if you're older than me.

I don't have a phone setup, but at least its thermal paper will be easier to acquire than the larger paper for my teleprinters. Strangely, it works with batteries, but not its provided power supply.

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

Yesterday I was invited to a special demonstration of the GIER computer, the first transistorised computer in Denmark from 1962, at the Dansk Datahistorisk Forening.

The machine is restored to working condition (unfortunately the console typewriter is broken and replaced by a Raspberry Pi) and I was allowed to operate the GIER - it already had an OS and an Algol compiler - and the paper tape reader.

What a great experience - thanks a lot to everyone involved!

#denmark #retrocomputing #GIER