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abyuse.bsky.social
Oh, but, recently, I found my Philips CDI player. I have precisely one movie to watch on it, and far too many digital encyclopedias. I'm excited.
September 13, 2025 at 12:49 AM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
Commodore Amiga CD32
The Amiga CD32, an early 32-bit console. The grey box has a CD drive on the left (with a transparent beveled bubble reimescent of late 90s design) and the usual ports on the right, including a volume rocker, on the right (with faux louvres reminscent of late 80s design).
September 12, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
"Word 2003 had far too many toolbars." (Source.)
A screenshot of Word 2003. This screenshot has 27 toolbars, a menu (with only seven items) that you have to expand for some reason, very few text labels, tiny icons, and no obvious way to chord from one page to the next. Each toolbar is coded different, so they are of varying widths, some are floating, some are up top while some are down below, and one is a side pane for some reason. That's not to say anything about the dozens of controls hidden within the menu proper. The tiny text editing area, dwarfed by the dozens of toolbars with dozens of controls, reads: "It is getting a bit crowded in here!"
September 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
abyuse.bsky.social
Mostly I like computers. The old ones are wonderful. I wish I knew more about them, but it turns out that I am frugal and lazy. It's cruel.
September 13, 2025 at 12:46 AM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
"Martin, can you draw an image to illustrate the disk drive communicating with the computer?" "Say no more, Eric & Will." (Source.)
Two people talk to each other. A man, in a striped polo, with an Apple II for a head. A woman, in a blouse, with a Disk II disk drive. They're using their hands animatedly. Illustration drawn by Martin Cannon.
September 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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mmcarthur.bsky.social
Georgia O' Keeffe :
Blue and Green Music, 1919

The Art Institute of Chicago
September 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
With so much cruft on the Internet these days, wouldn't it be nice to get a little guidance?
Yahoo - A Guide to WWW. What's new? What's cool? What's popular? Stats. A Random Link. Top, Up, Search, Mail, Add, Help. Art (466) NEW, Business (6426) NEW, Computers (2609) NEW, Economy (743) NEW, Education (1487) NEW, Environment and Nature (193) NEW, Events (53) NEW, Government (1031) NEW, Health (367) NEW, Humanities (163) NEW, Law (163) NEW, News (185), Politics (148) NEW, Reference (474) NEW, Regional Information (2606) NEW, Science (2634) NEW, Social Science (93) NEW, Society and Culture (648) NEW. 23836 entries in Yahoo (Yahoo, Up, Search, Mail, Add, Help). yahoo@akebono.stanford.edu Copyright 1994 David Filo and Jerry Yang
September 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
abyuse.bsky.social
Why.. do I have 11 followers? I don't use this. It's scary...
September 13, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
The first personal computer for under $200.
A dense, dense ad. Top right, the ZX80 itself, with small body and integrated chiclit keyboard. Left, a spiral bound book, "A Course in BASIC Programming, also featuring the ZX80. Right, an adult teaching a child to use the ZX80. Bottom right, an order form to purchase the ZX80 with a mail-in coupon.
January 2, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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serebiiotd.bsky.social
On this day in 2002, 22 years ago, Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire were first released.

These games started the third generation and introduced 135 new Pokémon. It told the story of you stopping Team Aqua or Team Magma

serebii.net/rubysapphire/
November 21, 2024 at 12:01 PM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
The "first hypermedia PC", the Tulip Universa took cues from the Classic Mac, but included features Apple never did - such as an IR remote, allowing users to view their photo CDs from the comfort of a chair up to about four yards away (six yards in even lighting). (Source.)
A white PC, taking design cues from the classic Macintosh; the CRT and main computer are in the same body, with the "Tulip" logo prominent; the computer has a floppy, a 4x CD drive, and detached keyboard and mouse. The mousepad features the Tulip mascots, an unshaven guy with a big nose and a mouse with a not quite as big nose, waving at the user.
November 11, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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neetols.bsky.social
old Ping Pong the Animation poster I still love dearly
October 21, 2024 at 8:15 AM
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chewchewer.com
October 21, 2024 at 1:47 AM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
Alter Ego (Mac, 1986)
An old System 6 status window reads: "That wraps up your status for the very first years of life. I hope you like yourself. If not, you can always try to improve in the years to come. There's plenty of time." Buttons are Continue and Escape.
October 20, 2024 at 5:05 PM
abyuse.bsky.social
rkgk
October 20, 2024 at 9:02 PM
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goodnightiluka.bsky.social
I drew my oc on a 1990's Macintosh in the Macintosh Paint program (1987 ver) with a mouse!
anime drawing done by mouse by artist GOODNIGHTILUKA on the screen of a Macintosh Classic II desktop computer
October 20, 2024 at 3:29 PM
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chewchewer.com
💗
October 19, 2024 at 6:16 PM
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chewchewer.com
Tricks and kicks.
October 19, 2024 at 3:09 PM
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sanagi36.bsky.social
#ORV old one
October 18, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
The first personal computer for under $200.
A dense, dense ad. Top right, the ZX80 itself, with small body and integrated chiclit keyboard. Left, a spiral bound book, "A Course in BASIC Programming, also featuring the ZX80. Right, an adult teaching a child to use the ZX80. Bottom right, an order form to purchase the ZX80 with a mail-in coupon.
October 18, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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meyoco.bsky.social
plastic love fanart from a couple years ago 💘
October 18, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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keiblehh.bsky.social
pookie :3 #makima
October 18, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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jcw-arts.bsky.social
I went to karaoke recently and sang a bunch of Vocaloid songs. It reminded me how Miku was a huge part of my teenage years.
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Fui pro karaoke e cantei um monte de músicas de Vocaloid. Me lembrou como a Miku foi muito especial na minha adolescência.

#BRArt #fanart #Vocaloid #brazilianArt
An illustration of Hatsune Miku. She has long blue pigtails and blue eyes. She wears sleeveless shirt with a tie, a short pleated skirt, and long thigh-high boots, all in shades of teal and blue. She's standing on a checkered stage, holding a vintage microphone connected to a stand, striking a dynamic pose.
October 7, 2024 at 3:06 AM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
The Monorail
An all-in-one computer from 1996. It stands on its edge, somewhat like a clamshell computer, but using standard keyboard and mouse. It looks like a precursor for the POS machines of today.
October 13, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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retrocomps.bsky.social
One of the most obscure computers I have ever looked up, the Gradiente Expert was a MSX computer for the Brasilian market; a reissue of the National CF-3000 for the Japanese market, styled like a contemporary audio box, cheaper than a C64 but hampered by an incomplete MSX implementation.
A three-piece computer unit. Up top, the white monitor reads: "MSX BASIC versão 1.1 Br 'G r a d i e n t e' 28014 bytes livres OK" up top, then "color auto goto list run" down below. The computer itself is a grey pizzabox, with black angular highlighting joining the two cartidge slots and the power light. Image bottom, the Expert's keyboard; a full keyboard, it includes multimedia buttons, a blue directional keypad, and the same angular black highlighting as is on the face of the computer proper. A small recess in the computer allows the keyboard to be locked in place, although this seems only to be to hold the keyboard in position, not to store the keyboard.
October 12, 2024 at 9:05 AM