joshua stein
@jcs.org
Hello, cyberpals. I make @pushover.net and old Macintosh stuff and sometimes OpenBSD stuff for you and me.
Oak Park, Illinois
World Wide Web: jcs.org
Oak Park, Illinois
World Wide Web: jcs.org
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joshua stein
@jcs.org
· Jun 18
man i am not good with these computers
the overhead announcement at the grocery store just advertised a URL that ended in "dot html"
i'm now imagining their webmaster uploading a static html file to their ftp site with WS_FTP
i'm now imagining their webmaster uploading a static html file to their ftp site with WS_FTP
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
the overhead announcement at the grocery store just advertised a URL that ended in "dot html"
i'm now imagining their webmaster uploading a static html file to their ftp site with WS_FTP
i'm now imagining their webmaster uploading a static html file to their ftp site with WS_FTP
Reposted by joshua stein
New video up! Just finished the massive project of restoring/rebuilding @lgr-yt.bsky.social’s destroyed Chaplet Halikan LA-30A. This was a big one 😅. Enjoy!
youtu.be/BilLgXkR_Kw
youtu.be/BilLgXkR_Kw
Restoration or Resurrection? Re-creating a rare 80's laptop from the ground up
YouTube video by polymatt
youtu.be
November 8, 2025 at 6:16 AM
New video up! Just finished the massive project of restoring/rebuilding @lgr-yt.bsky.social’s destroyed Chaplet Halikan LA-30A. This was a big one 😅. Enjoy!
youtu.be/BilLgXkR_Kw
youtu.be/BilLgXkR_Kw
Reposted by joshua stein
You told me you got a raspberry pie and I show up and it's little fucking computer?
November 1, 2025 at 7:28 PM
You told me you got a raspberry pie and I show up and it's little fucking computer?
November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Reposted by joshua stein
Progman is a very cool Windows 3.1 style window manager by @jcs.org
github.com/jcs/progman
Simple, familiar, no bloat and lightweight
github.com/jcs/progman
Simple, familiar, no bloat and lightweight
GitHub - jcs/progman: progman.exe^H^H^H^H
progman.exe^H^H^H^H. Contribute to jcs/progman development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 31, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Progman is a very cool Windows 3.1 style window manager by @jcs.org
github.com/jcs/progman
Simple, familiar, no bloat and lightweight
github.com/jcs/progman
Simple, familiar, no bloat and lightweight
Is there a more anachronistic yet somehow still plausible sentence in 2025 than "please fax a copy of the check"
October 25, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Is there a more anachronistic yet somehow still plausible sentence in 2025 than "please fax a copy of the check"
Reposted by joshua stein
Reposted by joshua stein
Hey look it's my boxed Macintosh software at 17:08
Returning to VCF Midwest two years later on LGR!
youtu.be/FTKnv4LoAjY
And wow has it changed. It feels like an almost entirely different show! 66,000 square feet of vintage computers, retro hardware, software, and old school goodness of all kinds. Here's what the show was like (for me) in 2025!
youtu.be/FTKnv4LoAjY
And wow has it changed. It feels like an almost entirely different show! 66,000 square feet of vintage computers, retro hardware, software, and old school goodness of all kinds. Here's what the show was like (for me) in 2025!
The Largest Vintage Computer Festival Ever! VCFMW 2025
YouTube video by LGR
youtu.be
October 22, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Hey look it's my boxed Macintosh software at 17:08
October 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I saw a commercial today that had only "us.hisamitsu" at the bottom and it took me a minute to realize that was actually their website address because they have their own TLD
October 21, 2025 at 12:35 AM
I saw a commercial today that had only "us.hisamitsu" at the bottom and it took me a minute to realize that was actually their website address because they have their own TLD
how things are going in linuxland
October 19, 2025 at 10:56 PM
how things are going in linuxland
The original "OpenBSD developer laptop" before ThinkPads
I still think the Sony VAIO PCG-505 (1998) is one of top 5 best looking laptops ever designed.
October 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The original "OpenBSD developer laptop" before ThinkPads
llvm-mos: Modern C/C++ on the Venerable 6502 | VCFMW 20 (2025)
YouTube video by VCF Midwest
www.youtube.com
October 13, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Boards of Canada "Olson" on a 1959 PDP-1 Computer
YouTube video by Joe Lynch
m.youtube.com
October 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Things you miss out on buying at VCF Midwest because you were stuck at your table :/
www.reddit.com/r/VintageApp...
www.reddit.com/r/VintageApp...
From the VintageApple community on Reddit: Dayna MacCharlie
Explore this post and more from the VintageApple community
www.reddit.com
October 3, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Things you miss out on buying at VCF Midwest because you were stuck at your table :/
www.reddit.com/r/VintageApp...
www.reddit.com/r/VintageApp...
godspeed you! black emperor
in a cemetery
in a cemetery
September 28, 2025 at 2:59 AM
godspeed you! black emperor
in a cemetery
in a cemetery
Ah yes, the situation every OS developer fears: Microsoft taking your MIT-licensed software and... completely abandoning their massive OS that underwent decades of refinement to rebrand your little hobby OS as their own
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4538...
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4538...
other licenses being more sane doesn't imply MIT is _insane_ per se. It's just n... | Hacker News
news.ycombinator.com
September 26, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Ah yes, the situation every OS developer fears: Microsoft taking your MIT-licensed software and... completely abandoning their massive OS that underwent decades of refinement to rebrand your little hobby OS as their own
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4538...
news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4538...
maybe they're depressed because you're calling them a dummy
September 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
maybe they're depressed because you're calling them a dummy
I got my VCFMW stickers from makestickers.com and really liked them. And for Chicago people, they're in Tinley Park so they arrived very fast.
Friendly reminder to not use 🚫 Sticker Mule! 🚫
May I suggest StickerApp or Sticky Brand?
aninjusticemag.com/sticker-mule...
May I suggest StickerApp or Sticky Brand?
aninjusticemag.com/sticker-mule...
Sticker Mule CEO Anthony Constantino Has Kind of Lost It
The nepo baby’s jump into conservative politics
aninjusticemag.com
September 19, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I got my VCFMW stickers from makestickers.com and really liked them. And for Chicago people, they're in Tinley Park so they arrived very fast.