Aaro Koskinen
@aakoskin.bitwoods.duckdns.org.ap.brid.gy
We're all just pissin' in the wind.
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Currently at disk 54 in my #commodore64 floppy backup effort. Getting some bad sectors so I'm coding some crude error handling/reporting in DiskSumo. If the error is on an unallocated sector according to BAM (like it often is) then I just ignore it. Also […]
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bitwoods.duckdns.org
December 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Currently at disk 54 in my #commodore64 floppy backup effort. Getting some bad sectors so I'm coding some crude error handling/reporting in DiskSumo. If the error is on an unallocated sector according to BAM (like it often is) then I just ignore it. Also […]
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Wasted some hours debugging why colors were poor and flicking on C64C, while a breadbin model works with the same cable and monitor. I even ended up soldering and replacing the motherboard CT1 trimmer capacitor, thinking it was broken as tuning didn't […]
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November 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Wasted some hours debugging why colors were poor and flicking on C64C, while a breadbin model works with the same cable and monitor. I even ended up soldering and replacing the motherboard CT1 trimmer capacitor, thinking it was broken as tuning didn't […]
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[Original post on bitwoods.duckdns.org]
I pushed out a new DiskSumo patch, with my new machine code routines. It's been fun to learn some 6502 instructions, and debugging the code just be reading it over and over again using Zaks' book as reference.
Now a floppy disk backup takes only 40 minutes over 1200 bps Xmodem. I'll start a […]
Now a floppy disk backup takes only 40 minutes over 1200 bps Xmodem. I'll start a […]
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November 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
I pushed out a new DiskSumo patch, with my new machine code routines. It's been fun to learn some 6502 instructions, and debugging the code just be reading it over and over again using Zaks' book as reference.
Now a floppy disk backup takes only 40 minutes over 1200 bps Xmodem. I'll start a […]
Now a floppy disk backup takes only 40 minutes over 1200 bps Xmodem. I'll start a […]
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and a very swell 40th to the grateful dead conference on The WELL, dreamed up in the balcony of the kaiser during “terrapin station” at this show simultaneously by @dgans & mary eisenhart & bennett falk, online soon thereafter, & one of the first important pre-WWW communities. [3/4]
November 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
and a very swell 40th to the grateful dead conference on The WELL, dreamed up in the balcony of the kaiser during “terrapin station” at this show simultaneously by @dgans & mary eisenhart & bennett falk, online soon thereafter, & one of the first important pre-WWW communities. [3/4]
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today’s deadcast also welcomes back ned lagin to bid a sad adieu to the groundbreaking electroacoustic project seastones, whose last performance was 50 years ago this weekend, ned’s last gig anywhere. at least to me, a quiet but major turning point in the dead […]
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November 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
today’s deadcast also welcomes back ned lagin to bid a sad adieu to the groundbreaking electroacoustic project seastones, whose last performance was 50 years ago this weekend, ned’s last gig anywhere. at least to me, a quiet but major turning point in the dead […]
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Tänään opin että ennen isoja nyrkkeilymatseja pidetään kaksi punnitusta: oikea punnitus, ja sen jälkeen erikseen seremoniallinen showpunnitus. Ihmeellinen maailma.
November 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Tänään opin että ennen isoja nyrkkeilymatseja pidetään kaksi punnitusta: oikea punnitus, ja sen jälkeen erikseen seremoniallinen showpunnitus. Ihmeellinen maailma.
Bought some stocks today: #at&T #stanleyblackndecker #harleydavidson #pfizer
#stockmarket #investing #capitalism #usblues
#stockmarket #investing #capitalism #usblues
November 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Bought some stocks today: #at&T #stanleyblackndecker #harleydavidson #pfizer
#stockmarket #investing #capitalism #usblues
#stockmarket #investing #capitalism #usblues
"Uncharted Passages" by #sunra. Solo piano stuff, mostly instrumental (some vocals by June Tyson on Enlightment -> Space Is The Place).
The album starts with careful ambient-style but then we get some Hammill-esque rough bashing too. Sound quality is […]
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The album starts with careful ambient-style but then we get some Hammill-esque rough bashing too. Sound quality is […]
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November 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
"Uncharted Passages" by #sunra. Solo piano stuff, mostly instrumental (some vocals by June Tyson on Enlightment -> Space Is The Place).
The album starts with careful ambient-style but then we get some Hammill-esque rough bashing too. Sound quality is […]
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The album starts with careful ambient-style but then we get some Hammill-esque rough bashing too. Sound quality is […]
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"The Avant-Garde" by #johncoltrane and #doncherry. Early 1960s, they are playing mostly #ornettecoleman compositions. Nothing too radical here, but it's a nice and tidy enjoyable album and playing.
Typical for 60s the mix has some heavy stereo panning […]
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Typical for 60s the mix has some heavy stereo panning […]
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November 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
"The Avant-Garde" by #johncoltrane and #doncherry. Early 1960s, they are playing mostly #ornettecoleman compositions. Nothing too radical here, but it's a nice and tidy enjoyable album and playing.
Typical for 60s the mix has some heavy stereo panning […]
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Typical for 60s the mix has some heavy stereo panning […]
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"Ship To Shore" #richardthompson. His latest album, I think, from 2024. Just love the music starting from the 1st song "Freeze", followed by darker "Fear Never Leaves You". Usually RT albums are a bit growers but this one hit the spot immediately. My […]
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November 11, 2025 at 7:47 PM
"Ship To Shore" #richardthompson. His latest album, I think, from 2024. Just love the music starting from the 1st song "Freeze", followed by darker "Fear Never Leaves You". Usually RT albums are a bit growers but this one hit the spot immediately. My […]
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"Pink Elephants On Parade" by #sunra.
These are apparently Disney film music covers, from various dates from 1980s. So there's some laid back "easily listening" feel and singing, but still with some usual Ra weirdness in there.
#music #cd #pop #jazz #SunRa #recordcollecting
These are apparently Disney film music covers, from various dates from 1980s. So there's some laid back "easily listening" feel and singing, but still with some usual Ra weirdness in there.
#music #cd #pop #jazz #SunRa #recordcollecting
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
If you plan to upgrade #mastodon to v4.5.0 on #arm64, there will be an instant SIGILL when running Vite. The fix is trivial once you realize it.
Related bug reports:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/36523
https://github.com/rollup/rollup/issues/6047
This time Mastodon upgrade took […]
Related bug reports:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/36523
https://github.com/rollup/rollup/issues/6047
This time Mastodon upgrade took […]
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bitwoods.duckdns.org
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
If you plan to upgrade #mastodon to v4.5.0 on #arm64, there will be an instant SIGILL when running Vite. The fix is trivial once you realize it.
Related bug reports:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/36523
https://github.com/rollup/rollup/issues/6047
This time Mastodon upgrade took […]
Related bug reports:
https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/36523
https://github.com/rollup/rollup/issues/6047
This time Mastodon upgrade took […]
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Two young mathematicians just broke a 330-year-old geometry riddle. Jakob Steininger, 30, and Sergey Yurkevich, 29, friends since maths-Olympiad days, have discovered the first known shape that can’t pass through a copy of itself, overturning a belief dating back to Prince Rupert’s 17th-century […]
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wandering.shop
November 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Two young mathematicians just broke a 330-year-old geometry riddle. Jakob Steininger, 30, and Sergey Yurkevich, 29, friends since maths-Olympiad days, have discovered the first known shape that can’t pass through a copy of itself, overturning a belief dating back to Prince Rupert’s 17th-century […]
"The Jazz Composer's Orchestra" by #michaelmantler.
This is a nice blend of "orchestral music" and free jazz soloing. The orchestral textures are similar to his later work, but what really makes this album to stand out is that free jazz chaos. And what […]
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This is a nice blend of "orchestral music" and free jazz soloing. The orchestral textures are similar to his later work, but what really makes this album to stand out is that free jazz chaos. And what […]
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November 7, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"The Jazz Composer's Orchestra" by #michaelmantler.
This is a nice blend of "orchestral music" and free jazz soloing. The orchestral textures are similar to his later work, but what really makes this album to stand out is that free jazz chaos. And what […]
[Original post on bitwoods.duckdns.org]
This is a nice blend of "orchestral music" and free jazz soloing. The orchestral textures are similar to his later work, but what really makes this album to stand out is that free jazz chaos. And what […]
[Original post on bitwoods.duckdns.org]
"Sweet Talker" by #richardthompson. A soundtrack album. There's a proper catchy RT start with "Put Your Trust In Me" but then it drifts into instrumental zone and gets a bit dull. Out of 11 tracks, there's only a couple of proper songs. Ends with a ballad.
#music #cd #folkrock #recordcollecting
#music #cd #folkrock #recordcollecting
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"Sweet Talker" by #richardthompson. A soundtrack album. There's a proper catchy RT start with "Put Your Trust In Me" but then it drifts into instrumental zone and gets a bit dull. Out of 11 tracks, there's only a couple of proper songs. Ends with a ballad.
#music #cd #folkrock #recordcollecting
#music #cd #folkrock #recordcollecting
"Down In The Groove" by #bobdylan. One of the lowest-rated Dylan albums. Not so bad after all. Getting older one starts to dig everything about the 1980s...
There's "Death Is Not The End" later covered by #nickcave. Also two #roberthunter collaborations […]
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There's "Death Is Not The End" later covered by #nickcave. Also two #roberthunter collaborations […]
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November 6, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Down In The Groove" by #bobdylan. One of the lowest-rated Dylan albums. Not so bad after all. Getting older one starts to dig everything about the 1980s...
There's "Death Is Not The End" later covered by #nickcave. Also two #roberthunter collaborations […]
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There's "Death Is Not The End" later covered by #nickcave. Also two #roberthunter collaborations […]
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"On Parole" by #Motörhead. This was intended to be their 1st album, but got shelved and released later around "Bomber" or so. It's a bit rough and more punk/garage pop than their usual rock and roll. But it's OK.
#music #cd #punk #garagerock #rock #recordcollecting
#music #cd #punk #garagerock #rock #recordcollecting
November 5, 2025 at 7:48 PM
"On Parole" by #Motörhead. This was intended to be their 1st album, but got shelved and released later around "Bomber" or so. It's a bit rough and more punk/garage pop than their usual rock and roll. But it's OK.
#music #cd #punk #garagerock #rock #recordcollecting
#music #cd #punk #garagerock #rock #recordcollecting
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Kohti digitaalista vapautta -työryhmä järjestää Helsingissä lauantaina 22. marraskuuta klo 12–17 INSTALL PARTYN, jossa asennetaan Linux kaikille halukkaille! Meikäläinen myös mukana tarjoamassa asennusapua. Tapahtuma on ilmainen.
Tapahtuma on osa End of 10 -projektia, jossa järjestetään […]
Tapahtuma on osa End of 10 -projektia, jossa järjestetään […]
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mastodon.green
November 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Kohti digitaalista vapautta -työryhmä järjestää Helsingissä lauantaina 22. marraskuuta klo 12–17 INSTALL PARTYN, jossa asennetaan Linux kaikille halukkaille! Meikäläinen myös mukana tarjoamassa asennusapua. Tapahtuma on ilmainen.
Tapahtuma on osa End of 10 -projektia, jossa järjestetään […]
Tapahtuma on osa End of 10 -projektia, jossa järjestetään […]
"Out To Lunch!" by #ericdolphy. A random pick today from 2nd hand bin from a local record store during a lunch walk.
Not sure how I managed to miss this album as a kid when I listened to "Weasels Ripped Off My Flesh" etc. on daily basis.
One of the […]
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Not sure how I managed to miss this album as a kid when I listened to "Weasels Ripped Off My Flesh" etc. on daily basis.
One of the […]
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November 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
"Out To Lunch!" by #ericdolphy. A random pick today from 2nd hand bin from a local record store during a lunch walk.
Not sure how I managed to miss this album as a kid when I listened to "Weasels Ripped Off My Flesh" etc. on daily basis.
One of the […]
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Not sure how I managed to miss this album as a kid when I listened to "Weasels Ripped Off My Flesh" etc. on daily basis.
One of the […]
[Original post on bitwoods.duckdns.org]
The 1999 holiday single by #rem. "Country Feedback" / "Ambulance Blues" with #neilyoung.
I've been searching this for years, so I didn't wait for holidays but opened and played it right away. One of the busiest single packagings I've seen, BTW.
Neil's […]
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I've been searching this for years, so I didn't wait for holidays but opened and played it right away. One of the busiest single packagings I've seen, BTW.
Neil's […]
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November 3, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The 1999 holiday single by #rem. "Country Feedback" / "Ambulance Blues" with #neilyoung.
I've been searching this for years, so I didn't wait for holidays but opened and played it right away. One of the busiest single packagings I've seen, BTW.
Neil's […]
[Original post on bitwoods.duckdns.org]
I've been searching this for years, so I didn't wait for holidays but opened and played it right away. One of the busiest single packagings I've seen, BTW.
Neil's […]
[Original post on bitwoods.duckdns.org]
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💔 fare thee well, deej. 💔
November 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
💔 fare thee well, deej. 💔
23 hour gig from 2007 by #finnish #greypark is available in Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/gp23_01/
I remember going to this gig... Though stayed there maybe only an hour or two, but it was nice.
#music #noise #drone #experimental
I remember going to this gig... Though stayed there maybe only an hour or two, but it was nice.
#music #noise #drone #experimental
Grey Park live 17.08.2007 - 18.08.2007 / Happihuone : Hyster Tapes : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
------------------------------------------------------------------------------GREY PARK´s 23rd concert Friday 17.08.2007 - Saturday 18.08.2007 / Happihuone,...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:43 PM
23 hour gig from 2007 by #finnish #greypark is available in Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/gp23_01/
I remember going to this gig... Though stayed there maybe only an hour or two, but it was nice.
#music #noise #drone #experimental
I remember going to this gig... Though stayed there maybe only an hour or two, but it was nice.
#music #noise #drone #experimental
I rewrote 2 DiskSumo bottleneck routines in 6502 machine code (against original plan, I started to optimize sending):
- read a disk sector into buffer
- send buffer as #xmodem packet
With 1200 bps #rs232, floppy disk dumping speed dropped from 90 minutes to 40 minutes, getting closer to line […]
- read a disk sector into buffer
- send buffer as #xmodem packet
With 1200 bps #rs232, floppy disk dumping speed dropped from 90 minutes to 40 minutes, getting closer to line […]
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bitwoods.duckdns.org
October 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I got my first trivial machine code routine working. I want to write them in hex for better maintaiability/readability, so I had to code a custom loader - under 10 lines in #basic. It took me 40 years to realize that #commodore64 BASIC supports functions!
#retrocomputing #programming
#retrocomputing #programming
October 27, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I got my first trivial machine code routine working. I want to write them in hex for better maintaiability/readability, so I had to code a custom loader - under 10 lines in #basic. It took me 40 years to realize that #commodore64 BASIC supports functions!
#retrocomputing #programming
#retrocomputing #programming
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Journal of Perpetual Motion: Part 1
On trains, on tour, on being
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October 26, 2025 at 10:11 PM