Eric
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Finally done! Added MMU3 too!
September 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Finally done! Added MMU3 too!
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Happy birthday to the MOS 6502! It was 50 years ago today that people were able to buy their first samples of the chip from a jar in a hotel room at WESCON.
Here's my oldest 6502 from the 52nd week of 1975. Still works perfectly!
Here's my oldest 6502 from the 52nd week of 1975. Still works perfectly!
September 17, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Happy birthday to the MOS 6502! It was 50 years ago today that people were able to buy their first samples of the chip from a jar in a hotel room at WESCON.
Here's my oldest 6502 from the 52nd week of 1975. Still works perfectly!
Here's my oldest 6502 from the 52nd week of 1975. Still works perfectly!
A few more old gems of mine that my dad found in the basement..
September 16, 2025 at 12:37 AM
A few more old gems of mine that my dad found in the basement..
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Reverse-Engineering Aleratec CD Changers for Archival Use
Reverse-Engineering Aleratec CD Changers for Archival Use
Handling large volumes of physical media can be a bit of a chore, whether it’s about duplication or archiving. Fortunately this is a perfect excuse for building robotic contraptions, with …read more
hackaday.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Reverse-Engineering Aleratec CD Changers for Archival Use
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Whatever changed with YouTube back between August 10 to August 17 has resulted in every video I've released since to get the same message and a massive drop in views .... * SIGH *
When YouTube decides your subscribers aren't interested, it buries the video and stops recommend it.
Demoralizing....
When YouTube decides your subscribers aren't interested, it buries the video and stops recommend it.
Demoralizing....
September 6, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Whatever changed with YouTube back between August 10 to August 17 has resulted in every video I've released since to get the same message and a massive drop in views .... * SIGH *
When YouTube decides your subscribers aren't interested, it buries the video and stops recommend it.
Demoralizing....
When YouTube decides your subscribers aren't interested, it buries the video and stops recommend it.
Demoralizing....
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The delivery that arrived Thursday has been opened, a #Commodore COLT PC-10/PC-20!! They packed it very well & it is safe to say it arrived perfectly, plus the machine is clean inside & out in great condition!! Next to do is boot it up, just need more free time for that.
September 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The delivery that arrived Thursday has been opened, a #Commodore COLT PC-10/PC-20!! They packed it very well & it is safe to say it arrived perfectly, plus the machine is clean inside & out in great condition!! Next to do is boot it up, just need more free time for that.
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Tonight, I spent several hours just trying to write three 8" double sided floppies using a Greaseweazle. It turned out to be a huge ordeal due to having multiple bad disks which clogged the drive's heads.
In the end, it worked out! The good old Qume DT/8 drive is a real workhorse.
In the end, it worked out! The good old Qume DT/8 drive is a real workhorse.
August 30, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Tonight, I spent several hours just trying to write three 8" double sided floppies using a Greaseweazle. It turned out to be a huge ordeal due to having multiple bad disks which clogged the drive's heads.
In the end, it worked out! The good old Qume DT/8 drive is a real workhorse.
In the end, it worked out! The good old Qume DT/8 drive is a real workhorse.
So many parts.. MK4s -> Core1
August 30, 2025 at 8:52 PM
So many parts.. MK4s -> Core1
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Trump: "They call me the president of Europe. Which is an honor."
Europe:
Europe:
August 25, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Trump: "They call me the president of Europe. Which is an honor."
Europe:
Europe:
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Newsletter: My 16,000 word opus - How To Argue With An AI Booster, a comprehensive guide to arguing with AI boosters, addressing both their bad faith debate style and their specific (and flimsy) arguments as to why generative AI is the future.
www.wheresyoured.at/how-to-argue...
www.wheresyoured.at/how-to-argue...
How To Argue With An AI Booster
Editor's Note: For those of you reading via email, I recommend opening this in a browser so you can use the Table of Contents. This is my longest newsletter - a 16,000-word-long opus - and if you like...
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August 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Newsletter: My 16,000 word opus - How To Argue With An AI Booster, a comprehensive guide to arguing with AI boosters, addressing both their bad faith debate style and their specific (and flimsy) arguments as to why generative AI is the future.
www.wheresyoured.at/how-to-argue...
www.wheresyoured.at/how-to-argue...
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How Intel’s 386 Protects Itself From ESD, Latch-up and Metastability
How Intel’s 386 Protects Itself From ESD, Latch-up and Metastability
To connect the miniature world of integrated circuits like a CPU with the outside world, a number of physical connections have to be made. Although this may seem straightforward, these …read more
hackaday.com
August 21, 2025 at 7:00 PM
How Intel’s 386 Protects Itself From ESD, Latch-up and Metastability
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i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
August 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
i am so sick of the dumbest people alive being in charge of everything and the second dumbest people alive writing opinion columns about how it's good
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Sleep (NSCoding)
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/sleep-nscoding
Sleep is a tiny open source Mac OS X application to put your computer to sleep directly from Spotlight. Just type "Sleep" on your spotlight window and hit the return key.
#macgarden #utilities #2014 #nscoding #patrickchamelo
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/sleep-nscoding
Sleep is a tiny open source Mac OS X application to put your computer to sleep directly from Spotlight. Just type "Sleep" on your spotlight window and hit the return key.
#macgarden #utilities #2014 #nscoding #patrickchamelo
August 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sleep (NSCoding)
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/sleep-nscoding
Sleep is a tiny open source Mac OS X application to put your computer to sleep directly from Spotlight. Just type "Sleep" on your spotlight window and hit the return key.
#macgarden #utilities #2014 #nscoding #patrickchamelo
https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/sleep-nscoding
Sleep is a tiny open source Mac OS X application to put your computer to sleep directly from Spotlight. Just type "Sleep" on your spotlight window and hit the return key.
#macgarden #utilities #2014 #nscoding #patrickchamelo
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We have just created the Only Human feed™!
This is a feed of Verified Humans: accounts which we have verified as belonging to real people. Truly the only feed that is free of bots and alt accounts.
bsky.app/profile/only...
This is a feed of Verified Humans: accounts which we have verified as belonging to real people. Truly the only feed that is free of bots and alt accounts.
bsky.app/profile/only...
July 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
We have just created the Only Human feed™!
This is a feed of Verified Humans: accounts which we have verified as belonging to real people. Truly the only feed that is free of bots and alt accounts.
bsky.app/profile/only...
This is a feed of Verified Humans: accounts which we have verified as belonging to real people. Truly the only feed that is free of bots and alt accounts.
bsky.app/profile/only...
Saved this hot mess from the MIT swap fest this weekend.. it doesn’t power on because what looks like a dead short on the 12v rail. #newenglandretrocomputers #macclone #macintosh
July 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Saved this hot mess from the MIT swap fest this weekend.. it doesn’t power on because what looks like a dead short on the 12v rail. #newenglandretrocomputers #macclone #macintosh
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New tools from OpenAI and Perplexity can browse the web for you. If the idea takes off, these generative AI agents could turn the internet into a ghost town where only bots roam. www.wired.com/story/browse...
OpenAI’s ChatGPT Agent Is Haunting My Browser
New tools from OpenAI and Perplexity can browse the web for you. If the idea takes off, these generative AI agents could turn the internet into a ghost town where only bots roam.
www.wired.com
July 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM
New tools from OpenAI and Perplexity can browse the web for you. If the idea takes off, these generative AI agents could turn the internet into a ghost town where only bots roam. www.wired.com/story/browse...
Found some of my operating system purchases in the early to mid nineties in my Dad’s basement. They are complete inside
July 21, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Found some of my operating system purchases in the early to mid nineties in my Dad’s basement. They are complete inside
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We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.
June 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
We’re honored to report that over 11 million showed up for today’s No Kings protest, and totals are still coming in. Just… wow. WOW 😮! There’s nothing more to say.
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This Police Academy reboot sounds hilarious.
Many of the LA Sheriffs didn't have their gas masks on yet so the Sheriffs got gassed by LAPD
LAPD was on the radio crying about getting shot by rubber bullets by the sheriffs, so I'd say fair trade
Typical level of professional policing for Los Angeles. Waiting for CHP to join the fun.
LAPD was on the radio crying about getting shot by rubber bullets by the sheriffs, so I'd say fair trade
Typical level of professional policing for Los Angeles. Waiting for CHP to join the fun.
June 15, 2025 at 2:36 AM
This Police Academy reboot sounds hilarious.
@npr.org you guys have to do better. They already cut your funding (I am a monthly supporter). Miasma was a theory in ancient times. This playing both sides like they are equal when one is batshit insane is doing us all a disservice. Stand up for what is right. Be the press we deserve.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
Ancient miasma theory may help explain Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine moves
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. apparently embraces the outdated "miasma theory" of disease instead of the widely accept "germ theory" of disease, which may help explain some of the actions he's been taking.
n.pr
June 14, 2025 at 9:47 PM
@npr.org you guys have to do better. They already cut your funding (I am a monthly supporter). Miasma was a theory in ancient times. This playing both sides like they are equal when one is batshit insane is doing us all a disservice. Stand up for what is right. Be the press we deserve.
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RIP. Something deceivingly simple like overlapping windows on a display was not so simple back when Bill Atkinson programmed it on the Macintosh.
Wish we had that feature on the iPad!
Wish we had that feature on the iPad!
June 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
RIP. Something deceivingly simple like overlapping windows on a display was not so simple back when Bill Atkinson programmed it on the Macintosh.
Wish we had that feature on the iPad!
Wish we had that feature on the iPad!
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AOC: The girls are fighting aren’t they
June 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
AOC: The girls are fighting aren’t they
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It’s strange to watch Americans memorialize soldiers who died for democracy whilst they giddily embrace fascism.
May 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It’s strange to watch Americans memorialize soldiers who died for democracy whilst they giddily embrace fascism.
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I have that case too! ❤️
May 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I have that case too! ❤️
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I'm surprised it took so long for this case to become a reality.
I might need to replace my boring glass sided black monolith case with this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNa6...
I might need to replace my boring glass sided black monolith case with this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNa6...
May 21, 2025 at 11:06 PM
I'm surprised it took so long for this case to become a reality.
I might need to replace my boring glass sided black monolith case with this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNa6...
I might need to replace my boring glass sided black monolith case with this.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNa6...