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Maxx
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Cloud platform engineer, software engineer, ailurophile, astrophile, bibliophile, ceraunophile, dendrophile, iconoclast. (they/them)
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Got any good games on your phone? #caturday
Black cat with green eyes looking at the camera with her nose sniffing and extra large compared to her face due to her interest in the lens
January 23, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Sleepyhead #caturday
A sleepy mostly white cat with grey markings on his head, the left marking reaching down to his eye and the right mark about halfway down with a white strip through the middle. His nose is all pink and he is cuddled against a grey and white blanket on a couch.
January 21, 2025 at 3:58 AM
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My goal is to get a Commodore 64 fully resuscitated by the new year. This one has a curious hack off the keyboard to an external DB25 (glued with alien saliva it seems)

Wonder if it was an early hack to type on multiple systems at once?
Partial view of Commodore 64 motherboard with keyboard wiring spliced to an external DB25 port. The port and wires are covered in a disgusting hard brown substance that could be alien snot. The keyboard is still connected to the motherboard showing two longer chips and three shorter chips, all on a green silkscreen.
December 18, 2024 at 10:39 AM
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Also met this little one sleeping away the afternoon #caturday
Young tabby cat sleeping on her side with her tail wrapped around her face. Image frame is filled with her face, showing her distinctive tabby markings in grey, black, and brown
December 2, 2024 at 7:53 AM
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Met this kitty a few weeks and and visited again today #caturday
Young tuxedo kitten around 9 months old in a brown soft kitty cup with her eyes closed and front paws folded into a loaf position
December 2, 2024 at 7:49 AM
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I sold my original Amiga 500 to get an Amiga 2000, and this was a replacement for my partner we bought in college that I since restored. Surprisingly the hard drive was fine and booted up, and all the installed software and data was intact.
Amiga 500 with a GVP Impact Series II A500-HD+ hard drive and memory expansion plugged into the left side. Classic Amiga 1351 tank mouse on the right, and Amiga 1080 color monitor behind the computer.
November 24, 2024 at 7:53 AM
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Atari 2600 cartridges #retrotech
Atari 2600 cartridges laid side-by-side and top-to-bottom at an angle looking across dozens of titles from various manufacturers
November 24, 2024 at 7:43 AM
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An old four switch Atari 2600 with various cartridges sourced over the years #retrotech #atari
Looking straight down on an Atari 2600 with three cartridges (Space Canyon by Panda, E.T., and Swordquest Earthworld by Atari) laid across the top deck, and a cartridge called "Name This Game" plugged in. On the right, seven Imagic cartridges in view: Atlantis, Star Voyage, Trick Shot, Laser Gates, Cosmic Ark, Demon Attack, and Riddle of the Sphinx. In front of the console two Atari joysticks. Behind the console in a file box and to the side dozens of additional catridges.
November 24, 2024 at 7:40 AM
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Booted my 40 year old DEC VT220 terminal. Many memories of using this (or the more amazing VT320) in college to write Fortran and Pascal programs for classes. #retrotech
Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) VT220 showing the text "VT220 OK" surrounded by a box of a single, thin line centered in the middle of the CRT. Across the bottom reads "Firmware and Set-Up Screens Copyright 1983,85 Digital Equipment Corporation" across the bottom. The yellowed bezel of the 40 year old terminal shows a small scuff in the lower right corner. The bezel extends to the edges of the image.
November 24, 2024 at 7:34 AM