RetroRen
@retroren.bsky.social
Programmer, gamer, retrocomputer enthusiast.
The fans in my desktop are.. even bigger than the old days, but they're mostly Noctua and dead silent (except the video card's fans, which are.. I dunno, awful). I don't miss the fan noise all that much. The one thing I do miss, though, is the sound hard drives used to make!
August 15, 2025 at 6:57 PM
The fans in my desktop are.. even bigger than the old days, but they're mostly Noctua and dead silent (except the video card's fans, which are.. I dunno, awful). I don't miss the fan noise all that much. The one thing I do miss, though, is the sound hard drives used to make!
My favourite joystick. Still have a couple. Was great for all games with that short throw, *except* the ones that involve hardcore fire button spamming...
April 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
My favourite joystick. Still have a couple. Was great for all games with that short throw, *except* the ones that involve hardcore fire button spamming...
* - chat logs and memories are per-session and per-user. They're no different than say storing it on Google Drive or such...until OpenAI scrapes that data, of course.
April 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
* - chat logs and memories are per-session and per-user. They're no different than say storing it on Google Drive or such...until OpenAI scrapes that data, of course.
That's awful. While the story being in the memory or context of ChatGPT doesn't really matter*, OpenAI scrapes that data eventually and turns it into training material, which means it will become part of ChatGPT's neural net in future updates (assuming that hasn't happened already)!
April 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
That's awful. While the story being in the memory or context of ChatGPT doesn't really matter*, OpenAI scrapes that data eventually and turns it into training material, which means it will become part of ChatGPT's neural net in future updates (assuming that hasn't happened already)!
Fortunately my old desktop is a Sandybridge-E, so when I converted it to Linuxy goodness, it didn't care about the video card. It's nice to see it tear through workloads when Microsoft was all "nuh-uh" about it.
February 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Fortunately my old desktop is a Sandybridge-E, so when I converted it to Linuxy goodness, it didn't care about the video card. It's nice to see it tear through workloads when Microsoft was all "nuh-uh" about it.
I've had some problems in the past with AMD CPUs and ATi cards. When I was setting up my new rig (AMD 5600x), I was initially using I think Debian 11 with some sort of older ATi card, and it kept on exploding. Switching the RTX 2070 to it solved that issue, but it was kinda baffling.
February 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I've had some problems in the past with AMD CPUs and ATi cards. When I was setting up my new rig (AMD 5600x), I was initially using I think Debian 11 with some sort of older ATi card, and it kept on exploding. Switching the RTX 2070 to it solved that issue, but it was kinda baffling.
Ugh, I should get off my lazy butt and write some Pathfindery (PF2e) CRPG...seems like it's not gonna happen otherwise.
February 28, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Ugh, I should get off my lazy butt and write some Pathfindery (PF2e) CRPG...seems like it's not gonna happen otherwise.
The googly-eyed wrath of the older Power Mac! Uh... some sort of G4, right?
February 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The googly-eyed wrath of the older Power Mac! Uh... some sort of G4, right?
The magic of open source. Don't like how something's done? Fork it, and change the way things happen!
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February 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The magic of open source. Don't like how something's done? Fork it, and change the way things happen!
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With the state of the game industry nowadays - gems hidden amongst mountains of AAA garbage and shoddy asset flips - if there isn't a demo there's a good chance I'll pass.
Watching others play a game only goes so far for evaluation.
Watching others play a game only goes so far for evaluation.
February 27, 2025 at 12:27 AM
With the state of the game industry nowadays - gems hidden amongst mountains of AAA garbage and shoddy asset flips - if there isn't a demo there's a good chance I'll pass.
Watching others play a game only goes so far for evaluation.
Watching others play a game only goes so far for evaluation.
Uh, they keep using that word, but I do not think it means what they think it means...
November 25, 2024 at 9:00 PM
Uh, they keep using that word, but I do not think it means what they think it means...
I'm not an Apple fan (anything past the Apple II series that is), but I do like it when old computers are brought back to life.
November 25, 2024 at 8:52 PM
I'm not an Apple fan (anything past the Apple II series that is), but I do like it when old computers are brought back to life.
Ah, that's the same type of 1084s that I had.
Old man threw it away when I left it with him. I'm still angry about that to this day.
Old man threw it away when I left it with him. I'm still angry about that to this day.
November 25, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Ah, that's the same type of 1084s that I had.
Old man threw it away when I left it with him. I'm still angry about that to this day.
Old man threw it away when I left it with him. I'm still angry about that to this day.
Yep, the 1571 definitely goes with the C128. It's compatible with the C64, but the C64 can't leverage the fast transfer...at least not directly/natively.
Holding down the Commodore key (or typing GO64 at the prompt) will get you into C64 mode, which is where mine spent most of it's time.
Holding down the Commodore key (or typing GO64 at the prompt) will get you into C64 mode, which is where mine spent most of it's time.
November 15, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Yep, the 1571 definitely goes with the C128. It's compatible with the C64, but the C64 can't leverage the fast transfer...at least not directly/natively.
Holding down the Commodore key (or typing GO64 at the prompt) will get you into C64 mode, which is where mine spent most of it's time.
Holding down the Commodore key (or typing GO64 at the prompt) will get you into C64 mode, which is where mine spent most of it's time.
Your bio says you "own too many floppy disks". LIES!!! There's no such thing as "too many floppy disks"!
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November 15, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Your bio says you "own too many floppy disks". LIES!!! There's no such thing as "too many floppy disks"!
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Yay Eye of the Beholder!
November 15, 2024 at 5:21 PM
Yay Eye of the Beholder!
Pentium III covers a broad range of chips, heh.
Quick searching seems to suggest that a Profile 3 is a Socket 370 system?
Quick searching seems to suggest that a Profile 3 is a Socket 370 system?
November 15, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Pentium III covers a broad range of chips, heh.
Quick searching seems to suggest that a Profile 3 is a Socket 370 system?
Quick searching seems to suggest that a Profile 3 is a Socket 370 system?
That's one of those Sharp X68000s, isn't it?
I'd love to have one of those!
I'd love to have one of those!
November 15, 2024 at 4:52 PM
That's one of those Sharp X68000s, isn't it?
I'd love to have one of those!
I'd love to have one of those!
That's actually a Commodore machine you have pictured there. Jack Tramiel and Shiraz Shivji were involved in it's creation.
Just like how Atari engineer Jay Miner was the lead designer for the Amiga.
The tech world was really flexible back then..
Just like how Atari engineer Jay Miner was the lead designer for the Amiga.
The tech world was really flexible back then..
November 15, 2024 at 3:13 PM
That's actually a Commodore machine you have pictured there. Jack Tramiel and Shiraz Shivji were involved in it's creation.
Just like how Atari engineer Jay Miner was the lead designer for the Amiga.
The tech world was really flexible back then..
Just like how Atari engineer Jay Miner was the lead designer for the Amiga.
The tech world was really flexible back then..