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Scott Small 🇨🇦For those not following <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/m68kMicroPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#m68kMicroPython</a> development, a lot has been happening rather quickly in the last couple of weeks!There's enough support for the Toolbox now that I've been able to re-create the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macstodon</a> splash/loading screen with it - see below.Big thanks to <a href="https://social.afront.org/@stylus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@stylus</a> for all his hard work developing the port and making this possible!<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroProgramming</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68k</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Python</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MicroPython" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MicroPython</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco/114889267494614758" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco/114889267494614758</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦The “Looking Inside the Macintosh IIfx” demo that I posted to Macintosh Garden last week has just been cracked by one of the users there, removing the hardware/software checks so that it will now run all the way up through Mac OS 9 (and on BasiliskII/vMac/SheepShaver/QEMU).(If it throws an error and exits when you click "Inside View”, bump the memory allocation up to 4096k and relaunch).Download from here: <a href="https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/looking-inside-the-macintosh-iifx" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/looking-inside-the-macintosh-iifx</a><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68k</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco/114752761266649967" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco/114752761266649967</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦A brand new 68k Mac emulator quietly dropped last night!!“Snow” can emulate the Mac 128k, 512k, Plus, SE, Classic, and II. It supports reading disks from bitstream and flux-floppy images, and offers full execution control and debugging features for the emulated CPU. Written using Rust, it doesn't do any ROM patching or system call interception, instead aiming for accurate hardware-level emulation.Download link (Mac, Windows, Linux): <a href="https://snowemu.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://snowemu.com</a> Documentation link: <a href="https://docs.snowemu.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://docs.snowemu.com</a> Source link: <a href="https://github.com/twvd/snow" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/twvd/snow</a> Release announcement: <a href="https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12509" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=12509</a><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68k</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/emulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emulation</a>

jbz68000 - The CPU ahead of its time | MVG<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=njGWWg69B4A" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=njGWWg69B4A</a><a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68k</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://indieweb.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

Retro Markus 🇩🇰🇩🇪Question to the audience ... shall I create some more YT vids? Haven't been publishing in quite awhile ... too much effort for the "turnout". Anything you folks would love to see?<a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/youtube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#youtube</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/vintagecomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintagecomputers</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/ibm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ibm</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sun</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macintosh</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/ppc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ppc</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68k</a> <a href="https://bitbang.social/tags/motorola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#motorola</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦I’m doing some preliminary investigation into the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macstodon</a> login issue on Mastodon 4.3. I haven't found the specific cause of the problem, but the error message (“Security verification failed, are you blocking cookies?") seems to imply a CSRF failure.I'm not entirely sure why the vintage Mac web browsers I've tried are unable to satisfy this requirement - maybe WebOne is mangling the CSRF cookie, I have to do more testing here.One approach to solving this problem would be to use the "password” OAuth grant type, rather than the "authorization_code” grant type that is currently being used. Basically, you would log in to Macstodon with your Mastodon username/password directly, instead of using a web browser. This is the same approach that is currently being used by <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DOStodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOStodon</a> (<a href="https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon/blob/main/mstdn.js#L220" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/SuperIlu/DOStodon/blob/main/mstdn.js#L220</a>) and some other retro clients.However, there are two problems with using the "password” grant type:1. Not all servers support it. For example, compare the outputs of <a href="https://mastodon.social/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server</a> and <a href="https://urusai.social/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://urusai.social/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server</a> - and note that mastodon.social lists "password" under "grant_types_supported”, but urusai.social does not (also, that endpoint doesn't exist prior to Mastodon 4.3, so if the server is running an older version you just have to perform trial and error to see if password grants are supported)2. MFA is not supported. If you're using multi-factor authentication with your Mastodon account, your only option is to log in using the "authorization_code" grant type. There is no option for appending your MFA token to your password.The other option is to use a hybrid approach, where Macstodon would continue to use the "authorization_code" grant type, but would prompt for a username and password as if it were using the "password" grant type. Rather than launching a web browser, it would make the request for the login page directly, fill in the user's credentials and post the form, then screen-scrape the result for the authentication code. This is the approach currently being taken by <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MastAppleII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MastAppleII</a> (<a href="https://github.com/colinleroy/a2tools/blob/master/src/mastodon/api/oauth.c#L14" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/colinleroy/a2tools/blob/master/src/mastodon/api/oauth.c#L14</a>).This approach is more brittle, and a much more challenging development effort, but it should work with most servers as well as for users with MFA.Of course, this approach has one big gotcha of its own - older and newer Mastodon versions are less likely to work correctly due to changes in the design of the login page. Perhaps the "password" grant type should still be offered as an option (if the server supports it), and we allow the user to choose how they want to log in? Or would that be too confusing for users? Alternatively we could try the hybrid approach first, and then fall back to the password grant type if that fails.Anyway, I'd love to hear your thoughts on how to approach this!RE: <a href="https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco/113312004593805017" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco/113312004593805017</a><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroProgramming</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68K</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMac</a>

Andy McCall :mastodon:90's computing was peak computing, with the Commodore Amiga, Silicon Graphics, BeOS, 68k Apple and NeXT.Prove me wrong.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sgi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sgi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#amiga</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/beos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#beos</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/haikuos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#haikuos</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/90s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#90s</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68k</a>

AlexIf you want to read about <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/emulating" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emulating</a> old school <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68k</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/macs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macs</a> on an <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/rp2040" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rp2040</a> then you want to read this: <a href="https://axio.ms//projects/2024/06/16/MicroMac.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://axio.ms//projects/2024/06/16/MicroMac.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/micromac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#micromac</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦Did a quick disassembly of my <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amiga</a> 500 today in order to perform a visual inspection and also figure out what revision it is.The case itself wasn't too difficult to open - just 6 Torx screws. Once open, however, and after removing the keyboad - the shielding looks like it's seen better days. Those dark spots are all rust 😔There was a rattle coming from inside the case, caused by a loose screw rolling aroun - yikes - I can't believe I didn't notice that before and had the machine powered up! Maybe that's what caused the keyboard damage. I was able to identify that the loose screw belongs to the keyboard ground, which is supposed to connect to the floppy drive.A couple stickers were loose as well - one with an "a" written on it, the other reading “A500 N” with the serial number and a date code of 87/88.(1/3)<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Amiga500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amiga500</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/A500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#A500</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68k</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Commodore</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦Happy <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/aMAYga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#aMAYga</a> 😁 Introducing the newest addition to my vintage computer collection!I picked up this A500 today from a local seller (much more reasonably priced than eBay) who bought it new around 35 years ago. It comes with the mouse as well as a second disk drive and the famous 1084 monitor. I also got a box with a ton of floppy disks for it thrown in (not pictured). It's a little bit yellowed but otherwise seems to be in pretty good shape. Powers up to the insert disk screen and I was able to get a few floppies to boot as well.I'm super excited because unlike Macs and PCs of the era, I know next to nothing about Amigas, and this is only my second time actually using one. But I know they were great for gaming and multimedia/AV applications so getting one has been a bucket list item for some time - and I've heard that the A500 in particular has a lot of modern QoL upgrades available which I'm excited to check out.<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amiga</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Amiga500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Amiga500</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/A500" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#A500</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68k</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Commodore</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦🎉 Announcing <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macstodon</a> v1.2, the premier Mastodon client for vintage <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macintosh</a> computers!This release features the all new Toot-To-Speech (TTS) technology! Select any toot, click the Speak button, and Macstodon will read the toot back to you, using whatever voice you have selected in the Speech control panel. It works with MacinTalk 2, 3, and Pro, all the way down to 68020 machines running System 7.1.Also featured in version 1.2 is improved stability and error handling. If Macstodon runs out of memory or encounters an unexpected error, it will save a log to the application folder, show you a dialog explaining what went wrong, and exit gracefully.Of course, all the usual features are still there including timeline/profile browsing, toot posting, and interactions!Download it from GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon/releases/tag/v1.2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon/releases/tag/v1.2</a> (don't forget to read the Read Me file, it contains important setup instructions!)<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MARCHintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MARCHintosh</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroProgramming</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68k</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦Now, I've been speaking a lot about <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macstodon</a> recently.But today, for the first time ever......I'd like to let Macstodon speak for itself! (this is the secret feature reveal, turn your sound up when watching the video!)<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MARCHintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MARCHintosh</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroProgramming</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68k</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦The fourth <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/NuBus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NuBus</a> video card that I'm trying out for <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MARCHintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MARCHintosh</a> 2024 is the "Tornado Graphics Card", by Mirror Technologies.After my deep disappointment with the Lapis ProColorServer, I took another look at eBay and found this card. There wasn't much information on it, other than "©1993 MEMORY PLUS" etched onto the back of the card, and the seller said that it supported 24-bit colour at 1152x870 resolution.In fact, it wasn't until I got the card for myself that I was able to confirm the name and manufacturer of the card - I had to use TattleTech to inspect the NuBus bus, which exposed the strings "Tornado Graphics Card" and "Mirror Technologies". But more about the crazy history behind this company later.Before we move on, pay close attention to the appearance of this card. We'll come back to it when we look at the next card...(1/9)<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68K</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMac</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageMac</a> folks: was there ever a utility produced that could rotate between different StartupScreen images on boot? I've seen plenty of wallpaper changers, but nothing specific to startup screens.If not, maybe someone who’s into <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroProgramming</a> would be interested in taking it on as a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MARCHintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MARCHintosh</a> project?For context - I use this with my SE: <a href="https://chitter.xyz/@ruawhitepaw/110418570067048200" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://chitter.xyz/@ruawhitepaw/110418570067048200</a> - but also recently discovered the collection at <a href="http://myoldmac.net/FAQ/startscreen-col1.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://myoldmac.net/FAQ/startscreen-col1.htm</a> and thought it would be fun if I could see something different each time I power it up.<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68K</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMac</a>

Thankful MachineIt's done. In a fit of sweaty persistence, it's done.Me: "I am never doing that again." Partner: "Mm hm"Me: "I am never doing that again *until I retire*." Partner: "Mm hm"<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68k</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/m68k" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#m68k</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/electronics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#electronics</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/breadboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#breadboard</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦Confirmed: MacPython 1.1 runs on System 6 (and 1.3/1.4 do not)This opens up an exciting world of <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroProgramming</a> possibilities!<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68K</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Python</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦Apparently, very early versions of MacPython supported System 6, but this was removed around the time of 1.4: <a href="https://mail.python.org/pipermail/pythonmac-sig/1996-September/000115.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mail.python.org/pipermail/pythonmac-sig/1996-September/000115.html</a>If anyone knows where I could find a copy, I’d love to get my hands on it 😉 I've been searching for a few hours but come up completely dry. It seems like every version of MacPython prior to 1.5.1 has disappeared from the Internet…(UPDATE: We found 1.1, 1.3.3 and 1.4, see comments in thread!)In other news, I learned that you can install a non-CFM version of the MacPython interpreter by choosing a custom install in the Installer app. This version will run on System versions as low as 7.0, and it will also work on 68000 processors. The catch, however, is that it only supports Python scripts and not standalone applications.In theory, however, one might be able to run <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macstodon</a> directly from the source .py files…<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroProgramming</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68K</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦Making some Christmas cards for the family. I actually prefer the Christmas image selection on the original 80’s Print Shop when compared to the 90’s Deluxe edition 😁Fun fact, I'm using the Mac SE for this - the original Print Shop isn't compatible with 32-bit addressing, which makes it a pain to run on the IIfx. Fortunately I have both machines able to print to my modern Brother printer (see how I did that here: <a href="https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco/111328130730011371" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco/111328130730011371</a> )<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroPrinting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroPrinting</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68K</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMac</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦I’ve published a <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macstodon</a> v1.1.1 release this morning, which fixes a very silly bug introduced in the last release that caused the app to crash if you tried to log into an account without any lists set up, because I had an error check backwards 🤦‍♂️Get it at the usual place here: <a href="https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon/releases/tag/v1.1.1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon/releases/tag/v1.1.1</a>Special thanks to <a href="https://bitbang.social/@ElectricVibes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ElectricVibes</a> for the report and stack trace!<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroProgramming</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68K</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/ClassicMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ClassicMac</a>

Scott Small 🇨🇦Happy One-Year Anniversary <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Macstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Macstodon</a>! It was one year ago today that I published the first version of my Mastodon client for Classic Mac OS, and today I'm celebrating it with a new v1.1 release!Changelog: - The timeline window now allows you to select which timeline is displayed in each column, using the drop-down menu next to the refresh button. - The preferences window now allows you to select the default timeline that is loaded in each column at Macstodon launch. - The title bar of loading dialogs now states the overall activity taking place. - Fixed a bug that caused the Links and Attachments buttons to have glitched icons under certain circumstances. - Fixed a bug that would display the wrong error message if the current user ID could not be retrieved from the server.Download here: <a href="https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon/releases/tag/v1.1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon/releases/tag/v1.1</a>Thanks for all the love and support over the past year!<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroProgramming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroProgramming</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VintageMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VintageMac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/68K" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#68K</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/PowerPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PowerPC</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Mac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mac</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MacOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MacOS</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco/109333356506212028" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://oldbytes.space/@smallsco/109333356506212028</a>

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