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When Hoi became well-known, we changed our name into "Team Hoi". ㋡

You can find links to our Amiga, CD32, MS-DOS and Windows games, demos, music and graphics in the "Team Hoi game developers" section of linksta.cc/@seven

You can also check the #TeamHoi hashtag on Mastodon.

linksta.ccMetin Seven🎨 Digital illustrator and sculptor🌍 Netherlands⌛ Former…Blender Foundation Technical Artist, toy designer, news cartoonist,comic creator, TV show animator, magazine editor, game developer

It started with a simple #RIFA capacitor replacement, but I soon found myself getting overwhelmed with my multimeter readings and trying some wild ideas from Reddit. Not to mention the full RAM replacement.

This is part two of my Apple IIe restoration saga and took place between mid-2022 and mid-2023. Also, it was published on the new channel I created for my #maker projects. If you enjoy this type of video, please subscribe. #vintagecomputing #appleii

youtu.be/U_VpuHHzp0s

Here's the article I was working on today, and the first I've written for The Register in a hot minute: a look at a new, generated-from-actual-1980s-hardware, 1.5-million-strong test suite for the Intel 286 and compatibles.

In 2025. Yes. Emulator devs are a different breed, I tell you, and we're all the richer for 'em.

theregister.com/2025/07/21/int

The Register · Vintage computing boffin releases expansive Intel 286 test suiteBy Gareth Halfacree

Calling #VintageComputing #RetroComputing and #Emulator developers/enthusiasts/and so forth. I'm writing a piece about a new hardware-generated test suite for the 286:
github.com/SingleStepTests/802

and I'd love to include some comments. Will you use it, and if so how? Why has the 286 proven a challenge to emulate properly, and what else stands in the way of cycle-accurate emulation?

A Hardware-Generated CPU Test Suite for the Intel 80286 - SingleStepTests/80286
GitHubGitHub - SingleStepTests/80286: A Hardware-Generated CPU Test Suite for the Intel 80286A Hardware-Generated CPU Test Suite for the Intel 80286 - SingleStepTests/80286
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It would also be a more flexible option not just for "dumb #terminals" like a VT320 or VT525, thus desireable for a lot of #legacy / #embedded setup and allow for integrating like a #serial #console into a "Managment LAN" (which should be #airgapped!)…

  • Also an #EthernetModem would really be a cost-effective option compared to proprietary solutions, espechally when one can make a #DINrail-mounted version.

So yeah, a #LAN232 / #Ethernet232 would be kinda cool, even if it's just a #PiZero 1.3 with a USB Serial & Ethernet Chip in a case.

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@janbeta I consider retro computing the umbrella term for newer stuff recreating the original stuff and also the original stuff as well (that one I place in a vintage computing subcategory). Both are valid, but have key differences:

#retroComputing: fun experiences.
#vintageComputing: fun-strating (fun+frustrating) experiences. Also things go boom more.

It's all good to me. Newer stuff has the advantage of not having RIFAs 😀

The Pig and her poster have been reunited. MissPiggy ran XENIX-11 at Microsoft from 1979 to 1987. These days, misspiggy runs Version 7 UNIX from which XENIX was derived and its disks are virtualized so they can run under simulation and the real hardware.

Please support our preservation efforts at icm.museum

We have a partial backup of MissPiggy and one day hope to run XENIX-11 on it once again.

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🧵 Tribute to the revolutionary Amiga 1000, which pushed digital audiovisuals to new heights in 1985.

I loved the Amiga conversion of Marble Madness, and completing the game with a joystick was harder than using a mouse.

#gaming#games#game

Gotta love good ol' 1-bit pixel dithering (ordered, Floyd-Steinberg, etc.) 💚

𝙈𝙖𝙘𝙋𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝘼𝙧𝙩 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙙-80𝙨 𝙎𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙇𝙤𝙤𝙠𝙨 𝙂𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮

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decryption's blog · MacPaint Art From The Mid-80s Still Looks Great Today40 years later and the art people painstaking made in MacPaint on their little Macs still amazes me.