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PC Basic Bot – How to play with @PCBASICBot on Twitter

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 05:19:09 +0000

Send a tweet with a short BASIC program to @PCBASICBot and your program will run on an emulated DOS PC. The bot will tweet you back with a video your program’s output!

Tags: #bot #imported:pinboard #pc #retro #twitter

PC Basic Bot – How to play with @PCBASICBot on Twitter

Sat, 01 Apr 2023 05:19:09 +0000

Send a tweet with a short BASIC program to @PCBASICBot and your program will run on an emulated DOS PC. The bot will tweet you back with a video your program’s output!

Tags: #bot #pc #retro #twitter

Tiki PCs for Gaming and Business | Falcon Northwest

Sun, 05 Jan 2014 17:43:49 +0000

Tags: #gaming #imported:pinboard #pc

Huenison

Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:20:38 +0000

Do you know those weird, abstract games that you find yourself instantly drowned in and hopelessly addicted to? Be warned: you just stumbled upon one. A great one. Amiga and PC versions

Tags: #amiga #gaming #imported:pinboard #pc #retro

Huenison

Mon, 15 Jul 2013 00:20:38 +0000

Do you know those weird, abstract games that you find yourself instantly drowned in and hopelessly addicted to? Be warned: you just stumbled upon one. A great one. Amiga and PC versions

Tags: #amiga #gaming #pc #retro

Zittrain in Technology Review: The personal computer is dead

Sat, 03 Dec 2011 17:10:20 +0000

Both software developers and users should demand more. Developers should look for ways to reach their users unimpeded, through still-open platforms, or through pressure on the terms imposed by the closed ones. And users should be ready to try "off-roading" with the platforms that still allow it—hewing to the original spirit of the PC, perhaps amplified by systems that let apps have a trial run on a device without being given the keys to the kingdom. If we allow ourselves to be lulled into satisfaction with walled gardens, we'll miss out on innovations to which the gardeners object, and we'll set ourselves up for censorship of code and content that was previously impossible. We need some angry nerds.

Tags: #censorship #cloud #copyfight #future #internet #pc

The diskette that blew Trixter’s mind « Oldskooler Ramblings

Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:11:46 +0000

"The manual for Mental Blocks claims that, for both C64 and IBM, you put the diskette in label-side up. I thought that had to be a typo, since every single mixed C64/IBM or Apple/IBM diskette I have ever seen is a “flippy” disk where one side is IBM and the other side is C64 or Apple — until I looked at the FAT12 for the disk and saw that tons of sectors in an interleaved pattern were marked as BAD — very strange usage."

Tags: #badsectors #c64 #commodore #disks #filesystems #gaming #geek #hacks #ibm #pc #retro #vintage

Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 05:25:16 +0000

"This is an indication sent to the PC speaker from the computer's BIOS that the CPU fan is failing or has failed, or that the power supply voltages have drifted out of tolerance."

Tags: #bios #microsoft #pc

Alan Kay: The PC Must Be Revamped--Now

Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:37:33 +0000

"in the last few years I've been asking computer scientists and programmers whether they've ever typed E-N-G-E-L-B-A-R-T into Google-and none of them have."

Tags: #alankay #compsci #computing #engelbart #future #pc

The Firefox computer ? Toni’s Garage

Fri, 23 Feb 2007 19:18:23 +0000

"I want a Firefox computer. A nice, sleek, solid state notebook with a big screen that you open up and it just runs Firefox"

Tags: #computing #firefox #mac #pc #wishlist

The $159 PC--ExtremeTech Review

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 21:23:17 +0000

"If you're willing to spend just a bit more for some more memory, you end up with a highly capable light duty office system for less than buying Microsoft Windows and Office."

Tags: #hardware #pc

Home of the Underdogs - Entry: Adventure Construction Set

Wed, 24 Aug 2005 21:25:35 +0000

Tags: #adventure #ea #electronicarts #gaming #pc #retro #rpg

Corrupted PC's Find New Home in the Dumpster - New York Times

Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:16:21 +0000

"Many PC owners are simply replacing embattled machines rather than fixing them." Wow, this seems insane. How can the new machines be possibly any better off than the old ones?

Tags: #pc #security #viruses #windows

Under construction - CPU fan PC case

Thu, 09 Jun 2005 18:08:24 +0000

"What you are looking at is a case made of case fans, Dexian (there's probably a trademark in there somewhere) shelving, nylon cable ties, terminal blocks, nylon motherboard mounts, backplane blanks, screws and wire. Oh, and PC hardware."

Tags: #hardware #nifty #pc

The Tao of Mac - blog/2005-04-26

Tue, 26 Apr 2005 20:19:34 +0000

"Do not, ever, ever again open up a dusty PC indoors to check why the fan is making scratching noises in the middle of the night."

Tags: #allergies #pc