Maybe I should review ONE game.

For #SpreadsheetDay, here's my new in box sealed Lotus Improv 🤌

Amazing! Thank you for sharing that!

🪨🛠️ VisiCalc on the Apple 2

Happy #SpreadsheetDay! This time, I examine how much DNA from the first spreadsheet remains in today's software by calculating protein levels of ration formulation for swine, as you do.

stonetools.ghost.io/visicalc-app...

#RetroComputing #visicalc #spreadsheet #apple2

I spent some time getting to know Superbase on the C64. While using it, I was revisited by a ghost from the past who tried to make trouble for me. When all hope was lost, with the power of BASIC, I overcame my enemy. Intrigued to know more? Read on!
#retrocomputing #stonetools #superbase #c64

🪨🛠️ "Superbase on the Commodore 64"

Dreaming of a "paperless office?" You'll need a database to make it happen. Superbase promises to help you ditch those antiquated filing cabinets. If only the manual would explain how.
stonetools.ghost.io/superbase-c64

#RetroComputing #Superbase #Databases #C64

Would love to get my hands on a dedicated system like that.

v1.0.0 has been released!

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

github.com/twvd/snow/re...

What a delightful surprise. My new blog, @stonetoolsblog.bsky.social, seems to mark a tipping point, earning a lengthy discussion of my full body of retro-related works in the latest @thisweekinretro.bsky.social

I am, apparently, "Someone you should know"🙇
#retrocomputing.

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🪨🛠️ New Post: "Electric Pencil on the TRS-80"

This time, I examine the first word processor for home computers, Electric Pencil, which worked best if you weren't afraid to break out a soldering iron.
stonetools.ghost.io/electricpencil-trs80

#RetroComputing #ElectricPencil #WordProcessing #TRS80

Jason reports fresh off the weekend of Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 20, full of classic tech, This Week in Retro viewers, and distinctive hairstyles. All this and more including your nominations for the unsung heroes of retro, coming in episode 236 this Saturday!

On iOS mobile Safari shows the banner, mobile Firefox does not. Strange.

Yeah, I see that myself. When did that stop working, I wonder

That's the site banner, not the article image. The site will cover many systems and I needed a visual stand-in for "old computers" for now. I'm working on developing a better site image that conveys the breadth. I'm a blogging newbie and hadn't realized the post vs. image disconnect this would make.

🪨🛠️ New Post is Up!
2025 is the 40th birthday of the Commodore Amiga. It is *also* the 40th birthday of Deluxe Paint. Our first retrospective examines this classic hardware/software combo.
#RetroComputing #SoftwareArchaeology #Amiga #DeluxePaint #StoneTools
stonetools.ghost.io/deluxepaint-amiga/

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"We're selling the one thing we count on every day."

COMPUTER GRPAHICS

WORD PROCESSING HAS NEVER BEEN SIMPLER

DOS productivity tools are absolutely on my to-do list for the site. Good to know about the PDF option in DOSBox 👍 Thank you for sharing your setup! (jealous of the keyboard!)

We were cooked the moment operating system UIs stopped shipping looking like this

We’re live! 🪨🛠️ Stone Tools soft-launch today, with the first proper post coming later this week. If you think retro-computing means more than just games, you’re in the right place.
#RetroComputing #ComputerHistory #OfficeOfTheFuture #SoftwareArchaeology #StoneTools
stonetools.ghost.io/introducing/