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Bitnacht
@bitnacht.bsky.social
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He/him. Child of the 80s. Making music, drawing/painting pictures, writing code and taking pictures of trees, sunsets hills and rivers
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superchartisland.com
In 1986, Andrew Braybrook made one of the UK's most acclaimed arcade-style home computer games of the mid-'80s. And he made it working to a 37-hour-a-week schedule. New post on Uridium:

www.superchartisland.com/uridium
Uridium – “Good zapping”
In 1988, Crash magazine interviewed Chris and Tim Stamper, previously of British home computer game titans Ultimate, and by then setting out as Rare. At one point, when talking about how busy they …
www.superchartisland.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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ericwschwartz.bsky.social
I finally did the thing.

This animated music video celebrates 2025 (what's left) being the 40th birthday of the Amiga computer. I could've done better, but then it wouldn't have been finished before 2026. #Amiga #computers #animation #retro #music

youtu.be/w7xGEPO1hws
Amiga 40th Anniversary Tribute Animation by Eric Schwartz
YouTube video by feralstorm
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 11:06 PM
bitnacht.bsky.social
@[email protected] just wrote: " #C64 news - the latest Psytronik Software release for the #Commodore64. The Griffornsoft team have put together this special Christmas-themed 4 screen fully playable demo of their amazing new game Sherwood."

psytronik.itch.io/sherwood-xmas
Sherwood C64 Christmas Demo [FREE] by Psytronik Software
A special Christmas-themed 4 screen playable demo of SHERWOOD for the C64!
psytronik.itch.io
December 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
bitnacht.bsky.social
PSA: #Apple #iOS/#macOS Image Playground ist nicht in der Lage einen halbwegs überzeugenden Nikolaus zu generieren. Wirklich nicht! Verschwendet nicht die Zeit mit der Promptsuche.
December 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM
bitnacht.bsky.social
#TIL: the #FreeSoftware #OpenSource digital painting app #Krita is in the App Store. It has been for 2 years now. So you can make a donation by "buying" it there. I think this is great. More #FreeSoftware should choose that route. apps.apple.com/de/app/krita...
Krita‑App – App Store
Lade Krita von Halla Rempt im App Store herunter. Sieh dir Screenshots, Bewertungen und Rezensionen, Benutzertipps und weitere Spiele wie Krita an.
apps.apple.com
December 5, 2025 at 7:15 AM
bitnacht.bsky.social
I should have tried #vAmiga earlier. It is great. I still use #UAE on for #Amiga #emulation on Linux. It takes some learning to make vAmiga do what you want, but it is a pleasant experience. You don't have to google the solutions. Exploring the UI gives enough clues to find your way around.
December 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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celechii.itch.io
last week i remembered that macOS lets you set your own icons and that *I* have the power to delegitimize the professionalism of the software that runs on my machine, so here's a thread of the 16 new icons i've made so far

i really forgot how fun it was to just sit down and make art for myself :')
comparison between apple's finder icon and mine. apple's is the split blue and white smiley face, mine is two blue and white anime girls making out comparison between discord's icon and mine. mine is like a screaming cat on a blue/purple slimy background comparison between celsys's clip studio paint icon and mine. mine is similar but rotated with some comic styling and pink and blue highlights comparison between mozilla's firefox icon and mine. mine is similar but looks closer to the old firefox icon and brings back the little arm and gives the fox a cute little smiley face
November 29, 2025 at 1:48 AM
bitnacht.bsky.social
False reporting about #Google 's #AI training on #gmail by default. #Malwarebytes apology is online.
November 23, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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eblong.com
Hey, I bet you didn't hear that Zork 1, 2, and 3 were open-sourced today!

…Oh, you have heard. Yeah. Way ahead of me. :)

Here's my comments, and some details that you might not have seen.

blog.zarfhome.com/2025/11/zork...
Zork is now open source
Two years ago, I wrote: Microsoft-the-company does not care about Infocom. But a lot of people in Microsoft must care. Microsoft is heavily populated by greying GenX nerds just like me. Folks who grew...
blog.zarfhome.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
bitnacht.bsky.social
Happy Birthday to 40 years of non-overlapping #Microsoft #Windows.
introducing power windows Microsoft ® Windows has arrived. Windows gives you a practical way to integrate programs. It radically decreases the time it takes to move from one application to another. Dramatically simplifies the means of consolidating data from many different programs. And, as a graphical extension of the MS-DOS® operating system, it gives you a highly visual way to work and to organize your work. In short, Windows brings efficiency to all those processes of personal computing which have till now been awkward, unwieldy, inconvenient. The joys of job hopping. With the advent of Windows. vou can work with multiple applications. And switch from program to program with ease. Start up with one application, then another, and another. Leap back and forth between applications as your work routine dictates. Then pick up right where you left off. The ability of Windows to change quickly from program to program logically and naturally magnifies the utility and productivity of the personal computer. And is a recognition of the way people who exploit the power of PCs really do their jobs. Breaking the 640K barrier. Just like you, Microsoft Windows can handle several projects at the same time. Juggle assign-ments. Deal with frequent interruptions. And Windows will ignore the 640K limit of your PC, especially if you have a hard disk, the Intel® Above Board, or expanded memory. It will execute the rather neat trick of working with more programs than memory can hold at one time.
November 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
bitnacht.bsky.social
I will probably order this once it comes out. c64universe.com/2025/11/19/s...
Space-Rat: Cult of Nonsense
Space-Rat is an iconic German sci-fi comic strip from the late 1980s, published in the magazine ASM (Aktueller Software Markt). The Space-Rat is back with a new adventure – and this time it&#…
c64universe.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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nmsni.co.uk
Ceefax remains unaffected.

nmsceefax.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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janbeta.net
I was a guest on the German #BesserWissen podcast and talked about the #Commodore #VIC20/#VC20 (and also managed to repair the host‘s VIC after recording). The episode is available here: besserwissen.podigee.io/165-vc20
Volkscomputer - der erste Millionär - Besser Wissen - Podcast
Wir unterhalten uns über den ersten Computer, der einen Werbeetat in Millionenhöhe hatte und mehr als eine Million Exemplare verkaufte.
besserwissen.podigee.io
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
bitnacht.bsky.social
#RetroGamesLdt announced that they plan on taking orders directly (additionally to other retailers) and promised to post a link for that today. #TheA1200 #Amiga
November 14, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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bytemaniacos.com
Es bonita hasta la caja.
#TheA1200 #Amiga
October 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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polyplay.bsky.social
Pre-order now: THEA1200 revives the spirit of the early 90s as an astonishingly accurate, faithful replica of one of the most popular home computers of its time, beautifully redesigned with HDMI and USB ports for the modern age.
rtro.de/thea1200

#Amiga #Retrogaming #Commodore #TheA1200 #TheA500
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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poweruser21.bsky.social
#Reichsprogromnacht. Es waren keine Fremden. Es waren die Nachbarn, der Metzger, der Schuhmacher, der Lebensmittelhändler, der Zeitungsverkäufer, der Polizist etc. Sie alle haben sich an dem Progrom gegen ihre Nachbarn beteiligt. #NieWiederIstJetzt
reportage.wdr.de/die-toten-de...
Novemberpogrome 1938: Die Nacht, in der Paul Marcus ermordet wird - wdr.de
Bei den Novemberpogromen 1938 werden im Rheinland und in Westfalen-Lippe 131 jüdische Menschen ermordet. Einer von ihnen ist Paul Marcus aus Düsseldorf. Hier erzählen wir seine Geschichte und schilder...
reportage.wdr.de
November 9, 2024 at 8:37 AM
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antifa-rheinerft.bsky.social
+++ ZENTRALER AKTIONS- UND #GEDENKTAG ZUR #REICHSPROGROMNACHT IM JAHR 1938 +++

9. November 2025

#Stolpersteine putzen:
Treffpunkt: 16 Uhr: #Frechen Rathaus (Linie 7)

Abschluss mit #Mahnwache, Blumenniederlegung und Kerzenaufstellen:
18:00-18:30: Hauptstraße 84 (Umgedrehter Gedenkstein)
November 7, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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wuppertal.de
Neue Reihe des Schauspiels #Wuppertal: Bei #TheaterFürToleranz könnt ihr am Sonntag, 9. November, Stimmen, Erinnerungen und Gedanken zur Reichsprogromnacht 1938 mit dem Ensemble des Schauspiels erleben! Eintritt frei, ohne Anmeldung, begrenzte Sitzplätze.➡️ www.schauspiel-wuppertal.de/spielplan/de...
Leere Stuhlreihen in Regenbogenfarben, darauf der Schriftzug "Theater für Toleranz". Foto: Schauspiel Wuppertal
November 5, 2025 at 11:02 AM
bitnacht.bsky.social
Why did nobody tell me that the #icon of the A+L Oberon #compiler was inspired by "the dragon book" (Aho, Ullman)?
Back cover of The Principles of Compiler design don quichote on his steed in front of 6 windmills labeled "complexity of compiler design". the horse is labeled "Data flow analyis" the shield "syntax directed translation and the improvised lance LALR Parser generator the tail of the dragon on the front cover is still visible
November 5, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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retrosteveuk.bsky.social
J. M. Barrie said it best ...
The first page of chapter five from J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan. The words "woke is better" are highlighted.
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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robpike.io
Smiski glows in the dark.

The only light in the photo is his own phosporescence. He's about 3cm tall.
A glowing toy doing some stretching and looking engaged.
November 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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cdrom.ca
I managed to totally miss this somehow - the Mac app for Ruffle, the Flash emulator, bundles a Safari extension. If you pop it in /Applications, suddenly Safari can natively play back any webpage with Flash in it. I'm going to the Radiskull website and watching cartoons like it's 2000. ruffle.rs
Ruffle - Flash Emulator
Ruffle is a Flash Player emulator written in Rust. Ruffle targets both desktop and the web using WebAssembly.
ruffle.rs
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 AM
bitnacht.bsky.social
Zusätzlich zu meiner #Oberon Spezifikation (bitnacht.de/post/oberon_...) gibt es jetzt auch ein einfaches Poster (bitnacht.de/post/oberon_...).
#programmieren #wirth
Bitnacht
bitnacht.de
November 1, 2025 at 11:23 AM
bitnacht.bsky.social
According to @[email protected] #youtube is deleting videos on how to install #Windows 11 on computers without TPM and using local accounts. @[email protected] writes: "Can't imagine why. So, please share mine! I make absolutely no money on my videos, I purely educate.
peertube.wtf/w/pqMrXFbzpJ...
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Lydie Unenshittifies Windows 11
Taking a stock installation of Windows 11 and modding/stripping/eradicating all enshittification, as well as improve the power user experience in general. In 23 minutes, I show you how to turn Win...
peertube.wtf
November 1, 2025 at 5:36 AM