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Kieran HJ Connell @kieranhj.bsky.social · 7d

Love this one! Such an OG tune. 😍

Kieran HJ Connell @kieranhj.bsky.social · 7d

Changing Waves by @4matofficial.bsky.social composed for our Chipo Django 2 music disk a couple of years ago. It's both an amazing tune and technically astonishing, making extensive use of the EFx command to rewrite the samples during playback. A real sonic journey. youtu.be/xhUI6r4MRhM?...

4mat - "Changing Waves" Amiga Protracker song.

YouTube video by 4mat

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Hoffman @h0ffman.bsky.social · 8d

Come on people.. give me YOUR fave tracker tunes.

𝕍𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒 𝕍𝕒𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕒𝕤𝕤 @veensaw.net · 10d

Yay! Let's start a new #MODtober fest thread and share your love for tracked music, one track a day!

Old and new stuff, and yes, not just .MOD: SID, SND, XM, and so on as long as it's tracked music

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𝕍𝕒𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕒 𝕍𝕒𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕒𝕤𝕤 @veensaw.net · 10d

Yay! Let's start a new #MODtober fest thread and share your love for tracked music, one track a day!

Old and new stuff, and yes, not just .MOD: SID, SND, XM, and so on as long as it's tracked music

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Kenny Goblins @kennylogins.bsky.social · 9d

merritt
@merrittk.com
[1st date]
(thinks) dont let her know youre a 1990
cracktro

her: so what do yo-

me: PARADOX PROUDLY PRESENTS

J M S O D
A E P N

UNLIMITED LIVES OFF
UNLIMITED MACKEREL OFF

SADDAM FEARS PARADOX PRODUCTIONS!! GET EM BOYS!!
April 26, 2024 at 12:02 PM

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Sébastien Ruchet @sebruchet.bsky.social · 9d

Le crowdfunding d'Alex pour son film "DEMO" ! :)
fr.ulule.com/demo-par-ale...

DEMO - Un film double face / double densité par Alex Pilot

Une plongée fascinante dans l'univers des coders amateurs sur Atari ST et Amiga.

fr.ulule.com

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ZXGuesser @zxguesser.bsky.social · 10d

Another reminder that the #ChunkyFringe teletext editing system is online for anyone to have a go at creating real teletext pages:

blockparty.zxnet.co.uk

Channel your inner @mrbiffo.bsky.social* and come and admire your creations in all their chunky glory on CRT tellies in Harrow this Saturday!

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ZXGuesser @zxguesser.bsky.social · 10d

Well my other posts don't seem to have worked, so I've decided to try superliminal advertising to get people to create some #TeletextArt for Chunky Fringe.

blockparty.zxnet.co.uk

Teletext rendition of the Navy officer from the Simpsons episode "New Kids on the Blecch" shouting "Hey you! Make a Chunkytext page" out of the window.

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Hacker News Top Stories @hackernewsbot.bsky.social · 15d

A history of ARM, part 1: Building the first chip | Discussion

A history of ARM, part 1: Building the first chip

In 1983, Acorn Computers needed a CPU. So 10 people built one.

arstechnica.com

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Kieran HJ Connell @kieranhj.bsky.social · 15d

Don't forget the humble BBC Micro port by yours truly, with music by @inversephase.bsky.social! Find out more and download here: bitshifters.github.io/posts/prods/...

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Kieran HJ Connell @kieranhj.bsky.social · 15d

A few years ago I used your Apple II source to port PoP to the BBC Micro! bitshifters.github.io/posts/prods/... It took me nearly a year, with graphics and sound updated for the hardware, but it was a ton of fun and I was constantly impressed for how advanced the original game was for its time.

Prince of Persia, by Bitshifters

Acorn, BBC Micro and Retro Computer Code & Demos

bitshifters.github.io

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Kieran HJ Connell @kieranhj.bsky.social · 16d

New #demoscene platform just dropped?!

Amit Sheen @amitsheen.bsky.social · 17d

✨ New article ✨

Are we at the start of a new era?

Chrome 140 introduced CSS Typed Arithmetic. It might seem like a minor change, but I believe it's huge as it opens the door to countless new possibilities and a whole new era of Computational CSS.

What do you think?

css-tricks.com/css-typed-ar...

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Hitch @retrostreamers.com · 19d

I'm looking for your art work to feature on a section of my stream backed by @h0ffman.bsky.social and Ram Bank 2 Tony Hart style Gallery. Using ZX Spectrum art, Amiga art done with Deluxe Paint and more, all based on the love for Retro Computers with your name, Artwork and of course, AGE! Fancy it?

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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 24d

Happy birthday to the MOS 6502! It was 50 years ago today that people were able to buy their first samples of the chip from a jar in a hotel room at WESCON.

Here's my oldest 6502 from the 52nd week of 1975. Still works perfectly!

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mrdoob @mrdoob.com · Sep 10

Made a nice page for all my demoscene favorites.
mrdoob.com/demoscene/

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Scott Hanselman 🌮 @scott.hanselman.com · Sep 3

Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC is now Open Source opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09...

Microsoft Releases Historic 6502 BASIC - Microsoft Open Source Blog

Explore the original 6502 BASIC—now open source! Dive into retro code, history, and emulators. Fork it, run it, and relive computing's roots.

opensource.microsoft.com

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Matt Godbolt @matt.godbolt.org · Aug 29

My ACCU talk is now up! I put a lot of work into this one: writing 2 versions (well...maybe more) of a ZX Spectrum emulator in C++. I had a blast: I hope you will too, following my journey of self-discovery: can this old dog and learn some new (C++) tricks? Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlt_...

Keynote: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks - Matt Godbolt - ACCU 2025

ACCU Membership: https://tinyurl.com/ydnfkcyn --- Keynote: Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks - Matt Godbolt - ACCU 2025 --- As a self-proclaimed C++ dinosaur, I set out to prove that my comfortable,…

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Matt Godbolt @matt.godbolt.org · Aug 25

Finally got my own "final version" ABI mug! Really happy with how they came out!

Fancy one yourself? Get yours at shop.compiler-explorer.com ! All proceeds go to keeping the site running.

A photo of me holding up the Compiler Explorer system V ABI mug. It has a green handle and green inside. On the mug is the ABI for system V (Linux etc)

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Tombmas Spooks @thomasfuchs.at · Aug 19

Apple: “Only now are computers so powerful that they can display UIs with complex physics-simulating ‘liquid glass’ effects”

Future Crew on a potato PC in 1993:

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👻🎃PennyDreadful🎃👻 @abstractslug.bsky.social · Aug 11

Game not giving enough fps?
Try writing it in assembly no team no libraries no engine just 500 000 lines of code surely you will not regret writing your game in assembly

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Matt Godbolt @matt.godbolt.org · Aug 10

A new episode of Two's Complement for you to enjoy - wrangling thousands of compilers, squashfs and systemd. What's not to like?

twoscomplement.org#podcast/squa...

Two's Complement

A Programming Podcast by Ben Rady and Matt Godbolt

twoscomplement.org

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c0de517e.bsky.social @c0de517e.bsky.social · Aug 8

Are you coming to #Siggraph? Here! You're welcome. Please share!

docs.google.com/document/d/1...

c0de517e’s guide to Siggraph in Vancouver

c0de517e’s guide to Siggraph in Vancouver ----------------------------------------- Chapter 1: The Basics. Downtown 1: Waterfront Skytrain Station. You’ll probably arrive here. If you’re flying h...

docs.google.com

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RISC OS London @rougol.bsky.social · Aug 6

Chat to Mark about all his Elite projects at the next ROUGOL meeting on Monday 18th August rougol.jellybaby.net/meetings/ind...

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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.bsky.social · Aug 7

this is a typically fascinating piece from mic, about how a tall member of staff at M&S asking a customer if they need help turned into “a man pretending to be a woman attempted to assault a child!!!” based on… pretty much nothing?

Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · Aug 7

On how a story mutates as it spreads across the British media…

The Telegraph's M&S trans shop assistant tall tale turned into a malicious game of telephone...

brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-telegr...

The Telegraph's M&S trans shop assistant tall tale turned into a malicious game of telephone...

Who needs proof when you got vibes?

brokenbottleboy.substack.com

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Conspiracy @conspiracy.hu · Aug 1

= 32 bits after 32 years =

We're incredibly proud to announce that Second Reality has now been finally ported to a modern operating system, and you can watch it tear up your system: no video, no emulation, just code - as it should be.

conspiracy.hu/files/w32nd_...
github.com/ConspiracyHu...

Second Reality, along with the legendary Assembly party were among the earliest influences to the members of Conspiracy. Today we're honoring the 32nd anniversary with a gift to the community: a native 32 bit port of the demo that kicked off the PC demoscene era with a bang.

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