Trixter
@oldskool.org
I'm an oldskool gamer, coder, and demoscener. Co-created mobygames. I make videos about vintage computing at http://youtube.com/TheOldskoolPC . Existential nihilist.
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Realized I missed @oldskool.org's 80s PC gaming quiz! Have you tested your knowledge already?
youtu.be/z3mGQgVXkp8?...
youtu.be/z3mGQgVXkp8?...
How well do you know your early DOS game trivia?
YouTube video by The Oldskool PC
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Realized I missed @oldskool.org's 80s PC gaming quiz! Have you tested your knowledge already?
youtu.be/z3mGQgVXkp8?...
youtu.be/z3mGQgVXkp8?...
This describes my lifelong friendship with @courtlandfunke.bsky.social over the past 50+ years quite well.
January 8, 2026 at 2:33 AM
This describes my lifelong friendship with @courtlandfunke.bsky.social over the past 50+ years quite well.
1991. Presented without context 😄
January 8, 2026 at 12:34 AM
1991. Presented without context 😄
You could say I'm a fan of Quarterdeck.
January 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
You could say I'm a fan of Quarterdeck.
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Aw man 😞 Rest in peace Mr Cheifet, host of Computer Chronicles: obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei...
What a legend. His work in both presenting and preserving the early days of computer history has been (and will continue to be) deeply appreciated! My condolences to his family and friends.
What a legend. His work in both presenting and preserving the early days of computer history has been (and will continue to be) deeply appreciated! My condolences to his family and friends.
Stewart Cheifet Obituary December 28, 2025 - Goldsteins Funeral
View Stewart Cheifet's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.
obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com
December 31, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Aw man 😞 Rest in peace Mr Cheifet, host of Computer Chronicles: obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/stewart-chei...
What a legend. His work in both presenting and preserving the early days of computer history has been (and will continue to be) deeply appreciated! My condolences to his family and friends.
What a legend. His work in both presenting and preserving the early days of computer history has been (and will continue to be) deeply appreciated! My condolences to his family and friends.
Found DOS in Outer Worlds 2! Well, a mish-mosh of DOS, dosbox, mis-typing an SBLASTER variable, ping, CHKDSK, and other stuff. But very cute to see on the display.
January 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Found DOS in Outer Worlds 2! Well, a mish-mosh of DOS, dosbox, mis-typing an SBLASTER variable, ping, CHKDSK, and other stuff. But very cute to see on the display.
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Not trying to prove anything, just sharing yet another awesome MT-32 tune: 🔊🎵 #DOSGaming
January 1, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Not trying to prove anything, just sharing yet another awesome MT-32 tune: 🔊🎵 #DOSGaming
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Been processing the news about Stewart Cheifet all day. Tell me if you heard this before: you were an impressionable young geek parked in front of the tube on a weekend afternoon and caught a show talking about computers, games, and software. I saw Power Macs first on CC. Windows NT. The internet.
January 1, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Been processing the news about Stewart Cheifet all day. Tell me if you heard this before: you were an impressionable young geek parked in front of the tube on a weekend afternoon and caught a show talking about computers, games, and software. I saw Power Macs first on CC. Windows NT. The internet.
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Introduction.
Since 2014 I've been using Excel to create math art. Post-processing in Krita.
Since 2014 I've been using Excel to create math art. Post-processing in Krita.
December 5, 2024 at 1:42 PM
Introduction.
Since 2014 I've been using Excel to create math art. Post-processing in Krita.
Since 2014 I've been using Excel to create math art. Post-processing in Krita.
Found a use for AI: Collate results from searches.
"Find the year these Central Point products were released:
PC Tools Deluxe v4.2, 5.5, 6"
"...I've confirmed the existence of 5.5 (1989) and 6 (1990) through multiple sources like WinWorld, Vetusware, and Archive.org..."
4.2: 1988
5: 1989
6: 1990
"Find the year these Central Point products were released:
PC Tools Deluxe v4.2, 5.5, 6"
"...I've confirmed the existence of 5.5 (1989) and 6 (1990) through multiple sources like WinWorld, Vetusware, and Archive.org..."
4.2: 1988
5: 1989
6: 1990
December 31, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Found a use for AI: Collate results from searches.
"Find the year these Central Point products were released:
PC Tools Deluxe v4.2, 5.5, 6"
"...I've confirmed the existence of 5.5 (1989) and 6 (1990) through multiple sources like WinWorld, Vetusware, and Archive.org..."
4.2: 1988
5: 1989
6: 1990
"Find the year these Central Point products were released:
PC Tools Deluxe v4.2, 5.5, 6"
"...I've confirmed the existence of 5.5 (1989) and 6 (1990) through multiple sources like WinWorld, Vetusware, and Archive.org..."
4.2: 1988
5: 1989
6: 1990
Here are the DOS game trivia quiz questions I made for an event earlier in the month: youtu.be/z3mGQgVXkp8
They are all pre-Wolfenstein-3D, but most have some sort of visual clue to help out.
Let me know your score :-)
They are all pre-Wolfenstein-3D, but most have some sort of visual clue to help out.
Let me know your score :-)
How well do you know your early DOS game trivia?
YouTube video by The Oldskool PC
youtu.be
December 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Here are the DOS game trivia quiz questions I made for an event earlier in the month: youtu.be/z3mGQgVXkp8
They are all pre-Wolfenstein-3D, but most have some sort of visual clue to help out.
Let me know your score :-)
They are all pre-Wolfenstein-3D, but most have some sort of visual clue to help out.
Let me know your score :-)
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Bloop got a donation match!
Donations before the end of 2025 will be doubled by an anonymous donor - up to $10,000! See comments.
givebutter.com/bloopholiday
#tech #museum #museums #technology #retrogaming #retrocomputing #pittsburgh #PGH #education #nonprofit
Donations before the end of 2025 will be doubled by an anonymous donor - up to $10,000! See comments.
givebutter.com/bloopholiday
#tech #museum #museums #technology #retrogaming #retrocomputing #pittsburgh #PGH #education #nonprofit
Bloop Museum Moves to Pittsburgh
We got the building! Here's what's next.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Bloop got a donation match!
Donations before the end of 2025 will be doubled by an anonymous donor - up to $10,000! See comments.
givebutter.com/bloopholiday
#tech #museum #museums #technology #retrogaming #retrocomputing #pittsburgh #PGH #education #nonprofit
Donations before the end of 2025 will be doubled by an anonymous donor - up to $10,000! See comments.
givebutter.com/bloopholiday
#tech #museum #museums #technology #retrogaming #retrocomputing #pittsburgh #PGH #education #nonprofit
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New video is out! Watch as I re-discover the joys of flex cables and somehow restore a Game Boy DMG in the process.
Huge thanks to @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social for the guest-appearance, and @mac84.bsky.social for the guest-guest-appearance!
youtu.be/9dEZEnxdiOQ?...
#retrogaming #restoration
Huge thanks to @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social for the guest-appearance, and @mac84.bsky.social for the guest-guest-appearance!
youtu.be/9dEZEnxdiOQ?...
#retrogaming #restoration
Restoring a Busted Game Boy DMG - ASMR Repair
YouTube video by iiiDIY
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
New video is out! Watch as I re-discover the joys of flex cables and somehow restore a Game Boy DMG in the process.
Huge thanks to @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social for the guest-appearance, and @mac84.bsky.social for the guest-guest-appearance!
youtu.be/9dEZEnxdiOQ?...
#retrogaming #restoration
Huge thanks to @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social for the guest-appearance, and @mac84.bsky.social for the guest-guest-appearance!
youtu.be/9dEZEnxdiOQ?...
#retrogaming #restoration
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#dosember drawing to a close seems a fitting time to wrap up this MS-DOS gouraud renderer, which I've been wanting to write for ages now. Running on emulated 486. Music from Team Yankee II. Sources up soonish (DJGPP or Watcom C). #retrogames #IndieGameDev
December 27, 2025 at 5:42 PM
#dosember drawing to a close seems a fitting time to wrap up this MS-DOS gouraud renderer, which I've been wanting to write for ages now. Running on emulated 486. Music from Team Yankee II. Sources up soonish (DJGPP or Watcom C). #retrogames #IndieGameDev
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I've released my tool for encoding pixel art on floppy disk tracks.
Because that is surely a thing that people will want to do? I don't know. I just get ideas and dumb stuff happens.
github.com/dbalsom/flux...
#retrocomputing #floppy #floppydisk
Because that is surely a thing that people will want to do? I don't know. I just get ideas and dumb stuff happens.
github.com/dbalsom/flux...
#retrocomputing #floppy #floppydisk
December 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I've released my tool for encoding pixel art on floppy disk tracks.
Because that is surely a thing that people will want to do? I don't know. I just get ideas and dumb stuff happens.
github.com/dbalsom/flux...
#retrocomputing #floppy #floppydisk
Because that is surely a thing that people will want to do? I don't know. I just get ideas and dumb stuff happens.
github.com/dbalsom/flux...
#retrocomputing #floppy #floppydisk
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Available Now, do you need some lovely non-holiday retro YouTube to hide and/or recover from the world with? Would you like it to feel like a real TV channel? With the co-operation of 30+ of the loveliest channels, this is Sub5000 TV.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Sub5000TV 2025 - YouTube
A Virtual TV channel of lovely retro gaming and hardware videos, if disappearing into lovely people being lovely for several hours is something that would be...
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Available Now, do you need some lovely non-holiday retro YouTube to hide and/or recover from the world with? Would you like it to feel like a real TV channel? With the co-operation of 30+ of the loveliest channels, this is Sub5000 TV.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
I was honored to participate in the annual Big Red Arrow Club Christmas Trivia Quiz this year, not only did I participate on a team, but had a lot of fun creating questions for the other team.
After the holidays, I'll post my question block at max quality for everyone else to test their DOS skills.
After the holidays, I'll post my question block at max quality for everyone else to test their DOS skills.
Big Red Arrow Club Gets Festive: Holiday Quiz Challenge
YouTube video by Big Red Arrow Club
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I was honored to participate in the annual Big Red Arrow Club Christmas Trivia Quiz this year, not only did I participate on a team, but had a lot of fun creating questions for the other team.
After the holidays, I'll post my question block at max quality for everyone else to test their DOS skills.
After the holidays, I'll post my question block at max quality for everyone else to test their DOS skills.
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One of my big "they don't make anime like they used to" old fan complaints is that Cool Computer screens are a dying art
December 21, 2025 at 6:40 AM
One of my big "they don't make anime like they used to" old fan complaints is that Cool Computer screens are a dying art
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this is so brilliant - a writeup of an oldschool demo running on 4096 gates of a tiny tapeout chip www.a1k0n.net/2025/12/19/t...
Pure Silicon Demo Coding: No CPU, No Memory, Just 4k Gates
www.a1k0n.net
December 20, 2025 at 5:07 PM
this is so brilliant - a writeup of an oldschool demo running on 4096 gates of a tiny tapeout chip www.a1k0n.net/2025/12/19/t...
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The cable-TV powered Sega Channel for Genesis/Mega Drive has been preserved and over 140 ROMs recovered. Here's the remarkable story: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/12...
Sega Channel Preserved: Over 140 Mega Drive ROMs Recovered
Unreleased prototypes, never-before-seen MD web browser.
www.digitalfoundry.net
December 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
The cable-TV powered Sega Channel for Genesis/Mega Drive has been preserved and over 140 ROMs recovered. Here's the remarkable story: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/12...
This is an interesting project to port a simple overhead shooter to seemingly every platform under the sun. I booted the 320KB disk image on my real IBM PC/XT + CGA and it fired right up and it played very well, considering the hardware platform. Smart screen updates too (no tearing or flickering).
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 AM
This is an interesting project to port a simple overhead shooter to seemingly every platform under the sun. I booted the 320KB disk image on my real IBM PC/XT + CGA and it fired right up and it played very well, considering the hardware platform. Smart screen updates too (no tearing or flickering).
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My digital logic simulation of the IBM CGA now has color!
And a release!
github.com/dbalsom/cga_...
#retrocomputing
And a release!
github.com/dbalsom/cga_...
#retrocomputing
December 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
My digital logic simulation of the IBM CGA now has color!
And a release!
github.com/dbalsom/cga_...
#retrocomputing
And a release!
github.com/dbalsom/cga_...
#retrocomputing
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Never forget...
December 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Never forget...
Memes are generally fine, but I really hope the "X is now as old as Y was when X was new", etc. ones die out soon. It's the most irritating way to say "Y is twice as old as X", ie. "Today the NES is twice as old as the Sony PSP"
December 12, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Memes are generally fine, but I really hope the "X is now as old as Y was when X was new", etc. ones die out soon. It's the most irritating way to say "Y is twice as old as X", ie. "Today the NES is twice as old as the Sony PSP"
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A new challenger approaches!
We just got a donation challenge from our friends at @cyan.com, creators of Myst and Riven! If you donate toward our Winter Fundraiser right now, Cyan will DOUBLE your contribution. If you were waiting to donate, now is the time! givebutter.com/vghf-winter-...
We just got a donation challenge from our friends at @cyan.com, creators of Myst and Riven! If you donate toward our Winter Fundraiser right now, Cyan will DOUBLE your contribution. If you were waiting to donate, now is the time! givebutter.com/vghf-winter-...
December 12, 2025 at 8:58 PM
A new challenger approaches!
We just got a donation challenge from our friends at @cyan.com, creators of Myst and Riven! If you donate toward our Winter Fundraiser right now, Cyan will DOUBLE your contribution. If you were waiting to donate, now is the time! givebutter.com/vghf-winter-...
We just got a donation challenge from our friends at @cyan.com, creators of Myst and Riven! If you donate toward our Winter Fundraiser right now, Cyan will DOUBLE your contribution. If you were waiting to donate, now is the time! givebutter.com/vghf-winter-...