The Micro Channel
@themicrochannel.bsky.social
IBM PS/2 collector and vintage computing enthusiast. Architect (of buildings) by day. (he/him)
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@nanoraptor.danamania.com I was non-ironically listening to Michael Bolton’s “Soul Provider” and it reminded me of Phil Schiller’s seminal album from the late 80s/early 90s (Apple of My Eye, I think?), but damn, it’s rare. I can’t find it anywhere.
November 7, 2025 at 9:31 PM
@nanoraptor.danamania.com I was non-ironically listening to Michael Bolton’s “Soul Provider” and it reminded me of Phil Schiller’s seminal album from the late 80s/early 90s (Apple of My Eye, I think?), but damn, it’s rare. I can’t find it anywhere.
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Picard civics tip: When a foreign power has wormed its way into your institution's highest office, it is every officer's duty to resist.
November 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Picard civics tip: When a foreign power has wormed its way into your institution's highest office, it is every officer's duty to resist.
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The DVD (1996) is now as old as the original 8-inch floppy disk (1967) was when the DVD came out.
November 1, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The DVD (1996) is now as old as the original 8-inch floppy disk (1967) was when the DVD came out.
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You wouldn't download a computer.
October 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
You wouldn't download a computer.
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Happy Ada Lovelace Day, and thank you to all women in tech!
October 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Happy Ada Lovelace Day, and thank you to all women in tech!
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NISSAN 300 ZX (1984)
October 14, 2025 at 4:09 PM
NISSAN 300 ZX (1984)
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I made this helpful picture to help you identify Mac 128/512/Plus keyboard cables.
October 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I made this helpful picture to help you identify Mac 128/512/Plus keyboard cables.
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Want an introduction to digital surveillance, and how to protect your communications with others? Check out our Surveillance Self-Defense write-up. ssd.eff.org/en/module/c...
Communicating With Others
Telecommunication networks and the internet have made communicating with people easier than ever, but have also made surveillance more prevalent. Without taking extra steps to protect your privacy, every phone call, text message, email, instant message, video and audio chat, and social media message could be vulnerable to eavesdroppers.
Often...
ssd.eff.org
October 10, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Want an introduction to digital surveillance, and how to protect your communications with others? Check out our Surveillance Self-Defense write-up. ssd.eff.org/en/module/c...
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Possibly the Newest ISA Card
Possibly the Newest ISA Card
Hackaday Article
hackaday.com
October 10, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Possibly the Newest ISA Card
This is f-ing scary.
NEW: Cops in Texas told 404 Media in May they used Flock to find a woman who self-administered an abortion out of concern for her safety.
Documents now show police were conducting a “death investigation” and discussed whether they could charge her with a crime: www.404media.co/police-said-...
Documents now show police were conducting a “death investigation” and discussed whether they could charge her with a crime: www.404media.co/police-said-...
Police Said They Surveilled Woman Who Had an Abortion for Her 'Safety.' Court Records Show They Considered Charging Her With a Crime
Court records show that the narrative Flock and a Texas Sheriff's Office has told the public isn't the whole story, and that police were conducting a 'death investigation' into the abortion.
www.404media.co
October 7, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is f-ing scary.
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Get a rare behind-the-scenes look at the Physical Archive! 🏛️
📚🎶🎞️ See how books, music, & film go from donation to preservation.
📆 Oct 21
🕕 6 PM – 8 PM
📍 IN-PERSON: 2512 Florida Ave, Richmond, CA
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...
#Wayback1T
📚🎶🎞️ See how books, music, & film go from donation to preservation.
📆 Oct 21
🕕 6 PM – 8 PM
📍 IN-PERSON: 2512 Florida Ave, Richmond, CA
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...
#Wayback1T
October 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Get a rare behind-the-scenes look at the Physical Archive! 🏛️
📚🎶🎞️ See how books, music, & film go from donation to preservation.
📆 Oct 21
🕕 6 PM – 8 PM
📍 IN-PERSON: 2512 Florida Ave, Richmond, CA
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...
#Wayback1T
📚🎶🎞️ See how books, music, & film go from donation to preservation.
📆 Oct 21
🕕 6 PM – 8 PM
📍 IN-PERSON: 2512 Florida Ave, Richmond, CA
🎟️ www.eventbrite.com/e/1626438133...
#Wayback1T
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Born in 1934, Goodall loved wildlife from a very young age, so much so that her father once gave her a stuffed monkey doll that young Jane named Jubilee and kept for the rest of her life.
World-famous primatologist Jane Goodall dead at 91
Goodall’s immersive studies of chimpanzees in Africa redefined what it means to be human.
arstechnica.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Born in 1934, Goodall loved wildlife from a very young age, so much so that her father once gave her a stuffed monkey doll that young Jane named Jubilee and kept for the rest of her life.
It’s always Janet in Accounting and Little Jimmy.
October 1, 2025 at 11:46 PM
It’s always Janet in Accounting and Little Jimmy.
@governor.ca.gov Please sign AB 566. This is the low hanging fruit of data privacy legislation and as common sense as you can get. -Sincerely, a California voter
September 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
@governor.ca.gov Please sign AB 566. This is the low hanging fruit of data privacy legislation and as common sense as you can get. -Sincerely, a California voter
Piper. Pipey, Pipette, Pipe Butt, Kitty, Kiddeee, Sweet Kitty O'Mine, Fluff Butt, Babeey, Fat Pad, Creech, Beauty Creech, Gray Beauty, Precious, Prash, Yowlee, NewG
September 23, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Piper. Pipey, Pipette, Pipe Butt, Kitty, Kiddeee, Sweet Kitty O'Mine, Fluff Butt, Babeey, Fat Pad, Creech, Beauty Creech, Gray Beauty, Precious, Prash, Yowlee, NewG
This is basically every vintage computer enthusiast’s home today.
1997's prediction for the home of the future. An information furnace and a desktop in every room (via PC Magazine).
September 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is basically every vintage computer enthusiast’s home today.
thrash c: /loud /t:4140000
Norton Thrash: A short-lived DOS utility that violently thrashed the hard drive with random reads/writes for a specified number of milliseconds. It was rendered obsolete by the Windows 95 page file.
Norton Thrash: A short-lived DOS utility that violently thrashed the hard drive with random reads/writes for a specified number of milliseconds. It was rendered obsolete by the Windows 95 page file.
August 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
thrash c: /loud /t:4140000
Norton Thrash: A short-lived DOS utility that violently thrashed the hard drive with random reads/writes for a specified number of milliseconds. It was rendered obsolete by the Windows 95 page file.
Norton Thrash: A short-lived DOS utility that violently thrashed the hard drive with random reads/writes for a specified number of milliseconds. It was rendered obsolete by the Windows 95 page file.
sudo thrash hda -loud
August 27, 2025 at 6:47 AM
sudo thrash hda -loud
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Rediscovering Microsoft’s Oddball Music Generator From The 1990s
Rediscovering Microsoft’s Oddball Music Generator From The 1990s
Hackaday Article
hackaday.com
August 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Rediscovering Microsoft’s Oddball Music Generator From The 1990s
August 13, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I think I’ll start retro gatekeeping over absurd things:
1. “If you aren’t loading your CDs in a caddy in a 1x drive, you’re not getting the *real* CD-ROM experience.”
1. “If you aren’t loading your CDs in a caddy in a 1x drive, you’re not getting the *real* CD-ROM experience.”
July 31, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I think I’ll start retro gatekeeping over absurd things:
1. “If you aren’t loading your CDs in a caddy in a 1x drive, you’re not getting the *real* CD-ROM experience.”
1. “If you aren’t loading your CDs in a caddy in a 1x drive, you’re not getting the *real* CD-ROM experience.”
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Please enjoy one of the sickest pieces of pixel art I've ever seen: "Amiga Lagoon" by Jim Sachs (~1993)
July 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Please enjoy one of the sickest pieces of pixel art I've ever seen: "Amiga Lagoon" by Jim Sachs (~1993)
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come see me at Open Sauce this weekend in San Mateo! i will have the MOnSter 6502 on display! this is the world's largest 6502 microprocessor, built out of discrete transistors.
it will be set up at CuriousMarc's booth.
it will be set up at CuriousMarc's booth.
July 17, 2025 at 9:57 PM
come see me at Open Sauce this weekend in San Mateo! i will have the MOnSter 6502 on display! this is the world's largest 6502 microprocessor, built out of discrete transistors.
it will be set up at CuriousMarc's booth.
it will be set up at CuriousMarc's booth.