Notices by dirk dierickx (dirkdierickx@mastodon-belgium.be)

Oh yes, this feels like a christmas from the 80s!

#retrocomputer #retrocomputing #Commodore #c64 #hardware

#TodayInHistory 1985 - #Intel introduces the 16 MHz 80386DX microprocessor. It uses 32-bit registers and a 32-bit (16 MHz) data bus, and incorporates 275,000 transistors (1.5 micron width).

It can access 4 gigabytes of physical memory, or up to 64 terabytes of virtual memory. Intel spent US$100 million in development costs.

#hardware #retrocomputing #cpu

#TodayInHistory 1985 – The Free Software Foundation is founded.

Founded by Richard Stallman, it supports the free software movement, with preference for #software being distributed under #copyleft terms, such as the #GNU General Public License #GPL

The FSF holds the copyrights on many pieces of the GNU system, such as GNU Compiler Collection (gcc).

#freesoftware #opensource

https://www.fsf.org/

#TodayInHistory 1995 - Be introduces the BeBox running BeOS. It features two 66 MHz PowerPC 603 processors, three PCI and four ISA slots, two MIDI ports, four serial ports, one parallel port, two joystick ports, and stereo input/output ports. Prices start at US$1600.

Production was halted in January 1997, Be sold around 1,800 66 BeBoxes.

#retrocomputing #retrocomputer

A new #Commodore #c64 is available for pre-order. It is #fpga based, featuring all the usual expansion slots and ports, hdmi, wifi, usb, dual sid capable, and more!

https://www.commodore.net/

#retrocomputer #retrocomputing

ABBS was a popular #BBS server #software for #Commodore #Amiga which allowed you to host your own BBS. Development stopped and It was abandoned in 2000, but has now been revived. This is the first new release, now available for download.

https://docster.itch.io/abbs-for-all

#retrocomputing

DeMoN - is a new cartridge #hardware project for the #Commodore #Amiga that can be best described as an Action Replay on steriods.

https://github.com/gerbilbyte/DeMoN

#retrocomputing #opensource #oshw

Commodore-Repair-Toolbox is a tool to help you with your #Commodore #c64 #hardware repair and diagnosing

https://github.com/HovKlan-DH/Commodore-Repair-Toolbox

#retrocomputing #opensource

@techokami 'open' used to mean something else back then, it did not mean open source, but an open api. meaning everybody was able to make add-ons, extend the functionality, etc.

yes, there were systems that not even have their api's available for everybody. companies like IBM didn't even allow anybody else to create *ware that interacted/connected to their systems at all. that is where the name 'open systems' came from.

Oldschool Cracker Vol. 1 is a free downloadable book explaining how game crackering works on the #Commodore #c64

https://csdb.dk/release/?id=248746

#retrocomputing #hacking #piracy #book

@codewiz why it's still not open source is just beyond me, the devs aren't getting paid anyway, it can barely keep this company afloat, it's just a mess.
And who knows what will happen to amigaos once hyperion goes bankrupt.

#KDE introduces KDE Linux, previously codenamed Project Banana.

It's an immutable #linux distro based on #arch, #wayland by default, Brtfs filesystem, A/B updates, #flatpak for graphical user applications, etc.

https://community.kde.org/KDE_Linux

c64pico - is a tiny #Commodore #C64 #hardware build running on a #raspberrypi pico

https://github.com/silvervest/c64pico

#retrocomputing #retrocomputer #oshw