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billgoats

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Cats, retro-computing, clipart, and photos of the sky, I guess. Live, Laugh, LocalTalk. he/him.

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vga256, (edited ) to food
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after two pretty borked sourdough loaves, i finally got my act together and got the right consistency for a perfect rise.

billgoats,
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@vga256 Gorgeous!

NanoRaptor, to random
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1989's Macintosh SE/30L is remembered as one of Apple's biggest flops. MacWorld criticised its rotated L display as "...bringing all of the issues and none of the benefits of a true L display", while MacWeek called it "Some kind of deranged P display nobody asked for".

billgoats,
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@NanoRaptor sure, it was a flop, but it was also hugely important. it’s the first computer to successfully run tetris, which set the scene for an entire genre.

billgoats, to random
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I feel like I should probably make rhubarb jam, or something.

billgoats,
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I feel attacked

billgoats, to random
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Universal Basic Income.

billgoats, to random
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Tonight’s midnight sky 😻

billgoats, to random
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Did we manage get the IIgs to boot over the network? What the what! How far will it actually go?

billgoats,
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Ohmyglobness! It full-on works! IIgs without any sort of floppy or hard drive attached, running over the network :D

This is using a2server from https://appleii.ivanx.com
It wouldn't install properly from the site's ancient instructions, but grabbing the disk image here did the trick: https://archive.org/details/a-2-server-rtg-152-raspi-2-3-gp

paulrickards, to genart
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Remember that sashiko stitching inspired design I did a few weeks ago? I finally tried plotting it. To me, it’s very reminiscent of chrysanthemum flowers. What do you see?

Plotted on a HP 7585B from 1983 on 11x15 watercolor paper.

billgoats,
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@paulrickards I like the slight chaos of the overprinting!

billgoats, to random
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Floating weighted Apple logo so it's always right side up, no matter what angle the iPad is at!
https://mastodon.social/@macrumors/112513310801870510

billgoats,
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@thomasfuchs But then no logo when the battery's flat, and Apple couldn't be having that.

billgoats, to retrocomputing
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Use your to place a call by... putting your phone on the Newton.

billgoats, to random
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Welp. My luggage didn’t make it to Kirkwall International Airport, but at least the IIgs did. :apple_inc:

billgoats,
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ps: I’m very tired 🫠

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The aforementioned airport.

billgoats,
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@vga256 and so much easier to move through as a passenger!

billgoats,
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@vga256 Looks like it's ROM Version 01. No idea if that's a good thing or not 😜

taber, to random
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have just discovered to my immense horror that the 1989 global smash hit "Pump Up The Jam" was by a Belgian outfit - Belgium! - and this was the fuckin guy what did it. what the fuck. "Jo Bogaert aka Thomas De Quincey." fuck. this Belgian looking motherfucker-- "Pump Up The Jam!" just. fuck

billgoats,
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@taber maybe a lifetime of anti-Belgium propaganda was wrong all along,,,,,

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Pleased to confirm that bringing an Apple IIgs as carry-on through airport security gets you pulled off to the side. :apple_inc:

billgoats,
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Also pleased to confirm that the BA check-in guys at YVR had never heard of Kirkwall as a destination and asked where it is. 🏝️

billgoats, to retrocomputing
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Floppy disk piano. 💾 🎹

billgoats, to random
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UK folk: you don't need ID to do a postal vote!

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A perfectly Pacific Northwest type of day. clouds and fog through a rain-covered window

billgoats,
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Mainly I’m disappointed that there’s no view of the giant sulphur pile going across the bridge :’(

taber, to random
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yeah this is helpful thanks great definitely know what to do here

billgoats,
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@taber Just fix the issue in the application. Easy. Single step. Fixed as soon as you fix it.

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