My system 7 project is continuing at a good clip, ps/2 keyboard input, sb16 emulation and started converting the pascal and assembly source for macpaint from Bill Atkinson to C also for inclusion #RetroComputing #macintosh #OpenSource https://github.com/Kelsidavis/System7

My system 7 project is continuing at a good clip, ps/2 keyboard input, sb16 emulation and started converting the pascal and assembly source for macpaint from Bill Atkinson to C also for inclusion #RetroComputing #macintosh #OpenSource https://github.com/Kelsidavis/System7

🕹️ History of Glider for Macintosh / Classic Mac Gaming

https://youtube.com/watch?v=vyeeQAcho00

#macintosh #glider #retrogaming

Whoa, I found another floppy from original Macintosh team member Joanna Hoffman! 😳

It contains the earliest version of ResEdit I’ve seen, v1.0 D4 - from 1985! 💾

#AppleHistory #Macintosh

Whoa, I found another floppy from original Macintosh team member Joanna Hoffman! 😳

It contains the earliest version of ResEdit I’ve seen, v1.0 D4 - from 1985! 💾

#AppleHistory #Macintosh

Well, by accident I spotted a 1998 file named Greg Bear's Pep Talk.doc in Time Machine on my Mac and decided to use #Finder to find it.

Nope.

After plenty research on how-to, some Apple, some Stack Exchange etc., I've come to the conclusion that Finder #Search is broken. It won't find the file even if it is the default directory for the search, and certainly not when searching This Mac.

I found a tip to use Spotlight (I have Tahoe installed). #Spotlight actually works like a charm, finding by the time I typed the b in Greg Bear. What gives, #Apple? Are you abandoning Finder Search?

#mac #macintosh #writer #author #writersOfMastodon #writingcommunity

I've decided to take the old #Macintosh HIGs & merge them into one large collection of topics while modernizing them in the process.

The original #HIG would give actual examples w/ usable metrics & mention possible exceptions to the rule. The incredible level of detail gave developers the guidance to create delightful UI users have come to expect from their #Mac.

Here is my first topic: Layout Guidelines

#macOS #design #AppKit #SwiftUI

https://marioaguzman.github.io/design/layoutguidelines/

MacMatch (unpreserved, XEMAG bad block check)

https://archive.org/details/MacMatch4amCrack

#macintosh #retrocomputing

sometimes life presents you with a choice: you can spend a sunday in the comforts of home, or you can drive 4 hours to rescue 40 issues of Wired mag from hitting the recycle bin

the seller planned to toss these the next morning if someone didn’t pick them up. these 42 issues span 2000 to 2004 - fairly fascinating time in big tech, during and after the dotcom crash.

when he handed over the magazines he noticed I was smiling. he asked what I was planning to do with them.

“Read them!”

I handed him $20 and he looked genuinely sad, like he had just sold a six year old a bag of magic beans.

#retrocomputing#vintageApple #macintosh

sometimes life presents you with a choice: you can spend a sunday in the comforts of home, or you can drive 4 hours to rescue 40 issues of Wired mag from hitting the recycle bin

the seller planned to toss these the next morning if someone didn’t pick them up. these 42 issues span 2000 to 2004 - fairly fascinating time in big tech, during and after the dotcom crash.

when he handed over the magazines he noticed I was smiling. he asked what I was planning to do with them.

“Read them!”

I handed him $20 and he looked genuinely sad, like he had just sold a six year old a bag of magic beans.

#retrocomputing#vintageApple #macintosh

Now I kinda want a small [Potato] plushie or something I can talk to while learning #uxn. XD

Rek's cartoon anthropomorphization of Potato (obviously inspired by form factors like the #Macintosh IIsi and earlier mac models) hits me right in the feels. XD

Installing #Apple A/UX on a #Macintosh SE/30 isn't just retro computing — it's retro UNIX with a blend of Macintosh Finder. This is Part 1 of my A/UX exploration #RetroComputing#VintageComputinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qvc4TwkeBU

Installing #Apple A/UX on a #Macintosh SE/30 isn't just retro computing — it's retro UNIX with a blend of Macintosh Finder. This is Part 1 of my A/UX exploration #RetroComputing#VintageComputinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qvc4TwkeBU

I still have my first Apple - a Mac SE FDHD from 1987!

#RetroComputing #Apple#Macintosh#MacSE#Commodore#VIC20

The original Macintosh took me by suprise in 1984 because, as a hobbyist with limited access to research literature, I wasn't aware of the work at Xerox PARC and elsewhere on Graphical User Interfaces. I was familiar with the text and graphics modes of home and personal computers but the mouse-driven interface came out of the blue for me.

#macintosh #retrocomputing #gui

New #blog post: Desperately Seeking Preview.app

https://rldane.space/desperately-seeking-previewapp.html

361 words

Kind of a follow-up to yesterday's blost, but also informative for those who work with PDFs in Linux.

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

P.S., I really hope someone gets the 1980s movie reference. Even though I've never seen said movie. 😄

#100DaysToOffload #50 #FIFTY! #HalfwayThere

#rlDaneWriting #blost #Macintosh #PreviewApp #PDF #PDFs #Linux

New #blog post: Desperately Seeking Preview.app

https://rldane.space/desperately-seeking-previewapp.html

361 words

Kind of a follow-up to yesterday's blost, but also informative for those who work with PDFs in Linux.

cc: my wonderful #chorus: @joel @dm @sotolf @thedoctor @pixx @orbitalmartian @adamsdesk @krafter @roguefoam @clayton @giantspacesquid @Twizzay @stfn

(I will happily add/remove you from the chorus upon request! :)

P.S., I really hope someone gets the 1980s movie reference. Even though I've never seen said movie. 😄

#100DaysToOffload #50 #FIFTY! #HalfwayThere

#rlDaneWriting #blost #Macintosh #PreviewApp #PDF #PDFs #Linux