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user: blakespot
created: 2016-11-29
karma: 1016

I am a retrocomputing enthusiast. I have a large collection of vintage systems and I enjoy retro gaming. I run a blog about all of this at http://bytecellar.com . All of my "things" are linked out from http://blakespot.com .

submissions:

Fungus-inspired Linux hack gives Amiga a Doom-only brain
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Init Hello 2025 Conference Gallery (System Source Computer Musem)
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Watched 'Lion, Witch, Wardrobe' last night – centaurs looked freakishly long
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Doom Didn't Kill the Amiga (2024)
62 points | 116 comments
Desktop Icons of Yore
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A history of the microcomputer industry in 300 adverts
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I spent 18 years in the Linux console
217 points | 143 comments
Tinkerer brings this retro-futuristic Mac concept to life
2 points | 1 comments
Brief History of Haptic Computing
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It Is Now Legal to Hack McFlurry Machines (and Medical Devices) to Fix Them
2 points | 1 comments
Midnight Rendezvous with Telix: Musings of a BBS Junkie
1 points | 0 comments
Boris Vallejo and the pixel art of the demoscene
495 points | 118 comments
Valve appear to be testing ARM64 and Android support for Steam on Linux
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Sony's Breakthrough Color TV [video]
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Something is wrong with the AY-3-8913
15 points | 6 comments
Was the Fusion Drive a good idea?
6 points | 5 comments
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Geekbench scores of systems I've used over past 20 years
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NeXTstation Turbo Color Battery Swap [video]
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The Engineer of the Original Apple Mouse Talks About His Remarkable Career
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