I attended the #vcfsw in Dallas at the UTDallas campus this weekend. Quite a show! It's considerably smaller than those in Chicago or New Jersey, but still an excellent opportunity to see some vintage hardware in person and attend presentations from some original creators in the industry. The primary focus this year was #texasinstruments and the #TMS9900 and #TMS9918 chips.

#retro #retrocom8uting #retrocomputing #ti

“É o caminhão do garbage collector passando na sua rua!”

https://retropolis.com.br/2024/10/08/e-o-caminhao-do-garbage-collector-passando-na-sua-rua/

#MundoRetro #ConvergentWorkSlate #GarbageCollector #Intel4004 #Libretto #Linux #MSDOS #RaspberryPiPico #Thinkpad #TMS9918 #toshiba #UNIX #usbc #VDP #VNCFOX #WindowsNT #Workstation

Some progress with my SVG processor!

Leftmost: original SVG
From left to right:
8-bit renderer
32-bit renderer (256 colours)
OpenGL ES renderer (24-bit colours)

The colour differences between the SVG original and my renderers can be explained by me not parsing the opacity

#retrodev #gamedev #SVG #openGL #z88dk #sdl #msdos #486 #playstation #wii #z80 #mastersystem #msx #cpc #tms9918

Another for #TI994April -- that time someone called in response to an ad I had placed in the paper to sell my well-expanded TI-99/4A system ... to convince me NOT to sell it, back in 1984.

The story: https://bytecellar.com/2012/11/14/a-ti-994a-phone-call-ive-remembered-these-28-long-years/

#TI99 #TI_99_4A #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #nostalgia #sewing #Singer #TI #tms9918 #blog #ByteCellar

For #TI994April, that time my first computer thought it was a sewing machine.

https://bytecellar.com/2013/03/11/my-first-computer-thought-it-was-a-sewing-machine/

#TI99 #TI_99_4A #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #nostalgia #sewing #Singer #TI #tms9918 #blog #ByteCellar

This is a '99er.

Check out this TI-99/4A setup ... collection ... room. It's the most impressive TI-99 situation I've ever beheld. Just, wow. Posted by John Carr on Facebook, showing the culmination of his lifetime of collecting.

#TI994April

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/W3tZYPPRGCbKeMbp/?mibextid=K35XfP

#TI99 #TI994A #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #nostalgia #vintagetech #tech #collecting #collection #photos #gallery #TI #TMS9900 #TMS9918 #cartridges #computerroom

Got my new #TMS9918 video card for my #RC2014 from @shieladixon today! Along with the YM2149 card I already had, I now have more period-accurate hardware for the Z80 CPU.

Using NTSC composite on a modern flat-screen TV is not ideal, but it all worked out, once I read the instructions on the jumper configuration, out of the box. Looking forward to exploring this more - and maybe, in the process, learning enough to help me with the TMS9918's evolutionary descendants in the Master System and Mega Drive.