PaulJul 14, 2023
SuperIlu
It has happened! #DOStodon, the #MastodonClient for #RetroComputers running #MSDOS, is now listed on the official App-Page of https://joinmastodon.org/apps
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Jul 13, 2023 at 3:35pmMastodon for iOS
Show threadHollisJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl Congrats!! 🎉
Show threadJohn ConwayJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl nice, but Dostodon? Mastodos surely?
Show threadSuperIluJul 13, 2023

@john that discussion is nearly as old as the project itself.😊
Yes, I could have named it #MastoDOS.
No, I didn’t think of it when I started.
Yes, MastoDOS is hilarious
But no, I still like #DOStodon more.

If I ever decide to port DOStodon from JavaScript to pure C I will surely use MastoDOS 🤣

Show threadPig On The Wing 🐖Jul 14, 2023
@dec_hl @john wait, do you mean you are running JAVASCRIPT on a Toshiba libretto??? What is it a pentium 100? That's unbelievable
Show threadSuperIluJul 14, 2023
@enicon @john yep, and it is not even a JIT but an interpreter.
Show threadmarceles 🌴🌴Jul 13, 2023
@dec_hl that mastodon client is full of cool people, i just know that!
Show threadKate WatsonJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl The trouble with some of the stuff on here is it takes a few moments to decide fi these sorts of post are real or not 🤣
Show threadSuperIluJul 13, 2023
@antinomy I can assure you, that project (and the one it is based on) eating my free time for month is very real 🤣
Show threadKate WatsonJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl Looks like awesome work. Congratulations! ☺️
Show threadScott Williams 🐧Jul 13, 2023
@dec_hl This is awesome. I'm thinking #FujiNet needs a #Mastodon client.
Show threadPfannkuchen Jul 13, 2023
@dec_hl We truly live in an age of wonders ! (no, i didn't steal that sentence)
Show threadDesRoin Jul 13, 2023
@dec_hl now I do wonder if it's possible to make this work under DOSbox 😅
Show threadSuperIluJul 13, 2023
@DesRoin It was mostly developed using @DOSBox_Staging and the "getting started" instructions are for DBS.
Show threadWillJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl man, as a kid, I wanted one of those so bad. hahaha.
Show threadSuperIluJul 13, 2023
@thegpfury the librettos are awesome machines (as long as you don't need to type more than 10 letters and, actually, use the mouse 🥴 🤣
Show threadSpring Jo 🥚  🍀Jul 13, 2023
@dec_hl cc @retronianne
Show threadanne. Jul 13, 2023
@ShadowJonathan Riiiight up my alley. :)
Show threadANDREAS Jul 13, 2023
@dec_hl @daniel That’s so cool! 🙌
Show threadNerdNextDoor Jul 13, 2023
that’s actually pretty cool! I love this idea!
Show threadEryn WellsJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl This rules. Congrats! 😄
Show threadChee Aun 🤔Jul 13, 2023
@dec_hl and it's not even 3 months 🫠😂🥳
Show thread🄯 CarlOSJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl beautiful!
Show threadJeffJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl Congrats! 🎉
Show threadDigitalJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl oh this is super cool!!
Show threadBoris KretzingerJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl Guess I'll need a PCMCIA network card to enjoy DOStodon on my laptop then.
Show threadMoondrifter MediaJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl gives me the warm fuzzies.
Show threadCrinklewott 💕Jul 13, 2023
@dec_hl oh!! congratulations!!!
Show threadRiley S. FaelanJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl: Yay! ​
Show threadAlessio Jul 13, 2023
@dec_hl @sotolf OMG THE LIBRETTO
Show threadTim ChaseJun 16, 2025

@dottorblaster

I know! My heart quickened at the sight 🥰

@dec_hl @sotolf

Show threadTim ChaseJun 16, 2025

@dottorblaster

…only to become slightly grumpy that laptop vendors no longer make such sexy hardware. 😛

Show threadAlessio Jun 16, 2025

@gumnos absolutely agreed, I own a Thinkpad x270 and it’s an absolute beauty. I already mourn the day I’ll have to say goodbye.

Maybe you’re looking for an MNT Reform Pocket? 😬

https://shop.mntre.com/products/mnt-pocket-reform

MNT Pocket Reform Laptop - MNT Research Shop

MNT Pocket Reform is a 7" mini laptop that is fully open hardware. Customizable, upgradeable, repairable!

Show threadTim ChaseJun 16, 2025

@dottorblaster yeah, that's about the closest I've seen to anything with similar style. I'm not sure I'm ready to shell out >$1k for an ortholinear keyboard since I've never used one before.

Also, there sadly doesn't seem to be any FreeBSD¹ or OpenBSD¹ support (yet) which is where I prefer to live.

But overcome those two hesitations, and it's some fine lookin' hardware ☺

⸻

¹ https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/mnt-pocket-reform.96646/

² https://community.mnt.re/t/any-news-on-openbsd-for-pocket-mnt-reform/3084/2

MNT Pocket Reform

we've got a Pocket Reform with the i.MX8M+ board, and have tried booting freebsd on it; the kernel appears to run but the screen doesn't light up. where would we start in trying to get this machine working on freebsd? probably getting a console on the UART would be step 1, but from there, i'm...

The FreeBSD Forums
Show threadAlessio Jun 17, 2025
@gumnos ouh I didn’t know about the BSD support, it’s a shame. I hope we get some news soon 😬
Show threadCrudManJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl Big win for Fallout 3 Terminal Enjoyers
Show threadKevin Karhan Jul 13, 2023
@dec_hl NOICE!
Show threadEvert PotJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl that's beautiful
Show threadMaria von Bolla (ANTIFA uLTD.)Jul 13, 2023
WOW!
#RIPTwitter kann einpacken ;)
Show threadmrobinsonJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl Something about the Libretto makes my heart thump
Show threadnhordicJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl that thing looks like you could hack a Gibson with it.
Show threadgonzaloJul 13, 2023
@c3manu @dec_hl I need to sell mine, and it has a lot of pcmcia cards (and running openbsd)
Show threadSantiago Jul 13, 2023
@dec_hl Retrodon
Show threadKris SamselJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl Have a 1998 Panasonic Toughbook. Win 98 on it. Play old games on it. Blood. Duke Nukem. Etc… Still kickin’. 32 megs of RAM. 200 mb hd! 🤞🏼
Show threadwritermonkiJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl that’s fun!
Show threadNick B. 🇬🇧 🌳Jul 13, 2023
@dec_hl
Excellent! Does it use mTCP?
@jan
Show threadSuperIluJul 13, 2023
@nickb333 @jan no, it is Watt32 based.
Show threadᴚ uɐᗡJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl this seems like a .BAT idea 👀
Show threadSuperIluJul 13, 2023
@dannotdaniel badum-ts!
Show threadᴚ uɐᗡJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl hi-mem.sys five
Show threadAndreas SebayangJul 13, 2023
@dannotdaniel @dec_hl This brings up a lot of really bad memories. :D I should still have an archive of my Autoexec.bat "boot menu" on a MO-Disk somewhere. ;)
Show threadSuperIluJul 13, 2023
@dannotdaniel Also: This should be HTTP error 502: BAT gateway 😂
Show threadᴚ uɐᗡJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl wait is this DOS or DDOS 🤔 😂
Show threadSuperIluJul 13, 2023
@dannotdaniel EMM, I don't know...
Show threadᴚ uɐᗡJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl I am so confused right now - it's JavaScript but it requires DOS? Like, it is not a DOS emulator? AAAhhh I just wanna know if I can run DOStodon on Linux aaahh
Show threadSuperIluJul 13, 2023

@dannotdaniel #DOStodon is based on #DOjS, another project of mine.
#DOjS is a #Javascript based #CreativeCoding IDE for #MSDOS. So basically a Javascript language runtime without a browser (e.g. like #NodeJS).

So I used #DOjS to implement a #MastodonClient in #Javascript 😊

If you get @DOSBox_Staging for #Linux you can use the supplied config file on GitHub and you can run #DOStodon in #DOSBox

Show threadSuperIluJul 13, 2023

@dannotdaniel

Thus going:
Linux->DOSBox->DOjS->DOStodon 🤣

Show threadᴚ uɐᗡJul 13, 2023
@dec_hl how to win at everything 🤣🔥
Show threadAlexander ShendiJul 13, 2023

@dec_hl @dannotdaniel

What's wrong with my Expanded Memory Manager (EMM)??!

Show threadᴚ uɐᗡJul 13, 2023

@alexshendi @dec_hl that was the free one us Gucci DOS folk had QEMM86 or something.

That shit worked too I had like over 620k conventional RAM.

And Wing Commander was pleased.

Show threadthe eepiest Kurt Kurt🕴️ Jul 13, 2023
@dannotdaniel @dec_hl seems like it should have been a .CMD ...