HarmonicOcelot!Dec 15
Nanoraptor
Sometimes the old technology is the best technology.
Dec 15 at 9:53pmWeb
Show threadTim ChaseDec 15

@NanoRaptor

I prefer the red LCD model that uses a proper Atari joystick for input 😉

Show thread"Miss Movie Masochist"Dec 15
@NanoRaptor Technology has come a long way. In 1970, it required an entire hollowed out mountain and a dedicated control facility to just play one MP3.
Show threadGlyn Wolf Dec 15
@socketwench @NanoRaptor OMG is that from Colossus: The Forbin Project? That takes me back!
Show threadChris WenhamDec 15
@socketwench @NanoRaptor @cstross
THAT IS
TOO MUCH
VERMOUTH
Show threadJonDec 16
@socketwench @NanoRaptor but Colossus looks so much cooler than an iPod!
Show threadBonkersDec 15
@NanoRaptor I was in a technology museum, and there were 3 old rotary phones and a piece from an old phone exchange. The acoustic experience was just unbelievable, really like sounds from my childhood. We completely forgot how it sounded back then. It almost made me cry.
Show threadBonkersDec 15
@NanoRaptor my kid on the other side of the line didn't really appreciate it :)
Show threadBert KoorengevelDec 16
@bonkers
I witnessed a kid in such a museum, confronted with an old phone, saying
"But how do you know what numbers to dial?"
Goid question actually.
Show threadBonkersDec 16
@bertkoor yep :)
Show thread1.3.6.1.4.1.61513Dec 15
@NanoRaptor how'd you find one with still working microcore memory???
Show threadOzzelot Dec 15
@xssfox
My guess is she had to weave her own
@NanoRaptor
Show threadOzzelot Dec 15
@NanoRaptor
na no
Show threadR.L. Dane    🍵 Dec 15

@NanoRaptor

This is the future they stole from us.

Show threadsenDec 15
@NanoRaptor The collaboration between HP and Apple to make the iPod-67 was pretty great.
Show threadГригорий КлюшниковDec 15
Somehow reminds me of the mp3 player I had as a teen, it had a bitmap LCD but it also only fit two short lines of text at most
Show threadIsaac Ji KuoDec 15
@NanoRaptor I actually do have an old mp3 player somewhere with red LED display, and compactflash storage. The display alone gave it a weird anachronistic feel even when it was new.
Show threadBoozook 🦀 Dec 15
@isaackuo @NanoRaptor I has CF card with 2 (TWO) megabytes in.
Show threadIsaac Ji KuoDec 15
@boozook @NanoRaptor That's like 1.3 floppies! Luxury.
Show threadBoozook 🦀 Dec 15
@isaackuo @NanoRaptor ‘90, and it was included with the mini-laptop https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@boozook/115638865335900625
Boozook 🦀 :playdate: (@[email protected])

Attached: 2 images @[email protected] Wow! I have two similar brothers. ❤️‍🔥

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Show threadfraggleDec 15
@NanoRaptor
Something even galaxy class starship designers know:
https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxjoop7ZQpZ-FHmEyQY1md8ksZNDIbGB01
✂️ Galaxy Class clock of the future

13 seconds · Clipped by fragglet · Original video "Star Trek: Self-Destruct Sequences" by John DiMarco

YouTube
Show threadChristian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥Dec 15
@NanoRaptor I have a new theory that we peaked at chunky dot matrix — it came after 7-seg, but before hires LCD
Show threadChristian Kent   𝘊𝘒 :＼﹥Dec 15
@NanoRaptor based entirely on the Casio watches I wanted as a kid
Show threadAllusionDec 15
@NanoRaptor The Sinclair Radionics MP3 players were less expensive, but you had to be careful not to drain the batteries too far or they could burst.
Show threadÞór SigurðssonDec 15
@NanoRaptor I can hear that picture.
Show threadVictorDec 15

@NanoRaptor yep.

just found around 3 weeks ago that some people reimplemented MPC with QT.

This most modern players, including vlc are really missing easy to access feature to skip individual video frames.

And org. mpc has a ton of features, hope that that project will not be abandonded :)

Show threadShadSterlingDec 15
@NanoRaptor ooh, I haven’t seen a display like that in a long time, I’d almost forgotten them
Show threadDaniel M KarlssonDec 15
@NanoRaptor This is such a beautiful piece.
Show threadaxolotl solidarioDec 15
Im not sure anything by Apple can qualify
Show threadLimey_TankDec 16
@NanoRaptor The Sinclair MX-81
Show threadAnonymous FreakDec 16
@NanoRaptor I want one of those so badly… Maybe with even older-school controls.
Show threadGuy who's trying his best :(Dec 16
@NanoRaptor What the fuck why do I want this so bad
Show thread⁂ Fish Id WardrobeDec 16
@NanoRaptor i'm begging of you please, don't take my RAM…
Show threadChookMother 🇦🇺🦘Dec 16
@NanoRaptor Indeed. People still use pencils. Think about that!
Show threadNigel Wadsworth 🇦🇺Dec 16
@NanoRaptor Ha. Nice. I'm off to find my Creative Nomad IIc. I wonder what mp3 files will be on it.
Show threadDofainDec 16
@NanoRaptor this one I'm sad it's one of yours because holy fuck I'd buy it!
Show threadAlexander DyasDec 16
@NanoRaptor Does anyone know what those digit displays are called? I need to make something with them, so cool. They look like tiny Nixie tubes but I don't think it's the same technology.
Show threadAlexander DyasDec 16
@NanoRaptor I'm thinking maybe tiny 7 (?) segment LED digits with glass lenses in front of them?
Show threadPaulDec 16
@alexanderdyas @[email protected] I call ‘em “bubble displays”, and that seems to be a searchable term. They’re tiny 7 segment LED displays with lenses in front of them.
Show threadAlexander DyasDec 16
@forty2 Perfect, indeed I’m now getting hits. Thanks! I feel a new project coming on…
Show threadHakan BayındırDec 16

@alexanderdyas @NanoRaptor

http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/calculator_displays.html

You want red VFDs or LED displays. VFD will be way cooler, and way more impossible to find, though.

Calculator Displays

history, development, calculator, display, tube, nixie, gas discharge, itron, led, lcd, vacuum fluorescent

Show threadAlexander DyasDec 16
@bayindirh @NanoRaptor Wow, excellent resource, thanks. I love old display technology. I fear eBay will make some more money out of me…
Show threadDaveDec 16

@NanoRaptor

Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those things ... oh, sorry, wrong forum. 😜

But can it run RockBox?

Show threadCarlos SolísDec 16
It's in moments like these when I hope this modded iPhone Nano was real. Or at least, that somebody attempts to make it real
Show threadHakan BayındırDec 16

@NanoRaptor You make these, make us dream, make us yearn for things which didn't and won't happen.

You deserve a friendly soft punch on the shoulder for being like this.

While on the subject, please _never_ stop being like this. We need you!

Show threadChris VreelandDec 17
@NanoRaptor Sometimes a click wheel is the best interface.
Show threadQ.H. StoneDec 17
@NanoRaptor Does it read the song from punch cards?
Show thread\~Rye~/ ┴┬┴┤( ͡° ͜ʖ├┬┴┬2d ago
@NanoRaptor whoa I don’t remember these. I remember them with a screen. Loved the button and wheel combination