Bitwrangler

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Busy dad and retro computer enthusiast
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Finishing my ZX Spectrum Emulator with Gemini 3 Pro

TLDR I dusted off my shelved C++ ZX Spectrum emulator project from two years ago. I had originally quit because implementing the hundreds of Z80 opcodes became a grind. To do this I switched from m…

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Seattle’s Living Computers Museum logs off for good as Paul Allen estate will auction vintage items. #retrocomputing

https://www.geekwire.com/2024/seattles-living-computers-museum-logs-off-for-good-as-paul-allen-estate-will-auction-vintage-items/

Seattle’s Living Computers Museum logs off for good as Paul Allen estate will auction vintage items

Living Computers Museum + Labs on First Avenue South in Seattle. The nonprofit closed in 2020 just before the pandemic and never reopened. (GeekWire Photo

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Atari ST FM TOS 1.04 ROM Upgrade

The Atari STFM I have been working on has TOS 1.02 installed on two ROMS and I wanted to upgrade to 1.04 which was the latest version for this machine. It sounds easy in principal, download ROM ima…

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Finished the refurb of my #atari mouse to use with my upgraded #ataristfm #retrocomputer
Spent the afternoon upgrading the RAM on one of my #atarist . Not my best soldering but it works. Massive 1024k now 😁 #retrocomputer
@goz my first home network with cables strung between rooms
@zwangseinweisung yeh I was hoping just to plug in the gotek....cable fell apart:(
@zwangseinweisung cable was knackered and causing read errors
Why did #atari solder the floppy cable to the motherboard? Made replacing the cable really hard work:(. Upgrade to #gotek for my #atarist in progress. Cable replaced and oled inatalled
Is it just me or is this the one think that makes me doubt it's a genuine product from #rhinocables?