Rockwell Schrock

@schrockwell
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590 Posts

Full-stack developer. Ham, private pilot, maker.

I’m just this guy, you know?

Ham radio accounthttps://mastodon.hams.social/@ww1x
Homepagehttps://schrockwell.com/
GitHubhttps://github.com/schrockwell
Gemini Capsulegemini://gemini.rockwellschrock.com/
Rockwell Schrock20h ago
Lex knows systems1d ago
Rockwell Schrock4d ago
WIP: A Markdown editor for System 6. Multi-doc support, basic formatting, todo lists, modern keyboard shortcus. #vintagecomputing
Rockwell SchrockMay 18
Picked up a fun new project at the #hamvention flea market, for when I eventually have the time…
Rockwell SchrockMay 14
Six ColorsMay 13
35 years ago, the Mac got an era-defining upgrade (Macworld/Jason Snell) https://sixcolors.com/offsite/2026/05/35-years-ago-the-mac-got-an-era-defining-upgrade/
35 years ago, the Mac got an era-defining upgrade

Multitasking! Aliases! File sharing! System 7 had it all. A lot of Mac users don’t remember a time before Mac OS X (or macOS, or OS X, depending on the era), but before OS X arrived on the sc…

Six Colors
Rockwell SchrockMay 3
Real ones know
Rockwell SchrockMay 3
Acorn SquashbucklerAug 30, 2023
How many people dancing in the woods together is the right amount? Remember kids, if it's more than a car-full, you'd better be careful! #charts #HowDoIEvenTagThis
Rockwell SchrockApr 20
Show threadjeffluszczApr 19
The seller has beaten the Hemmingway short story, with their sign “Heathkits Never Built”
Rockwell SchrockApr 4
@siracusa Maclock has come full circle. https://oldbytes.space/@retrotheory/116346788516129075
RetroTheory :verified: (@[email protected])

Attached: 2 images Ok, I have brought BigMaclock to After Dark screensaver https://github.com/retrotheory/BigMaclockAD Thanks @[email protected] the AD idea and thanks @[email protected] for pointer on what I was doing wrong. Now with Inversion Timer (phosphor protection) Thanks for idea @techknight

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Rockwell SchrockMar 29

I left this greeting card in every free-for-all folder I could find on #GlobalTalk during this #MARCHintosh. It was hand-drawn in MacPaint on my SE/30.

As it turns out, hands are extremely difficult to draw.

Rockwell SchrockMar 27
Mark ReidMar 25
OH: “What is it about DNS that people find so difficult? It’s just cache invalidation and naming things.”