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Scott Small 🇨🇦

@smallsco@oldbytes.space

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Just a 30something Canadian dude from #VancouverIsland who's into #RetroComputing (mainly old #Apple / #Mac stuff), #Programming, and general #Technology enthusiast. Also love to #Travel!

I wrote a Mastodon client for vintage Mac computers, #Macstodon, which you can get from here: https://github.com/smallsco/macstodon

Occasionally I’ll post about #Anime and #Gaming, especially #ZenlessZoneZero and #HonkaiStarRail.

I boost a lot. Boosts are not endorsements.

DMs from non-followers are blocked due to spam.

Pronouns	he/him
Website	https://scottsmall.org
GitHub	https://github.com/smallsco
Bluesky	https://bsky.app/profile/scottsmall.org

Scott Small 🇨🇦1m ago

BasicAppleGuy 13h ago

We’re closer to the year 2050 than we are to the release of the iMac.

Scott Small 🇨🇦15m ago

Marcin Wichary 4h ago

I wrote something new! It’s a UI design history essay about Mac’s Control Panel, and it uses emulation in some… maybe new and maybe interesting ways?

https://aresluna.org/frame-of-preference

Frame of preference

A story of early Mac settings told by 10 emulators.

Scott Small 🇨🇦12h ago

Kate Morley 17h ago

You know that meme about the ridiculous names of business productivity software? This is an actual notification I received at work this morning:

Scott Small 🇨🇦13h ago

acb 2d ago

Are the Americans OK?

Scott Small 🇨🇦20h ago

decryption 1d ago

an earnest blog post about the old mac I just bought

https://blog.decryption.net.au/posts/macse30.html

Trying To Find Meaning In Owning An Old Mac

My Dad got to middle age and restored a classic car. I got to middle age and following that pattern with a computer instead.

decryption's blog

Scott Small 🇨🇦20h ago

VWestlife 1d ago

Remember cheerful '90s car upholstery?

Scott Small 🇨🇦21h ago

mos_8502

🇨🇦1d ago

This is what we should be building.

Scott Small 🇨🇦21h ago

mbbrutman 1d ago

As promised: PartUtil a limited partition editor that makes dual booting DOS and Win 9x without a boot manager easier.

Hide, unhide and make partitions active. Save and restore MBRs to files. And a few extra tricks that help with initial setup. Runs on any PC compatible and any version of DOS. Source code included.

(I've been using an earlier version of this for years on a PCjr. This is a complete rewrite that is finally worth sharing.)

http://www.brutman.com/PartUtil/PartUtil.html

#retrocomputing #dos