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Installing Caldera OpenLinux 1.3 on qemu

Wed 03 April 2019 in misc • retrocomputing, linux • Leave a comment

Collected notes and process on installing an ancient Linux for no good reason Continue reading »

PC to Apple II Joystick Adapter

Tue 02 April 2019 in misc • retrocomputing • Leave a comment

Adapting a PC joystick to the Apple IIc / IIgs is trivial if you have some basic components. Here are plans for doing so. Continue reading »

2019-03-18-09-53

Mon 18 March 2019 in misc • art • Leave a comment

I drew several pictures in the Apple II app "Digital Paintbrush" Continue reading »

NUTS.WAD Death Distribution

Thu 13 December 2018 in misc • videogames, doom • Leave a comment

Nuking The Devil Infinity Times In NUTS.WAD

Thu 13 December 2018 in misc • doom, videogames • Leave a comment

I combined two of the most ridiculous mods I could find for Doom and transcended the physical plane, but by the time I reached heaven, the journey had drained my longing to touch God's face. Continue reading »

The Corsair Void Pro Wireless Is A Piece Of Shit, Probably Buy It |OR| Wireless PC Headset Buying Guide (Incomplete)

Fri 10 August 2018 in Hardware • Leave a comment

I just bought these new headphones, I hate them to death, you should consider them. IGN 7.8/10 Continue reading »

2018-08-06-08-13

Mon 06 August 2018 in Art • c64, koalapainter • Leave a comment

Building a C64 power supply

Sat 04 August 2018 in Hardware • c64, retrocomputing, electronics • Leave a comment

C64 power supplies are way too expensive and if you have a couple particular skills you can just build your own. Continue reading »

The IBM JX

Fri 03 August 2018 in Hardware • retrocomputing, ibm, iwantit • Leave a comment

Apparently when the PCjr was still A Thing IBM tried to break into the Japanese market with something called the PC-JX. Continue reading »

2018-08-03-08-08

Fri 03 August 2018 in Art • c64art, koalapad • Leave a comment

Making the FD-505 floppy drive work

Thu 02 August 2018 in Hardware • floppies, msdos, pc • Leave a comment

I recently had the devil of a time trying to get a 5.25" floppy drive to work in my late-model Pentium 3 Dell, so here's some notes on That. Continue reading »

How This Blog Works

Thu 02 August 2018 in Software • meta • Leave a comment

I rolled this blog from scratch because all the available options are hot garbage. I am proud of it and I want to tell you how much it sucks. Continue reading »

Koala Pad

Wed 01 August 2018 in Hardware • koalapad, c64, pc, msdos, retrocomputing, art • Leave a comment

A week or so ago I was on eBay and stumbled across a thing called a Koala Pad. I had seen and heard of these before - it's basically a graphics tablet from 1983 that came out for damn near every home computer platform. I had seen them for the C64 and Apple II, but this one caught my eye. Continue reading »

Intro

Wed 01 August 2018 in gravis • about • Leave a comment

This is my blog, about whatever Continue reading »