Dan Sanderson

Blackmagic eGPU + Looking Glass + MacBook Pro = I can finally use this thing with my laptop with good performance! And yes the Mac build of Voxatron knows how to use it!

Finally cracking open the disk hoard from last week. Of the first nine (9) disks chosen at random, only one (1) was readable. Not surprising, but it’s making me balance the value of my time against the possibility that I find something interesting that isn’t already a d64 online.

Huge retro haul! Very long photo thread follows. I brought back a minivan full of stuff from @RayCarlsenPSU’s place! Ray makes brand new Commodore power supplies and fixes Commodore monitors, and was cleaning house.

I was all excited to post a PowerBook G3 photo thread today but I think I killed it by attempting a hard drive upgrade. With original HD still stuck in this 3-sec on/off cycle. Anyone familiar? [Edit: I fixed it! The modem was disconnected after I had reassembled it. I’m preserving this post for the photos.]

Important technical notes I took, let’s say a while ago. Retro Twitter points for whomever can identify the subject of the first page.

I’m a bit amused to discover that HP sells an HP Prime emulator as a mobile app for $25. App Store 3/5 stars due to being buggy. www8.hp.com/us/en/campaign…

After 100 weeks, assembly of the DeAgostini 1:2 scale R2D2 is finally complete! Now I just need the weird batteries to arrive from eBay. Fully animated, mobile, voice and phone-app controlled. Pop-up lightsaber!

I mentioned The Complete Commodore Inner Space Anthology by Karl J.H. Hildon (thanks again @BedfordLvlExp), and now I have a signed copy! Some things in this 122-page almanac of awesome:

One of my favorite things about Robin’s vids is all the ancillary vintage material. I just adore books like The Complete Commodore Inner Space Anthology, giant hodgepodges of interesting stuff with no specific target audience. classiccmp.org/cini/pdf/Commo… twitter.com/8BitShowAndTel…

Another new friend! Any guesses?

Things I learned (either never knew or forgot) in the last 24 hours about Commodore 64 BASIC:

This is my prized Commodore 128, a rarity from the latter days of its run when they came in this orange gradient color. So gorgeous!