Here are the classic Macs I am showing at #vcfsocal this weekend. Both feature the 32-bit 68030 CPU although the Mac Classic II only has a 16-bit data bus (doh!). Both feature an internal BlueSCSI emulated hard drive #retrocomputing #macintosh #apple #Mac #bluescsi

Hey All, I made a header only C++ library (MIT) where line of code inits, then you can start writing to pixels on the screen. I call it thirteen.h, inspired by the simplicity of the 13h days. Examples include a mandelbrot viewer and a playable mine sweeper game. github.com/Atrix256/Thi...

New PicoIDE update is up! In which I enlist the help of @gloriouscow.bsky.social to understand the IBM PC/AT’s 16-bit bus when PicoIDE was acting strangely on mine www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

Safer Internet Day reminder: your search engine probably knows more about you than your email provider. We've teamed up with Kagi, a paid search engine that doesn't track you. No ads, no profiles, no data selling. www.fastmail.com/blog/safer-i... #Fastmail #Email #BetterEmail #Kagi

We are currently shipping preorders for the BlueSCSI Ultra and Ultra Wide. Our website will soon change to "IN STOCK" rather than preorder for the Ultra range (except the SCA version). Exciting, since these are the first BlueSCSI Ultra's to go into the wild 👌

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#BlueSCSI v2026.02.08 - HUGE release * 16-bit Ultra Wide SCSI * CD audio S/PDIF/I2S * Fragmented images are fast now! * SCA drive bay * 11.5x BlueSCSI Toolbox speed boost * SCSI bus timing fixes * 520-byte sector imaging * No Arduino deps * 2287 unit test assertions & more github.com/BlueSCSI/Blu...

I am passing along praise for the great work of @eric.scsi.blue and his team that continue to make the @bluescsi.com a wonder. I’ve used almost every iteration, and the innovation, documentation, support, and overall attention to detail are superb. My vintage Macs love their BlueSCSIs!

The two Macs I will be showing at the Vintage Computer Festival SoCal next week. Both feature the Motorola 68030 processor. Both also feature internal BlueSCSI hard drive emulators. #macintosh #apple #retrocomputing #VCFSoCal #bluescsi

any of my mac friends want a g7287 superdrive for repair? it gets many read errors in applesauce and has a faulty auto-eject mechanism

DOS YouTube legend PhilsComputerLab has a pre-release PicoIDE and put it through its paces in optical disc emulation mode in his latest video: youtu.be/KNv3sf-rCAM

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The first project update for PicoIDE is up at Crowd Supply: A Journey Into Understanding the IDE Bus, featuring used books, a pilgrimage to a random office building, and the impact of making your own tools. www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

35 years of memories. What game was your introduction to id? Please share your first memories (and physical copies) with us!

Wallops 2.2 is out today: jcs.org/wallops It can now send @pushover.net notifications when you are mentioned and a screen saver is running

Newer FASTER #Amiga Internet Access from your #BlueSCSI youtu.be/awwRFWpfL-4

Less than 24 hours after launching on Crowd Supply, PicoIDE has doubled its goal. I’m overwhelmed (in a good way) by the response! Thank you so much to everyone that has backed the project so far. www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

@polpo.org joins us this week to talk optical media fragility, "cursed IDE controllers," & more, as ATAPI CD-ROM / IDE fixed hard drive replacement PicoIDE is ready for production. The campaign launches today, see picoide.com for details, and watch this Saturday on This Week in Retro episode 253!

Open Source Hardware clone of the FloppyEMU? Don't mind if I yes!

The PicoIDE Crowd Supply campaign is now live! Back the project to be among the first to get yours! PicoIDE is an open IDE/ATAPI drive emulator for retro systems. www.crowdsupply.com/polpotronics...

I designed the case for this thing and I've been playing with a development unit and it's going to take the whole vintage PC space by storm. Best thing since the gotek in my book. So much more flexible than using compact flash cards. Plus using it as a CD-ROM drive opens up so many possibilities!

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On Apple M3, a Linux KDE plasma desktop under Fedora Asahi Remix is now WORKING! Super excited to share this update and happy to answer any questions! Co-credits to noopwafel and Shiz. :)

pretty wild statement re: Republican Chris Madel drop from race for MN governor: "Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."

Put your money where your mouths are you goddamned cowards mnchamber.com/blog/open-le...

Police Repeatedly Shoot Tim Cook After Mistaking iPhone For Gun https://theonion.com/police-repeatedly-shoot-tim-cook-after-mistaking-iphone-1824184361/

I'm sitting here crying. Watching the footage and reading the accounts of what happened to Alex Pretti has broken me...

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

ICE is now responsible for 66% of the homicides in Minneapolis this year.

I am watching what is happening in Minneapolis on Ali Velshi and one of the ICE officers (off camera) literally says, “It’s like Call of Duty. Pretty cool huh?” as they shoot whatever it is they are shooting. Agents walking around, guns unholstered for no reason. This is insanity

I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening. The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.

Stayed up a little later than I wanted to…and got it done. The Cube is now done done, at least as far as #VCFSoCal is concerned. I’ve got some work to do on it before West but we’ll cross that bridge later.

Return to Dark Castle is getting a re-release on Steam in a few WEEKS. encourage it by wishlisting it on steam. HOW COOL IS THAT in 2026?? www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSuT... link in comments

Finishing things up for #PicoIDE and it just about saturates the IDE bus in MWDMA mode 2. I’m pretty happy with this! It tests as fast as a 74x CD-rom drive which means there’s a bit more headroom in that mode but that could be the CPU on this K6-2 system being a bottleneck.

.@actionretro.bsky.social gets his Mac Plus online with a BlueSCSI Wi-Fi www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlT8...

Happy 40th Birthday, Macintosh Plus

Got to see a couple #VintageMac computers that I restored doing work in 2026 sending data to a 4-axis mill to make parts (with help from #bluescsi of course)

Somehow missed a new release of Dethrace, a reverse-engineered port of Carmageddon, two weeks ago. github.com/dethrace-lab... Right now it doesn't offer any enhancements beyond unlocked framerate, but the game seems to run perfectly fine in software rendered 640x480.

Yet again, @bluescsi.com rocks!

My RS/6000 hobby project. It's a 43P Model 140 with 576 MB and a @bluescsi.com SD to SCSI interface to replace the slow and loud hard drive. Excited to learn about the bluescsi.com/ultra announcement.

The new #BlueSCSI Wide SCA EVT board arrived today (and this time the PCB was the right color!) Already working with the standard Ultra Wide firmware, and now I get to implement SCA SCSI ID detection.

Ever wanted a PicoGUS or PicoMEM but for PCMCIA? @yyzkevin.com's PicoPCMCIA adds modern WiFi networking, Sound Blaster, GUS, CD-ROM, and storage to any computer with a PCMCIA slot. He's getting closer to launch and is now taking deposits for the first run of cards. www.yyzkevin.com/picopcmcia/

After staying up way too late last night refactoring IOR to be ~65% faster, #PicoIDE is now booting the Performa 630 on its famously cursed IDE interface

Someone has lifted the QuickTimeVR movie files from 1994's "Star Trek: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual", upscaled them then built an in-browser replica of the ITM's "Tour" module. mijofr.github.io/st-panorama/ #StarTrek

Also in this announcement - the front panel and WiFi interface developed for #PicoIDE is also coming to BlueSCSI!

Announcing BlueSCSI Ultra, Ultra Wide and (coming soon) SCA. bluescsi.com/ultra

As much as we can we implement new features without new hardware - and androda has done it again over this holday break: 🎶 💿 CD #Audio support in all #BlueSCSI's is coming soon! You'll need a DAC, they're cheap and we'll make one that fits nicely on old devices too: mastodon.social/@TechByAndro...