please accept this 4400 as your timeline cleanser ✨

Independence Day (ID4) is one of my favorite movies. Years ago I grabbed this DVD while in Japan, I’m just opening it now and it’s wonderful! 🤩

God the Monster resume builder they force you to use is 100% AI crap! You upload your carefully made resume and it builds something STUPID out of it... and it wants to instantly send it out to companies. WHY?! Look how it introduced typos and removed links... I'm never using their website again! 😡

To my fellow Americans: Happy Independence Day, and the beginning of the 250th year of our great experiment. Much has improved. Much has fallen back. Please remember the tenets of our republic: "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". Be nice. Be kind. And don't give fascists power.

102 Apple II Network Training DIskettes https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/102-apple-ii-network-training-diskettes This was Apple's internal "Support Training / Leader" curriculum for getting Apple II systems onto AppleShare networks, and it's a remarkably […] [Original post on bitbang.social]

PlayStation says new physical game discs end Jan 2028. For disabled gamers, that removes a key way to avoid the “disability tax” when a game isn’t accessible. PR/marketing/comms folks: please share; this needs to be seen.

PSA 🔥 Solar lights can start fires on hot days! We smelled wood burning and thought someone was having a BBQ. Turns out, our barrel planter and grill was burning up! We think the sun melted the bulb & wires, igniting the dry plants & wood. Glad we caught it in time, it did some nasty damage! 😳

it's finally time to reveal my birthday gift to the community! I present to you the RGR ezBuff. A disc polishing and resurfacing machine, which can restore your scratched discs back to work.

Not long ago I picked up a Mac clone, the Umax SuperMac c600, and it's about time we load it up with some games and test it out. Insert your favorite Attack of the Clones joke! Starting tonight at 8 PM CT. youtube.com/live/mOijUj7...

Your eyes do not deceive you! The cat's out of the bag: I've been collaborating with the @bluescsi.com project to make the enclosure and front panel originally designed for PicoIDE common to both! I collabed with @eric.scsi.blue on code and @gutbomb.net did the 3D design. jcm-1.com/product/blue...

Even SOONER #BlueSCSI

This is why archival is IMPORTANT!! Sharp PC-5700 series 5745 Service Manual is non-existent except for ONE site. Bought it at servicemanuals.net and guess what! He... Threw... Them.. All... Away... Perhaps the only copy left in existence, Gone. Not found another. Gotta love business decisions

Anyone else out there own (or have even heard of) a Transoft SCSI-Net hub? (Not shown: several three metre long SCSI cables.) #scsi #retrocomputing

At the INIT HELLO Apple II conference last weekend, there was a "make a Print Shop graphic" contest. Rather than ... you know, draw something ... I decided to see if I could make a QR code into a Print Shop graphic image. It worked! This sign is certainly the first QR code in the 1984 software

KansasFest is proud to announce their special guest speakers: Early Apple employee Dan Kottke, Apple engineer Jimmy Mensch and Apple IIgs engineer Dan Hillman! Registration for on-campus lodging closes at midnight on Friday, June 26th - so sign up today! www.kansasfest.org/registration/

I got rid of Patreon when I realized that it’s just moving the same dollar back-and-forth across the table while they collect fees. Alternatively, YouTube has been a much better partner to me. Please consider joining for only one dollar per month. Join this channel www.youtube.com/channel/UC7r...

Apple II enthusiasts planning to attend KansasFest 2026 are reminded that registration for on-campus accommodations closes at midnight on Friday, June 26th. For more information and to register, visit the official KansasFest website: www.kansasfest.org/registration/

I've never reballed a chip. I don't have a stencil. I don't have a heater to do this properly. But I need to re-468-ball this Intel 440BX northbridge, so come point and laugh as I struggle Wednesday at 3:00 EDT. youtube.com/live/7jRdGk2...

It's that amazing time of the year where shirts are $14. This is the best time to buy because I make the least amount per sale but you still get the most amount of shirt. ronscompvids.threadless.com

Dammit ok.

I’ve setup a Patreon if you would like to support me in my retro and open source work. Posting something new for there in July for patrons to beta test first! www.patreon.com/c/nulleric

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INIT HELLO is this weekend! Sound off if you're getting ready to come hang with us in Hunt Valley!!! #INITHELLO

Hey GameBoy Camera people! 👋 Has the Mad Catz Camera Link had its IC dumped? There is no visible text on it. And if it hasn’t been dumped, this obscure piece of hardware needs preservation. #vcfmw #gameboy #funtography

Excited for the upcoming Commodore Flip Phone? Well, I think THIS new product is even BETTER! 🤯 youtu.be/rLS4A9Bifok #commodore #parody

Check out this fun interview Dave's Retro Video Lab did with me at VCF East! We talk about everything from collecting vintage gear, to favorite old Macs, and ... food poisoning?! 🫢 Please check it out and share it, Dave has a great channel! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xihh...

fresh LGR travel vlog! Vintage Computer Festival Southwest 2026 youtu.be/ZzPFjAJGpIA

MacSafe https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/macsafe MacSafe is a file security and encryption utility from Kent Marsh, Ltd. ("KML"). #macgarden #EncryptionSecurity #Utilities #1987 #Alsoft #AndyUtter #KentMarsh #vancenesbit

Has anyone ever dealt with Tritrichomonas in cats? Would love to know your experience, and if treatment worked for you. Cute pic for attention

Oh heck yeah, I wanna learn everything about this! ❤️

YouTube’s copyright system is fundamentally broken. Being able to create copyright strikes over content that is intellectual property of a game publisher only creates a system, where the first person to post has ownership.

Shed improvement / woodworking related content coming soon! 🪵🪚

🏳️‍⚧️ 🏳️‍🌈 get a PicoIDE 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Newer Technology MAXPower G4 Firmware and Manual https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/newer-technology-maxpower-g4-firmware-and-manual Newer Technology MAXPower G4 Firmware and Manual #macgarden #DriversHardwareSupport #newertechnology

My pals Dan and Stac are going through a recent haul of ewaste LIVE on YouTube... right now, check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jOE...

Table and Talk signups are LIVE! vcfmw.org/exhibitors

"Oh no, the power supply in my vintage Apple II and or Macintosh has died! Whatever shall I do?!?" Don't fret, Citizen! A new line of PSUs is here to help! jcm-1.com/product-cate... Many thanks to @museumjoe.bsky.social and @gutbomb.net for making these products possible!

VGAPride made for a great test program when I was messing with Hand386 screen auto calibration (pictured: it not being well calibrated)

Happy Pride, everyone! And you'll be glad to know that JCM is proud every month, not just June. Like it or not: these colors show!

New video with @ronscompvids.bsky.social ! We chat about all things good and fun. 🤩

Hey, there’s a new video, finally. Apple is wrong about the Mac Color Classic II (and you might be too!) www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBB1r5…

We can't be at VCF Southwest, but that doesn't mean we can't still give you a deal! JCM has #BlueSCSI on sale the entire weekend - steep discounts on all BlueSCSI assembled units through end of day Monday. They've never been this affordable! jcm-1.com/product-ca...

Didja see the cool TashTalk USB that Jeff mentioned? Well, JCM-1.com has them in the shop, and we include the 3D case for free! Grab one, and get your modern machine talkin' to your vintage Mac! jcm-1.com/product/tash...

The Sun Dreamstation was Sun Microsystems' brief and deeply confusing attempt to answer the question: What if a Sparcstation was also really good at Crazy Taxi?

Another year, another VCF!!! Going to be a good show

Sorry for not posting for so long... I have been extremely busy working on my new project: The Enchanter (also called Modos Flow): a 300-ppi Eink portable monitor with 60Hz refresh rate and touch screen. It's fully open-source: gitlab.com/zephray/ench....

The journey is find one of the rarest BIG BOX LucasArts games of the 90's has finally come to an end! Many thanks to @jeriellsworth.bsky.social and everyone that helped to make this possible. Community is everything! youtu.be/nGts03OQP2A

LIVE TONIGHT 7PM EDT: What's on all these #VHS tapes? Weird stuff? Commercials? Home movies? #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org? There's only one way to find out. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live tonight on Twitch. Which tape should we start with? https://uncom.cc/yc412

There’s only one #PicoIDE in this computer… I got dual device support working this weekend! That means everyone who backed PicoIDE on Crowd Supply will be getting a bit of a bonus when they finally get theirs! I’ll be releasing a campaign update soon with the latest status on manufacturing.