The soundtrack is seared in my brain. So awesome
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The soundtrack is seared in my brain. So awesome
This is fantastic. VentilaStation Awesome!
Great article
What an amazing time it was for gamers
Ah, the Archimedes. I always say, it’s not celebrated enough.
The Archimedes is not celebrated enough.
La Russia è uno stato terrorista
The Archimedes is not celebrated enough
I don’t know if you’re using Adobe to open that PDF, but their reader is an awful piece of software. The slowness in that case would not be caused by your hardware
Cartoonist: Lectrr
Glad I have a first print and brag about that.
Did you draw the joysticks’ schematics yourself? Nice addition. Also, I never heard of Hacker. I had to google it.
Are there people falling for this? If the first thing I hear is music or an automated voice, I just hang up.
Stop using AI. Next time I will unfollow
This is getting out of hand
@eleonorasayaka.bsky.social surely will like this
Bahahahahah The self handshake!
You can feel the weight of that handset just looking at that. Back in Italy, I remember I dented furniture when a similar one slipped out of my hand.
No Dear John Letters today?
THIS IS THE GREATEST FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL PICTURE EVER
Thank you for sharing, it's a great channel. I just watched the Toshiba Libretto video, and it's mind-blowing. His content is Odd Tinkering like, but more focused on 3d printing.
So many articles in mainstream publications these days are like: If You're Uninsured The Only Thing The Hospital Will Give You Is An Amputation: Why That Might Be A Good Thing Schools Are Feeding Our Children Into Woodchippers: Why That Might Be A Good Thing
Olivetti PC1
Say hi to Jim! - @oldskool.org
I looked on ebay.co.uk and I found couple of machines for sale - not shipping to US, they didn’t show on our “regular” eBay.com . I contacted one of the sellers and convinced him to change the listing, and I got my 420/1 shipped to Texas, no import duties.
È già tanto che non abbia teorizzato una pietrificazione da parte di Medusa
So many amazing games. However the games who are seared in my memory are Sword of Sodan and Dragon’s Lair. Far from being the best games, those were the ones on display at the local computer store, and the visuals were jaw dropping for a kid coming from a 8 bit system
Apparently these chips are cooked in lard. The glutton in me wants to try them so badly.
Love amber/plasma screens
FAFO euromaidanpress.com/2025/07/16/t...
Olivetti (majority shareholder of Acorn) used the same kind of mice (2 or 3 buttons) for its machines. The PC1 one had a cool color scheme
@mm-corriere-bot.bsky.social @jacopogiliberto.bsky.social @alienogentile.bsky.social Qualcuno può confermare questa notizia? È un po’ ovunque qui negli USA ma non l’ho letta da nessuna parte nei siti italiani www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/s...
LOL
And also Tehkan World Cup
How long is that cable?
You looked so thrilled of being there. Did you lose a bet, or a rock paper scissors game?
Was he famous?
@johnroderick.bsky.social will find this interesting
damn it do be like that (from alexathanacio www.facebook.com/share/r/1EaE...)
In case it’s an OS3, it should be easy to swap roms, right?
What is this? 👀 @cencio1976.bsky.social It's a mail call package that arrived yesterday.
This is a good one Adrian, believe me. No Olivetti PC1, don’t worry 😆
Amazing happy ending, literally from trash to treasure. Also that floor lamp is gorgeous.
@alienogentile.bsky.social
I jumped ship right before sensible soccer came out, so I never played it. Really, what was better? KO2 or SS?
Tell us more about the Back to the future III premiere
I can only imagine how many pages the instructions manual had. Ps I see something Olivetti hiding under that VCR
I would love @jazrignall.bsky.social to watch this video. Very funny
That’s a pun Schwarzenegger would say
Reconnect. A hug to an old friend I haven’t seen in a long time.
What is its power draw?
Celebrating my birthday this weekend doing something different. Surrounded by nerdy stuff and amazing people at VCF Southwest! Vintage computers, obscure tech, and great conversations.💾❤️ #VCFSouthwest @adriansdigitalbasement.com
The card was based on the Yamaha YM3812 chip, the same chip that would later power the AdLib we all know. Only a handful of Music Box prototypes are believed to exist. This image comes from early promotional brochures for the Olivetti PC1.
In 1986, Olivetti approached the then-unknown AdLib with a request to develop a sound card—called the Music Box—for their upcoming PC1 computer. However, the deal fell through. Looks like Olivetti was seeking an exclusive agreement, while AdLib preferred to release the Music Box to a broader market.
I couldn’t play with that joystick
@8bitshowandtell.bsky.social have you checked this? csdb.dk/release/?id=...
The Archimedes version is really impressive
Let’s Go TACO! #NoKings
Maybe Sunday morning would work better, so you will also get views from Europeans watching on their late afternoon.
NEWSOM: "It's a vulgar display. It's the kind of thing you see with Kim Jong Un, Putin, dictators that are weak… How weak do you have to be to commandeer the military for your birthday?“
I remember seeing it in Italian arcades. Maybe not as ubiquitous as others, but still.
How many SMMC packages can you fit in there?
Does it mean Econet over the internet? So in theory we could connect from US with a Micro or Archimedes?
Did you have the enhanced CGA card for the AT&T 6300?
Never been happier to have left the X cloaca
I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.
Hello beautiful #acorn #archimedes #acornarchimedes
@adriansdigitalbasement.com coolest name for the weirdest device
RA-dio. TE-lelevision. CA-sette recorder. com-PUTER. RATECAPUTER!
Dystopian future is here already
@adriansdigitalbasement.com this is the case for you www.norths.de/der-candy-c6...
What was the big deal with RF shields back in the ’80s? Were electronics more sensitive to radio waves?
They used Word to design it
@alienogentile.bsky.social
You’d be surprised. Check the 8-bit guy video on floppy drives at around minute 11:30 - btw the whole video is worth watching youtu.be/EHRc-QMoUE4?...
Who remembers Wingroove? Best soft synth to play midi files in the 90s
1/ This graph from @jonbruner.bsky.social tells an important story: America's current dominance in science only began after the mid-1930s, when persecuted scientists began fleeing universities in Germany and then elsewhere in occupied Europe.
I remember the times my brother used to make music with his Atari ST, Cubase and a Korg M1 synthesizer. Korg had great sound samples too.
I will never forget that amazing slap bass soundtrack
@lgr-yt.bsky.social will find this article interesting bbc.com/future/artic...
Was it similar to Minitel?
@lgr-yt.bsky.social needs one
Found the clip of the modified version of Doom running on a standard PC1HD with 640k of memory - in 16 colors Credit to Simone Riminucci
Yes I got so mad when I heard the box rattling with all those broken pieces. At least I got a full refund. Now Adrian’s Digital basement has it.
That’s a great idea. Check this Italian page (you might want to google translate it) There’s a bunch of software you can download on the bottom. www.ti99iuc.it/web/?pageid=...
Don't mention it. This is how I received a 1551. Almost zero padding inside the box.
@adriansdigitalbasement.com
The graphic chip of this machine (Yamaha) is capable of showing 16 colors out of 512. Some Italian nerds made demos and converted Doom to show 16 colors with this computer
Clint, are you going to VCF Southwest this year?
Not that it needs it really, but it would have been cool to upload it in the internet archive
Did it came with the English manual?
Adrian’s digital basement has 2 of those Olivetti, check his second channel on YouTube
Wow, I never heard of filmstrips, despite being born in 1976. Where I’m from, slide films were the popular media in schools.
The Japanese version had the best soundtrack youtu.be/uacf3vCOJHM?...
I saw this game at a friend’s house, and made me think whether I should jump ship and leave the Amiga world. I did so shortly after, when I played Jetfighter II on a 286 20mhz.
