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ChrisRƎTRO @ChrisR3tro
Joined August 2020
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ChrisRƎTRO@ChrisR3tro
Mar 14
There’s a specific style of late-90s 3D graphics that still has its own vibe for me. When I recently played a bit more Tomb Raider III, this room reminded me of it with its half-transparent platforms floating above water, lit by fire-breathing statues. It really captures that aesthetic. Simple geometry, bold colored lighting, zero clutter. How nice.
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John Carmack
@ID_AA_Carmack
Jun 15
In the tradition of @fabynou 's game engine books, Bas Smits (on X?) has made the comprehensive book on the Commander Keen games. Available free online and in print: forgottenbytes.net/

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Can't go wrong with a movie by Spielberg I thought to myself when today I wandered into the IMAX theatre with two friends, spared no longer a expense. Boy was I not the target group? This movie so convoluted
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nukeykt@nukeykt
Jun 4
Creative CT1747, SB16 asic with OPL3 Chip die has Yamaha FB1023 marking, which suggests that Yamaha themselves developed this chip rather than licensing OPL3 IP to Creative
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I present exhibit "A". Can somebody shed light on this?
Tom's Hardware@tomshardware
May 10
AMD's legendary K5, its first independently-designed processor, is being removed from the Linux kernel — 4.3-million-transistor chip gets the axe because it lacks Time Stamp Counter (TSC) support, making it a coding burden tomshardware.com/software/li…
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nukeykt@nukeykt
May 9
nukeykt@nukeykt
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YMF262(OPL3) and CT1978(CQM, Creative OPL3 clone)
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Ben Chandler@ben_304
Apr 25
I’ve been having such a nice time with OpenLoco lately. I loved Chris Sawyer’s Locomotion back when it came out, and this is a very fine open source implementaiton of it. It’s still so satisfying to watch my charming little transport empire operating.
An OpenLoco screenshot, showing trains, planes, trucks and trams servicing various towns and industries.

ALT An OpenLoco screenshot, showing trains, planes, trucks and trams servicing various towns and industries.

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Apogee Entertainment
@Apogee_Ent
Apr 21
Bobby Prince shares the story behind Commander Keen’s “Eat Your Vegetables”. Originally written for a Keen Dreams intro, this track went on to become the iconic theme of the Dopefish. Footage courtesy of @JoeSiegler.
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UX design fail of the day: YouTube Music Web dislike button on the left... 🙄 @youtubemusic
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66Mhz Brain@66mhzBrain
Apr 12
The Dune installer is impressed with the NEC 4x cd rom in this machine!
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Tom's Hardware@tomshardware
Apr 11
Original Apollo 11 code open-sourced by NASA — original Command Module and Lunar Module code repos are now public domain resources tomshardware.com/software/or…

Original Apollo 11 code open-sourced by NASA — original Command Module and Lunar Module code repos...

View and download this historic assembly code for your own space program

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While I like old computers, I still think this is the right call! The decades-old kernel code for these processors hasn’t been consistently tested on real hardware in recent times, leading to detection and boot issues. Removing the legacy code should improve Linux’s overall stability and maintainability.
Tom's Hardware@tomshardware
Apr 6
Linux devs start removing support for 37-year-old Intel 486 CPU — head honcho Linus Torvalds says 'zero real reason' to continue support tomshardware.com/software/li…
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nukeykt@nukeykt
10 Jan 2025
low-level MT-32 emulation coming along nicely
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Just watched this review, and I have to say I was never a big fan of Voyager, especially when it first aired. Great premise, but so much potential went unused. That said, the guys brought up something I’d already been thinking for some time now: Next to "modern Trek", Voyager feels like Shakespeare. 🫠 Big disclaimer: pure hindsight. #StarTrek
Red Letter Media@redlettermedia
Apr 2
Star Trek: Voyager Season One - re:View youtu.be/J8uLWPHu1sI?si=odXJ…
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Robert Dale Smith
@RobertDaleSmith
Mar 31
Ends up all the third-party controllers were manufactured by same few factories. 🤣
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Pixel Cherry Ninja
@PixelCNinja
Mar 28
This open world engine by James Lambert for the Nintendo 64 is incredible! Sky Rim N64 when? Go try it now (links in reply)
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id Software
@idSoftware
Mar 24
A message from co-founder John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) from our id Software 35th Anniversary stream.
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The need to tokenize texts for LLMs is just tech debt bc human natural language sucks. Change my mind
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oerg866 / clarry@oerg866
Mar 24
I think this was from 2004 or 5. I was 11 years old! SCHNEIDER PC with a Chaintech 6VTA2, a Pentium III 650, 128MB RAM and a Rage 128 The funny FSB jumper made it 866MHz (see username!) The website in the second picture still exists: dosforum.de from @ChrisR3tro
techknight@techknight2
Mar 23
Closest I got is a pic from 11/8/2003 back when I was in high school:
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Bits und Bolts@BitsUndBolts
Mar 23
New Video: Delidding Cracked AMD K6-III CPUs: A Glimpse Under the Lid youtu.be/VU9Ytfax9FY

Delidding Cracked AMD K6-III CPUs: A Glimpse Under the Lid

Two rare AMD K6-III 400 CPUs from a scrapyard - sadly, they both h...

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Bits und Bolts@BitsUndBolts
Mar 21
This Intel Pentium MMX 300MHz is rare! The so called Tillamook is a mobile processor - and should be the fastest Pentium MMX Intel has ever released. But it does need a fix! #tillamook #intel #retro
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