tschak909

I'm stuck in a closet with Vanna White.

Your microphone pop filter smells like stinky cheese that was dipped in fish oil!

White Castle fries only come in one size... really? 

Poor Octav1us and for that matter poor Horace. ?

I _REALLY_ am tired of this elitist attitude that permeates the homebrew communities that implies that "I am so awesome, that releasing code would tarnish my awesomeness."

Seriously, get the fuck over it. 

You will not get rich selling homebrew games.

What you WILL do, is continue to silo important knowledge that should be shared and improved upon, to the detriment of all.

And no, don't bother replying with a defense, there is none; only a stark ugly revelation of character.

KOO LOO KOO-KOO KOO LOO KOO-KOO

I've seen the future,  I can't afford it.

I've seen the future,  I can't afford it.

I joined AtariAge in May 2006.

I had spent the previous seven years attempting to build a start-up company during the dot-com boom-bust cycle. It failed, horribly, and left me in a state of misery, dejection, and despair.

I was burned out, and partially catatonic from 2004 until 2006 from the entire experience.

I discovered AtariAge, and rekindled my love for the Atari 8-bit computers, where I started. and I started coding for the 8-bit, again. and it helped me remember why I loved computing in the first place.

...and I found my way back to sanity.

Since then, retrocomputing has been a constant fixture in my life, to counter-balance my day job, to keep reminding me, why I do what I do. To keep me sane. We all make each other better.

Thank you.

-Thom

What's the count of games AA is displaying at PRGE?

I noticed that if you make a second Status Update it doesn't wipe out your first one from the list.  Design flaw or was this done on purpose?

Anybody here well versed in HTML5/JS/CSS?

-Thom

I love Battlestar Galactica (1978), don't get me wrong.  But good lord has it not aged particularly gracefully.

In what is possibly the most insane bring-up of PLATOTERM to date, I have successfully done a bring-up on the NES/Famicom! (especially as NES does not have a native bitmap mode, I had to make one.) All it needs is some hardware in-cart to do the network and keyboard I/O, all doable! 

I built IRATA.ONLINE expressly with the goal of getting many people in the retro computing communities at large to come together and do something interesting.

Two years in, and I'm starting to wonder if I am wasting my time trying to promote it, as very few seem to even notice or care, even within these relatively small communities.

I guess everybody's just fine with playing with themselves...

Thus far my experience with the retrocomputing communities at large, comprised of: 

(1) lots of users, who can't code.

(2) lots of developers who can't be bothered to help other developers.

Makes me question the sanity of doing a large project.

I've written the first new software on the Mindset computer in 40 years... 

Your eyes might be wide shut, but are they naked?

The "Who's Online" list at the bottom of the forum index is now sorted alphabetically again.  Your name will always appear first, though.

How do I get the old "My content" ???

It showed up! This system had a former life in the NSA, and is not supposed to still be here...yet... https://imgur.com/gallery/WCO1sIZ

It showed up! This system had a former life in the NSA, and is not supposed to still be here...yet... https://imgur.com/gallery/WCO1sIZ

I bought the unicorn...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSnIVRvwFo0

Does anyone have a GRiDCASE laptop they want to sell?

Does anyone have a GRiDCASE laptop they want to sell?