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IT News<p>Another Old ThinkPad Gets A New Motherboard - The Thinkpad line of laptops, originally from IBM, and then from Lenovo, have long... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/another-old-thinkpad-gets-a-new-motherboard/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/10/anothe</span><span class="invisible">r-old-thinkpad-gets-a-new-motherboard/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ibmthinkpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ibmthinkpad</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/motherboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>motherboard</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/x200" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>x200</span></a></p>
Petey P. Twelve<p>My student, Zach, has been working to debug why our bottom tape unit has been misbehaving. We are fairly certain that the issue is a short in the interface cable between the top and bottom units, because the problem appears on whatever unit is on the end of the daisy chain. Stay tuned. But in the process of monkeying with it, there was a period of time where they both worked just fine! <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/dec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dec</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pdp12</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/pdp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pdp</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://teh.entar.net/tags/umdpdp12" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>umdpdp12</span></a></p>
Atari BBS<p>Take a retro dive into the Atari Southern Amis <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bbs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbs</span></a> Historical 3D Maze online game! Navigate twisting corridors, avoid dead ends, and race the clock — all running on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atari</span></a> 8-bit OS. This classic-style text maze blends nostalgia and challenge, showcasing the creativity of the Atari BBS scene. Best experienced only in ATASCII over telnet at southernamis.ddns.net <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bbsing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bbsing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/southernamis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>southernamis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atascii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atascii</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fujinet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fujinet</span></a></p>
Loki the Cat<p>🕰️ Time-traveling developer spotted attempting to resurrect 47-year-old Apple Pascal! Apparently "vintage" applies to code too now. </p><p>This clever human is rebuilding the ancient system in Rust, proving that good code never dies - it just gets rewritten in newer languages. </p><p><a href="https://jorijn.dev/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://jorijn.dev/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/05/10/2148230/developer-tries-resurrecting-47-year-old-apple-pascal-and-its-p-system-in-rust" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">developers.slashdot.org/story/</span><span class="invisible">25/05/10/2148230/developer-tries-resurrecting-47-year-old-apple-pascal-and-its-p-system-in-rust</span></a></p>
Everything C64 :verified:<p>🩵 Commodore 64 Memories ...</p><p>Title: Zaxxon (Sega)<br>Company: Sega, HesWare<br>Publisher: US Gold<br>Released: 1984</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>80s</span></a></p>
argv minus one<p>Apparently it's possible to compile <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Rust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rust</span></a> to #6502 machine code, so in theory one could write <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/NES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NES</span></a> games in Rust.</p><p>Neat.</p><p><a href="http://forum.6502.org/viewtopic.php?p=84048#p84048" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.6502.org/viewtopic.php?p</span><span class="invisible">=84048#p84048</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
FELSQUALLE.COM<p>In other news: I successfully patched an obscure 27 year old kids game/educational title I used to play back in the day and which stopped working after I updated my PC to Windows 2000. </p><p>The original will never ever run on anything newer than Windows 95/98. NT? Out of luck. </p><p>And now it runs on Windows 11. </p><p>Stay tuned!</p><p><a href="https://manitu.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://manitu.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
The Medley Interlisp Project<p>Developed in the late 1980s in Interlisp-D and its OOP extension LOOPS, the CHIPS system for creating graphical user interfaces consisted of a rich class library and interactive tools. This report describes CHIPS in depth:</p><p><a href="https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED290438" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">eric.ed.gov/?id=ED290438</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/interlisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interlisp</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/gui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gui</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lisp</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
J. Alan Henning<p>New post: The TMS1000 Powered Electronic Boardgames, <a href="https://troypress.com/the-tms1000-powered-electronic-boardgames/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">troypress.com/the-tms1000-powe</span><span class="invisible">red-electronic-boardgames/</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/TMS1000" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TMS1000</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a></p>
Tim Holyoake<p>"Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out"</p><p><a href="https://z80.timholyoake.uk/the-nine-billion-names-of-god/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">z80.timholyoake.uk/the-nine-bi</span><span class="invisible">llion-names-of-god/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroComputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/SciFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciFi</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Fortran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fortran</span></a></p>
Paul (Goto 10)<p>The Atari 400 was our first home computer. What was yours?</p><p><a href="https://www.goto10retro.com/p/enter-atari-400" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">goto10retro.com/p/enter-atari-</span><span class="invisible">400</span></a></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/atari8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atari8bit</span></a></p>
IT News<p>PoE-powered GPIB Adapter with Ethernet and USB-C Support - In the world of (expensive) lab test equipment the GPIB (general purpose interface... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2025/05/10/poe-powered-gpib-adapter-with-ethernet-and-usb-c-support/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2025/05/10/poe-po</span><span class="invisible">wered-gpib-adapter-with-ethernet-and-usb-c-support/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/poweroverethernet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poweroverethernet</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/peripheralshacks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>peripheralshacks</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/testequipment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>testequipment</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ethernet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethernet</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/gpib" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gpib</span></a></p>
xexer<p>This little bastard work....in 15v out 12v removed from PCB.<br>Soldered 5v on and out.<br><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/commodore1541" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commodore1541</span></a> not spin.</p><p>Is a short circuit on 12v but I don't know where.</p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a></p>
Declan<p>I visited the Mac Museum today. I have been meaning to visit this place for a while, however it was closed for a couple of months. <br>They have a great range of early Apples through to late era PowerPC Macs, as well as software for the hardware.<br>If you live in Melbourne Australia or visiting it, it is well worth scheduling some time to visit it. More information can be found on their website:</p><p><a href="https://www.macmuseum.com.au/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">macmuseum.com.au/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://social.chinwag.org/tags/apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>apple</span></a></p>
stdevel<p>Auf dem Weg zur <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@stayforever" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stayforever</span></a></span> Convention in <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/Karlsruhe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Karlsruhe</span></a> 🥳 </p><p><a href="https://chaos.social/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/StayForever" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StayForever</span></a></p>
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Jean-Baptiste "JBQ" Quéru

My code works on 68000 but fails on 68030. I'm pretty sure the issue is that I manually generate exception stack frames and feed them to an RTE instruction, and the format of those stack frames is different on 68030.

I'm too tired to investigate for sure. Mostly, I wonder whether to handle that at compile time (annoying, two binaries), at run time (overhead), or through some clever generated code.

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