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muž s klapkami na očíchuplne v pohode, ja bych ho chtel pouzit na cervencovy <a href="https://snac.lab8.cz?t=oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oldcomputerchallenge</a> :) nemam matrix, ale zaukoluju nekoho, kdo ho ma, diky :)<br>
Deadly Headshot<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.neilzone.co.uk/@neil" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>neil</span></a></span><br>When I do/did the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldComputerChallenge</span></a>, I find/found myself mostly using terminal programs as they're usually lighter on memory. For that though, NewsBoat and Toot are too heavy, so for fedi I have a bunch of ash scripts that use curl and jq to create something akin to a client and then this year, for a feedreader, I cobbled together some script using Xidel. I have some limited writeup in these blog posts: <a href="https://ddlyh.smol.pub/2024-day-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ddlyh.smol.pub/2024-day-1</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://ddlyh.smol.pub/2024-day-2" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ddlyh.smol.pub/2024-day-2</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> .</p>
Vojtěch Dubský<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://merveilles.town/@prahou" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>prahou</span></a></span> na příští rok mám krásnou mašinku na <a href="https://mastodonczech.cz/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a></p>
M. The Crystalline Entity<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://weirder.earth/@jag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jag</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://bsd.network/@solene" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>solene</span></a></span> wait, can I just say I’m doing the <a href="https://hackers.town/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> very late too? :blob3c:</p><p>I’ve got a Pentium II machine with 256MB of RAM, running <a href="https://hackers.town/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NetBSD</span></a></p>
Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:<p>I may be late to the party, but here it is: my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/OldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldComputerChallenge</span></a> experience</p><p><a href="https://kzimmermann.0x.no/articles/2024_old_computer_challenge.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kzimmermann.0x.no/articles/202</span><span class="invisible">4_old_computer_challenge.html</span></a></p><p>It felt good to do it again since my last one in 2021. I tried to do something a little different this time and it was surprisingly pleasant. I have an optimistic view that this old computer will survive a lot more years!</p><p>57 on my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/100DaysToOffload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>100DaysToOffload</span></a> challenge as well</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/occ2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>occ2024</span></a></p>
Mario Sangiorgio<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/@stefano" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>stefano</span></a></span> you’re almost ready to join the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a><br>Check it out <a href="https://occ.deadnet.se/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">occ.deadnet.se/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, it’s something you might like :)</p>
Tomáš<p>Please, consider financially supporting my work. Every $ helps.</p><p><a href="https://analognowhere.com/support" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">analognowhere.com/support</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Thank you.</p><p>There's also new `merch' in celebration of the monochrome <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/163113736" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">redbubble.com/shop/ap/16311373</span><span class="invisible">6</span></a></p><p><a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/unix_surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix_surrealism</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/technomage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technomage</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/mutualaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mutualaid</span></a></p>
Tomáš<p>How to Kill a Ghost?</p><p>The final output of my monochrone participation of the fourth year of the <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> </p><p>gopher: <br><a href="gopher://triapul.cz/0/phlog/2024-07-19-how-to-kill-a-ghost.txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible"></span><span class="ellipsis">gopher://triapul.cz/0/phlog/20</span><span class="invisible">24-07-19-how-to-kill-a-ghost.txt</span></a></p><p>http proxy:<br><a href="https://portal.mozz.us/gopher/triapul.cz/0/phlog/2024-07-19-how-to-kill-a-ghost.txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">portal.mozz.us/gopher/triapul.</span><span class="invisible">cz/0/phlog/2024-07-19-how-to-kill-a-ghost.txt</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/unix_surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix_surrealism</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrealism</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/gopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gopher</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monochrome</span></a></p>
Andreas (82mhz)<p>New blog post: </p><p>Old Computer Challenge 2024 - Day 4<br><a href="https://82mhz.net/posts/2024/07/old-computer-challenge-2024-day-4/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">82mhz.net/posts/2024/07/old-co</span><span class="invisible">mputer-challenge-2024-day-4/</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a></p>
L-Theanine<p>Look, all I want to do is update the 2013 Manjaro install.</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://teabag.ninja/tag/linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://teabag.ninja/tag/manjaro" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#manjaro</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://teabag.ninja/tag/oldcomputerchallenge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OldComputerChallenge</a></p>
mostlypat<p>hey i found the image!</p><p>(send from 9front on a dell inspiron mini 10, via ssh to a web server using links and brutaldon because i couldn't get mastodon to work on mothra)</p><p>i might set up my pi zero as a tiny server so i can use the web from here when i need to...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/9front" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>9front</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plan9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plan9</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a></p>
Tomáš<p><a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> day 3 - only built for [cuban] links</p><p>Productive hackjob to make a dmenu equivalent for tmux to make web browsing more fun.</p><p><a href="https://automa.triapul.cz/occ/day3.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">automa.triapul.cz/occ/day3.htm</span><span class="invisible">l</span></a></p><p><a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/links2gang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>links2gang</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/tmux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tmux</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/occ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>occ</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/occ2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>occ2024</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/ksh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ksh</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/serpico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>serpico</span></a></p>
L-Theanine<p>Spun up <a class="hashtag" href="https://teabag.ninja/tag/akkoma" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#akkoma</a> again after using snac and then nothing for a bit. Yes the same user on this domain it has always been, but different tea related username this time 😜 🍵</p><p>Finding the <a class="hashtag" href="https://teabag.ninja/tag/oldcomputerchallenge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OldComputerChallenge</a> made me interested to find more folks doing interesting stuff like that.</p>
thedæmonOld Computer Challenge 2024 has started, I'm a day late. But let's do this! <a href="https://occ.deadnet.se/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://occ.deadnet.se/</a> <a href="https://hj.9fs.net?t=occ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OCC</a> <a href="https://hj.9fs.net?t=oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OldComputerChallenge</a> <a href="https://hj.9fs.net?t=9front" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#9front</a> <a href="https://hj.9fs.net?t=plan9" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plan9</a><br>
Deadly Headshot<p>Just making sure I can still toot with this machine for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldComputerChallenge</span></a> 2024.</p>
Deadly Headshot<p>I start the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OldComputerChallenge</span></a> tomorrow, so I'll be posting slowly for a week from then (If I can keep my resolve and not use my Phone for anything but Phone and work stuff). As such, don't be surprised if you get somewhat radio silence from here a lot of the time. My blog for OCC is <a href="https://ddlyh.smol.pub/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ddlyh.smol.pub/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> , assuming the key works...</p>
Tomáš<p>the <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> brings together not just machine freaks, hackers, or ascetics. Just idling in the irc channel exposes one to many hidden talents.</p><p>Mouse-drawn radio by emilio in noodle. <a href="https://110010100.neocities.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">110010100.neocities.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/uxn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>uxn</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/monochrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>monochrome</span></a></p>
Tomáš<p><a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> day1 - men of no xorg<br> <a href="https://automa.triapul.cz/occ/day1.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">automa.triapul.cz/occ/day1.htm</span><span class="invisible">l</span></a><br> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/openbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openbsd</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/occ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>occ</span></a> <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/occ2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>occ2024</span></a></p>
Tomáš<p>Back to <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/brutaldon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brutaldon</span></a> and <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/links2gang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>links2gang</span></a>. it begins.</p><p><a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a></p>
Andreas (82mhz)<p>Setup for the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oldcomputerchallenge</span></a> 2024, starting tomorrow:</p><p> - Macbook Pro Core2Duo running Windows XP and OSX 10.6.8 as well as a modern minimalistic Linux distro (Crunchbang++) <br> - iPod<br> - Discman<br> - Dumbphone from 2003</p><p>If I can get it working right I also have a white Macbook from 2006 that I'd love to play around with, and a Mobile Pentium 3 Laptop from 2001. <br>Oh, and an iMac from 2001 as well... so yeah, I won't get bored :)</p>
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