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1Bit Fever Dreams

@1bit.bsky.social
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Vintage compact black and white Macs enthusiast, sitting on the line between software and hardware! Also very nostalgic of ms-dos gaming golden era 1991-1994. New adopter of a Wildbits/K2 1bitfeverdreams.com

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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#vintage #programming #c This adds a static bitmap background. critically, I finally got my 20 year old code together and it now properly generates a mask that's 1 pixel thicker than the sprite itself. And all that, working with multiple animation frames. All bundled in an E-Z to use function.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mark Stephen Pierce's VideoWorks I art, but transferred into my C program with Photoshop 2.5.1 and Superpaint 3.5, animated with CopyBits, running at close to Mac Plus speed, no flickering/tearing
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Remember using macintosh hotline servers in the late 90's early 00's? Well, I did for a brief time, but now I can again, thanks to this system 6 client running on my Mac Plus tinkerdifferent.com/...
black and white capture of a mac plus screen running the hotline client liteline, showing the interface, a message board window with some messages from users and a files window, showing categories and number of items.
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John Calhoun @engineersneedart.com · 15/09/2026
I posted a 68K Macintosh "game shell" on Github if anyone wanted to dabble in writing a vintage Mac sprite-based game. github.com/EngineersNee... Included, a beta of "Flappy Toaster" (a game-shell demonstrator I threw together). #vintagemac #retro_gaming #vcfmw
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I just reserved my table for #VCFMtl on nov 7-8 taking place near Montreal, in suburb Longueuil. This picture was my table last time. Come say hi and check my programming projects! last time: K2 and a weecee this time: K2 and Mac Plus or SE/30, haven't decided on the latter
a vintage computer festival table with a black table runner, centered, showing the monochrome pixelated logo of '1Bit' and the words 'software and hardware tinkering' and '1bit fever dreams.com'. The left half is occupied by a wildbits/k2 wedge shaped new retro computer, with lcd screen, a bunch of gamepads. the right side is occupied by a small weecee PC, lcd screen and gravis gamepad showcasing the pc gameport party adapter for the pc gameport. In the center, a midi Roland Sound Canvas module and a MIDI keytar from rock band 3 that can be used by either systems.
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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
In my latest video I explore @museumjoe.bsky.social's new WOOTswitch, an ADB switch box that lets me have four Macs on my desk, but use one keyboard and mouse! This saves me a TON of desk space! Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRrb...
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The WOOTswitch: A Modern ADB Keyboard & Mouse Switch for your Classic Macintosh
YouTube video by Mac84
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Today's update, Dark Castle on Steam can now do the crispy pixel perfect integer scaling. See the difference in these screenshots. Oh, you don't know about Dark Castle rerelased on Steam and Apple Store? It's been out for a few weeks. So has Beyond Dark Castle. So has Return to Dark Castle.
Menu screen of Dark Castle showing a part of the scale. The image is sharp with pure black and white pixels. The top of the medieval castle, with towers are seen in front of dark clouds and a 50% gray background.Menu screen of Dark Castle showing a part of the scale. The image is blended and carries a soft focus between black and white pixels. The top of the medieval castle, with towers are seen in front of dark clouds and a 50% gray background.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Genuine Chicago Font Downward slope instead of upward No "scratched" contour AI Slop is incapable of any of these for a thumbnail title
the words "negative derivative title angle" in white letters, with red contour are shown in a downward slope over a black background
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The wildbits computers (6502/65816) needed a ftp client, so I'm working on one in C. youtu.be/rL806vn-P0U
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muFTP for K2
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Ron’s Computer Videos 🧍‍♂️🖥️📼 @ronscompvids.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Since YouTube is now supposedly reporting real viewership, maybe give my best performing video of all time a second watch? Star Trek, Macintosh computers, a bunch of celebrity voices and real-deal research insight gathered from the people that were there! Thanks (and share?) youtu.be/JHqiiPGPHFY
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How the Macintosh Plus helped make Star Trek history! #VFX
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
extremely useful website for vintage mac peeps! bluescsi.com/what-the-sit/ Thank you Eric!
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
heads up - recent releases on Steam Dark Castle: store.steampowered.c... or Dark Castle + Beyond Dark Castle: store.steampowered.c... or Dark Castle + Beyond Dark Castle + Return to Dark Castle bundle: store.steampowered.c...
screenshot of the black and white game Dark Castle. We see the screen of 'fireball 1' in a dark cave, with floating platforms dispersed at different heights. A number of stalactites hang from the ceiling. A water pool is found at the very bottom and a small ledge in the top bottom indicates where you exit. An exit to outside is found at the top left and is the main source of light in this place. The hero stands near the entrance, facing left.
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Anthony Salter @viridiangames.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
I know I'm getting sidetracked but I'm now fascinated with pulling resources from older games and seeing what I can do with them. Here's a ship viewer from Wing Commander that I made in about four hours:
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
the 4000 rolling hour race is on 😐 (youtube partner program)
a chart showing curves of number of watch hours on the vertical axis, and the date on the horizontal axis, between sep 2025 and feb 2027. A solid orange curve shows a plateau at 1800h, increasing sharply to 2800h, but starting to fall off in august 2026. 3 dotted lines with conservative, normal and optimistic scenarios project into feb 2027. only the optimistic clearly surpasses the 4000 hour bar.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
New video today on the features I've added to cozyMIDI in the last 2 weeks #vintage #macintosh #programming youtu.be/PCay0zxrqfU
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Project update: cozyMIDI v0.9
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
leave open in a spare window if you want! classic MIDI jukebox, stress testing the upcoming cozyMIDI v0.9 I've built, running live from my SE/30 and captured video from a RGBtoHDMI youtube.com/live/EkCN0Pk...
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Listen to MIDI from my Mac SE/30, stress testing cozyMIDI
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
FUN new synth app from fellow wildbits owner jbaker8935. I'm testing it out. MIDI in VS1053b output in dac mode 2 oscillators with LFOs
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
most cursed Mac thing you've heard all day, a midi file dispatched to the four-tone synth of the Macintosh Sound Driver #macintosh #programming #clanguage
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
new video is up! MIDI playback integration for your Mac C project made as easy as I could manage it! youtu.be/uiV8CHjzdRc
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MIDI playback for your Mac C Project
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Joe's Computer Museum @museumjoe.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Your Friendly Reminder: Sean Lee Robinson, AKA "Geek With Social Skills" is a known scammer. He has run cons on video game, arcade game, and vintage computer communities for decades - and is still doing it-. Just look up his name.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I just launched my new video: "Wildbits BAREBONES C game project tutorial" to get people going with this platform (fmr. known as F256). youtu.be/3afAJUqeyeE
A guy in a black tshirt and halloween skull mask holding a F256K wedge computer in the left hand, while the right hand forms a fist and is raised. The tshirt logo is '1Bit' in monochrome pixelated form with the words in Chicago font underneath saying '1Bit Fever Dreams'.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
I see Dark Castle, I click and I pass it along! (upcoming on Steam and Mac App Store)
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Dark Castle - Official Trailer
Dark Castle is back to celebrate its 40th anniversary! Coming soon to Steam and Mac App Store!
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Master of Orion, 1993 MSDOS game from my favorite era of PC gaming. I love the 2d pixel art in 320x240 much more than the early, awkward 3d era that followed a few years later. Just got the box in the mail today. The disks unfortunately no longer work.
CRT monitor showing the main galactic view of Master of Orion. The main square view is of the galaxy with named star systems. There's a right panel tab with planet info. There are menu tabs in the bottom such as GAME, FLEET.master of orion front box art showing a sci-fi drawing. top half shows planetside with a building with columns to represent some form of civilization. bottom half shows spaceships in front of a planet.back of the box art with gameplay screenshot and tantalizing description.the contents of the box. a manual with a color front, a pink sheet for a calling tip service, 4 HD 3.5 inch disks
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
stress test #2 is back, will the bug be fixed and the playlist continue uninterrupted? Come listen in to midi music playing on my 6502 code.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
stress testing a MIDI playlist playback, live from my Wildbits/K2 youtube.com/live/omhc3mY...
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Wildbits/K2: playlist in cozyMIDI
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Small update for my MIDI file player I made in C for the 6502 based wildbits/K2 - I added a playlist mode and some bouncing MIDI logo sweetness (think DVD logo and those rare corner bounces!!!)
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
my new video review on the Snow Macintosh emulator! youtu.be/sMdRzK9dBSw
thumbnail of a video with the snow emulator icon, which is a classic beige compact mac with a smiling face and a mouse, but there's a bit of snow accumulated at the base and some snowflakes are falling down in a light blue background. The yellow text on black background on the right side says: "is it good?"
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John Calhoun @engineersneedart.com · 18/06/2026
I hope to finally get this to Steam this time (and this summer).
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The absolutely unbelievable art from Trici Venola, found in the 'Mac the Knife' art disk from Miles Computing, circa 1987
gorgeous b&w high detailed bitmap of the Taj Mahalgorgeous b&w high detailed bitmap the Notre Dame cathedral facade seen from the front at ground level, looking up. The top half of the image is of a charging knight in armor with a sword mounted on a horse. there's also several frames of animation of the humpbackgorgeous b&w high detailed bitmap of Albert Einstein playing the violingorgeous b&w high detailed bitmap of many musical instruments: trumpet, trombone, French horn, saxophone, guitar, banjo, violin, cello, drums, etc.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Superpaint 2.0 tool sampler image, from the b&w mac days
a full page b&w bitmap graphic with 10 rectangular section showcasing graphic effects for superpaint, such as "paintbrushes", "block text",  "centered horizon special effect" with explainer paragraphs for each.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
finally made a video on my MIDI file player coding started 2 years ago and worked on and off www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Uh...
video thumbnail showing a black and white lounge in pixelated macintosh graphics. There's a big view of outside with mountains and pine trees. There's a table inside with a Macintosh Plus. There's a big aquarium with a couple of fish, some bubbles and algae. There's a couch and a speaker showing a musical note symbol indicating it's active with a turntable besides.
The words "new app for b&w Macs in C" is shown on the right side in cyan.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
It is 2026. A kid coded this superbasic program for hours for father's day, on a Wildbits/K2 (6502/816 based wedge computers) The father is the owner of the #Wildbits line. It's think it's fair to call this wholesome!
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nulleric @eric.scsi.blue · 20/06/2026
I’ve setup a Patreon if you would like to support me in my retro and open source work. Posting something new for there in July for patrons to beta test first! www.patreon.com/c/nulleric
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Eric Helgeson — BlueSCSI maintainer, Open Source contributor, Mac/Lin Enthusiast
Get more from Eric Helgeson on Patreon. BlueSCSI maintainer, Open Source contributor, Mac/Lin Enthusiast. Support Eric Helgeson and get exclusive access to their work.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
cozyMIDI: my brand new 68k mac application coded in C (and sweat). Plays standard MIDI files assuming you have an external module plugged on the modem port. Runs on a Mac Plus, speed is perfect on a SE/30 and up. Has fun animations during playback (see the 2/2 post in this thread) #macintosh 1/2
black and white screen capture of cozyMIDI. it's showing an about screen dialog in the middle with the version name, date and an official MIDI logo. It has a small gfx of a note resting comfortably on a one-person couch. Behind, we see a full screen b&w art of a big living room with an aquarium, work table with a compact mac, abstract wall painting and a big window giving us a view of a mountain range. This is a minimalist 80's look.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
big retro product reveal* was done today, you seen it? www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLS4... (*parody of the "reveal" here)
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Commobore: Pageback Reveal (PARODY) - Who needs a flip phone when you have a PAGER?
YouTube video by Mac84
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
of all the bugs I've encounted in my C coding projects, this is...the most posessed, cursed bug of all time. demonic Mac Plus MIDI signals from another dimension
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I made a Tinker Different thread explaining how to hook up a MIDI device on your host computer and have it communicate with Snow emulator. Both #MIDI in and MIDI out works #Macintosh #retrocomputing tinkerdifferent.com/threads/how-...
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Two people from the Mac vintage community I appreciate a lot having an hour long chat on Macintosh Librarian related stuff, a good watch @ronscompvids.bsky.social @maccy.me youtu.be/Rz7vyJ9_gr8?...
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Let's Chat with Kate Fox the Macintosh Librarian!
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
adlib music jukebox stream youtube.com/live/FyH... come listen to the nostalgic OPL2 greatness
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
One of the most prolific dev for the #Wildbits (fmr. known as F256) machines is jbaker. His work on 3d transformations leveraged by the audio VS1053b chip, using its DSP is paying off. Here's a tech demo of tempest-like gameplay
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tk2 update
more tempest 2000 like features added. p
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Adventure Game Hotspot @aghotspot.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
@ronscompvids.bsky.social is cranking out amazing content. Case in point :Let's Chat with Ken Macklin - LucasFilm Games and underground comic artist! youtu.be/UhFhWiTRExI?... #adventuregames #indiegame
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Let's Chat with Ken Macklin - LucasFilm Games and underground comic artist!
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
this was my childhood CRT
old CRT tv inside a dark wood grain frame with feet and ornamental details. A NES sits on top. We can see piles of books in the background, wood panneling on the wood and Battle of Olympus is the NES game featured on the lit screen. A person is masked by a bright yellow shadow.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Mike C wrote a superbasic for a #wildbits computer (fmr. known as foenix retro) that's very easy to learn from, using connectivity with the wifi chip, fetching data from NASA and displaying the ISS coordinates in real time. I've let it run for about 30+ hours
map of the world with a black background and green outline of the continents. Many curves made by blue dots are representing the passages of the ISS over the map. The words "S.P.O.T. Satellite Position and Orbital Tracking" is at the top and the latitude and longitude of the current position of the ISS is on the bottom.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Gonna grade stuff and listen to .MODs streamed from my PicoGUS. you're welcome to stay a while and listen! youtube.com/live/fEhPTVF...
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486 Live Jukebox with MODs, S3Ms, etc May 5th 2026
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Finally some MIDI pitch bending added to my Firejam (own C coded app), for all platforms: #macintosh, #wildbits K2. I'll make it work for SID, PSG and OPL3 and the Mac sound Driver output as well in their respective ways.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
someone (thanks, furan) did this pixel animation on a LED matrix wall which looked so cool I had to reverse engineer it on my #wildbits K2 using 2 layers of smooth scrolling tiles. I added a fm synth menu music from System Shock, I felt it fit the vibes.
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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Come stop by and say hi if you’re at VCF East! We’re in room C. 🍏
Mac84’s table at VCF East with a lot of Macs on the table.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
If you're visiting #VCF #VCFEast this weekend, consider checking out this amazing Wildbits classroom, where you're learn the ins and outs of this new retro platform (fmr. known as Foenix F256). Workshops happening on all 3 days, all day long on various topics surrounding its basic, sprites sound etc
a playful logo of an orange cat and the title wildbits jr2 classroomphoto of a classroom with rows of table having a SBC wildbits jr2 unit hooked to a LCD monitor, a classic C64 style joystick, a ps/2 keyboard. All the machines have various programs running, such as a port of Lode Runer, a balloon sprite from superbasic, a tile/sprite editor, pitfall, etc.
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Major update for the PicoGUS
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1Bit Fever Dreams @1bit.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
This is a good initial response to my new video where I show "FireJam", my new C application that makes old compact macs a synth, including its in-house Sound Driver and also external MIDI hooks, both IN and OUT. Keep the suggestions for improvements coming, I got..... (1/2)
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Built a Program That Turns a Classic Mac Into a Live MIDI Synth (It Actually Works!)
#marchintosh I coded an application called "FireJam", which lets your compact mac be at the center of music production. It can take in mouse clicks, typing keyboard playing and MIDI in keyboard playing. It can output sound in the old Mac Sound Driver, or to a MIDI out connected external module. Co
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