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Vintage computer repairer and enthusiast. Remover of batteries. Electronics Necromancer. I block "AI" and "crypto" peeps retrorewind.social/@48kRAM

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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 3h
"It is about the dangers of fooling yourself into thinking you’ve discovered something new when in fact you’ve only overwritten reality with your own point of view." Damn, this hits hard. Techbros standing on shoulders, saying there's nothing under them but a dirt floor. bsky.app/profile/sexa...
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 3h
#MODtober Day 8 - A demo tune, again! Rink A Dink: Redux - original tune by Nuke, and Redux by Magnar. From the Amiga demo of the same name. Played in XMPlay under Wine on my Linux box. People dunk on XMPlay but I quite like it as a player, myself. demozoo.org/music/59659/
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 3h
Excellent remix
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 19h
What country is it located in?
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
A remix today for #MODtober day 7 - AceMan's excellent remix of Jazzcat's Decrunch 2022-winning MOD "Robotized". Played, today, in ProTracker 2 clone on Linux. www.modules.pl?id=module&mo... Original: demozoo.org/music/314248/
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I've become something of a ZX Spectrum fan, so at the very least, a chance to mess about with a 2068 would be fun. If you decide to part with one, let me know. I'm fixing up a nice VIC-20 so when I sell that I'll have $$ and space :-P
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Ilhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Two-thirds of Americans support Medicare for All. Americans are done with a healthcare system that puts profits before people. Medicare for All can save 114,000 lives and $1 trillion a year—turns out, progressive policies can be good politics AND good policy.
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
No worries - send it to my post box and I'll make sure it never bothers anyone again :-P
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#MODtober Day 6 - Back on the PC today with Libertine by Zodiak. From Cascada's 1993 demo Hex Appeal. The tune is, IMO, better than the demo, but as an early PC prod it's still worth watching. Played on AWEMP, a hardware MOD player for the Sound Blaster AWE-32 demozoo.org/music/142374/
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mcc @dryad.technology · 04/10/2026
Have you noticed, lately, or noticed people around you commenting, that there just seems to be no money anymore. There's no money for companies to make the tv shows you like, the video games you like, the local diner you like shut down, no one you know can find a job. Think about that in context of
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 05/10/2026
Accelerator Energies xkcd.com/3306/
Comic. [Chart with track length on x axis: 10cm, 1m, 10m, 100m, 1km, 10km, 100km; collision energy on y axis: 1eV, 1keV, 1MeV, 1GeV, 1TeV, 1PeV, 10^18eV, 10^21eV, 10^24eV, 10^27eV. Scatterplot increases in a mostly linear shape with points for first cyclotrons, ADA, cosmotron, bevatron, BEPC-II, J-PARC, CEBAF, RHIC, tevatron, large Hadron Collider. An outlier near the top of the chart is Daytona Speedway.]
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Also, ignore my alt test - there's more than 13 samples, Emax just skips a slot. You can explore the samples at this awesome site, by the way modsamplemaster.org/module.php?h...
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.mod Sample Master :: Module "defloration" [Protracker M.K.] (05cfd06588c5c51b79a31df3df4fc184f08a9ce1)
.mod sample master
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Played in HippoPlayer on my Amiga 1200 with TF1260. Video and audio capture via RetroTINK 6x CE and RetroAccess Amiga scart cable.
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#MODtober Day 5: One of the first MOD tunes I ever downloaded - "Defloration" by Emax of TRSI. Simple dance tune - nothing too inspiring. Placed 18th 😱 at The Party '93 Amiga music compo. But I love it anyway and it's kinda become a bit of a classic. demozoo.org/music/5941/
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Isotoxin, probably. modarchive has a good list modarchive.org/index.php?re...
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The Mod Archive v4.0b - A distinctive collection of modules - Necros's Modules
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Going to start referring to my source code as "compiler prompts"
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
indeed. and a had a good stash of 1 meg 30pin Simms too
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Well done, mate. There's a ton of good software on the ST. I need to get mine out again. I took the "lazy" route and got a good friend to find me an STe that only needed a little bit if work
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Yes
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I actually own a boxed copy of this game. It's... not a good game. But I love the Demoscene connection and the soundtrack is killer
A big box game sits on a shelf with other games on the sides. a character in red armor stands in front of an explosion with a city in the background. the game title is overlaid on the bottom
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#MODtober Day 4: Remember those 3 weeks when games used tracker tunes for soundtracks? "Dimension 2012" by Necros. A Fasttracker (not FT2) tune using 8 channels. Used in the 1995 game "Crusader: No Remorse" from Origin but also in Digital Psychosis musicdisk. Played in TrackMeister
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
ooof - SO-J on an ST? Dang
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Space Quest Historian @spacequesthistorian.com · 02/10/2026
I got an email from this guy yesterday. He's going to be at PRGE, probably networking and fishing for more interviews. My plea to any developers or industry people he approaches: Please don't accept his requests. Please don't enable hate. Everyone else, please be civil. Preferably just ignore.
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Quite groovy! I dig it!
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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Please please please stop making a big deal out of the G7 reserves release. Yes, it’s 100 million barrels over 4 months. We - the planet - use 100 million barrels of crude every…single…day. Almost literally a drop in the bucket.
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_lemon @andylemon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Happy Saturday! Today's #MODtober archive post - an #amiga #protracker #chiptune by me from TTE's Amiga production Textual Healing 2 #demoscene <3
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
And then a followup was created - "Return to Stage 9" with more really excellent tunes. @polpo.org has kept the files for those online at polpo.org/rts9/index2....
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return to stage 9
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Stage 9 musicdisk isn't really a typical zikdisk as there's no frontend. It was originally available on CD from the organizer, w/ tunes mixed/mastered by the artists. I think. Anyway, the tunes are online at demozoo.org/productions/...
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Stage Nine Musicdisk
Musicdisk released 10 January 1998
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Day 3 of #MODtober - more weird players, more odd tunes. Hunz on the track today with "Iron Curtain" from the Stage 9 musicdisk. Playing in FT2 clone by 8bitbubsy. You can always count on Hunz for good vocals on a tracker tune. Oh, and great tracking too. And atypical tracker styles.
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Jon Baker @thejonbaker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Spider-LAN
A router looking like a big ass spider on the ceiling
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Caræsten 🇵🇸 @cara.city · 02/10/2026
I’ve been listening to the @theycreateworlds.bsky.social series on the home computer price wars of the early to mid 1980s and the decision to engage in a race to the bottom on price more or less wrecked Commodore, TI, and Atari; this is not good news for *any* of these AI companies
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Forgot to link the file - d'oh! demozoo.org/music/171856/ Demozoo lists the XM as being "Featured in" the demo, but this is not exactly true. The difference btwn the MP3 and XM is subtle, but it's there and obvious if you know what to listen for
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A Kind of Beauty
Tracked Music by Carlos + Norfair / Mandula, released August 2000
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The MP3 version also has a slightly different title: "Another kind of beauty". I take this as evidence that the XM came first and this MP3 was edited slightly before being packed in the demo. #MODtober
mediainfo dialog showing the mp3 metadata. the comment is "We want Miles - Mandula"
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In Mindcandy 1 commentary, Trix and crew ponder whether this tune was tracked. Answer is: "kind of". It's in the demo as an MP3 that's slightly different from this XM version. My theory is it started life tracked but they either finished in a DAW or found the MP3 easier to use in the demo #MODtober
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
#MODtober, day 2: A Kind of Beauty, by the amazing duo of Carlos and Norfair. The soundtrack to Live Evil by Mandula, released in 2000 at Assembly. Only placed 11th cuz ASM2k was a hot party for incredible releases. I <3 tracker music in unusual styles. Played in OCP on my P-II 400 via SB AWE32
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hayesmaker64 @c64cade.com · 02/10/2026
Hold the backdoor, I need to get my A1200 set up RIGHT NOW! 🔫 🚬
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Wow - just looked at the C64 version of this. We all thought the NES version we had here was bad (and it was) but this is absolutely terrible. I guess they figured the license would sell enough copies before people figured out how terribad it was
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I actually watched What Time Is It? yesterday
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That's incredibly unplayable but still pretty dang cool
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You can get MOD4WIN right from the developer's web site, with a free registration code, too! kay-bruns.de/mod4win/mod4...
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The MOD4WIN Home Page
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Forth place at NOVA this year in the oldskool music compo. demozoo.org/music/392718/
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Cold Sweat
Tracked Music by Virtua Point Zero / Rift, released 13 June 2026
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hell yeah - it's #modtober ! Time to post about awesome tracker tunes. Only, this year, I'm going to listen to them as stupidly as possible. Starting off with a banger - Cold Sweat by Virtua Point Zero, played on MOD4WIN under Wine on my Linux Mint desktop. Hey - at least it's in mono :-P
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Consumer Time Capsule @consumertc.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It's well documented that Mac Tonight was the KING of driving dinnertime sales... but did you know that in 1988, select markets handed out MAC MONEY during dinner, redeemable for a free breakfast sandwich on a future visit. These three coins came from that promotion in Ohio/Pennsylvania.
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Red Angel @redangelx3.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Roguecraft DX is very much for the retro fans. #review #videogame #roguelike
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Diablo Meets Pokémon Mystery Dungeon in New Retro Roguelike
Chunky pixel art and eerie Lovecraft vibes dress 15 randomized floors where each run reveals unpredictable treasures.
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Kevin Driscoll 📳੯‧̀͡⬮ @kdriscoll.aoir.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/09/2026
given enough time, the chance of human extinction is actually 100% so
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dr. rich traditions, JD @helldude.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
we have control mechanisms for this. it's called The Law. these guys should be held personally liable for these harms. the suicides, the thefts, the intrusions into computer systems. they should be sued and prosecuted as appropriate. problem immediately solved
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
yeah ive seen people talking about 80% failure rates on micron by now. i had to do a complete re-ram on my Apple 2c that had 2 banks of MT
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Commodore bought particularly cheap ones (so I'm told) but they're kinda all starting to fail now. They are 40 years old, after all
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48k RAM @48kram.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
i know that people are creating solutions to use moderner SDRAM in place of DRAM and I figure I'll have to go that route eventually. But for now these are cheap and simple
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