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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

I'd hate to see the price. I bought 4 of the 32gb radxa rock5b+ a year or so ago for about 1k aud total. Right now, you can buy one for over 1200 aud.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yes. By using it, you're promoting theft on a global scale, destruction of valuable resources, the death of personal computing and the notion that people with more money than most countries GDP are allowed to do whatever t.f they want with no ramifications. No one needs "AI". No one should use "AI".

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I'd go so far as to say that anyone using AI in any way is contributing to the destruction of personal computing, given the cost of "owning" a PC is very quickly approaching the "only for the rich" status thanks to AI (or LLMs, rather). F*#k AI.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Was waiting for this. Right from the get go, the timeframe seemed way too optimistic. I'm not going to cancel my pre order, but I reckon it would be wise to consider they may never deliver.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

KB. We called it Kids Beer for a reason!

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

"Maybe I can make some pants from this"

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

This is kinda like slapping a Commodore logo on a toaster and calling it an official Commodore product. Each to their own I guess.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Perhaps you're using SAML for authentication and SLO is not supported or hasn't been configured properly in the SP.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Not quite as bad as pulling one out of your arse though.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Have never used PINE, but I still use mutt as my email client to this day. email was always meant to be simple.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I think Mike owns the ROMs, but none of the trademarks. Depends on what they want to do i guess. License the Vampire?

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Oh, I expect as much. Rent a VPS and run tour own wireguard service. They might be bale to gate the VPS providers, but they're not going to be able to prevent you from using a VPS as a VPN endpoint.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Or people just do what we're doing in Aus and use a VPN.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

I'd love to see an Amiga successor based on RISC V.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

That's just never going to happen. Fortunately.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Completely expected & hilarious at the same time. Is there a gold founders edition? Hopefully they'll do gold teeth for all your dental needs next.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

And I'll bet that was the best coffee you'd had in ages. I tend to drink an awful lot of coffee, but if I don't stop by lunchtime, my mind will race until 4am the next day. But on the weekends, I'll ocassionally not have a coffee until early in the evening. I love those coffees!

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Oh no. 2 teaspoons of coffee, top up with boiling water, drink, repeat.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Just remember Jan. They don't have to like it and if they don't, it doesn't matter.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Released in 1989 by Hotline (Netherlands) attached to the cracked & trained game "Bomb Fusion". Bomb Fusion, by PAL Developments, was published by Mastertronic in 1989. Features the iconic tune "Big Fun Mix", by Edwin van Santen (R.I.P.) of 20th Century Composers (20CC). youtu.be/cIbw2k4w8fk

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C64 Intro - Hotline #17

YouTube video by ZeroBytesFree

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Intro #4 by Acrise & Excess. This was used as a "cracktro" for the game Timeout by Smash Designs, published in 1993 by Rom Software. youtu.be/9D6Cc3OM454?...

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C64 Intro - Acrise + Excess, Time Out +5

YouTube video by ZeroBytesFree

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

This sounds like much the same behaviour as seen in other flash based media like SSD and NVMe when they're over allocated and might be related to wear levelling? Maybe you can create an image with dd, run blkdiscard on it, then reimage?

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

So, who else have 256MB RAM in their C64? That's RAMCard XL v3, by @corei64.bsky.social

CMD RAMLink XL, with a RAMCard XL v3 fully populated with 256MB RAM.

RAMLink XL RAM test, showing 262144KB (256MB) of detected RAM.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

RAMLink XL build complete! Had a bit of a false start, as not compatible with U64 latest firmware (1.24 was last firmware version that worked). I then tested with a C64 Reloaded mk2, but that also failed (but may work with timing clip from what I read). Switched to a real C64 and it fired right up.

CMD RamLink XL, by @corei64, fully populated.

CMD RamLink XL by @corei64, attached to a C64c and fitted with GeoRAM and Kung Fu Flash 2 cartridges.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

I'm detecting just a tiny hint of frustration, with Steam I think?

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Making some Kung Fu Flash 2 carts. I reckon this colour suits nicely for the cartridge case. Was going for the menu screen colour. Just need to make some labels now.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Absolutely love Beep. You'll find stuff there you'll have a hard time finding anywhere else. Be nice to see them in a larger store though!

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

A weekend well spent. 5 of the BlueSCSIv2 external variant & 5 desktop. Desktop was challenging to hand solder as they use a mix of 0402, 0603 & 0805 components. Think I've pretty well mastered 0402 now!

5x BlueSCSIv2 External variant & 5 of the Desktop variant. All hand soldered.

5 of the BlueSCSIv2 Desktop variant & 5 of the External variant.

BlueSCSIv2 Desktop variant, hand soldered.

BlueSCSIv2 External variant. Hand soldered.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The other thing that put him firmly on my shit list is that you had to "register" your interest by giving name and email. Well, that was about 7 years ago and I've had marketing emails for every commercial venture he's had since then. "Unsubscribing" just gets you off the current campaign.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

And likes to say he's "giving something back to the community". An example of that was the VIC-II squared. A small PCB and a couple of components that any tinkerer knows is less than $10 worth of kit, but when they were ready he wanted something like $120. Giving back to the community you see.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

What's wrong with "This firmware is not an officially supported release. If you chose to proceed, your warranty will be null and void"? Seems to be more to this story, but in any case, I don't really care. Commodore lost it's appeal as soon as it was "acquired" & has finally died.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Just as much as we appreciate the rampant inflation, food insecurity and interest rate rises to combat the rampant inflation.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Anyway, what happened to "community"? That sounds very anti community to me.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

There has been a degradation in compatibility between previous and current releases. Cartridges that worked previously no longer work. Power cycling via menu sometimes results in black screen (remedied by pulling power completely and reconnecting).

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

"Hidden Wonders" by Desire. A Commodore Plus/4 demo released at Revision 2026 into the Oldskool Demo competition. youtu.be/AVp515qhGP8?...

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Hidden Wonders by Desire for Plus/4 Pal - oldschool demo compo edition

YouTube video by Heaven6502

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Easter means play time! 4 days to enjoy all things retro. When I'm tired of playing, there's always Revision Demoparty to fall back to.

A Commodore 64 Ultimate in black breadbin case with black keycaps and red LED backlights. On the left are two CMD devices; an FD-2000 and a HD-4000.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

I have one of Thomas's RAMLink kits on the way so I'll be able to perform the same suite of tests soonish, depending on how long shipping takes of course.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

There was a fix for the earlier CMD HD-4000 PCBs that was causing IEC bus lockups when connected with other devices. I'm not sure if that's relevant for parallel, but thought I'd mention it. corei64.proboards.com/thread/92/ie...

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

CRTs, 5.25" floppy disks, VIC-II & SID chips. i don't need or want anything else.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

As kids, we'd protect ourselves from that with a wipe of zinc across the nose.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Congrats to you, Ricki & the publishing team. Really looking forward to the physical release on March 2nd!

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Another Ultimate Elite build. Wasn't sure about the black case, but I reckon it looks pretty schmick with the gold badges. I love the Elite boards. Saddened Gideon is no longer making them.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Manufactured in China, not made in China. It means it's no longer possible to make a faithful replica board. They've produced hundreds of these boards for others and hadn't bat an eyelid. This seems political and I'm sick of the state of the world right now.

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Have always preferred JLCPCB over PCBWay, but now they can honestly get effed.

Audit failure from JLPCB engineering because gerbers state Made In Japan. They claim to only support "Made In China".

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ZeroBytesFree @dejavu4u2.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Just modded my Neo Geo Pocket with a backlit IPS screen. Looking superb! Ordinarily I dont like modding original gear, but in this case my old eyes were really struggling with the original non backlit screen. This makes it so much more usable. Hopefully battery life remains reasonable.

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