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nulleric @eric.scsi.blue · 27/09/2026

Get them while the gettin's good tinkerdifferent.com/threads/newl...

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Ken @kenfager.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It's Maccy! @maccy.me

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Ken @kenfager.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Veronica explains why Kate joined her in crashing Ron and Steve’s ugly Mac presentation. #vcfmw @maccy.me

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Keith Kaisershot @blitter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Spotted not one, not two, but *three* playable Bandai Pippin AtMark consoles at #VCFMW this weekend. Bonus: a Pippin Concept Prototype on exhibit courtesy of @mac84.bsky.social and @maccy.me

A Pippin AtMark booted into Pippin Kickstart 1.1, indicating its 1.0 ROM and 13312K of RAM. Displayed on a Sony PVM.

A Pippin AtMark booted into Pippin Kickstart 1.1, indicating its 1.0 ROM and 5120K of RAM (thanks Kyle and Danielle!). Displayed on an NEC AccuSync LCD71v and flanked by a pair of Altec Lansing Multimedia speakers.

Macintosh Librarian’s placard describing their Pippin setup. Text:

Introducing the Pippin Disk Emulator & Game Changer!
The Pippin is back, in BlueSCSI Form!
by Kate Fox, Macintosh Librarian & Eric Helgeson, creator of BlueSCSI

Now you can hold the Pippins entire software library on one SD card. With the new Game Changer menu, you can play any game from the comfort of your sofa.

The Game Changer
• Written in C, built with Retro68 as one fat binary: 68k and PowerPC in the same file.
• It started as Eric’s BlueSCSI Toolbox CD changer. I added the Pippin calls, the AppleJack pad, menu and box art.
• Pick an image and the BlueSCSI swaps it in. The console restarts straight into it, CD or HD image!
• Power cycle and you are back at the menu thanks to the Keith K. Bootloader!

What is on the menu
• Pippin CDs: Tamagotchi, Dazzeloids, Ultraman Action Designer, Power Rangers Zeo!
• Mac adventures rebuilt on writable disk images: Myst, Dust, The 7th Guest, Iron Helix, Jump Raven, Gadget, Spaceship Warlock

The Arcade disk! Load this one!
• One hard-disk image w/ 35 Mac games
• It runs under PEASE, Bandai’s own big-button Pippin shell. The menus were Japanese, so I patched the strings to English by hand.
• Crystal Quest, Glypha III, Power Pete, Prince of Persia, Another World, Flashback, Monkey Island, Loom, SimCity 2000, Tetris Max, Snood, Oregon Trail, and two pinball games!

Controller (Apple Jack Pad)
• Trackpad is the mouse. D-pad is arrows.
• I wrote a small pad-mapper program that swaps in a per-game layout the moment a game opens. Glypha III starts a new game on yellow. Power Pete switches weapons on blue.
• Glypha III on this pad is, honestly, the best thing on the table. Try it!

Bootloader: a fork of the BlueSCSI Toolbox CD changer. Shell: PEASE (Bandai). Boot: Pippin Kickstart (blitter.net). Debugging: DingusPPC.

A Pippin Concept Prototype being exhibited under a clear acrylic cover at the Vintage Computer Festival MidWest 2026 Macintosh Librarian table. Guarded above by an army of tiny Maccys.

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 09/09/2026

My friend Veronica Explains and I started a podcast! It's called Kate & Veronica - the first episode just came out :) ! Listen / watch now! www.kateandveronica.net

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Kate and Veronica (have a podcast lol)

We're gabbing about computers, old and new!

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 28/08/2026

I had fun camping out and shooting the moon at a ~ 97 % eclipse! so lucky! Fuji XT-3 with the Fujifilm XF 150-600mm

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 20/08/2026

Would you still love me if I was a worm 🐛?

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Basic Apple Guy @basicappleguy.com · 19/08/2026

The new Liquid Glass Traffic Lights in macOS. 🔴 🟡 🟢

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 16/08/2026

Join me as a refurbished this Apple pPippin controller!

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 13/08/2026

Did you know that Snood (the Mac puzzle bobble clone) has a merch store! Going to get that Snood gangster hat. www.snoodworld.com/product-cate...

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Ron’s Computer Videos 🧍‍♂️🖥️📼 @ronscompvids.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

All shirts (including the new @maccy.me one your kids won't stop begging you to buy) are now on sale for $13! ronscompvids.threadless.com

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vcfederation.bsky.social @vcfederation.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

VCF Great Britain: www.vintagecomputerfestival.org.uk September 11 @ 7:00 pm - September 13 @ 5:00 pm Aintree Race Course Ormskirk Rd Liverpool, Aintree L9 5AS United Kingdom

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Basic Apple Guy @basicappleguy.com · 16/07/2026

If you recognize these icons, it’s probably time to schedule your routine back exam.

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 12/07/2026

New Video - History of AOL Instant Messenger - out NOW on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxKe...

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The History of AOL Instant Messenger

YouTube video by Macintosh Librarian

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 11/07/2026

I am so excited to unveil this new design for a totally cool Maccy shirt ! Art by @pepesalot.bsky.social !

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 07/07/2026

In my research on PLATO - I found this man named John Pasta.

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nulleric @eric.scsi.blue · 06/07/2026

Flipped the post to public - checkout the new SCSI device type coming to @bluescsi.com soon!

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 08/06/2026

I am excited that Siri is a transparent ball in the virtual world :)

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 08/06/2026

Mac Pirate flag 🏴‍☠️ skateboard !

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(PEPEGR∆PHIX) 📺✨ @pepesalot.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Bust illustrations and sticker designs for the @maccy.me. 🖥️🖱️✨ I love Maccy! These originally started as study sketches and ended up as fully-fleshed pieces.

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(PEPEGR∆PHIX) 📺✨ @pepesalot.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Character design and illustration for @maccy.me. 🖥️🖱️✨ I'm very happy to collaborate with one of my favorite creators.

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 05/06/2026

These are sooo cute and now my YouTube profile icon !

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 02/06/2026

New video with @ronscompvids.bsky.social ! We chat about all things good and fun. 🤩

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 31/05/2026

These are the chains I forged in life. ⛓️

A woman laying down under a pile of wires

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 28/05/2026

PlayStation is back… in POG form! Or FPGA form >_> the RetroRemake Superstation is really cool :) MiSTeR for everyone !

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 25/05/2026

PSP BAG AVAILABLE! www.zara.com/us/en/psp--c...

zara.com

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 22/05/2026

Ignore also breaks google >_>

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

This newly released interview has some amazing insights into what was REALLY going inside of Apple from 1996-2006, be sure to give it a watch! 👍 youtu.be/PvFMT58lgvk?...

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Jon Rubinstein Interview: Former Apple Hardware Chief on Saving Apple, iMac, iPod & the iPhone Story

YouTube video by Computer History Museum

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Retroist @retroist.com · 08/05/2026

They locked eyes on the convention floor and it was love at first sight.

A black and white photo at a trade show shows a man in a light suit standing inches from a giant Qbert figure, staring right at it as if fully absorbed. Other attendees cluster around them, but the scene centers on his intense focus on the oversized arcade character.

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Garth Beagle @garthbeagle.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

✨ergonomic✨

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 30/04/2026

Apple x Porsche livery is back! for the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship at Laguna Seca Raceway this weekend (May 3rd)!! Look at this beautiful car! newsroom.porsche.com/en_US/2026/m...

two cars (race cars) with rainbow stripes (apple six stripe)

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Retro Tech Dreams @retrotechdreams.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Anyone else want an Apple sailboard (1986, $1,100)

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John Calhoun @engineersneedart.com · 15/04/2026

I know, the timing is weird. Victor Franco ported my published sources for Glider 4.0 to the modern MacOS and, yes, we have another Glider game for the Mac. It's faithful to the original Glider 4.0 that came out in 1990. (And it's free.) apps.apple.com/us/app/glide...

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Glider Retro App - App Store

Download Glider Retro by Victor Franco on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Glider Retro.

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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 01/04/2026

Reminder! VCF PNW in Seattle is coming up. I'll be one of the exhibitors, so if you're in the area, please come and say hi and stay for the retro goodness.

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 01/04/2026

rare apple prototypes on this new WSJ Video! www.youtube.com/watch?v=74qP... Also, the Wall Street Journal guy is dressed like the Macintosh Tutorial Demo guy from system7 .