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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

The only other actual Atari machine I have out at the moment is my Atari Mega ST2. I also have an 800XL in storage.

Atari Mega ST2 with color and HiRes monochrome CRTs.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Fired up the retrocomputers downstairs tonight for a bit of BBSing and gaming. #retrogaming #bbsing

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

Spent some time last night and today, and got Amigavision / MegaAGS working on the Annbernic RG406V under Daijisho and on the Steamdeck under Emudeck / ES-DE. In both cases I set up a second Amiga entry called A1200 that's completely separate from the default floppy-based Amiga profiles...

Amigavision / MegaAGS running on the Anbernic 406V and the Steamdeck.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

I finally got mine set up. I'm pretty pleased with it. i'm finding the emulation really good, and the wireless controllers feel a little better than my originals..though my originals are over 40 years old and well used, so that's probably a factor too. There's not much discernible lag either.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

I also subscribe to a service called Schedules Direct that Jellyfin uses to generate and keep track of the over-the-air TV schedules, and allows recording. That subscription is relatively cheap..like $35 a year, I think.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Since I finally wore the Pebble out, I've been using this PineTime (from the same people that made the Pinebook/Pinephone, etc.). Not near as powerful as the Pebble was, but it does basic smart watch stuff pretty well and cost me $35 new. It fills the gap for now.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

I used my original Pebble Time Steel until it literally fell apart about a year and a half ago. These pics are from 2020...

A Pebble Time Steel smartwatch showing an Impossible Mission watch face.

A Pebble time steel smart watch showing an Amiga desktop clock watch face.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

XEGS! I've wanted one ever since I learned of it's existence. Now I have one!

An Atari XEGS system with the main console unit with pastel buttons and a separate keyboard.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

When you call the BBS and that thread about the Olympics has been going on way too long, sometimes you can abruptly end it by stating a long-held, possibly unpopular opinion on something completely unrelated...

An old BBS post on a CRT outlining some of my problems with He-Man.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Reminds me of another thing from long before AI (or digital computers, for that matter).

A frantic scene from the early 1900s showing electricity killing people and causing general mayhem.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Sometimes it's OK if things don't make sense.

A box containing "The Spectrum" retro console.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

A snippet of tonight's BBSing...

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

Dark Force BBS rendered in VT52 on a Atari Mega ST 2.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

That second pic was supposed to be animated. I often forget that you have to post GIFs as video for them to play in-line.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Thanks to @duhproject.bsky.social I've been playing lots of PS1 games on the PS2 this weekend!

A menu showing lots of Playstation 1 games displayed on a TV screen.

The title sequence for the PS1 game Einhander playing on a TV in the background. PS2 game controller being held in the foreground.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I have retained this ticket stub as requested. The theater though..not so much. It's been gone for a very long time.

My ticket stub from 1996 for Star Trek, First Contact, at Kenrick Cinema

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

One of the best versions of Galaga I've played on any platform!

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Ah..Smartmedia. I still have several devices around that use it. One I have at hand is my original Fuji MX-1200. I bought this particular one in late January of 2000 at the nearby Walmart.I remember the date well, because it was my daughters 7th birthday and I bought it to take pictures on that day.

A 128 Megabyte Smartmedia card on top of a Fuji MX-1200 digital camera.

The front view of a Fuji MX-1200 digital camera.

The back side of my Fuji MX-1200 camera, showing the root setup menu.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

I was able to get Syncterm to compile on it and take it BBSing. Compiling Syncterm was actually pretty easy. Figuring out the combination of qualifiers I had to launch it with to get it to work on the weird screen resolution was a lot harder. But I eventually figured it out.

8 bit Atari ATASCII BBS screen on the Pocket Chip.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Yes. I have another one around here somewhere too, plus a spare "chip" core for them I just ran across downstairs in the cave.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Finally beat Colt Canyon on the Steamdeck last night.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Ran across a box in basement storage...

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

First time I've had this one. I quite like it.

Front view of the can for "Dorf Bier", by Urban Chestnut.

Side view of the can for "Dorf Bier", by Urban Chestnut.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Some of last night's BBSing...

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

This thread reminds me of another from a few years ago...

Asking to talk to Pat Robertson while knowing he's dead.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Apotris! akouzoukos.com/apotris

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

My score on the Intellivision version last night. I don't remember if there's parity between the scoring on the different versions, but it seems like they are pretty much the same that way.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

A snippet of tonight's BBSing/gaming...

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Switching to the C64 core for the PETSCII portion of the BBS run...

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Using some of the upstairs computers for BBSing tonight. Hitting the ANSI BBSs via the MiSTer Amiga core and Term 4.7.

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

This is a slow process, particularly so right now, it seems.

Scraping media for the PS2 Retroarch core for the Anbernic RG406V

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Paradroyd @paradroyd.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

It worked..sort of. I got a lot of games installed on the SSD.They all show up and work fine,but only if I have the memory card version of Freemcboot in one of the card slots. If I don't, it starts to boot from the SSD, briefly shows the mcboot logo. then, nothing until it eventually shows browser.

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