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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 28/08/2025

Protip! If you have a DVD rom drive that will read pressed DVDs but not burnt ones, you can adjust some pot meters and then it won't read pressed DVDs anymore either! Follow me for more pro tips.

A picture of a partially disassembled dvd rom drive.

Not pictured: the pot meters I adjusted totally breaking the drive.

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 24/07/2025

Eric Drexler announces a new open source tool to design and simulate advanced nanotechnology. Built on the Godot engine! It helps users explore nanoscale systems through physics based simulations. Get it here! msep.one

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 13/06/2025

Time for a retro gaming FreeDOS LAN party!

A picture of 4 pentium 2 systems around a table with LCD screens

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 05/06/2025

No LinkedIn I do *not* want to straighten this image.

A picture of the LinkedIN image editor with a queer meme in it.

The LinkedIN image editor has a "Straighten" option.

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 02/06/2025

At the start of this Pride Month I want to recognize all of our wonderful queer community members that help make @godotengine.org possible. Happy Pride everyone! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 10/04/2025

There we have it, the four genders of 1995. Code from the Microsoft Bob SDK! :)

$A screenshot of code from the Microsoft Bob SDK from 1995 // For propGender: typedef enum { GENDER_NEUTRAL = 0, GENDER_FEMALE = 1, GENDER_MALE = 2, GENDER_INVALID = 3, } GENDER;$

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 05/04/2025

My ship has finally arrived. I'll remember all of you little people when I've made it tho.

A picture of a very good cat laying next to a green book with the title "home computers can make you rich"

There is an illustration of a home computer with dollar signs on the screen as the roof of a house.

It is not a very good illustration.

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 07/03/2025

I got an MT-32! INSERT BUCKAZOID!

A picture of an MT-32 displaying "INSERT BUCKAZOID" on the little LCD

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 07/03/2025

Are you on the information superhighway yet?

An OS/2 box, in the top left corner it says "Your on-ramp to the information superhighway"

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 18/02/2025

I'm not some kind of numbers expert, but I think that's not entirely right... This means: Contains two options: * Movie trailer

A picture that says "Bevat twee opties: Filmtrailer", which means "contains two options: Filmtrailer"

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 18/02/2025

I wonder if this one is as good as the original!

A picture of a PC game "E.T. the extra-terrestrial" the 20th anniversary.

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 15/02/2025

How is your Saturday evening going?

A picture of an Asus EEEPC 701 with a USB floppy drive installing DOS 6.22

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 17/01/2025

There's got to be a better way to transfer files on a laptop. 😩

A picture of an external parallel port hard drive with a usb to parallel converter attached.

The drive is a black rectangle with 2 LEDs, one green, one red, and it says "plugger i340 parallel port harddisk" on the front.

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 14/01/2025

You May Not Like It But This Is What The Peak Game Developer Form Looks Like.

A screenshot showing Godot running on a CDE desktop.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Desktop_Environment

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 13/01/2025

Another laptop repair job professionally done. Lenovo t450s.

A picture of an utterly destroyed laptop keyboard

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 07/01/2025

Windows really has improved over the years. Maybe 2025 will be the year of the Windows desktop.

A screenshot of windows Task Manager showing "Task Manager not responding"

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 04/01/2025

mathmos.nl/lavalampen/a... They sell lava lamps in all kinds of form factors! And they don't get as psychotically hot anymore either!

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 04/01/2025

Follow me for more home decoration tips!

An image of a wood cabinet with a large cylindrical balloon on it of about 3 meters long. The balloon is wedged between the ceiling and the cabinet.

The scene is lighted by 2 green lava lamps.

And also, it looks amazing.

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 31/12/2024

Every new years me and my dad used to make a Dutch treat called "oliebollen". Ever since my dad died I've had to do it alone. At this time of year I always miss him most. Cherish the people around you. ♥️

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 24/12/2024

"You'll be visited by three spirits." The three spirits:

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 23/12/2024

The true spirit of Christmas.

A 2 panel comic, in the first panel a soothsayer says "Tonight, you'll be visited by three ghosts."

In the second panel Pacman says "No Shit"

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 08/12/2024

Let's quickly fix the Scene Tree Editor performance I said. It'll be quick I said.

A screenshot of the GitHub interface showing "conversation 164"

A screenshot of the a GitHub lines changes view showing +739 -161

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 05/12/2024

1K followers! I didn't think that this would happen so fast! Thanks a lot to to all of you! ❤️

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 21/11/2024

Oh wow, I found a copy of the MOST POPULAR 32bit operating system for PC's at the thrift store! What a steal!

A picture of a slightly water damaged OS/2 warp 3 box.

A picture of the back of a slightly water damaged OS/2 warp 3 box.

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 19/11/2024

In today's retro techtip: did you know that NTSC stands for "Never Twice the Same Color"? When color television was invented engineers really wanted to break with the dreary black and white. So never the same color again! Follow for more quality retrocomputing tech tips.

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 18/11/2024

In today's retro techtip: did you know that SSD stands for "Super Speedy Disk"? Back in the days when computers were very slow, programmers often said that they needed a super speedy disk. Finally the industry listened and now disks are faster! Follow for more high quality retro tech tips!

A picture of a memtech bubble memory module.

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 16/11/2024

Just finished going through the 373 submissions for the 2024 #godot show reel! There are so many fantastic games being made with our little engine! The quality on display is insane. This whole thing made me (even more) proud to be working on the engine!

Screenshot of the Showreel submission rating system.

It says "No more video to rate. Thanks for your help!"

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 16/11/2024

In today's retro techtip: did you know that at HTTP stands for "Head To This Page" So, "Head To This Page Google.com" Follow for more quality retrocomputing information!

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 16/11/2024

Post a picture you took (no description) to bring some zen to the timeline

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 15/11/2024

In today's #retro #techtip: did you know that at TWAIN stands for Technology Without An Interesting Name? Follow for more quality #retrocomputing information.

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 14/11/2024

Today's #retro #techtip: PCMCIA stands for "People Can't Memorize Computer Industry Acronyms" Follow for more high quality #retrocomputing information!

Various PC Cards, with the left one being a CardBus PC Card

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 05/11/2024

The one good thing about the US #election is that John King gets to spend time with the love of his life.

A picture of John King in front of the Magic Wall.

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 31/10/2024

I wonder if #apple put the power button on the bottom of the device to encourage people to put it upside down for extra cooling. That way they can have snazzy marketing shots while most people will actually put it "ugly side up" and get better thermals/performance?

A hand holding a new Mac mini upside down, showing the power button at the bottom.

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 31/10/2024

#psion really, really hated #PCMCIA There's two whole pages dedicated to hating it in the SDK docs. PCMCIA is just hype! #retrocomputing

Screenshot of the Psion 'C' Software Development Kit Volume 1.

Certain manufacturers of hand-held computers have recently been vigorously promoting the so-called PCMCIA standard for plug-in cards for portable computers. The idea is that PCMCIA cards that can plug into one hand-held computer ought to be able to plug just as easily into another.

However, the SSDs used in SIBO computers do not conform to this standard. This fact may be seen as a potential problem - possibly as a disincentive against taking the time to learn how to program within the Sibosdk system. More precisely, it may be seen as a reason why the SIBO range of computers might enjoy but a limited lifetime in the marketplace, before being eclipsed by other, PCMCIA-based portable computers - in which case, studying the Sibosdk system in any detail would be a poor investment.

This chapter aims to answer these worries by dispelling the hype around PCMCIA, through documenting some of the considerable benefits of SSDs as compared to PCMCIA cards.

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 31/10/2024

Oh wow, did the people from #psion hire clairvoyants in 1990! This is exactly what happened with #PCMCIA and the Psion Serial Protocol! Excerpt from the Psion 'C' Software Development Kit - Volume 1.

Screenshot of a page of a SIBO 'C' development manual from 1990

ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION

It seems more than likely that the Psion Serial Protocol will also become a de-facto industry standard, alongside the PCMCIA standard. Just as various different computers, from a variety of manufacturers, currently contain PCMCIA card slots, so too will SSDs become incorporated in an ever wider range of computers and computer peripherals. (But it should be borne in mind that there are already not one but three different PCMCIA standards, whereas there is only one Psion Serial Protocol standard.)

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 25/10/2024

I got a new pet #chicken her name is Penelope Peckington. May she lay many eggs.

A picture of a small black and white chicken sitting on a hand.

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 23/10/2024

Some #books never #age regardless! There are probably SEVERAL #8051 microcontrollers in your house RIGHT NOW! #thriftstore #retrocomputing #microcontroller

A picture of the cover of the book "the 8051 microcontroller - third edition"

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 19/10/2024

Hahaha, the bsky notification for this is very passive-agressive! 😄😄😄 Fine, he followed you back now.

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 19/10/2024

Like ... Meeeee? 😶‍🌫️

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HP van Braam @tmm.cx · 01/07/2024

At home with #Microsoft #Bob really knows how to sell the many uses of #email. #retrocomputing #microsoft #bob

A checklist titled 'You can reach with e-mail' listing various entities and individuals accessible via email. The list includes:

The president of the United States
Your Congress people
Financial institutions
Medical societies and associations and hotlines
Radio and television news shows, networks, newspapers, and magazines
Airlines
E-mail groups on online services
Environmental organizations
Anyone you know with an e-mail address

The checklist is styled with a red checkmark next to each item and includes a decorative red pencil at the bottom.

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