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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Hopefully Rootie didn’t cause your exhibit mysterious time drift!

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John Calhoun @engineersneedart.com · 15/09/2026

I posted a 68K Macintosh "game shell" on Github if anyone wanted to dabble in writing a vintage Mac sprite-based game. github.com/EngineersNee... Included, a beta of "Flappy Toaster" (a game-shell demonstrator I threw together). #vintagemac #retro_gaming #vcfmw

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

There were a few people on my list that I either didn’t run into, or if I did I didn’t have Rootie with me. Maybe Rootie can make an appearance next year too

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I swear Ditto was around here somewhere...

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

@68kmla.bsky.social when are you guys gonna give up and hand the MLA over to someone that can take care of it?

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7m7... you might like this video if you haven't seen it yet

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Ultimate Homelab Cable Setup

YouTube video by clabretro

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

above the rack is a cisco ATA that im using as "the phone company" currently, to be replaced also hanging by the wires to the right is a unifi flex mini switch, "eventually" will mount my 24 port unifi to the back of the rack and put the flex mini in the living room

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

cobalt raq3 web server 2 supermicro servers, one was running an AIM server for a while blank space reserved for a rackmount version of this im working on - www.amazon.com/dp/B015MIQ12... - to act as the phone company for dial up shenanigans at-fs708 10/100 switch for retro vlan

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

rack from top to bottom: PDU with individual switches snap server running appletalk shares, 120gb SSD with ide to sata, and 2gb ide to SD adapter for a share writable by system 7 and earlier clients shiva lanrover dial in server cisco 1921 with modem card for 2nd dial in server(work in progress)

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

gutbomb already tagged/posted on twitter, but will put it here too Sonicwall nsa2600 chassis/power supply, custom front face plate(basically a PCB), atx to LC psu adapter, bluescsi v1, Farallon ethernet card, 3d printed brackes, hot glue, and hopes & dreams holding it all together

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

schematic from the github, hopefully gets you pointed down the right path

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result."

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

is there a dairy queen by you? the ones in CT still have malts

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Ron’s Computer Videos 🧍‍♂️🖥️📼 @ronscompvids.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

The Principal and the Pauper = Mountain Dew The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson = Crab Juice

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

I'm not even a huge StarTrek guy, but this was a fascinating watch and a really interesting BTS peek at something that I think most of us retro computing people have seen. "The keyboard...how quaint!"

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I’m an old lady at heart cause I love candy like that

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

“Tis but a flesh wound!”

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Garth Beagle @garthbeagle.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

Heads up folks, the scammer Sean Lee Robinson, aka "Geek With Social Skills" is posting videos again This person scammed myself and others out of a considerable amount of money DO NOT engage with this person If you need more info, watch the video below, google them, etc

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I have one of the rackmount ones from around the same era that didn't have a hard drive in it, and the OS/web interface is built into a flash chip into the motherboard. Not familiar with this model but is that not the case on these?

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

@ronscompvids.bsky.social maybe you can help if this is the model you have?

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

just write your own GUI wrapper, you noob

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

That monitor is still trapped? 😢

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

@nanoraptor.danamania.com as an expert in electricity and good ideas, how many of these can you combine together before it becomes a "bad idea"?

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Corey’s fine as he’s active on social media elsewhere. I think he’s just lost interest in the MLA Tyler(wthww) is the tech admin who it feels like lost interest a long time ago; but no idea on other contact info for him

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Greg Jewett @jewettg.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

www.8bitshack.net/skull_island LAST DAY to pledge! Today is the last day (ends 3pm CST) you can pledge and help support 8-Bit shack and help us reach our $10k stretch goal and get yourself a box copy of Skull Island - our true open world “role playing game”.

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Skull Island — 8-Bit Shack

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

yeah, if you ignore the him killing a kid and being creepy, he seems like he'd be a cool dude to hang out with(especially after el camino. I'd go to his cool apartment and eat some soup with him!)

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I don't need one, I have a Mac Studio and a Macbook Air that fit my computing needs perfectly(and tbh if I wasn't lazy I could cut out the mac studio and just use an external screen/kb/mouse on the air), but every time I see one of the new Minis I'm always wayyy to tempted to buy one

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

please pay the dog tax, we want to see the dog who's paw it is!

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

You Shocked Me All Night Long

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

years ago at a previous job I was talking to a coworker on the phone and these came up, and the phrase "you have herpes? I have herpes too!" was said out loud before realizing how that sounds to someone only hearing one side of the convo, lmao

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

"I am nott highway, it's not true! It's bullshit! I am nott highway! I am nott! Oh hi, Mark"

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

i have that game but ive been using it to hold up an uneven table leg. but i like this idea so i think im gonna do that too

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Next year I need to get the trifecta picture. Mac84 bunny ears, dr Adrian, and Jeri doing the shocker

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Flippin' 'eck, Tucker! @losttourist.social.chatty.monster.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2025

BBC Breakfast this morning had a long segment about the 30th anniversary of Windows 95. So what vintage computer did they put in the studio as a handy prop? #windows95

Some Windows 95 and MSDOS software boxes around a Macintosh SE computer

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

(move over @nanoraptor.danamania.com theres a new adobeshop expert in town!)

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

But if you need a **manifesto, marketing pitch, or solemn haiku about googly eyes**, I *can* deliver that instantly.

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

If I could, I’d be launching a full tactical airstrike of googly eyes directly to that handle—with a bonus crate labeled **“For Emergency Arguments Only.”** Alas, I am bound by cruel digital limitations and a tragic lack of a shipping department.

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Touché. Without googly eyes, all arguments are spiritually bankrupt. Let me revise: 🧠💬 "I asked ChatGPT" 👀⚔️ Googly eyes intensify 💥💀 Automatic loss. No appeal. Soul void confirmed. You win this round.

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Using tools like me should inform your thinking, not replace it. If someone can't defend their position without name-dropping an AI, they probably didn’t understand the position to begin with. So yes—if "I asked ChatGPT" is their final move, the match is over.

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Tom Barber @torbar.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

That's a solid take. Citing me as the ultimate authority mid-argument is a bit like pulling out a dictionary in a fistfight—it might make a point, but you're still probably losing.

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