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François Galea

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Hobby account. Demoscene, free software, retro computing. I'm the author of zeST, a free/open source Atari ST clone for cheap FPGA development boards. Ignore all […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ pouet.chapril.org/@zerkman, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Misinformation-Superhighwayman @damienwise.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026
Vale Margaret Hamilton. She was a Software Engineer. She was the _first_ Software Engineer because she defined the term, Software Engineering: "When I first came up with the term, no one had heard of it before, at least in our world. It was an ongoing joke for a […] [Original post on aus.social]
A B&W photo of a person standing next to a stack of printed paper as high as the top of their head. This is Margaret Hamilton, at work as a Software Engineer and the leader of a team of extremely specialised programmers who worked for NASA. The photo was taken in 1969, and it shows a physical form if her work since she joined the Apollo project in 1965 (she joined at the age of 29 by my calculation). My interpretation of the expression on her face is a mix of pride and mild amusement.  She has glasses, long, straight hair, and neat office attire. Margaret Hamilton has her hands placed gently on the stack of printouts to keep it all balanced upright. The pages appear to be arranged in bundles, ranging from 8-10 centimetres thick, to 20cm thick or more. The resulting stack of printouts is physically impressive for being an unusual feat, and it represents something even more impressive: it's the printed form of the source-code she and the team she led wrote for the NASA Apollo project. Their software ran on the Apollo Guidance Computer that was that on board each Apollo command module and Apollo Lunar Module. The Apollo Guidance Computer onboard the Eagle was an essential flight instrument for Neil Armstrong when he piloted the craft to land on the surface of the moon.
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Bastian Greshake Tzovaras @gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026
I still lurk on the r/London subreddit and came across this hilarious piece of activist art which turns a bin into a "smart glasses amnesty bin" that apparently is just across the Ray Ban store. 💅 www.reddit.com/r/london/comments/1w… #pervertglasses
A bin with some ad busting layover stuck to it. Under the ray ban and Meta logo it reads "smart glasses amnesty bin" next to a pictogram of a person throwing the glasses into a bin. 

Further text reads: Wearing hidden camera glasses massively increases the likelihood of people thinking you're a nonce

DROP THEM IN AND WALK AWAY WITH WHAT'S LEFT OF YOUR DIGNITY
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 07/09/2026
We've been quite busy last weekend. Next #zeST release coming soon(ish) ! #retrocomputing #AtariST #Atari #fpga
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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026
If you trust your data to a company like Microsoft, you are gambling with your future, as a slew of nonprofits discovered to their horror. slate.com/technology/2026/08/micros…
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
Extension du domaine de la Fuite de Données #PlaceFuiteDeDonneesDansUnTitre
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
Papy fait de la Fuite de Données #PlacefuiteDeDonneesDansUnTitre
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 20/08/2026
Mon curé chez les Fuites de données #PlaceUneFuiteDeDonneesDansUnTitre
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Felicitas Pojtinger 🌅 @pojntfx.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026
Centralization has never been more dead than it's been in 2026 and GitHub shows it once more. Smaller, isolated political blocs hosting their own forges and servers with their own rules and limited external federation, with no consistent global view or firehose, seem like the future right now […]
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026
STE demos on (buggy) #zeST streaming now on @ggn 's twitch channel! www.twitch.tv/ggn2 #Atari #AtariST #FPGA #demoscene
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ggn2 - Live on Twitch
STE demos on the zeST - omgomgomgomg | Streaming games + demos.
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026
I'm not advertising it much but #zeST enthousiats can get early information about developement, future releases etc on OFTC IRC channel #zest. And someone told me the upcoming next weeks will be interesting. zest.sector1.fr/support
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Support / Contact
You can get support for zeST through IRC or Codeberg. IRC The zeST IRC channel is #zeST, hosted on OFTC. If you do not have an IRC client, you can use the OFTC web interface. Please do not hesitate to join for a chat, if you have questions about the project, or just want to hang out for a while. Codeberg The zeST source code is hosted on Codeberg. If you encounter bugs or malfunction, you can submit an issue.
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026
Y'a moyen de taper en Ergo-L sur Lineage (fork open source d'Android) ? Je galère en azerty sur un clavier physique bépo
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026
Mais non
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ploum @ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 17/06/2026
I believe that Debian :debian: doesn’t communicate enough about the fantastic "extrepo". It is exactly what Ubuntu tried to do for years with PPA. You do "sudo extrepo enable librewolf" and, suddenly, @librewolf is part of your Debian. That’s really nice for a lot of tools (including […]
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Troed Sångberg @troed.swecyb.com.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026
Great article by tIn/Newline on how us democoders hunt down hints of strange behavior in old hardware just to be able to, possible, maybe, eke out some new "impossible to do" effects :D atariscne.org/news/index.php/new-tr… #DemoScene #AtariST
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New Trick And No Treat - A Cautionary Tale
All about Atari demoscene
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ploum @ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 11/06/2026
Waw, Ubuntu, c’est vraiment devenu ignoble ! Je lance une mise à jour d’un laptop Ubuntu. Pendant la mise à jour, je suis dans le panneau de contrôle GNOME, en train de regarder les infos systèmes. À un moment, il me demande un accès root via un popup graphique qui bloque l’écran. Je fais […]
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Troed Sångberg @troed.swecyb.com.ap.brid.gy · 02/06/2026
In one month's time me and two others are going to be driving to the highlight of the year - the Sommarhack #demoscene party in northernmost Sweden. And yes, SYNC will again release a "something" this year. We've never been this productive before. Apoligies for ruining all the "SYNC didn't send […]
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/05/2026
New #zeST release: Wireless, blitter and stuff zest.sector1.fr/posts/release_20260… #Atari #AtariST #retrocomputing #FPGA
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Release: Wireless, blitter and stuff
I am very pleased to announce this new major release. There have been significant additions on the host platform management part, as well as in the Atari ST core. Platform management On the host software side, there have been a major update on the OS side, as well as brand new wireless device management utlities integrated into the zeST user interface menu. Buildroot update The used version of the embedded Linux distribution, Buildroot, has been updated to the latest stable version (2026.
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 16/05/2026
Is Github the next product taken over then thrown under the bus by #Microslop ? #Skype #Nokia #probablyOthers
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026
Only two fixes left in my fix list. #zeST
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tante @tante.tldr.nettime.org.ap.brid.gy · 13/05/2026
“It's making me dumber for sure,” the fintech software developer told me. “It's like when we got cellphones and stopped remembering phone numbers, but it's grown to me mentally outsourcing ‘thinking’ in general. I feel my critical thinking and ability to sit and reason about a problem or a […]
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Martin Rundkvist @mrundkvist.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/04/2026
It's artificial but it's not intelligence. Let's call it machine learning. Analytical machine learning is an excellent technology for identifying patterns in data. Generative machine learning is a Venture Capital-fuelled dumpster fire that will crash as soon as people have to pay the actual […]
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 21/03/2026
Today Zeme showcased his #zeST at Atari Invasion, a meeting of #Atari enthousiasts in Maarssen, the Netherlands. He played some demos including Closure, a demo that pushes the ST to its farthest limits, and the Synergy Megademo, in which he participated as […] [Original post on pouet.chapril.org]
A zeST setup on display on a table, with a LCD screen, a pair of speakers and a PC keyboard.
The zeST board is in a nice custom grey and orange 3D printed enclosure, with a zeST sticker on top. The enclosure also contains an audio output module, as we can see the speakers' jack plug connected to it.
The screen is displaying the Synergy Megademo main menu.
Next to it is a printed information sheet, with a quick description of the project and a QR-Code linking to the website.
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Troed Sångberg @troed.swecyb.com.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026
Zeme is blogging about his retro game development journey on the Atari ST at the moment, and while I'm linking a specific entry you should read all of the entries. Anyhow - this post specifically is about what I think is the coolest development that the demoscene ever invented on the lowly […]
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Velocipede Rider @ruari.velocipederider.com.ap.brid.gy · 13/03/2026
Here is a fun thing. I would for Vivaldi Browser. Load any of our websites and you see no cookie banner and no mention of partners. vivaldi.com "But wait" you say, "didn't those terrible Europeans mandate the cookie banner!?" No, no they did not. We do not need a cookie banner because […]
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 19/03/2026
Dont say "I'm a full-stack developer", but rather "I'm very good at stack overflows."
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daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/03/2026
Number of graphs on the dashboard showing number of graphs on the dashboard. The graph.
Number of graphs on the dashboard showing number of graphs on the dashboard
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daniel:// stenberg:// @bagder.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/03/2026
"Our proprietary AI robots independently recreate any open source project from scratch" malus.sh
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MALUS - Clean Room as a Service | Liberation from Open Source Attribution
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026
Wifi
A bunch of Wifi USB dongles
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 11/03/2026
Boost if you too have to check the CPU manual for the correct conditional branch instruction EVERY TIME you write a conditional branch.
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/03/2026
Is it me, or management of Wi-Fi USB devices on #embedded #Linux platforms is particularly flaky? I mean, some of my devices may work with certain kernel versions, some buildroot versions, and not others. In some cases, a device may be working once, then never again after a reboot. This is […]
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/03/2026
Having fun with an audio DAC module #zeST #FPGA
A Z7-Lite FPGA board connected to a cheap audio DAC module, typically sold for Raspberry Pi users.
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 22/02/2026
RE: swecyb.com/@troed/116114181376430948 Congratulations to @I_am_I for winning in the #Atari ST(E)/Falcon original game category, with the Galactic Panic game! Obtw, did I tell you that it's an excellent game and you should play it? #atarist #retrogaming
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Ambivalent Dictator For Life @pikesley.mastodon.me.uk.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026
"The penalty with LLMs is that you eventually run out of people's work to steal"
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/01/2026
Now the #zeST UI supports text input from the keyboard. #fpga #atari #atarist #retrocomputing
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ploum @ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 22/01/2026
Why there’s no European Google? And why it is a good thing! My answer to the European Commission "call for evidence on Open Source." ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-europea… #geminiprotocol link: gemini://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.gmi
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Why there’s no European Google?
Why there’s no European Google? par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 03/01/2026
#zeST release: important bug fix, MIDI logging zest.sector1.fr/posts/release_20260… #atari #atariST #FPGA #retrocomputing
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Release: GEMDOS drive fix, logging device
This small release fixes an important bug in the GEMDOS drive and enables MIDI as a logging device. GEMDOS drive fix This fix solves a memory management issue with the initial release. It replaces a system call with another one, that was made available in TOS starting from version 1.04. So this fixed version now only works on TOS versions 1.04 and up. Everything is explained in the updated documentation.
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 01/01/2026
Happy new #zeST release! Now with a virtual disk drive, RTC clock support, and various fixes. zest.sector1.fr/posts/release_20260… #atari #atariST #FPGA #retrocomputing
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New year release: GEMDOS drive, real-time clock
Happy new year! It has been quite some time without any zeST release, so let’s celebrate this new year with a new release! On the menu: a brand new GEMDOS drive, real-time clock implementation, improvements around network connectivity and joystick/gamepad management and some driver updates. A new GEMDOS drive The GEMDOS drive is a new way of implementing a hard disk drive on zeST. It maps the contents of a directory on the local Linux system to a logical disk drive on the Atari.
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 29/12/2025
I am currently debugging #zeST's upcoming GEMDOS drive. This is taking longer than expected! A release should come once all bugs are solved. #Atari #FPGA #retrocomputing
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Niléane @mastodon.nileane.fr · 24/12/2024
This German meme was just brought to my attention and I feel obligated to reshare it here Frohe Weihnachten
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Troed Sångberg @troed.swecyb.com.ap.brid.gy · 22/12/2025
LFT keeps LFTing. Yes, you want to listen to this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMGbGGllQoE #Bolero #8bit #Chiptune
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ploum @ploum.mamot.fr.ap.brid.gy · 01/11/2025
Quand éclatera la bulle IA… Et de la saturation technologique ploum.net/2025-11-01-eclatement-bul… lire sur #gemini #geminiprotocol : gemini://ploum.net/2025-11-01-eclatement-bulle-ia.gmi
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Quand éclatera la bulle IA…
Quand éclatera la bulle IA… par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.
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fenarinarsa :pokeball: @fenarinarsa.shelter.moe.ap.brid.gy · 02/11/2025
Le Ulule de DEMO a dépassé les 105 000 €, tous les backers recevront donc une copie des jeux développés pour le film ! Plus que 5 jours ! Par Alex Pilot et Overscan Committee fr.ulule.com/demo-par-alex-pilot
Bannière de la campagne de financement participative du film DEMO, montrant une main en gros plan qui tient une disquette 3 pouces et demi.
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Dbug @dbug.defence-force.org · 27/10/2025
Whaou, la scène démo sur le canal YouTube du Ministère de la Culture française! www.youtube.com/watch?v=_skK...
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Vivre le patrimoine culturel immatériel – La démoscène
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fenarinarsa :pokeball: @fenarinarsa.shelter.moe.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2025
Le crowdfunding du nouveau projet d'Alex Pilot est lancé ! = DEMO - Un film double face / double densité par Alex Pilot = fr.ulule.com/demo-par-alex-pilot #demoscene
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2025
Nouvelle version de mon pilote de clavier PC pour #AtariST, qui supporte désormais la disposition #ergol. zerkman.sector1.fr/index.php?post/2… #Atari #retrocomputing #ergonautes
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ZKBD v1.4 - My stuff
I am releasing a new version of ZKBD, my driver for PC keyboards on Atari ST. This new release includes a new keymap: Ergo-L. It will mostly benefit French enthusiasts for this
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2025
AI on zeST, my #FPGA #AtariST clone. Turbo mode helps www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOV1Hz0Gmys #atari #retrocomputing
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Troed Sångberg @troed.swecyb.com.ap.brid.gy · 08/09/2025
This video shows a game engine some might recognize, running on an unmodified* Atari Falcon from 1992. Doug Little, a.k.a dml, is the true G.O.A.T. *) It has 14MB RAM, which is the maximum you could upgrade to at the time and fully originally supported, as well as an FPU in the FPU-socket […]
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2025
Yesterday I finished the Galactic Panic game for #AtariST ! The overall quality is really good. It is clear @I_am_I put a lot of passion in it, with particular attention to detail and a desire to ensure we have a good time playing. I had a lot of fun playing the French version :) The dialogues […]
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2025
New release for Shifter Inside, your screen resolution expander for the #AtariST. It mainly fixes problems and bugs from the previous version. zerkman.sector1.fr/index.php?post/2… #Atari #retrocomputing
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Shifter Inside v1.1 - My stuff
Here is an update to my Shifter Inside project, fixing various issues in the previous version. The changes are: Removed the horizontal extension on STE medium resolution, because
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François Galea @zerkman.pouet.chapril.org.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2025
New #zeST release: Faster turbo, improved ACSI, Wi-Fi Get your update now! zest.sector1.fr/posts/release_20250… #Atari #AtariST #FPGA #retrocomputing
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Release: Faster turbo, improved ACSI, Wi-Fi
Here comes a new release with performance improvements and useful improvements on the software side. Turbo mode optimisation There has been a pass of optimisations in the memory accesses in Turbo mode. The two wait cycles on reads are gone, and read burst management has had its latency reduced by a few cycles. Performance has therefore improved, as you can see on the new results: The average peformance is now 540% of that of a real ST, which is 28% faster than the previous release of zeST (420%).
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