Ariella @ellabellafull@librem.one

@ktnjared I confess that I loved loved loved the Sword of Truth series. 😍

@ktnjared I've seen these way back when they were du jour! Never got to read one though. That would have been fun.

There's also a Windows version included on the installation CD. 😍

New to my little physical retro computing collection and love of word processors/productivity suites: Appleworks 6.

This was my main productivity software throughout most of the early 2000s. Such rich features and a wide OS/cpu architecture support spread across classic MacOS through OS X, PPC and Intel.

#Apple #RetroComputing #AppleWorks

@hacks4pancakes Hammy. Hammy the hamster.

@TheOuterLinux HI! No I'm not familiar but I'll check it out thanks!

Is anybody as geek-old as me to remember how we kept BBSes free so we could call them more often by writing BEL flood messages (full of ASCII code 7s) so that when users opened them their computer would start beeping madly and they had no choice but to hang up?

What about hiding files from one’s parents by creating folders with ASCII 255 white space characters as names?

#BBS #naughty #haxx0r #ASCII #old

@InfiniteHench LOL! I'm also up there in years. We might be mutually respecting. 😅

@InfiniteHench Aha so you've got lots of extra experience and a larger perspective. Then you'd be able to see the trends sooner and more clearly.

@InfiniteHench “Apparently, the device was never designed as a profit-making product. Instead, the firm says, the goal of the brave little device is to increase PS5 engagement.”

Definitely just a PS5 accessory then.

https://www.pushsquare.com/news/2023/11/sony-says-ps-portal-wasnt-designed-to-make-a-profit

@InfiniteHench I realize. I'm guessing they're taking on as much as they can for the device short of hosting its own games.

Sure reminds me of the Wii U controller though!

@InfiniteHench It's not a handheld system and not meant to be. It's a premium streaming terminal. The system is the PS5 just like GamePass is hosted in a data center. In this use case YOU own the data center.

@InfiniteHench It works with wired headphones. It's a streaming terminal like the software on mobile devices, Xbox Gamepass, Nvidia whatever. Those require separate machines too and peripherals for display and controls.

So to not see this as valuable is to not see any streaming as valuable. Is that the larger point?

@InfiniteHench Pretty glowing review at the link. What are the leadership blunders you're hoping to highlight?

Am I crying? I think I’m crying. Or drooling. Maybe horny. I’m very confused.

https://youtu.be/JfsNc1VzzWU?si=Msui0c_e1Kp24V45

Every Apple product, most boxed, plus posters, plus plus plus gaaaaaaaah.

#Apple #RetroComputing #Collection #History #PersonalComputing

Is it caffeine #addiction or love of warm drinks that while sipping the bottom half of a cup of fresh #tea I begin brewing #coffee? Happy cozy fall season! XD *twitch twitch*