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Month: January 2023

Posted on 2023/01/312023/01/29
Adventure again

Adventure(6) the original and Colossal Cave the remake 50 years later.

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Posted on 2023/01/302023/01/28
helloSystem update

I like release notes, and here they are for helloSystem 0.8.0.

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Posted on 2023/01/29
Parallel port explainer

I never knew until now why a Centronics port was a Centronics port.

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Posted on 2023/01/292023/01/28
Magtape issues

Magnetic tape, always the victim.

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Posted on 2023/01/292023/01/28
A good idea

Console screendumps, an idea so useful I can’t believe it hasn’t been addressed before.

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Posted on 2023/01/292023/01/28
Finally a good AI use

breakdancing medieval marginalia.  There’s more.

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Posted on 2023/01/292023/01/28
BSD job

FreeBSD Userland developer job.

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Posted on 2023/01/29
GPT tip

The installer should always take care of this for you, but if for some reason you need it: formatting a disk with gpt.

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Posted on 2023/01/28
More music

Feedback on Music Players.  Linked in part for my own benefit.

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Posted on 2023/01/282023/01/27
MuffinTerm

MuffinTerm, a terminal application specifically for BBS use.

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Posted on 2023/01/282023/01/27
Vintage

The Vintage Technology Digital Archive.  barebones but contains gems.(via)

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Posted on 2023/01/272023/01/27
50 years of space

You too can play Space Travel, from 1969, created as part of inventing UNIX.

Related: there’s a bunch of space games available.

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Posted on 2023/01/27
New Mastery book

“OpenBSD Mastery: FIlesystems” is out.

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Posted on 2023/01/26
UNIX style

If you want to produce papers that look like classic UNIX troff-produced papers, here’s how.

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Posted on 2023/01/26
FreeBSD 2022Q4 report

Last FreeBSD quarterly of 2022.

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Posted on 2023/01/252023/01/26
XScreenSaver everywhere

XScreenSaver in the wild.

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Posted on 2023/01/252023/01/23
Surely you played this

Sequels in Strategy Gaming, Part 1: Civilization II.

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Posted on 2023/01/242023/01/21
fd2 origin

Why standard error exists.  Nobody uses it correctly, though.

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Posted on 2023/01/242023/01/21
Recursive legends

Ken Thompson imagines Alan Turing time traveling to the present day and encountering a computer.  Oddly funny.  (via)

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Posted on 2023/01/242023/01/23
Upgrade explanation

The hows and lesser-known whys of DragonFly upgrades.

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