Andrew (R.S Admin) @ajroach42@retro.social

@PastaThief
The c64 had better hardware graphics. The apple II was a more powerful computer. The c64 compares favorably to a IIe or similar, but each has it's strengths, and the apple II library is pretty massive, even along side the c64. I wonder which is bigger.

The plan is for me to explore both at length, and write a fair amount about each. We'll see how that goes.

@wxcafe
Nice!

@wxcafe I use a brother HL2550 for duplex printing (and it's refillable, so it's super cheap to print) or my Epson dotmatrix.

For staplers, I have one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Eagle-Swing-Arm-Capacity-Specialized-Stapling/dp/B01JZ8MCEY/ref=sr_1_3

and one of these: https://www.amazon.com/Sparco-Stapler-Capacity-Standard-SPR01316/dp/B001B0GWKU/ref=sr_1_6

Both work well.

@koenaro I had help before. I haven't had help in a while. It took me too long to realize how much I needed help.

@koenaro
I do about a quarter of what I was doing four years ago in terms of volume, so it feels unproductive.

It's 5x what I was doing 2 years ago when the depression and the burnout ganged up on me, but it's still well under capacity.

Other stuff - still playing with old computers and just generally not being productive!

#coffeeShop - I'm looking at roasting equipment. We're probably going to try to buy the place back home. I may or may not kickstart funding for that. (I'm exploring coffee and stuff subscription crates.)

#FloppyShop - this is an idea I had around Christmas. I'm still testing things, but i may do a stealth launch next week maybe.

#TradingCards - finishing up the card backs on the first set of cards. About to order a set. Still need to figure out packaging.

#websites - my tilde server should be back online in a few hours, and all the other things it hosted will follow. Mastodon should get another round of updates this week or next, and I'm exploring pleroma and other fediverse software, which I may eventually migrate to?

#yesterdayTomorrow - I've started shooting again. I'm talking to several video editors. Once I find someone to produce, I'll start releasing episodes.

#ZineStation - I'm writing three days a week, I'm learning how to use word perfect, the windows 98 box is serving as my layout and print hub for now. I should have several print zines up online this month.
#StarDrift - ahhh! This appears to actually be hapenning. I have to collect my notes, make sure they are coherent, and send them off.
#podcasting - I have an episode of #SquatchSquad written. I found an editor and a studio. Other podcasts in progress.

@bhtooefr
This is all really useful info, thank you (as always!)

@bhtooefr
Ciderpress refuses to install on my machine Linux box in wine.

I have a Windows install on another machine for games, so I'll use that for now.

My goal is to just convert the more common 2mg images to po images, but the only tools I can find that'll read them on linux is AppleCommander, which won't convert.

I am having a lot of fun with my Apple IIc.

I am having a hard time finding tools to interact with disk images on Linux.

It looks like my floppy emu can only boot from *.po images. I dunno why, but it won't boot from 2mg images at all. (I haven't tried hdv images yet.)

I just updated the firmware, but that didn't make a difference.

@qwazix
I'll take a look and shoot you a DM to discuss.

@alcinnz
Nothing specific. Just how I felt this morning.

Fuck a DRM

@diodelass Hell yeah, break some DRM.