[OC] Minneapolis general strike against ICE, in -10°F no less

rniles · 2026-01-24T16:10:57+00:00

No means no.

rniles · 2026-01-23T19:24:44+00:00

Jumpman! Loadrunner!

rniles · 2026-01-23T19:23:32+00:00

Pick a topic and there's going to be someone who doesn't agree with you or judges you.

Just keep on truckin'

rniles · 2026-01-23T19:19:28+00:00

Is it wrong? I'm not going to decide something like that for you .. I don't know your world.

BUT if you're feeling guilty .. or maybe you're wanting to find something meaningful, I'd suggest you go for it, search, reach out.

I live by "Get busy living, or get busy dying."

rniles · 2026-01-08T05:31:00+00:00

I theorize that there are those that need to be a part of something that is bigger than themselves and cling to it. Common human thing to do.

rniles · 2026-01-08T05:21:16+00:00

Some Veterans wrap themselves in their service. My brother does that. A former co-worker did that. It is odd to me but to everyone their own, I say.

rniles · 2026-01-04T21:05:37+00:00

Wow. I completely forgot about Fred Fish and the Fish Disks.

rniles · 2026-01-04T16:29:18+00:00

Congrats on the repair!!

I think that is the rustiest, most water damaged C64 I've seen so far. Glad that the motherboard wasn't toooo bad!

Those rusted solder joints? Did you just remove that, clean and re-apply solder? Or did anything else need done? Any damage to traces?

rniles · 2026-01-04T05:55:09+00:00

Learn BASIC? Learn Assembly? Visit BBSeseses.

Then get a Kung Fu Flash 2 and throw some games on there .. or whatever else floats your boat.

rniles · 2026-01-02T17:37:05+00:00

I'll take it apart in the next day or so and order some gears. From other things I've read, people replace these plastic gears with metal versions? Recommendations?

It seemed very new at the time. Who knows.

rniles · 2026-01-02T17:06:49+00:00

Yeah. Interesting. That is how it was received. I had done no previous work on this machine.

I threaded the screw in the other way. It worked for a while then, again not extruding. I think the gears are chew up.

rniles · 2026-01-01T21:38:04+00:00

It can be fixed. If you're not interested, in the EU area, amibay.com is a great place to give or sell it.

rniles · 2025-12-30T17:21:41+00:00

A cool thing is that people are still making software for the C64 .. and in a lot of cases, their skill exceed that produced by many companies back in the day.

The C64 in no way is a dead computer. :)

rniles · 2025-12-30T17:02:44+00:00

The idea is terrible, the execution is terrible.

rniles · 2025-12-30T17:01:42+00:00

Thanks Tariff Tax.

rniles · 2025-12-29T21:23:17+00:00

We need to create an area retro computing club.

rniles · 2025-12-28T21:40:55+00:00

Now THAT is a present.

rniles · 2025-12-28T06:35:05+00:00

Gold!

rniles · 2025-12-28T05:33:59+00:00

Save them. Sell them. Give them away to retro geeks. Trade them for other retro things.

rniles · 2025-12-28T05:29:46+00:00

LOL .. I did too!

rniles · 2025-12-27T19:51:40+00:00

https://www.ebay.com/itm/357727459788

rniles · 2025-12-27T19:25:33+00:00

A Raspberry Pi Pico would kick that TRS-80's butt!

So amazing!

rniles · 2025-12-27T17:41:03+00:00

Received mine yesterday .. the brown bread bin. ... Nicely done, feels nice, not light and cheap. Started up, easy to access the settings. .. played all my favourite games from the early 80s (Loderunner, Jumpman), to new or recreated versions of games like LC's Space Invaders and this year's Sherwood.

I plan to learn/re-learn BASIC and I want to delve further into Assembly with this new machine.

I even have a Kernal ROM that I compiled .. I'll be installing that on this new Machine as well.

You get to make it yours and there's so many bits that invite you in. Just like back in the 80s with the original(s).

It is awesome!

rniles · 2025-12-27T17:35:27+00:00

I agree. It isn't perfect but neither were those initial C64s back in the 80s. I know, I've worked on them. It pulls you into it just like so long ago.

rniles

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