#OldComputerChallenge next week \o/ I'll use my very first computer that I've rebuilt couple of years ago: https://bsandro.tech/computers/first/
#OldComputerChallenge next week \o/ I'll use my very first computer that I've rebuilt couple of years ago: https://bsandro.tech/computers/first/
In my warmup for #OldComputerChallenge 25, I dusted off ol' pal #RaspberryPi model B and burned #NetBSD 10 on an SD card to set it up.
It all went well (slow, but hey) but one thing that I still can't get around (that I didn't experience so much last time I tried it) is the console. Control chars get printed instead of arrow and home/end keys, no colors, etc. Hate to say it, but all in all, it feels backwards compared to a modern, full-fledged console environment of #FreeBSD or Linux. And it's starting to wear me out.
But I have a feeling that this is somehow my fault for not configuring the console properly or using the right output or something. I never had to deal with this before, so anybody knows how I can configure this so I can have a modern env in NetBSD?
Tis #OldComputerChallenge season again, ain't it?
For this year's #oldcomputerchallenge, what should we do?
New blog post:
Join the Old Computer Challenge, 2025 edition!
http://82mhz.net/posts/2025/06/join-the-old-computer-challenge-2025-edition/
OCC 2025: Sunday, July 13th - Saturday, July 19th
Join the 5th Old Computer Challenge!
This years theme: "There is no challenge"
- What: Experience new and old things, and test your beliefs
- When: Sunday, July 13th - Saturday, July 19th
- How: Set up your OCC computing environment, use it, play with it, and write about it
- Why: It's fun, brings unexpected discoveries, and comes with a great community
Set up your own boundaries, like using an alien operating system, limiting hardware resources, adopting new protocols, using an old machine (or using no machine at all), limiting online habits, using no GUI, etc.
Write about your experiences on the Web, Gopher of Gemini, and send us your URL.
See you in the IRC channel #oldcomputerchallenge on libera.chat
Read more at: http://occ.deadnet.se
What can you do nowadays with a single core and 512mb of RAM computer?
I'm about to find out...
I'll be running #slackware 15 with #dwm or maybe #jwm, and I'll be testing a bunch of stuff to see what works and what makes the computer fans turn it into a drone.
I decided to organize an Old Computer Challenge in Spanish with some friends and nerd communities I hang with :)
I'll be using an old Dell laptop with 1 core and 512 megs of RAM. It's gonna be interesting!
@neil
When I do/did the #OldComputerChallenge, I find/found myself mostly using terminal programs as they're usually lighter on memory. For that though, NewsBoat and Toot are too heavy, so for fedi I have a bunch of ash scripts that use curl and jq to create something akin to a client and then this year, for a feedreader, I cobbled together some script using Xidel. I have some limited writeup in these blog posts: https://ddlyh.smol.pub/2024-day-1 https://ddlyh.smol.pub/2024-day-2 .
I've come to terms with the fact that I'm not good at keeping conversations alive on the Internet. Mainly because I tend to forget that I was having one in the first place 😅 .
Even on my blog, I never finished that last post for the #OldComputerChallenge. And never came back to the #Deadnet forums to talk about my experiences.
I should finish that post, at least.
@prahou na příští rok mám krásnou mašinku na #oldcomputerchallenge
Supposedly, I should have written my last post for the #OldComputerChallenge weeks ago, but due to many problems in my life, I haven't had time. I'll try to do it over the week.
@stefano you’re almost ready to join the #oldcomputerchallenge
Check it out https://occ.deadnet.se/, it’s something you might like :)
New blog post:
Old Computer Challenge 2024 - Conclusion
https://82mhz.net/posts/2024/07/old-computer-challenge-2024-conclusion/
[ The Old Computer Challenge 2024 ]
OG gopher version:
gopher://booji.mutated.net/1/projects/occ_24
For the gopher-impaired:
https://portal.mozz.us/gopher/booji.mutated.net/1/projects/occ_24
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Thank you.
There's also new `merch' in celebration of the monochrome #oldcomputerchallenge
a little writing recap on my #oldcomputerchallenge 2024
gemini://gemini.ctrl-c.club/~lettuce/occ-2024-recap.gmi
https://ctrl-c.club/~lettuce/occ-2024-recap.html