Heh, I'm going overtime with the #OldComputerChallenge, but #NetBSD is SO FUN to use on the Pi1!
I'm now running JWM, the dillo browser, Pidgin and PCManFM in addition to my busy multiple pane tmux session, and yet the RAM does not go over 260MB! It's amazing, this is like hooking up a motorcycle to pull a wagon of load, adding more and more weight and that motorcycle never slows down despite the load!
Props and props to the devs, this is definitely my new favorite OS for the raspberry pi!
I've also done a side quest these last few days exploring #Debian on the #RaspberryPi Model B (as it is one of the few Linux distros still supporting the armhf architecture).
The performance is quite amazing for the device; I can do pretty much anything in the console + tmux, and RAM usage will barely go over 100MB. That leaves me with over 300 MB RAM to spare!!
I then tried to launch X11 and a Window Manager for a final stretch, but sadly it won't run. I don't think OOM is the culprit here, but the screen goes dark and it won't respond anymore (needs power cycle) despite my user being added to both the input and video groups, and the framebuffer xorg driver being installed. I'd actually appreciate some suggestions on getting around this to reeeeally stress test this brave lil boi.
Depressingly real journalism on LLMS ruins my last old computer challenge post
I have my old computing challenge. My board game, 10Print, is based on the famous C64 program, 10Print.
I have been play testing the game at NEA Game Fest and we have fixed the tile art to aid maze connectivity and added a sliding tile feature that adds another dimension of strategy.
Now I need to get some whiteout to fix the tiles.
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25/jul18.txt
really I just read mdh's oldComputerChallenge markwrites. https://appdot.net/@mdhughes/114856809902955354
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Maybe old computer challenge is not best viewed as an experience of
retro hardware or software, but as a forward compatible receiving
point for hyperlinks from the past.
First complete program run! WOO!
And it's usable on the
CYBER HOLE
https://cyberhole.online/
#oldComputerChallenge
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25/jul17.txt
In which I dig up my cryptic reference to rpg's ( #lisp )
The Structure of a Programming
Language
Revolution
's
reference to Teitelman's thesis on advice in the 60s, while already tired from writing my other article today.
#oldcomputerchallenge day 3 is uploaded
gemini://gemini.jasonsanta.xyz:1965/gemlog/occ-2025/occ-day-3.gmi
I have included steps on how to get an exfat drive to work on FreeBSD.
Freebsd with i3 on my Acer Aspire 7720 screenshot for #oldcomputerchallenge
Posting from masto9 on my AMD K6-2! #oldcomputerchallenge #retrocomputing
Leaving #oldcomputerchallenge early because transphobic behavior in the promoted IRC. Turns out the hardest part of a communal dated hardware challenge is dated beliefs.
if #oldcomputerchallenge folks are congregating on an IRC channel where it isn't the fashion to call people against using slurs "triggered snowflakes" please let me know! i'd love a new channel to hang out in
#oldComputerChallenge for 16 July.
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25/jul16.txt
Mostly sharing some notes from @lambdacalculus ' own #retrocomputing etc we heard on today's episode : (download peertube link at https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/114859955237187501 ).
Viz Old computer Challenge:
http://occ.deadnet.se/
#lispyGopherClimate w/ 500 hats of LambdaCalculus #HOPE_16 #PHREAKNIC previews #lisp #oldcomputerchallenge
https://communitymedia.video/videos/watch/8f0e5d5f-18d5-43c7-bfb2-4a866a59be0c
#hackThePlanet
#lispyGopherClimate #interview with 500 hats of @lambdacalculus
Their kofi: https://ko-fi.com/lambdacalculus
https://communitymedia.video/w/iEzEkc2SPuL5twaSnTEEq5 #archive
of #DOOM #redstaros #piratebox fame
Previewing their
#phreakNIC #technology #hacker
#HOPE #HOPE_16
talks!
Also #oldComputerChallenge happening RIGHT NOW https://screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25/jul15.txt (I'm doing #xemacs emacs)
LambdaCalculus knows #emacs #lisp ...! And that's where it began then #commonLisp #CCL on the #macintosh
For those in the #OldComputerChallenge in need for a lightweight #web browser, #Dillo can be built from source in under 10 minutes from old CPUs (let us know otherwise).
We always welcome new pictures for the gallery: https://dillo-browser.github.io/gallery/
Old Computer Challenge
https://mdhughes.tech/2025/07/15/old-computer-challenge/
So a few weeks back, prompted by the hosting provider for MysticDungeonClub no longer supporting FreeBSD so I need to move rather post-haste, I bought a new domain, with the ~worst~ BEST name I've ever come up with, I fear that I have now peaked and nothing will ever top this:
Cyberhole.online
A hole for cybering in, as one does. It's like Mel's
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