Kiosk #10

A newsletter of inspirational project links shared from this week's browser history

Grab the “Rains of Terror Poster” from NASA’s Galaxy of Horrors collection.

Photography

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• I’m really happy with the results using the negative scanner at the library Makerspace, to be able to share new film photography…

  

• Plus, if you missed my latest gallery on train details, it’s worth a look. Those are all scans from the original negatives.

• Speaking of which, don’t get screwed and miss having your own Smiling Savage airplane tee-shirt, also available in long sleeve. ;-)

Music

• The latest entry in the Smiling Savage album creation podcast is out — even though I think the track has issues. Paid subscribers can also hear “Song 6” v1 — although they should skip this version.

• I’m liking the embedded player from Bandcamp, and thought “Digital Dreams… Just The Synths” by Sophie Rose was a great listen.

• Strange Interactions in the Night from Caracara is a great track off their new “New Preoccupations” album…

• This week’s earworm: Who Put You Up To This? by Sunflower Bean…

Retro Computing

• This is really cool: Plug & Play wifi to the internet for an old Mac, using these neat rs232 serial wifi modems, and a new software update. Here’s an explainer video. …

1. Or, instead of going to the internet from your old Mac, you could use the internet to load an old Mac. System7.app and macos8.app are great new work from Mihai Parparita. …

Mihai Parparita @mihai

For #MARCHintosh2022 I'm launching two web-based classic Mac emulators: system7.app and macos8.app. They boot instantly, are filled with useful programs, allow data import, export and persistence, and try to bring the best of the web to retrocomputing.

• This Apple I “Ultimate Collector’s Set” is very pretty.

• This Amiga-style USB keyboard — shown here in a tweet next to the new A500 mini is the perfect accessory for the mini…

Simulant (Retro computer projects & hardware) @Simulant_Retro

Our Amiga USB keyboard prototype works great on the new TheA500 Mini by @THEC64_RGL (Retro Games Ltd). We went with a lighter "Amiga Beige", where the A500 is a bit darker. simulant.uk/shop/amiga-cla… #amiga #commodore #RETROGAMING #Retro #computers #computing #gaming #retrogames

• Dragon’s Lair was just ported to the Apple IIgs. You’ll need at least 2 MB of memory, ideally a hard drive, and an accelerator card.

• This origami model of a classic Mac is so cute!

• And here’s a great new hardware project for the Commodore 64 — the WiC64 is a wifi modem to download programs …

• An Apple II streaming music is something I hadn’t seen — or heard — before…

Apple II @ReEstInv

Another Apple II streaming AC/DC from the internet including the cover art!

Gaming

• This 3D-printed case for the Mister FPGA multi system is really well thought out …

• Why yes, who hadn’t wondered if the PS5 was actually bigger than the Atari 5200…

Jenovi (Retro Impressions) @jenovi

What’s larger, the Atari 5200 or PlayStation 5? A short comparison.

• The Mobware minigame jam looked like fun, so, I entered it and created my first game for the Playdate.

Indie Game Jams @IndieGameJams

Jam starting: Playdate Minigame Jam itch.io/jam/playdatemi… #playdateminigamejam

itch.ioPlaydate Minigame JamA game jam from 2022-04-02 to 2022-04-12 hosted by Katfysh Studios & aloebach. Hello! this is the playdate mini-game jam , where we make minigames using the Mobware Minigame engine which you can find on GitHub. There are examples...