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MattBytesRetro

@MattBytesRetro

Modern and Retro Tech | Disney Magic Key Holder | Migraine Sufferer | Husband to the amazing @Heather_R9

 SoCal, USA
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Joined December 2008
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Lisa Office System 1.0, 1983. You tore a sheet off a stationery pad instead of launching an app, an idea the Mac dropped.
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Full MacOS 9 skin for Linux 😮 github.com/chromasystemprofe…
GitHub - chromasystemprofessional/Zac-OS-9: The classic Platinum desktop, reborn for modern PCs: a...

GitHub - chromasystemprofessional/Zac-OS-9: The classic Platinum desktop, reborn for modern PCs: a...

The classic Platinum desktop, reborn for modern PCs: a complete Mac OS 8/9-style desktop for Debian Linux, drawn from scratch, with classic Mac emulation built in. - chromasystemprofessional/Zac-OS-9

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howtopam@howtopamOct 31
ZacOS 9 is a complete Mac OS 8/9-style desktop for Debian Linux, drawn pixel by pixel from scratch. The window manager, Sniffer file browser, menu bar and every control panel were written, so everything looks and behaves alike, down to the scroll arrows. sourceforge.net/projects/zac…
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@redbaronpizzaOct 29
He’s still here. He’s got a fan club. Including us.
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❗️ Lenovo's ThinkPlus FU100 fingerprint stick was marketed as "hardware encrypted" with AES-256, but inside was an ordinary SD card with nothing encrypted. The fingerprint only switched on the USB link, researcher Xusheng Li found. Lenovo's stopgap fix covered the card in epoxy.
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@DisTwitrPodcastOct 29
This EPCOT Grand Opening promo will always live rent free in my mind. 😍🌐🧠
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Patrick Stewart Dead at 86

Patrick Stewart Dead at 86

Patrick Stewart -- the veteran actor best known for his roles in the "Star Trek" and "X-Men" franchises -- is dead.

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@virtuallyfunOct 29
New exiting guest post!! My favourite PowerMac is a Nintendo Wii virtuallyfun.com/2026/10/29/… – at Renfrew, Scotland
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Bob Pony@TheBobPonyOct 28
Windows 11 looks so good in 16 colors! 🤤
Desktop screenshot of Windows 11 set in 16 color mode.

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@alphafoxOct 27
If you grew up during this computer era, you lived through the best computing times ever:
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@DisTwitrPodcastOct 28
Walt Disney World shortly after it opened. What a time to be alive.
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@michaelmicasso2Oct 27
GEOS 2.0 for the Commodore 64, 1988. A full windowed desktop squeezed into 64 KB of RAM.
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@DeeMagicGurlOct 26
The smell in this room is exquisite.
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55 years and still going strong at Walt Disney World! Happy 55th anniversary to the Electrical Water Pageant!
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Yes!
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@alphafoxOct 26
Did you ever use Windows 2000?
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On this day in 2001, Windows XP was released.
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Bob Pony@TheBobPonyOct 23
Why is Amazon Music included with a Serial cable?
Webpage snippet screenshot showing an Amazon search result of StarTech Serial Null Modem Cable is offering 90 days free of Amazon Music with purchase.

ALT Webpage snippet screenshot showing an Amazon search result of StarTech Serial Null Modem Cable is offering 90 days free of Amazon Music with purchase.

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@DexertoOct 25
A man fed up with the price of modern gaming PCs rebuilt his childhood computer from 1996 YouTuber TrashBench spent months sourcing vintage parts and discovered a stranger's old homework and Doom 2 cheat codes on the hard drive
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Home Server. 2018 vs today. Server 2016 -> unRAID and A LOT more storage.
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