Destruction of Leviathan by Gustave Doré (1865)

https://imgur.com/gallery/destruction-of-leviathan-by-gustave-dor-1865-JFCVHP0

#illustration #illustrator #drawing #draw #engraving #graphicart #book #ebook #scifi #sciencefiction #novel #readers #earth #sea #author #vintage #retro #art #culture #history #mythology #fantasy #literature #gustavedoré

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Destruction of Leviathan by Gustave Doré (1865)

I almost forgot to post this! A recording of Nirvana, who were opening for The Tragically Hip, on July 7, 1989 at O'Cayz Corral. Here's the set list courtesy of an enterprising YT commenter:

Setlist:
00:45 Even In His Youth (Jam)
02:38 Floyd The Barber
04:58 Love Buzz
08:56 Mr. Moustache
12:45 Paper Cuts
17:00 Polly
20:22 Big Cheese
23:58 Spank Thru
28:10 Dive
32:35 Scoff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG99y7viTOo

#Nirvana #Music #Punk #Grunge #Retro #MadisonWI

If you're still playing around with a Yamaha DX7, you will find :
A L L T H E W E B P A T C H E S C O L L E C T I O N

Thousands of sounds, some sculpted by the best artists of the time.

Here:
https://bobbyblues.recup.ch/yamaha_dx7/dx7_patches.html

#Yamaha #DX7 #FMsynthesis #synths #synthesizer #tech #retro #dexed #midi

Early Days of Laurie Spiegel

https://imgur.com/gallery/early-days-of-laurie-spiegel-WPMz8w5

#photography #photo #pics #retro #vintage #history #legends #music #drone #ambient #electronicmusic #experimentalmusic #experimental #noise #concretemusic #modular #modularsynth #analog #analosynth #synth #synthesizer #tech #pioneer #lauriespiegel

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Early Days of Laurie Spiegel (born September 20, 1945)[1] is an American composer. She has worked at Bell Laboratories, in computer graphics, and is known primarily for her electronic music compositions and her algorithmic composition software Music Mouse. She is also a guitarist and lutenist. (Wikipedia)

In your opinion, what is the most quintessentially 90s video game you can imagine?

I'm honestly not sure what my own answer would be

#90s #RetroGames #Retro

SGDQ 2026 Begins Sunday
It's one of those two times of year again. Games Done Quick, the bi-annual week-long charity speedrunning marathon, begins at 12:30 PM ("Noon Thirty") Eastern Time on Sunday, July 5th, that's tomorrow. The day after today, the 250th occurrence of that particular US holiday some people make a fuss about.

This one is SGDQ, where the S stands f
https://setsideb.com/sgdq-2026-begins-sunday/
#indies #news #niche #retro #2026 #gdq #indie #news #niche #retro #speedrun

Early days of Jean Michel Jarre
- Recording Oxygène in his kitchen (1976)

https://imgur.com/gallery/early-days-of-jean-michel-jarre-his-kitchen-plGc7b4

#photography #photo #retro #vintage #history #legends #music #electronicmusic #experimentalmusic #spacemusic #modular #modularsynth #analog #analosynth #synth #synthesizer #electronic #tech #jeanmicheljarre #pioneer #france

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Early days of Jean Michel Jarre - Recording Oxygène in his kitchen (1976)

Discover America

blacklight poster, early 1970s

Who's down for a road trip to ... Sing Sing? The prison? Okay, whatever, let's gooo 🇺🇸

#1970s #the70s #oldposter #posters #americana #america250 #Motorcycle #California #newyork #retro

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Fuchsia background with yellow font saying Discover America. An apparently male figure has his back to the viewer and is holding the handlebars of a motorcycle. On the back of his jacket are brightly colored patches from famous locations including Haight-Ashbury, Disneyland, and Sing Sing

1960s Navy Training Film on Computers
Surprise! Today's post is about a video from Periscope Films from sixty years ago on the fundamental building blocks of computers from way back then. Right off we're told that computers no longer rely on primative things like electromechanical relays (gags) or vacuum tubes (wretches). NOW computers are
https://setsideb.com/1960s-navy-training-film-on-computers/
#niche #retro #DigitalComputerTechniques #LogicGates #niche #PeriscopeFilms #retro #USNavy

This engraving is an illustration by Edouard Riou entitled "Pterodactyls - The World before the Deluge" (1865).

https://imgur.com/gallery/this-engraving-is-illustration-by-edouard-riou-entitled-pterodactyls-world-before-deluge-1865-ZTDLH3h

#illustration #drawing #draw #engraving #illustrator #graphicart #vintage #retro #ancient #art #culture #history #author #book #literature #poetry #writer #sciencefiction #archeology #fantasy #animals #edouardriou

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This engraving is an illustration by Edouard Riou entitled "Pterodactyls - The World before the Deluge" (1865).

Brief interests resume:

#art #earth #music
#guitar #synths #modular #analog #progrock #ambient

#photography
#science #history #archeology
#space #scifi #sciencefiction #scifiart
#ufos #ovnis #paranormal

#linux #opensource
#MSDOS #DOSGaming #CPM
#retrogaming #retrocomputing #oldcomputers
#BBS #ANSI #ASCII #ansiart #asciiart #retro #vintage

#gaming #videogames #gamedev #indiegamedev #indiedev
#rpg #dnd #mmorpg #rogue #nethack #roguelike
#tetris

#reader #writer #blogger
etc..

Does anyone have recommendations for a *specific* PS2 to USB adapter they're using on their IBM Model M keyboard?

I tried a no-brand passive adapter, which didn't work (I do get some LED activity for a few seconds, so *something* is happening). Doing a bit of research, it looks like I need an active adapter for a keyboard of this vintage. However, there's quite a bit of contradictory info floating around.

Any suggestions? This is a 1397661 with an SDL to PS2 cable, if that matters. I'd leaning towards the cheapest option for now, because I don't even know if the keyboard is functional (I'd hate to spend $50+ on an adapter to find out the keyboard is unrepairable). Keys all travel smoothly and there doesn't seem to be any water damage, but who actually knows?

#suggestions #vintage #retro #retrocomputing #retrohardware #ibm #keyboard

if you grew up in canada (or in some parts of the US which got the show via PBS) in the 80s/90s, you might remember Owl/TV

i can't think of a more wholesome, future-positive, environment conscious and upbeat kids science education show. it embraced exactly what it meant to be canadian: the excitement of living your life as a cooperative steward, and the world as a place to be explored instead of exploited

their animated intro on CBC expressed the exact mood and posture of the show. voice actor Cree Summer: you deserve honorary citizenship here for nailing the intro song 😎

(edit: turns out cree summer already has dual citizenship!)

source: retrontario https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_ILhv6N-Bk

#canada #cbc #retro #animation #science #education

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An animated introduction of a children's science show. The animation shows a sun, trees, and great horned Owl dancing to upbeat 80s pop music. Every object in the animation dances to the music, as the owl walks down the street of a city. The owl flies away into the sky and then into space. The owl then rides a skateboard, falls off, and the ends with OWL/TV painted on a wall by a white rat.

The Owl and the Mice, illustration by Gustave Doré (1867). The Fables of La Fontaine.

https://imgur.com/gallery/owl-mice-illustration-by-gustave-dor-1867-fables-of-la-fontaine-joWeeUJ

#illustration #drawing #draw #engraving #illustrator #graphicart #vintage #retro #ancient #art #culture #history #author #book #literature #poetry #writer #fables #sciencefiction #fantasy #animals #gustavedoré #delafontaine #jeandelafontaine

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The Owl and the Mice, illustration by Gustave Doré (1867). The Fables of La Fontaine.

Youtuber Reviews Every Namco Museum Collection
Namco, now the merged entity Bandai-Namco for some reason I can't fathom but oh well, has certainly gone back to the arcade collection well a lot of times. Many of their games are genuine pop cultural phenomena, either/both in their native Japan and in other countries. It was US sales that propelled Pac-Man
https://setsideb.com/youtuber-reviews-every-namco-museum-collection/
#retro #arcade #history #MythicResonance #namco #NamcoMuseum #retro

#gaming #videogames #wingcommander #dos #retro #retrogaming

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Screenshot of Wing Commander. Humans in a bar.

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Screenshot of Wing Commander. Arcade machine inside the game.

The Retro Gaiden website is pushing the boundries of what's visually possible for Mastodon. There are no other servers that look like this.

https://retro-gaiden.com

#Mastodon #Retro #SocialMedia

Nicole Express on Throwaway Arcade Games
Now here's something fascinating I had not heard of before Nicole Express recently wrote about it. Because of a law in Japan it was (maybe still is?) illegal to sell an arcade cabinet without a game in it.

When the market for replacement cabinets opene
https://setsideb.com/nicole-express-on-throwaway-arcade-games/
#arcade #niche #retro #arcade #DottoriKun #konami #MiniVaders #niche #nicoleexpress #retro #sega #taito #TargetPanic #ThrowawayGames

Illustration from 20000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne - Alphonse Marie de Neuville (1870). With colors.

https://imgur.com/gallery/engraving-by-gustave-dor-1866-from-victor-hugos-novel-toilers-of-sea-qc8oG0K

#illustration #drawing #draw #engraving #book #illustrator #graphicart #author #vintage #retro #ancient #art #history #literature #sea #scifi #sciencefiction #alphonsemariedeneuville #writer #novel #julesverne

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Illustration from 20000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne - Alphonse Marie de Neuville (1870). With colors.

The Famicom/NES PPU’s Pass-Through Graphics Capability
It's not well known (but is becoming better known) that the NES's PPU graphics chip has an unutilized feature. It has a way to pipe graphics into it from another PPU, giving the two chips a combined output. The Famicom and NES both ground out the pins that would allow using this interesting fea
https://setsideb.com/the-famicom-nes-ppus-pass-through-graphics-capability/
#hardware #retro #decrazyo #hardware #nes #nintendo #ppu #retro

Painting by David A Hardy (1974). Called Artificial Planets.

https://imgur.com/gallery/painting-by-david-hardy-1974-called-artificial-planets-X4uy4Ye

#painting #paint #illustration #drawing #draw #sciencefiction #scifi #space #planets #illustrator #retro #vintage #cover #art #culture #history #book #literature #graphicart #davidahardy

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Painting by David A Hardy (1974). Called Artificial Planets.

Painting by illustrator Darrell K. Sweet - Cover Art

https://imgur.com/gallery/painting-by-illustrator-darrell-k-sweet-cover-art-ZcHgUve

#painting #paint #illustration #drawing #draw #sciencefiction #scifi #space #illustrator #retro #vintage #cover #art #culture #history #booky #literature #graphicart #darrellksweet

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Painting by illustrator Darrell K. Sweet - Cover Art

on this day in 1996 #supermario64 was released on the #nintendo64 to the world and changed gaming forever. happy birthday to #mario64 a #retrogaming classic all these years later!

#vaporwave #vhs #vhsaesthetic #vaporwaveaesthetic #aesthetic #retro #glitch #glitchart #artist #artistsonmastodon #supermario #mario #nintendo #n64 #retrogaming #gaming #videogame #videogames #nostalgia #nostalgic

happy birthday to #sonicthehedgehog the coolest fastest hedgehog in the world

#vaporwave #vhs #vhsaesthetic #vaporwaveaesthetic #aesthetic #retro #glitch #glitchart #sega #segagenesis #segamegadrive #megadrive #sonic #sega #gaming #retrogaming #videogames #videogame #retrovideogame

On this day in 1996 the #Nintendo64 was released in Japan. Happy Birthday #N64!

#vaporwave #vhs #vhsaesthetic #vaporwaveaesthetic #aesthetic #retro #glitch #glitchart #artist #artistsonmastodon #nintendo #retrogaming #retro #gaming

Richard Garriott Getting Ultima’s Copyrights Back
It's been going around the gaming bigsites (PC Gamer, Time Extension, Kotaku, Eurogamer and others) that due to a quirk of US copyright law Richard Garriott, who begin the Ultima series in June 1981, may finally be getting back the rights to his now-ancient series from the corporate behemot
https://setsideb.com/richard-garriott-getting-ultima-copyrights-back/
#niche #retro #ea #niche #Origin #remakes #retro #richardgarriott #rpg #ultima

super mario 64
mario kart 64
duke nukem 3D
Quake 1 and the N64 are all turning 30 this year

do you feel old yet?

#gaming #retro #retrogaming #retrogames #90sgames #90s #mario64 #mariokart64 #dukenukem3d #quake #pcgaming

handbill for " #Boston Tea Party" psychedelic concert, September 1967

"Environmental Experiences in Light-Sound-Dance" featuring bands called The Mushroom and The Hallucinations

My favorite detail is the public transit and walking directions, for a world without GPS. 53 Berkeley St is still there; it's a nice building with a 7-11.

#1960s #retro60s #the60s #PsychadelicRock #psychadelic #psilocybin #hippies #handbills #retro #counterculture #mbta #transit

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The Boston tea party Environmental experiences in light-sound-dance September 22 and 23 The mushroom The hallucinations $3, 8pm, 53 Berkeley St Take MBTA to Arlington Station, use Berkeley Street exit and walk a few blocks south against the traffic

What should I play on my next livestream? I won’t be taking any chances with randomizers for a while

#RetroGaming #Retro #Livestream #Odysee

my #vaporwave tribute dedicated to video game composer #BobbyPrince

Rest in Peace a video game legend ✝️ 🙏 🕊️

#vaporwave #vhs #vhsaesthetic #vaporwaveaesthetic #aesthetic #retro #glitch #glitchart #doom #dukenukem #dukenukem3d #wolfenstein3d #commanderkeen #idsoftware #3drealms #gaming #retrogaming

Time to play some..

"Angband is a free, single-player dungeon exploration game.

You play an adventurer seeking riches, fighting monsters, and preparing for a final battle with Morgoth, the Lord of Darkness."

https://rephial.org/

#roguelike #rogue #tactic #fantasy #RPG #dungeon #dungeoncrawler #dungeoncrawl #angband #Freeware #gaming #games #videogames #videogaming #retro #retrogaming #retrocomputing #oldcomputers #ascii

I'm about to eat a McDonald's fried apple pie for the first time in IDK, three decades. I'll report back if it is as good as I remember, or if the roof of my mouth survives.

#Food #Retro

The CRPG Addict Plays The Original MUD
MUDs, and their sibling games MUCKs and MOOs, now almost forgotten except among a rapidly-aging userbase, used to be the biggest gaming draw on the internet. When MMORPGs became big, it was largely by using the lessons of MUDs and applying them to a 3D graphical world with action gameplay. Everquest (admit it, you ha
https://setsideb.com/the-crpg-addict-plays-the-original-mud/
#niche #retro #crpg #crpgaddict #mud #niche #retro #TheDigitalAntiquarian

Obscure Extra Lives in Super Mario World
The Game Display tells us of an interesting kind of secret in Super Mario World that few know about. Once in a while in that game, a 1-up Mushroom just randomly seems to appear, flung into the air, sometimes in such a way as to seem to encourage you to leap off a cliff to go after it. Here is their video explainin
https://setsideb.com/obscure-extra-lives-in-super-mario-world/
#retro #mario #nintendo #retro #secrets #supermarioworld #TheGameDisplay

And Oxygen and Air are back, baby!

http://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.7.0/#oxygen

#retro #desktop #theme

Forty years of the internet: how the world changed for ever

This article is more than 16 years old
In October 1969, a student typed 'LO' on a computer - and the internet was born..

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2009/oct/23/internet-40-history-arpanet

#web #web1 #indieweb #smallweb #oldweb #retroweb #retrocomputing #olcomputers #retro #press #writers #blog #readers #fediverse #internet #archive #history #asitwasbefore