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Tim Chase<a href="https://bsd.network/@brynet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@brynet</a> Hah, it also was used for one of <a href="https://bsd.network/@solene" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@solene</a>'s <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/OldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OldComputerChallenge</a> tips, limiting modern machines to reduced amounts of RAM in pursuit of the old-computer restrictions ☺

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<a href="https://todon.nl/@burnoutqueen" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@burnoutqueen</a>I think 75% of my computing needs could be fulfilled by a Raspberry Pi Zero (original).I'd really like to test that, though. :DI need to find a cheap old monitor and set up an <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OldComputerChallenge</a> with it. :DI mean, it's "only" ten years old, but it's a ten year old super-low-end computer. ;)

DaveManaged to revive an old Athlon XP PC that I was starting to think was truly dead. Fortunately I'm too thick headed to let it go and found:1. The graphics card is dead, probably 2. One memory module is kinda dead 3. The battery was definitely dead, resetting the CMOS so it suddenly didn't like the low noise CPU fan running at 1,500rpmNow it this PC woke up like nothing happened in the last 20 years or so.<a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldcomputerchallenge</a>

Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:ARM'd and dangerous: kzimmermann takes on the <a href="https://c.im/tags/OldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OldComputerChallenge</a> 2025 with nothing but a Raspberry Pi Model B.<a href="https://kzimmermann.0x.no/articles/old_computer_challenge_2025.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://kzimmermann.0x.no/articles/old_computer_challenge_2025.html</a>Yes, it's late - but it's done. Sorry for the delay, I was having too much fun learning <a href="https://c.im/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NetBSD</a>, I guess :D<a href="https://c.im/tags/oldcomputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldcomputers</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/occ25" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#occ25</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/runbsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#runbsd</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/oldcomputerchallenge2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldcomputerchallenge2025</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/100DaysToOffload" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#100DaysToOffload</a>

DaveNew <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a> post!OCC: Rebuilding my first PC <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldcomputerchallenge</a> <a href="https://haewyr.mataroa.blog/blog/occ-rebuilding-my-first-pc/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://haewyr.mataroa.blog/blog/occ-rebuilding-my-first-pc/</a>

Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽Discussion of USENET on IRC <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldcomputerchallenge</a> got me to thinking about my state of mind circa millennium, say '95-05.I was spending a LOT of time on USENET, on a couple accounts. ICB, IRC, AOL, ICQ all scroll & beep.I'd hacked my Linux desktop into something really peculiar, was running mostly Enlightenment (previously IceWM, WindowMaker, briefly KDE but ha ha that shit could go in a dumpster). Everything was automated, floating windows around me.Warm cozy shell. <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/cyberpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cyberpunk</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/gits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gits</a>

Klaus Zimmermann :unverified:Heh, I'm going overtime with the <a href="https://c.im/tags/OldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OldComputerChallenge</a>, but <a href="https://c.im/tags/NetBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NetBSD</a> 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!

beccaI spend a week with the Sony Vaio VGN-TX2XP from 2006 and it was surprisingly nice (except for some audio stuff). I wrote about it on my blog: <a href="https://blog.not-outdated.com/entries/vaiovgntx2xp.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blog.not-outdated.com/entries/vaiovgntx2xp.html</a> (also why I poofed, didn't use my smartphone much and the website is slow on older machines)<a href="https://urusai.social/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldcomputerchallenge</a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://urusai.social/tags/sony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sony</a>

VladimirI've finalized the <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldcomputerchallenge</a> write-up and updated the post.<a href="https://www.talibov.xyz/posts/occ2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.talibov.xyz/posts/occ2025/</a>Key learning from the exercise:1. That the modern web is the biggest constrain is not a meme 2. More power to Emacs, it's very transferable 3. I still don't know how do I get to South America once the internment starts.

hairylarry<a href="https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@screwlisp</a> 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.<a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldcomputerchallenge</a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#C64</a>

screwlisp<a href="https://screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25/jul18.txt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25/jul18.txt</a><a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/oldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldComputerChallenge</a> really I just read mdh's oldComputerChallenge markwrites. <a href="https://appdot.net/@mdhughes/114856809902955354" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://appdot.net/@mdhughes/114856809902955354</a>---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.

Andreas (82mhz)New blog post: OCC 2025 - ICQ? moderately successful <a href="http://82mhz.net/posts/2025/07/occ-2025-icq-moderately-successful/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://82mhz.net/posts/2025/07/occ-2025-icq-moderately-successful/</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blogging</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldcomputerchallenge</a>

Digital Mark λ ☕️ 🕹 👽First complete program run! WOO!And it's usable on the CYBER HOLE <a href="https://cyberhole.online/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://cyberhole.online/</a><a href="https://appdot.net/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#basic</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldcomputerchallenge</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/tags/cyberhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cyberhole</a>

PurpleJillybeans :PrideDisk:The Retro *NIX Challenge continues. Having accomplished pretty much all my goals with FreeBSD 2.2.8 on what's normally my DOS/Win3x rig and Slackware 7.1 on what's usually my Win98 rig, I'm now turning my attention to the WinXP machine. Possibilities include LFS, Solaris 9, and FreeBSD 5.5.<a href="https://kind.social/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://kind.social/tags/OldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OldComputerChallenge</a>

LyksoPosting from masto9 on my AMD K6-2! <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldcomputerchallenge</a> <a href="https://tiny.tilde.website/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

maple "mavica" syrup [6502]if <a href="https://computerfairi.es/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldcomputerchallenge</a> 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

Andreas (82mhz)New blog post: OCC 2025 - I'm back on ICQ <a href="http://82mhz.net/posts/2025/07/occ-2025-i-m-back-on-icq/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://82mhz.net/posts/2025/07/occ-2025-i-m-back-on-icq/</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blogging</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/oldcomputerchallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldcomputerchallenge</a>

screwlisp<a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/oldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldComputerChallenge</a> for 16 July.<a href="https://screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25/jul16.txt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25/jul16.txt</a>Mostly sharing some notes from <a href="https://masto.hackers.town/@lambdacalculus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@lambdacalculus</a> ' own <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> etc we heard on today's episode : (download peertube link at <a href="https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/114859955237187501" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://gamerplus.org/@screwlisp/114859955237187501</a> ).Viz Old computer Challenge: <a href="http://occ.deadnet.se/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://occ.deadnet.se/</a>

screwlisp<a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/hackThePlanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hackThePlanet</a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/lispyGopherClimate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lispyGopherClimate</a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/interview" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#interview</a> with 500 hats of <a href="https://masto.hackers.town/@lambdacalculus" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@lambdacalculus</a> Their kofi: <a href="https://ko-fi.com/lambdacalculus" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://ko-fi.com/lambdacalculus</a><a href="https://communitymedia.video/w/iEzEkc2SPuL5twaSnTEEq5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://communitymedia.video/w/iEzEkc2SPuL5twaSnTEEq5</a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/archive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archive</a>of <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/DOOM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOOM</a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/redstaros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#redstaros</a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/piratebox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#piratebox</a> famePreviewing their <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/phreakNIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phreakNIC</a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/hacker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hacker</a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/HOPE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HOPE</a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/HOPE_16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HOPE_16</a> talks!Also <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/oldComputerChallenge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#oldComputerChallenge</a> happening RIGHT NOW <a href="https://screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25/jul15.txt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://screwlisp.small-web.org/occ/25/jul15.txt</a> (I'm doing <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/xemacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#xemacs</a> emacs)LambdaCalculus knows <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/emacs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#emacs</a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lisp</a> ...! And that's where it began then <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/commonLisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#commonLisp</a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/CCL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CCL</a> on the <a href="https://gamerplus.org/tags/macintosh" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#macintosh</a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/@dougmerritt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@dougmerritt</a> <a href="https://appdot.net/@mdhughes" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@mdhughes</a> <a href="https://gamerplus.org/@hairylarry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@hairylarry</a>

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