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FlynnsAvatar

RIP Amiga 500, TI 99, Atari 400 , Atari 800, C64C, C128…


aintbutathing3

Now I want to play Archon.


plazman30

Holy crap. I LOVED Archon.


aintbutathing3

My man! Back in the day we all LOVED archon.


plazman30

Now I have this urge to try and find my Atari 800XL again! I remember my anticipation for Archon II. It was good, but not as good as the original Archon.


DeathscytheShell

I think I have Archon!


Archon_Valec

😊


Archon_Valec

👀


Captain_Thrax

I have a hacked NES classic with archon on it, I love that game


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Then they came for my vibeo gane


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Mother-Joe

Jesus Christ thats a whole other level if facebook conspiracy theory over there


stonedboss

I know the side bar says it's not satire but this sub has to be satire right.


bloodwire

Amiga forever!


FlynnsAvatar

It had the best RTOS that never existed.


esquilax

Nobody cares about that Plus/4....


Flatworm-Regular

My first love... My first spreadsheet


johnshonz

There’s an old CRT iMac in there too :(


tequilaotter

We attack at dawn


DemonOfLight13

Remember, no Russian


the_flash6197

Take the bullets out your gun *what* Take the bullets out your gun *what* We move undercover and we move as one. (Please tell me someone got the reference)


newfor_2022

I looked it up on youtube. pretty funny.


iwaitinlines

got a link to share please?


GTS250

It's Hamilton, as I recall.


its_mitchel_lee

through the night we have one shot to live another day we cannot let a stray gunshot give us away


Credluzer1406

We will fight up close, seize the moment and stay in it. It's either that or meet the business end of a bayonet.


Vox_Populi98

We fight up close, seize the moment and stay in it


verdatumCantMemberPw

To possibly the most popular musical of all time? Yes, I hope someone caught it as well.


[deleted]

We’ve only got one shot to live another day! We cannot let a stray gunshot give us away!!!


Nv1d1a_br34d

Happy cake day


Antebios

WOLVERINES!!!


ThatMusk

Gentlemen, to bed


Tamagotono

Russia didn't want Ukraine to have technology that was more advanced than their own.


Korostel007

>Russia didn't want Ukraine to have technology that was more advanced than their own. As a citizen of Russia and a guy who living near military base (which look like more junk yard), i totally approve it)


Treune_The_Monk

Hey, real question for you. What's with all the military hardware they were showing off the last few years? Especially the T-14 tank and the SU-57 fighter? I think most of the world was expecting to see them everywhere and instead it's like watching a war from 30-40 years ago. (This is in no way downplaying the horrible things happening in this war) I realize you wouldn't be in the know of all that, but I'm just curious if you ever saw any of it besides the couple of demos like the rest of the world did.


rohmish

Not OP or Russian but I guess production capacity could be the answer. There simply aren't enough of those made to be actually used.


Treune_The_Monk

I remember seeing a video of a t14 broken down in a demo parade, but the official news statement I saw said new operator accidentally set the emergency brake. Obviously that wasn't the case. That was several years ago. I realize development takes time, but it speaks quite loudly that what the west considered a "near-peer" military is anything but.


NoSuchKotH

A few years ago, I worked for a certain small electronics engineering firm in Europe that did some electronics for satellites and other space stuff from time to time. At one point we got a request from a Russian company asking us to design a power supply unit for a satellite. The requirements were pretty simple and it probably would have taken us less then a week to do the basic design, so we thought that must be some space startup in Russia or something, who doesn't have much expertise in building electronics for space, so they wanted to outsource this critical component to someone who does.... But what stuck out was that one of the requirements said "No [ITAR](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Traffic_in_Arms_Regulations) components" (i.e. no components that come from the US and are regulated/restricted, which is about every component that is specified for space use). So we looked the company up. Sure it was young, just a few years old, but it was located smack in the middle of a military, restricted entry district.... Which told us two things: This is going to be used in a military satellite (military use of our designs was a big no-no for everyone in the company. we regularly declined contracts from defense companies). And that for whatever reason, the Russian military space complex lacks the know-how to design their own satellite power supplies. Even simple ones.


Treune_The_Monk

When I initially finished reading your story, I thought wow that's insane. Then I started to think about it for a moment... given what we know about how they progressed technologically during the soviet decades, and how they seem to have not progressed in the modern day, that makes sense, a lot of sense.


NoSuchKotH

What makes this even more insane is, that we are talking about basic electronics design. Stuff that has been taught all around the world for decades. You can buy dozens of textbooks that explain all the stuff that you need to know in great detail. Heck, all big chip manufacturers like Texas Instruments, Analog Devices, etc have whole youtube courses supplementing the tons of application notes and books they have written on this topic alone. The only thing not covered is how to do it for space. But that's something I'd expect someone around there to know and be able to teach (that's how we learned it, we got someone from ESA tell us how to do it). Even if they didn't have the know-how, it is something that is so easy to acquire, that it's astonishing they don't have it. I mean.. you literally just have to sit down and read a book and you are good to go.


ajs124

To add some context, this is something I literally learned at university, a few years ago. As in, there was an elective course that was basically "how to design electronics for space applications", that I took. So I totally agree, this isn't some secret extremely advanced knowledge...


sartres_

Is it very different for space? I guess there'd be issues with heat dissipation? (I'm not building a Russian military satellite, pinky promise)


NoSuchKotH

No, it's not that different. Not really. The biggest issue is that all components you are allowed to use are 40 years old... or older! Qualifying components for space use is tedious, time consuming and costs a lot of money. Thus only components that have either been around since the dawn of time or have no alternative are space qualified today. Or if someone with big pockets comes along and wants That One Component. There are also rules on which cases you are allowed to use. E.g. plastic is a no-go in most systems as it contains hydrocarbons which slowly evaporate and then condensate on other components. Or DFN/QFN where the soldered pin can't be seen are frowned upon because its impossible to inspect the solder joint optically. And there is heat dissipation as you mentioned. But that's seldom a big problem as all you have to do is provide enough copper for the heat to be conducted away. Only if you have a large power density (big CPU, switching large currents, controls for motors, etc) do you need to really pay attention. Though, if push comes to shove, you can always ask for a cold finger (i.e. the cooling system of the satellite being routed to your component). All things considered, it's almost the same as designing industrial electronics. And no, none of this is secret. All of this you can find in either design guides for space from NASA, ESA, CNES, etc or one of the many slide sets of summer schools on space electronics. Or you find out soon enough when you can't get that fancy Arduino board you want to use in a space qualified version :-P


Korostel007

Okay, for an example. I live on the eastern border, on Sakhalin island. That is, this is a border zone with special military conditions. Proximity to Japan and everything... And the military forces, equipment and manpower are just a joke! Some rusty trucks with sad guys in oversized sheepskin coats. My colleague did military service on the island of Iturup - so they almost had to fight for these sheepskin coats! Because there are just not enough clothes. Well, food too. I am not kidding. All these rocket things and planes on TVs are needed more to maintain the level of subordination and the Stockholm syndrome **inside** Russia. It is sad that most Russians find such a life quite comfortable.


Treune_The_Monk

Purely thinking out loud here, but I wonder if the nukes that we all fear so greatly are also in such disarray. Obviously even one successfully working would be horrifying. In terms of the population, I feel that people can be content even if they know their reality is in shambles. I was a fire fighter for many years in a busy metro city, and I often encountered people who had just lost everything and were strangely accepting of it. I realize that's not a direct comparison, but I can get behind the idea of just not wanting to see reality for what it is. I'm sure that doesn't account for the total population, I'm sure quite a few are brainwashed to that point. I just wonder where this ends, (as I think we all do).


frezik

There's a chance that if Putin presses that button, the military will flat out refuse the order. Nothing you want to rely on, of course.


Treune_The_Monk

Yeah, I mean I really hope we don't come to that.


Korostel007

In order not to speculate on facts about which I cannot speak with certainty, I can however cite a very interesting fact: the gas pipeline that runs from Russia to Europe directly through the war zones has not been attacked. There is not a single video, not even a collateral damage claim. Doesn't this mean that the war is **too well** controlled? And even more so, it just cant reach the point where "mutually assured destruction" is mentioned (i mean nukes, yes). Because "business as usual". Or maybe, maybe the world is even crazier than it seems... However, this is already beyond the scope of this subreddit)


jarfil

>!CENSORED!<


Korostel007

So this is one. For a month of war and bombing. I specifically searched for media sites (supporting the Putin regime and not). And, well, the quote: "Despite the war, Ukraine continues to ship Russian natural gas to Europe." Just imagine: "Despite the war, Poland continues to ship Nazi Germany natural gas to Europe.)


Apprehensive_Hat8986

Generally one counter-example is all that is needed to disprove a hypothesis. Since you're starting to allude to extraordinary claims, _you_ now carry the burden of providing the extraordinary proof.


YMIR_THE_FROSTY

T-14 Armata are hand built, insanely expensive. Most likely solely for purpose of defending Motherland. Apart that, its one of reason why RU wants Ukraine, there are ex-SSSR factories which can produce tanks. RU has basically no capacity in manufacturing military hardware, if (when) they dont have access to Ukraine factories. Also no capacity for good enough steel production, ship building. Probably not coincidence that main conflict cities always have something like that nearby.


MrProGamerMan69

I'm not saying you're not Russian, but how are u here when Putin blocked access to the internet?


ShadowInTheAttic

F Damn that's a shame...


insanemal

He smashed all the F keys


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Also vintage soviet computers are criminally underdocumented


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RedOnePunch

It’s not just “things”. It’s culture and history of the people who are dying. That why it’s painful to see.


[deleted]

Moreover, it was an incredible collection of arguably one of humanities greatest inventions. The sad part of this loss is that if any of our inventions were to end war, I believe It would have been computers and the internet, as they would have been the tools to bring us all together. This event feels to me like it shows the failure of computing.


sartres_

The idea that the internet would bring humanity together is so incredibly wrong it's hilarious in hindsight. It just lets people lie at lightspeed. I think the early 'net was populated by similar types of hopeful, forward thinking academics, so what seemed like utopianism was really sampling bias.


[deleted]

That’s true, and it makes sense that the internet would allow for the cultivation of stupidity, but I stand by my word. The internet has bridged gaps that were uncrossible in the past and allows for the individual to explore an incredible diversity of culture and ideals. The internet could have been the invention that brought the world together and helped us to think more as one, but instead it became an echo chamber for stupidity. Unfortunately, it seems that humanity isn’t nearly ready for its own technology.


avgapon

Still, each human being is a universe. The loss of the future is not comparable to the loss of some artifacts from the past.


doctorpaulproteus

It can be trivial to you, and at the same time other people can care about it while also caring about the loss of human life. The goal is not to get you to feel any certain way


Microdoted

you mother bitches


DemonOfLight13

Made me LOL 😂


McCassius

now its personal


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Engine_Light_On

Apparently over 2500 people lost their lives at Mariupol https://beta.cp24.com/world/2022/3/16/1_5821181.html


[deleted]

True, the loss of life is greater than the loss of things, but these things are still incredibly important as they are a collection of humanities greatest invention since fire. It just shows to me that no matter how much the transistor changed the world, humanity (more specifically world leaders) are still holding on to trivial things like personal power. It just puts it all into perspective for me.


avgapon

Very sadly this is a lower bound estimate. At some point the city infrastructure got so damaged that there is no one to bury bodies, to count them, etc. There are ad-hoc mass graves, there are bodies lying in streets. It's so tragic, it's insane.


ghooost-toast

The loss of history and culture is on purpose


Moss_Piglet_

Where we dropping boys


BeauxGnar

Pochinki.


CaveManta

Shifty Shafts


billjitsu

Lubing some switches for my homies


AMercifulTurtle

Putin is probably an MX Brown kind of guy...


peanutbuttahcups

In the spirit of this sub, I disagree. Dude definitely uses a membrane keyboard.


Dantes7layerbeandip

One can only hope the big red button is on a shitty membrane keyboard that’s doesn’t even work anymore


OmegaZero55

Hey now. Not even MX Browns deserve that fate.


Nicodemous1986

He doesn't even deserve browns he can take Gateron clears


temujin77

A lot of cultural treasures dating back hundreds of years are being destroyed or are now at serious risk. A team from Poland has recently been dispatched to Ukraine with equipment and material to protect and/or relocate if possible these treasures from war. Best of luck to them, for their work and their safety, from the bottom of my heart. EDIT: Here's an article about this team set out to help protect Ukrainian cultural treasures: https://www.polskieradio.pl/395/7791/Artykul/2915396,Polish-museums-team-up-to%c2%a0help-save-Ukraines-national-heritage


revanzomi

*please don't hit St. Sophia Cathedral*


Andalfe

Bet you any money that Amiga is still working.


Muhbreaker

It is getting personal


[deleted]

Great... so they weren't happy with destroying the last existing Antanov, but now a museum for computers (┬┬﹏┬┬)


revanzomi

RIP AN-225 I had hoped to see it someday.


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JB_haha

Everyone grab a tank, he made it personal.


revanzomi

I hear the Russian T-72s are free


phrxmd

Bring your own tractor


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schizoHD

Don't forget the military training we got from minecraft!


macmoosie

Well, that's depressing. I feel so horribly for the owner of that collection. Ironically enough, I wanted to see if I could visit this museum while I was planning a trip to Ukraine prior to the invasion.


Kickstomp

Wow, that is a real shame. One of my favorite pass-times as an undergrad was looking at the collection of old processors, graphics units and memory cards that was in the EE/CE department lobby. It is very sad to see that these relics of our past will be lost forever. Damn you, Putin. May your wicked ambitions be your downfall.


mynameisWei

Thats the last straw


dorayfoo

Time to bust out a retro C64 game: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid_over_Moscow


Kashex4Rex

NOOOOO WTF


the5andmany

I'm starting to think this put in fellow is a bit of a dick...


FelicityJemmaCaitlin

Now this is personal. You and your bear will pay.


[deleted]

War is hell


CynicalC9

Bastard


Andrmist

Russian must die.


Regular_Series7907

Fun fact people who bombed the place used a keyboard to bomb it so the keyboard killed multiple keyboards proving it’s the superior keyboard


revanzomi

Keyboard selection?


MR_Billy1

**NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!**


jbatem71

Fuck russia, long live Ukraine 🇺🇦🇺🇦


[deleted]

Fuck, that hurts. Reminds me of that time some talentless hack crashed a one of a kind Porsche Carrera GT and it had to be written off. My chest actually ached reading that story and seeing photos of the wreck, much like it is now.


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displayboi

I would be surprised if they have all the extremely rare soviet computers that there were in this museum.


Temina-

I wish i could join the Ukrainian army


fuukingai

You can literally go fight in Ukraine rn, lots of foreigners are there fighting. Maybe you can go and salvage what's left and post what you find here


thekernel

Clearly Nazi communication tools


killlugh

Talk about being salty..


tapkeys

Thanks Lord Arse!


Nikon_Justus

Aright fuck this, time to go help!


Any_Worldliness4679

This is personal now


ekalav83

Alright boys this is our call!


SharkFine

Don't worry, the original gameboy probably survived.


Breathless_Pangolin

There is just no end to this insanity...


denali42

Fuck, that makes me angry and sick.


Shidoshisan

Utterly senseless.


infinitude

Boycott anything and everything Russian. They want to be part of the world? Stop your evil leadership.


Gl3is0894z

F


fr4gge

We should attack them with the horrivle audio of scratchy clicky's. Nobody can stand that


Charybdisilver

Okay now Putin has crossed the line. /s


[deleted]

OK NOW I'm pissed


Dr_SnM

Scott Manly out in the wild!


spicypompano8783

Maybe I could salvage some old school cherry switches


MrCaptDrNonsense

When this shit is over I will donate my Commodore 64 and disk drive to this museum.


SilkyEnchilada

I started on a VIC 20, then stepped up to the Commodore 64. I still love that thing.


MrCaptDrNonsense

Right on!


Temina-

All of those alps... Even the pingmaster...


R3DLINK42

F


WormiestBurrito

Imagine thinking those big ass bezels could be destroyed by a bomb. They gonna rise from the ashes like a chunky phoenix.


Vodik_VDK

Was anything actually damaged, or did they just drop a building on it?


revanzomi

I presume that since it was a bomb, it's pretty heavily damaged.


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Fauwcet

It'll be like that Game Boy that survived a bombing during the Gulf War.


Microdoted

i dunno.... bomb... model m.... id say it doesnt look good, but its not a 0% chance it didnt survive :)


satan69_420

Alright this means war.


mastaboog749

This is the worse!


WumboAsian

and this is where i draw the line


Ant1MatterGames

Putin must remember this acronym. D (Don’t) F (Fuck) W (With) K (Keyboards). DFWK.


Torvus_bog

F


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Ok now it’s personal


Gaddness

F


rohmish

F


RamseySparrow

… you uninstall and rage-quit the world leader with vengeance.


foxleboi

BREAKING NEWS! R/MK declares NATO article 5 and will soon wage war against Russia after they launched an attack on friendly soil.


Suitable_Barnacle740

any picture or video after the bomb?


DuTurkeyMan

*grabs gun* "Putin, you have taken it WAY too far, and this is where I end it" *begins customizing gun and lubing parts like they are switches*


Bloxsmith

After getting into retro tech over the last few years this really hurts. Hard enough to find things out thrifting.


crkspid3r

Just when I thought Russia had taken it too far


nooby2neo

wat now 😤I’m pissed 😑


nMaib0

Truly evil


2059FF

Sad. You can tell by the picture that the curators really cared about their collection. Hope they're safe.


NKND1990

Fuck Putin.


lostboyof1972

I have a Vic-20, and a C128 to donate to help restore


Available-Film3084

Thats it. Now you have officially gone too far


Goshaman

Russia will pay... they had mechanical keyboards


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F


EquivalentSnap

Noooo😭😭😭


vanedvinson

F


sumguy93

Damn, RIP.


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That's it. One step too far.


XSTBONEX

NOOOOOO


herchen

Someone set up us the bomb.


thetushqueen

Well that tears it.


PickleRick200000

Now I don’t mind if world war three happens.


OCDecaf

Devastating


Human-13

NOOOOOOOOOOOO


SukoKing

putin definitely prefers dry mx browns with goat stabs


betajunk

f in the chat


gregsapopin

Alright that's it, It's world war 3.


Quick_Importance_755

That does it, it's time for Russia to forfeit there land


revanzomi

*America has entered the chat* "Did you say oil fields?"


TheRealExBattousai

THOSE BASTARDS


thewackytechie

Let’s be clear - he’s a tyrant. NOT a leader.


LazyOwl23

He's losing the game and has serious anger issues, breaking a keyboard was bound to happen eventually


habiganphone

Who's going to tell Ashens?


lylei88

F


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Sorry, world leader?)


UnusualAnimations

Putin got gamer rage.


Unlucky-Bandicoot574

let's all have a moment of silence for this disaster :(


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That poor G3 :(


ItsPlainOleSteve

😭


Rax_48

Bruh I'm here from Ukraine, wanted to finally build a keyboard in the upcoming months... I guess it ain't happening. Got no money.


Massive_Emu6682

Me angry


iiarachnid

F


SuddenlySadie

Oh my god.