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<h1 id="retro-computing-2024.30">retro computing 2024.30</h1>
<p>(date: 2024-07-27 10:18:05)</p>
<hr />
<h2 id="this-week-on-the-analog-antiquarian">This Week on The Analog
Antiquarian</h2>
<p>date: 2024-07-26, from: Digital Antiquarian</p>
<p>The Voyage of Magellan, Chapter 11: Winter in Patagonia</p>
<p><a
href="https://www.filfre.net/2024/07/this-week-on-the-analog-antiquarian/"
class="uri">https://www.filfre.net/2024/07/this-week-on-the-analog-antiquarian/</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="july-2024-news-summary">July 2024 News Summary</h2>
<p>date: 2024-07-26, from: Icon Bar, RISC OS News</p>
<p>Some things we noticed this month. What did you see?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2078.html"
class="uri">http://www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2078.html</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="next-installment-of-live-coding-with-gerph-on-sunday">Next
installment of ’Live Coding with Gerph” on sunday</h2>
<p>date: 2024-07-25, from: Icon Bar, RISC OS News</p>
<p>If you have been enjoying the regular chance to see a RISC OS coding
masterclass (or if you wish you had not missed the previous sessions),
you can catch another episode live at 1pm on sunday.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2088.html"
class="uri">http://www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2088.html</a></p>
<hr />
<h2
id="nvidia-released-driver-for-upcoming-nvidia-560-gpu-for-linux">NVIDIA
Released Driver for Upcoming NVIDIA 560 GPU for Linux</h2>
<p>date: 2024-07-24, from: Linux Magazine</p>
<p>
Not only has NVIDIA released the driver for its upcoming CPU series,
it’s the first release that defaults to using open-source GPU kernel
modules.
</p>
<p><a
href="http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/NVIDIA-Released-Driver-for-Upcoming-NVIDIA-560-GPU-for-Linux"
class="uri">http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/NVIDIA-Released-Driver-for-Upcoming-NVIDIA-560-GPU-for-Linux</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="apple-lisa-pascal-compiler-sources">Apple Lisa Pascal compiler
sources</h2>
<p>date: 2024-07-24, from: Hans Otten’s Pascal for small machines</p>
<p>I found an archive with the source of the early Lisa Pascal by
Silicon Valley Software. The archive contains images of Lisa disks in
dc42 format. In these disk images are the sources (and more) of the
Silicon Valley Software Pascal compiler for the Lisa. The archive,
together with sources of the Lisa Operating system […]</p>
<p><a
href="http://pascal.hansotten.com/2024/07/24/apple-lisa-pascal-compiler-sources/"
class="uri">http://pascal.hansotten.com/2024/07/24/apple-lisa-pascal-compiler-sources/</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="bible-research-systems-the-word-processor">Bible Research
Systems’ THE WORD Processor</h2>
<p>date: 2024-07-23, from: Computer ads from the Past</p>
<p>For Those Who Seek.</p>
<p><a
href="https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/bible-research-systems-the-word-processor"
class="uri">https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/bible-research-systems-the-word-processor</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="riscosbits-extend-their-fire-and-pyro-machines">RISCOSbits
‘extend’ their FIRE and Pyro machines</h2>
<p>date: 2024-07-23, from: Icon Bar, RISC OS News</p>
<p>If you have a FIRE or Pyro system from RISCOSbits (I reviewed mine
here) you may be interested in their new machine stands. The stand has a
gap underneath that will fit a DVD drive underneath.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2087.html"
class="uri">http://www.iconbar.com/comments/rss/news2087.html</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="low-tech-magazine-the-ebooks">Low-tech Magazine: The Ebooks</h2>
<p>date: 2024-07-23, from: Low-tech magazine</p>
<div class="article-img">
<figure data-imgstate="dither">
<img src="https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2024/07/low-tech-magazine-the-ebooks/images/dithers/epub-picture-2_dithered.png" alt='Image: Ebook. Photo: Marie Verdeil.' loading="lazy"/>
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Image: Ebook. Photo: Marie Verdeil.
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<p>
Many of you have asked for ebooks, and now you can download both the
chronological and thematic books series in epub version. The files work
on any type of device, without restrictions. You can find all ebooks in
<a href="https://payhip.com/LOWTECHMAGAZINE">our online bookshop</a>.
</p>
<p>
<a href="https://patreon.com/lowtechmagazine">Patrons get free access to
all ebooks and PDF archives</a>.
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<img src="https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2024/07/low-tech-magazine-the-ebooks/images/dithers/epub-picture-3_dithered.png" alt='Image: Low-tech Magazine Ebook. Photo: Marie Verdeil.' loading="lazy"/>
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Image: Low-tech Magazine Ebook. Photo: Marie Verdeil.
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<p><a
href="https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2024/07/low-tech-magazine-the-ebooks/"
class="uri">https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2024/07/low-tech-magazine-the-ebooks/</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="snow-leopard-ppc-what-works-what-doesnt">Snow Leopard PPC: What
Works, What Doesn’t</h2>
<p>date: 2024-07-22, from: Happy Macs site</p>
<p>Summary: In my first post covering the install of Snow Leopard on a
PPC Mac, I mentioned that I would follow up with more insights into
issues with this unsupported configuration, and workarounds that I had
found. This post provides those “insights”… more like “observations”,
but at any rate, a follow up on what works […]</p>
<p><a
href="https://happymacs.wordpress.com/2024/07/22/snow-leopard-ppc-what-works-what-doesnt/"
class="uri">https://happymacs.wordpress.com/2024/07/22/snow-leopard-ppc-what-works-what-doesnt/</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="openmandriva-lx-24.07-released">OpenMandriva Lx 24.07
Released</h2>
<p>date: 2024-07-22, from: Linux Magazine</p>
<p>
If you’re into rolling release Linux distributions, OpenMandriva ROME
has a new snapshot with a new kernel.
</p>
<p><a
href="http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/OpenMandriva-Lx-24.07-Released"
class="uri">http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/OpenMandriva-Lx-24.07-Released</a></p>
<hr />
<h2
id="thematic-book-series-how-circular-is-the-circular-economy">Thematic
Book Series: How Circular is the Circular Economy?</h2>
<p>date: 2024-07-22, from: Low-tech magazine</p>
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<img src="https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2024/07/thematic-book-series-how-circular-is-the-circular-economy/images/dithers/coverthumbnailGREY3_dithered.png" alt='Image: Book cover.' loading="lazy"/>
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Buy the
<a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/kris-de-decker/how-circular-is-the-circular-economy/paperback/product-84n2mvv.html?q=how+circular+is+the+circular+economy&page=1&pageSize=4">print
edition</a>.
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<li>
Buy the <a href="https://payhip.com/b/76Cnm">epub edition</a>.
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<p>
The circular economy – the newest magical word in the sustainable
development vocabulary – promises economic growth without environmental
destruction or waste. However, growth makes a circular economy
impossible, even if we recycle all raw materials and all recycling is
100% efficient. No technology can change that because it’s not a
technological problem. In addition, many modern products are too complex
to recycle.
</p>
<p>
In this series of articles, LOW←TECH MAGAZINE explores how the
circularity of various technologies like bicycles, solar panels, and
wind turbines evolves. Placing the recycling of resources in a
historical context makes clear that we are not moving toward a circular
economy but rather increasingly away from it.
</p>
<h2 id="contents-table">
Contents table:
</h2>
<ul>
<li>
How circular is the circular economy?
</li>
<li>
Can we make bicycles sustainable again?
</li>
<li>
Plastic waste in the fuel tank?
</li>
<li>
Recycling animal and human manure is the key to sustainable farming
</li>
<li>
How to make wind power sustainable again?
</li>
<li>
Reinventing the small wind turbine
</li>
<li>
How to build a low-tech solar panel?
</li>
<li>
How to escape from the Iron Age?
</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="available-in-our-bookshop">
Available in our bookshop:
</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/kris-de-decker/how-circular-is-the-circular-economy/paperback/product-84n2mvv.html?q=how+circular+is+the+circular+economy&page=1&pageSize=4">Print
edition</a>.
</li>
<li>
<a href="https://payhip.com/b/76Cnm">Epub edition</a>.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
<a href="https://www.patreon.com/lowtechmagazine">Patrons</a> get free
access to ebooks, as well as early access to new print books at a
reduced price.
</p>
<h2 id="other-books-in-the-series">
Other books in the series:
</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<p>
<a href="https://lulu.com/shop/roel-roscam-abbing-and-marie-otsuka-and-kris-de-decker/how-to-build-a-low-tech-internet/paperback/product-9yq8v7.html?q=&page=1&pageSize=4">How
to build a low-tech internet?</a>, Kris De Decker, Roel Roscam Abbing,
Marie Otsuka, 2023. <a href="https://payhip.com/b/tZwV9">Ebook
edition</a>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/kris-de-decker/how-to-downsize-a-transport-network/paperback/product-42n4p7.html?q=&page=1&pageSize=4">How
to downsize a transport network?</a>, Kris De Decker, 2023.
<a href="https://payhip.com/b/foXDM">Ebook edition</a>.
</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>
<a href="https://www.lulu.com/shop/kris-de-decker/heating-people-not-spaces/paperback/product-zm52en6.html?q=heating+people+not+spaces&page=1&pageSize=4">Heating
people not spaces</a>, Kris De Decker, 2024.
<a href="https://payhip.com/b/AXGN2">Ebook edition</a>
</p>
</li>
</ul>
<p>
The Low-tech Magazine archives are also available as a
<a href="https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/offline-reading/">chronological
series consisting of four volumes</a>.
</p>
<p><a
href="https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2024/07/thematic-book-series-how-circular-is-the-circular-economy/"
class="uri">https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2024/07/thematic-book-series-how-circular-is-the-circular-economy/</a></p>
<hr />
<h2
id="using-stronged-as-a-scripting-aid-for-python-programming-mug-meeting-24th-july">Using
StrongED as a scripting aid for Python programming – MUG meeting, 24th
July</h2>
<p>date: 2024-07-21, from: RiscOS Story</p>
<p>There will be an out of schedule meeting held by the Midlands User
Group (MUG), at which the group’s own John Rickman will discuss the use
of StrongED as a scripting tool when programming in Python. MUG meetings
are usually held on a Saturday afternoons, with some being held in
person, and some online using Zoom. However, this meeting will instead
be held on Wednesday, 24th July, at 7:30pm – presumably to get around
other commitments, and possibly in the interests of encouraging
attendance; a Saturday afternoon in the middle…</p>
<p><a
href="https://www.riscository.com/2024/stronged-scripting-aid-mug-24th-july/"
class="uri">https://www.riscository.com/2024/stronged-scripting-aid-mug-24th-july/</a></p>
<hr />
<h2 id="wimpinfo-1.24-released">WimpInfo 1.24 released</h2>
<p>date: 2024-07-21, from: RiscOS Story</p>
<p>WimpInfo is a small application that was previously supplied by
Quantum Software, and is now hosted here on RISCOSitory after Stuart
Halliday announced he was shutting down the software house. Its purpose
is to provide information about whatever is underneath the mouse pointer
– information about windows, icons, menus, and so on. This can be useful
to programmers when developing their applications to ensure their code
is doing what they think it’s doing, and that they’ve set up those
windows, icons, menus, and so on correctly. Fred Graute, of
StrongED…</p>
<p><a href="https://www.riscository.com/2024/wimpinfo-1-24-released/"
class="uri">https://www.riscository.com/2024/wimpinfo-1-24-released/</a></p>
<hr />
<h2
id="b.log-20240721---some-software-updates-new-glasses-sunflowers.">b.log
2024/07/21 - Some software updates, New glasses, Sunflowers.</h2>
<p>date: 2024-07-21, from: Richard Murray’s blog</p>
<p>Some software updates, New glasses, Sunflowers.</p>
<p><a href="https://heyrick.eu/blog/index.php?diary=20240721"
class="uri">https://heyrick.eu/blog/index.php?diary=20240721</a></p>
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