Nostr notes by Thomas Cherryhomes

I throw a rock in any direction, and hit nothing but scams. and ...

2026-10-31T15:40:55Z

I throw a rock in any direction, and hit nothing but scams.

and here I am like an idiot trying to build something that isn't; whose whole reason for existence is to bring joy to #retrocomputing and #retrogaming enthusiasts worldwide.

FujiNet for the #NES: bring-up has started! Runs today in FujiNet ...

2026-10-29T21:24:47Z

FujiNet for the #NES: bring-up has started! Runs today in FujiNet Go NES Desktop (Linux/Windows/macOS). Rev0 cart designed, firmware merged, 9 game ports, online Tecmo Bowl + Double Dribble.
https://fujinet.online/nes/
Help: https://discord.gg/2Ce9guX
#FujiNet #RetroGaming

The big lie of my life, people internalizing Field of Dreams ...

2026-10-29T14:46:19Z

The big lie of my life, people internalizing Field of Dreams "If you build it, they[sic] will come"

I wanna punch Ray Liotta and Kevin Costner in the face.

Surely it's not possible to shove #FujiNet onto an RCA Studio ...

2026-10-26T02:03:00Z

Surely it's not possible to shove #FujiNet onto an RCA Studio II and give it a port of Multiplayer MULE, can it?

You'd be wrong. ;)

#FujiNet allows this weird little console from 1977 to go way beyond what it was ever meant to do.

(VIDEO ATTACHED Playing one round)

#retrogaming

Test builds of #FujiNet Go (which combine an emulator with ...

2026-10-24T18:47:53Z

Test builds of #FujiNet Go (which combine an emulator with #FujiNet so you can run on your PC or Android device) are now available for download, Supporting more than 14 different #retrocomputing and #retrogaming systmes.

https://youtu.be/6S7x8-ryZkI

The reality of writing software for yourself and friends to ...

2026-10-22T17:26:09Z

The reality of writing software for yourself and friends to install on theirsystems, on #MacOS or #Windows.

Seriously, fuck this shit so hard.

FujiNet hardware for #RCAStudio2 ...

2026-10-21T00:46:09Z

FujiNet hardware for #RCAStudio2 https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-hardware/tree/master/RCA-Studio-II/FujiNet-StudioII-Rev0

Emulator: https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-go-studio2-desktop/releases/latest :)

Multiplayer MULE, across the Internet, on four completely ...

2026-10-18T10:32:56Z

Multiplayer MULE, across the Internet, on four completely different platforms, via #FujiNet

#Atari800 #NES #INTV and #MSDOS

#retrocomputing #retrogaming

#FujiNet on Arcadia 2001? Yes. #retrogaming #retrocomputing ...

2026-10-18T01:10:05Z

#FujiNet on Arcadia 2001? Yes. #retrogaming #retrocomputing

https://fujinet.online/

Checking my #GMAIL inbox using #Atari8bit #H89 #NES #apple2 ...

2026-10-17T15:35:48Z

Checking my #GMAIL inbox using #Atari8bit #H89 #NES #apple2 #IBMPC #intellivision using #FujiNet. #retrocomputing #retrogaming

Need help cost reducing NES FujiNet, e.g. collapsing to a 4 layer ...

2026-10-17T00:23:50Z

Need help cost reducing NES FujiNet, e.g. collapsing to a 4 layer PCB. Can you help? Go to https://FujiNet.online/

Hardware repo: https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-hardware/tree/master/NES/FujiNet-NES-Rev0

OK guys. This is Internet multiplayer MULE. On the Fairchild ...

2026-10-15T03:28:11Z

OK guys.

This is Internet multiplayer MULE. On the Fairchild #ChannelF.

A cartridge that is 64K. It needed a whole new bank switching method to make it work (which is now part of the pico firmware and emulator)

This is perhaps the craziest part of what #FujiNet brings to the table, the software-as-hardware approach is making whole new classes of games possible on very resource constrained systems like the 2600, the Channel F, and the Studio 2.

Holy shit.

#retrogaming

Holy carp, guys! Internet FujiNet Battleship btw a #NES, an ...

2026-10-14T00:01:35Z

Holy carp, guys! Internet FujiNet Battleship btw a #NES, an #Apple2, an #intellivision, and an #RCAStudio2 ?! Absolutely. :) #retrogaming #retrocomputing

One would think that if I posted an announcement that a #Wifi ...

2026-10-11T12:53:40Z

One would think that if I posted an announcement that a #Wifi adapter for your #NintendoEntertainmentSystem that could not only connect them together, but with other platforms, and showed demos of it working, and provided all the technical data to the main forum on the Internet, that people would at least react to it, right? https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=26798

ARGH!

#retrogaming

You'd think because Linux Mint's Software Center is ...

2026-10-11T01:01:53Z

You'd think because Linux Mint's Software Center is mostly full of Flatpaks, that you could click on a locally downloaded Flatpak to install it on your own system, right?

Mint Devs: "_WRONG_ WHAT ARE YOU STUPID?!"

Fucking hell, Linux package installation never gets any better.

The response from NESDEV for the #NES bringup of #FujiNet has ...

2026-10-10T13:13:08Z

The response from NESDEV for the #NES bringup of #FujiNet has been completely and utterly crickets.

https://forums.nesdev.org/viewtopic.php?t=26798

Why?

#retrogaming #retrocomputing

I genuinely hate it that Atari can shit out a low effort ...

2026-10-09T18:18:13Z

I genuinely hate it that Atari can shit out a low effort emulation box so they can sell cartridges until the end of time, and #FujiNet can't ever get any mention for literally bringing connectivity to all of these old machines.

I mean, gosh! I wish my brain were tuned for hard problems that ...

2026-10-06T17:30:26Z

I mean, gosh! I wish my brain were tuned for hard problems that generate capital. But that isn't on the menu, and it never has been. It truly sucks that every skill I have spent my life honing to razor sharpness can't pay the rent. It's awesome! No really!

Last year, a few of us documented and reconstructed The Frob, an ...

2026-10-03T11:27:31Z

Last year, a few of us documented and reconstructed The Frob, an #Atari2600 #gamedev system for the #Apple2.

It has some very hard to get parts.

So I've re-done it as an RP2354 based card, with firmware.

GH: https://github.com/tschak909/frob-modern

#retrocomputing #retrogaming

the people who are most vocally against AI, seem to be the ones ...

2026-09-16T16:22:39Z

the people who are most vocally against AI, seem to be the ones who feel the strongest about ownership of their creative output.

This has always been very silly to me, because I constantly create, and either something is just for me, or it's something for others. If it's the latter, the moment others see it, it's no longer mine. It doesn't belong to me.
this is a point of view that is hammered into people as most important, for a whole host of reasons.
we now live in an age where this concept of ownership is being eroded from multiple fronts. LLMs completely destroy the idea of intellectual property (which should never have existed in the first place)
same for copyright (which only existed insofar as the industrial production of created works was a privilege only afforded to the few that could afford the expense)
I understand their points of view, it does not change the fact that those with the most money in this society have finally gotten exactly what they've wanted: Creativity without the labor.
if we are to get through this insanity, we all have to come to grips with ourselves and the relationship to capital, which has told us point blank that "our capital is our labor."
whatever happens as a result of that, is what happens, but it is being forced upon us.
reform? or revolution? I understand both, and am okay with both.

The sociopaths of the world do what they do, because they feel it ...

2026-09-15T16:23:08Z

The sociopaths of the world do what they do, because they feel it is their imperative to tick all the boxes to survive and thrive. For them, it's clinical; procedural. They are maximizing their output in a world that incentivizes this behavior. Therefore, working towards a world that makes this unnecessary is a win for all of us.

#FujiNet for the Emerson Arcadia 2001? Multiplayer 5 Card stud ...

2026-09-05T23:48:36Z

#FujiNet for the Emerson Arcadia 2001? Multiplayer 5 Card stud running on the Arcadia?! Playing over the Internet?!

Yes.

#retrogaming

A reminder that #FujiNet is a WiFi adapter project for ...

2026-09-05T22:03:40Z

A reminder that #FujiNet is a WiFi adapter project for #retrocomputing and #retrogaming systems.
Donations via our Patreon serve to cover hosting costs, as well as token compute time so LLMs can help solve bugs and create new features.
If you wish to donate: https://patreon.com/fujinet
Thank you.
-Thom from FujiNet

For #Apple2 with a #FujiNet : Google Calendar (GCAL) client that ...

2026-08-29T14:47:43Z

For #Apple2 with a #FujiNet : Google Calendar (GCAL) client that uses the new firmware protocol adapter.

#retrocomputing

#FujiNet has a #GMAIL protocol adapter. Does this mean I can read ...

2026-08-27T17:12:02Z

#FujiNet has a #GMAIL protocol adapter. Does this mean I can read my GMAIL Inbox on my #Intellivision? YES!

Shown here a quickly written client in IntyBASIC that can index and read messages in my inbox. :)

#retrocomputing #retrogaming

A little side-quest. I wondered if a predictive text keyboard ...

2026-08-25T17:41:00Z

A little side-quest. I wondered if a predictive text keyboard could be implemented with the #Intellivision keypad. Yup. T9 works fine. The dictionary in the demo is 2000 words, which does take up a chonk, but I was able to prove the point.

#FujiNet Weather has been ported to the #intellivision. Another ...

2026-08-23T22:33:19Z

#FujiNet Weather has been ported to the #intellivision.
Another example of parsing a JSON API over the web.

#retrocomputing #retrogaming

The #FujiNet news reader has been ported to #intellivision. It ...

2026-08-23T17:17:36Z

The #FujiNet news reader has been ported to #intellivision. It can be loaded from TNFS at apps.irata.online /INTV/FUJINET/news.rom

#retrocomputing #retrogaming

Two Intellivisions, connected over the Internet via FujiNet, ...

2026-08-16T01:48:30Z

Two Intellivisions, connected over the Internet via FujiNet, playing a patched version of Baseball with FujiNet functionality added.
https://youtube.com/shorts/c9bHsbbvMHI

Fujitzee (non-patent-infringing Dice Game!) now ported to the ...

2026-08-11T22:38:32Z

Fujitzee (non-patent-infringing Dice Game!) now ported to the #Intellivision #FujiNet. Seen here playing against an #Atari8bit and four bot players!

I need a tiny zen sand garden for my desk, with a rake; with the ...

2026-07-29T17:49:25Z

I need a tiny zen sand garden for my desk, with a rake; with the sand made out of crushed Xanax and Haldol.

Reading my GMAIL from inside AppleSoft BASIC on my #Apple2 using ...

2026-07-17T00:42:07Z

Reading my GMAIL from inside AppleSoft BASIC on my #Apple2 using #FujiNet and the BASIC extension, talking to the GMAIL protocol adapter.

#retrocomputing

If you'd like to support the #FujiNet WiFi Adapter for ...

2026-07-16T15:04:00Z

If you'd like to support the #FujiNet WiFi Adapter for #retrocomputing and #retrogaming systems project, please consider the Patreon.

https://patreon.com/fujinet

Funds posted there go to hosting, software development, and docs.

#atari8bit #apple2 #trs80coco #msx #msdos

Thank you.

I am in this picture, and I am also in this picture. ...

2026-07-11T14:57:52Z

I am in this picture, and I am also in this picture.

It is possible to hold two conflicting ideas in your head, and to ...

2026-07-08T14:12:14Z

It is possible to hold two conflicting ideas in your head, and to be able to traverse between them, without losing one's sanity. This is the mark of intelligence, and ironically, it can and should be taught.

#Apple2 #FujiNet ProDOS BASIC.SYSTEM with extensions released, ...

2026-07-06T18:48:26Z

#Apple2 #FujiNet ProDOS BASIC.SYSTEM with extensions released, ver. 1.0

Disk: TNFS apps.irata.online/APPLE_II/FujiNet/BASIC_w_FujiNet.po

Manual: https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-manuals/releases/download/fujinet-manuals-v1.0/fujinet-basic-extension-apple2.pdf

#retrocomputing

All of the printed user and developer manuals for the #FujiNet ...

2026-07-06T18:03:30Z

All of the printed user and developer manuals for the #FujiNet WiFi Adapter are being posted here: https://fujinet.online/manuals/

Enjoy,
-Thom

#atari8bit #apple2 #trs80coco #msdos #colecoadam #retrocomputing #retrogaming

The #Apple2 #FujiNet Getting Started Manual is released. It is ...

2026-06-16T16:51:54Z

The #Apple2 #FujiNet Getting Started Manual is released. It is Patterned after the Apple //c Owners Manual. Enjoy!
https://fujinet.online/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/fujinet-getting-started-apple2.pdf

#retrocomputing

(FujiNet is a WiFi Adapter for #Apple2 and other systems)

A Getting Started with #FujiNet Guide is complete for the ...

2026-06-13T18:54:02Z

A Getting Started with #FujiNet Guide is complete for the #Atari8bit systems. It's available on GitHub in the fujinet-manuals repository: https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-manuals/blob/main/atari/owners_guide_400_800/fujinet-owners-guide-400-800.pdf

And suddenly, after I have to reboot, and have cancelled my ...

2026-06-07T03:17:46Z

And suddenly, after I have to reboot, and have cancelled my Premium X subscription, X has temporarily rate limited my account and I can't log in.

Stay classy, Twatter.

For those of you who aren't used to public speaking at #VCF ...

2026-06-03T01:18:30Z

For those of you who aren't used to public speaking at #VCF shows:

If you find yourself saying, "um" "eh" "so"

Stop before you say it. Replace those words with a pause.

Believe me, it works better, and is more effective.

#FujiNet needs a firmware maintainer for #ColecoAdam - Work on ...

2026-05-09T18:03:59Z

#FujiNet needs a firmware maintainer for #ColecoAdam

- Work on #ESP32 C++ code
- Periodically test nightly builds
- Improve AdamNet routine reliability
- We can teach every aspect.

go to https://fujinet.online/ and scroll down to CONTACT US

#FujiNet is Asking for help to port the #C64 version of both 5 ...

2026-05-03T00:10:46Z

#FujiNet is Asking for help to port the #C64 version of both 5 Card Stud and Battleship to the #VIC20 if anyone can help. https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-5cardstud
https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-battleship

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #gamedev

Playing a quick game of #FujiNet BattleShip over the Internet on ...

2026-04-29T23:48:20Z

Playing a quick game of #FujiNet BattleShip over the Internet on my #AtariLynx. I won. :)

#retrogaming #retrocomputing

#VCFEast2026 was a success for #FujiNet. Lots of people saw our ...

2026-04-19T17:46:31Z

#VCFEast2026 was a success for #FujiNet. Lots of people saw our diverse #retrocomputing platforms and are starting to understand that we want to bring a useful network adapter to their favorite #atari8bit #Apple2 #TRS80CoCo #MSDOS and more systems.

Is anyone reading my #FujiNet articles in @computesgazette ? :) ...

2026-04-15T01:44:38Z

Is anyone reading my #FujiNet articles in @computesgazette ? :)

Social media posts now have the reach, and efficacy of direct ...

2026-04-13T03:53:03Z

Social media posts now have the reach, and efficacy of direct mail. That is to say, not very.

COMING SOON: #FujiNet GO brings your #retrocomputing and ...

2026-04-08T19:08:07Z

COMING SOON: #FujiNet GO brings your #retrocomputing and #retrogaming experience with your Android mobile device. Fusing a complete FujiNet implementation, The #Atari800 emulator, and a nice #Android UI, in one easy to use app.

https://youtube.com/shorts/W0u9arc11z8

How am I not finding an MS-DOS binary for a version of MicroEmacs ...

2026-04-07T01:06:45Z

How am I not finding an MS-DOS binary for a version of MicroEmacs earlier than 3.12? WTF? :(

Want to bring-up FujiNet on your favorite #retrocomputing and ...

2026-04-01T21:56:09Z

Want to bring-up FujiNet on your favorite #retrocomputing and #retrogaming system's bus?

The first #prototype Bus Bring-up board for the #FujiNet #WiFi Adapter now on GitHub. Containing an ESP32 and an RP2350, and jumper.

(#TRS80Coco and #MSX shown)

https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujiversal-pcb-prototype

#Apple2 talking to my #Linux box over #SSH via the #FujiNet ...

2026-03-30T01:11:00Z

#Apple2 talking to my #Linux box over #SSH via the #FujiNet adapter, and the CaTer terminal program, which can connect to any supported network endpoint.

(more info at https://fujinet.online/)

#retrocomputing

WTB: Looking for any of: * SpectraVideo SV-328 * Memotech MTX-512 ...

2026-03-29T16:07:27Z

WTB: Looking for any of:

* SpectraVideo SV-328
* Memotech MTX-512
* Tatung Einstein

for doing #FujiNet bring-ups.

Please message me directly.

#retrocomputing

#FujiNet is a WiFi adapter (and public project) for your favorite ...

2026-03-22T15:17:45Z

#FujiNet is a WiFi adapter (and public project) for your favorite #retrocomputing and #retrogaming system, loading software from the Internet or local storage, a virtual printer, a network adapter that talks many open internet protocols, and much more! https://youtube.com/shorts/4GbZV40mirY

Successfully opened SSH connection to my Linux box from my ...

2026-03-08T22:27:19Z

Successfully opened SSH connection to my Linux box from my Panasonic FS-A1 #MSX via #FujiNet. This means network functions are working as expected.

Now our apps can start to be ported.

#retrocomputing

If ever I feel the desire to study the effects of overinflated ...

2026-03-03T00:46:35Z

If ever I feel the desire to study the effects of overinflated self importance, I just head over to LinkedIn and read the blogs of self proclaimed leadership experts.

Nostr event nevent1qqsxspeaf22u5j7xrmasusdqjc0exnklqmzpz27fptfxyrp7suhjlfszyzqjd5fme4r9x2aqudlt808s3q9k4rx52u3jepyzktvvc933vp5g7tdsda6

2026-02-28T15:14:17Z

Reality really is like a bad WWE wrestling match, all the time now.

I find the American mode of "debate" to be corrupt, ...

2026-02-13T23:05:37Z

I find the American mode of "debate" to be corrupt, because it values winning over inquiry. Theatrics over insight. It is not done in good faith.

@npub12cn…fgpx has been working on a regression testing system ...

2026-01-24T15:34:22Z

FozzTexx (npub12cn…fgpx) has been working on a regression testing system for #FujiNet, because we really need it.

Here it is running on #Atari8bit

#retrocomputing

My daughter Nina sketching in #krita on her Lenovo Yoga laptop ...

2025-12-30T02:00:16Z

My daughter Nina sketching in #krita on her Lenovo Yoga laptop running #ubuntu #linux.

It's time for my periodic reminder: please do not contact me ...

2025-12-28T03:53:25Z

It's time for my periodic reminder: please do not contact me for #FujiNet questions privately. These questions are better answered in public where others can benefit.

Can someone who isn't a dim witted collector with more ...

2025-12-25T14:43:53Z

Can someone who isn't a dim witted collector with more dollars than sense grab this, so that a working #grid #compass emulator can be made, and we can show and preserve these unique systems?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/197975018793

#retrocomputing

Fuck you 2025. You have fucked me over many times over. You ...

2025-12-25T04:33:44Z

Fuck you 2025. You have fucked me over many times over. You can't be over, soon enough.

#Atari8bit? #Apple2? #Tandy? TOGETHER?! Yes. #FujiNet is a public ...

2025-12-04T21:25:34Z

#Atari8bit? #Apple2? #Tandy? TOGETHER?!

Yes.

#FujiNet is a public community of WiFi Adapters that bring #retrocomputing and #retrogaming users together.

Because someone asked, I made a quick video showing a development ...

2025-12-01T20:39:20Z

Because someone asked, I made a quick video showing a development workflow for #Apple2 using #FujiNet.

Disk images are placed on a TNFS file server, and mounted read-only by the Apple2. Compile, disk, push to TNFS, and test.

https://youtu.be/vJsH2-1WbNo

#retrocomputing

Links in video description.

A "durak" named Petar Pandurov has made it a mission to ...

2025-11-27T17:01:52Z

A "durak" named Petar Pandurov has made it a mission to report me for spamming, every single time I post on Facebook about #FujiNet across groups.

I just can't fucking win.

People fucking suck.

It's extremely frustrating when I am ACTUALLY showing a #PCjr ...

2025-11-23T19:41:49Z

It's extremely frustrating when I am ACTUALLY showing a #PCjr doing ACTUAL network things with #FujiNet, and I get maybe 100 views, and I see stupid shit like THIS:

FML.

#FujiNet WiFi Adapter for #Heathkit #H89 bring-up: RX & TX ...

2025-11-03T02:31:23Z

#FujiNet WiFi Adapter for #Heathkit #H89 bring-up: RX & TX comms now stable across the 8255.

Now to leverage the work FozzTexx (npub12cn…fgpx) has done to refactor devices and media.

#retrocomputing

I am currently working on #HeathKit #H89 bring-up, bc the ...

2025-10-31T16:07:02Z

I am currently working on #HeathKit #H89 bring-up, bc the hardware is stable. Will continue on #Intellivision once it's working.

If anyone wants to help with #Intellivision, first goal is to get a ROM emulation using PiRTO-II cart, but with firmware using the #RP2040 PIO.

Any1 want to try?

#retrocomputing #retrogaming

I keep trying to tell people about #FujiNet. That it is a WiFi ...

2025-10-18T19:17:01Z

I keep trying to tell people about #FujiNet.
That it is a WiFi adapter for your favorite #Atari8bit, #Apple2, #ColecoAdam, #TRS80CoCo, #Commodore, #Atari2600, #AtariLynx, and #MSDOS machines, with more to come.

But word isn't getting out.

Can u help?

http://fujinet.online/

Not that I'm anyone, but, it breaks my heart to see the Linux ...

2025-07-30T13:46:52Z

Not that I'm anyone, but, it breaks my heart to see the Linux community, with whom I have spent my time and energy for decades, unable to stop fighting with each other, and for the veracity of that fighting to continually increase, while corporate interests just gobble it up.

software engineering (in particular modern Java development) has ...

2025-07-28T21:14:40Z

In reply to nevent1q…wgq2
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software engineering (in particular modern Java development) has become a most miserable exercise in samethink.

I used to love software engineering... ...used to.

2025-07-28T18:29:44Z

I used to love software engineering...
...used to.

A big thank you to those who donate hardware to #FujiNet (An ...

2025-07-27T17:33:24Z

A big thank you to those who donate hardware to #FujiNet (An Internet adapter) for new computer and gaming console bring-ups. You are a huge help.

(p.s. if FujiNet doesn't exist for your favorite system yet, hardware donation is one way you can help.)

https://fujinet.online/

On systems w existing super-peripherals, #FujiNet becomes a ...

2025-07-27T01:33:47Z

On systems w existing super-peripherals, #FujiNet becomes a reference design to add useful networking features. We want projects like BlueSCSI and BackBit, etc. to add FujiNet features. We do not ask for any licensing; we want to foster a useful and ubiquitous way to network #retrogaming and #retrocomputing systems.

The MAGA Populists have now had their Bernie 2016 blackpill ...

2025-07-14T19:40:57Z

The MAGA Populists have now had their Bernie 2016 blackpill moment. Maybe, just maybe, we can use this opportunity for all of us to come together and engage in some much needed; very frank discussion, and perhaps, a new shared point of view?

I still remember Hurricane Katrina, which left Louisiana a wreck, ...

2025-07-09T15:49:29Z

In reply to nevent1q…0czg
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I still remember Hurricane Katrina, which left Louisiana a wreck, oh, but the French Quarter was rebuilt!

In the last 3 years alone we've had multiple hurricanes, extreme wildfires, and one epic chemical spill that has left a massive wasteland in the middle of Ohio. And in each and every case, both state and federal governments did next to nothing.

We have had multiple cataclysmic disasters in the last quarter ...

2025-07-09T13:06:02Z

We have had multiple cataclysmic disasters in the last quarter century. With each one, more Americans are asking " why should I pay taxes? "

I've been following Wayland ever since it first appeared. It ...

2025-06-29T21:18:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…kxzj
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I've been following Wayland ever since it first appeared.

It has a number of fundamental improvements that I agree with, but it also has a huge number of edge cases that are still not covered. I'm concerned because there is a concerted effort to completely eject Xorg from every major distribution IN THE SHORT TERM, and this will leave an unknown (and substantial) number of hardware configurations out in the cold.

I can't use #Wayland with my #Linux system. Performance is ...

2025-06-29T18:41:35Z

I can't use #Wayland with my #Linux system. Performance is terrible.

I have a 2021 Lenovo P17Gen1.
It has both an Intel P630 and NVIDIA RTX3000 Mobile GPU, running as a Prime pair.
It has a 4K eDP display, and two LG 4K displays, one connected via USB-C, and one via DP, via a TB3 Dock, all running at 60Hz.
It has 128GB of RAM, and 4TB of striped BTRFS SSD.
I am running the latest #Hyprland.

I tried running on #Arch, which cut the frame rate worse than half ANY time I connected an external 4K display ANYWHERE on either the laptop, or dock, DP, or USB-C. It refused to work via HDMI.

Switched to #Ubuntu and use Koolit's #Ubuntu installer for Hyprland. Performance is close to 60fps, but not quite. Stutters, and OBS runs at an average of 10fps, regardless of whether #PipeWire is in use, or not. Unusable.

I have been a #Linux user since September of 1991, and I can't even begin to know where the F**K to go to even diagnose this problem, due to the sheer number of variables.

Is it the NVIDIA drivers?
Is it Wayland?
Is it Hyprland?
Is it Pipewire?
Why is the performance better on #Ubuntu than on #Arch?
If I were to use Wayland, what COMPARABLE GPU would I use instead?
Do I just completely jettison using a laptop and build a workstation instead?
Why in the flying F**K can I not get stable vsync?!

I am posting this, because I am genuinely looking for knowledgable answers from knowlegable people, and I am _VERY_ concerned, that given the mass exodus from Xorg to Wayland, that I need to figure out something before I end up with a system configuration that is unusable.

-Thom

It really is early days and simple today. We wrote a lot of ...

2025-06-27T12:18:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…lxe5
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It really is early days and simple today. We wrote a lot of example apps.

* ISS Tracker
* FujiNet Games (5 card stud, Fujitzee)
* News Reader
* Wikipedia
* ChatGPT front-end
* VT100 and dumb terminals (netcat, CaTer, etc.)
* High Score Enabled games (lots of Atari 8 bit games) https://scores.irata.online/
* PLATOTerm (for connecting to IRATA.ONLINE)
* Mastodon (show latest Mastodon post)
* Weather
* Network Tools (For transferring data between file endpoints)

etc.

https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-apps
https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-news
https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-lib-examples
https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-weather
https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-cater
https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-iss-tracker
https://github.com/FujiNetWIFI/fujinet-contiki-webbrowser

It's weird how it doesn't seem like there's a lot, and yet, we wrote a ton of code.

I gave a State of the Union (SOTU) talk on the #FujiNet Internet ...

2025-06-26T12:39:40Z

I gave a State of the Union (SOTU) talk on the #FujiNet Internet Peripheral for #retrocomputing and #retrogaming systems, at VCF Southwest 2025 in Texas on Sunday, which has been posted to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCPcEbMEbeo

Kurtwood Smith would have crushed it as The Joker. ...

2025-06-25T17:57:41Z

Kurtwood Smith would have crushed it as The Joker.

Come see the #FujiNet WiFi Adapter at the VCF SouthWest Show in ...

2025-06-17T16:44:22Z

Come see the #FujiNet WiFi Adapter at the VCF SouthWest Show in Dallas, TX this weekend. Table 135.

You can see it in action on #Commodore, #Atari8bit, #Apple2, #IBM, #ColecoAdam, #Trs80CoCo, and others.

https://www.vcfsw.org/

39 years as a software engineer, and every single gig, large or ...

2025-06-10T23:06:19Z

39 years as a software engineer, and every single gig, large or small, is literally Wallace and Gromit and the f***ing train tracks.

#FujiNet brings a Wi-Fi adapter to many systems, bringing ...

2025-06-08T01:48:38Z

#FujiNet brings a Wi-Fi adapter to many systems, bringing Internet to your fav retro platforms in a public project that anyone can participate in.

ATARI? Apple2? Commodore? Coco? Others? All yes.

Sound fun?

https://fujinet.online/

#retrocomputing #retrogaming

It is a WiFi adapter providing virtual disk (load/write/use ...

2025-06-05T15:31:23Z

In reply to nevent1q…h2fp
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It is a WiFi adapter providing virtual disk (load/write/use software from local or Internet storage), a virtual printer emulating dozens of printers rasterizing to PDF to print on a modern printer, a WiFi MODEM to use with existing comms programs, and a network adapter exposing a bunch of networking protocols (TCP/UDP/HTTPS/SSH/SMB/NFS/TNFS/etc) along with the ability to directly process JSON and XML data, in an easy to use programming and operating system interface.

more info here: https://fujinet.online/

FujiNet is a WiFi Adapter for #retrocomputing and #retrogaming ...

2025-06-03T23:29:30Z

FujiNet is a WiFi Adapter for #retrocomputing and #retrogaming systems.

FujiNet-PC brings it to emulators.

mozzwald (npub1xhj…s4y4) ported it to run on the MiYoo Mini Plus, so now we have FujiNet gameplay on the go! Seen here running #Atari8bit.

I figured that news of a #PC version of #FujiNet for vintage PCs ...

2025-05-21T03:08:07Z

I figured that news of a #PC version of #FujiNet for vintage PCs would have generated some buzz.

Nope. It's #@($%@_ impossible to get the word out.

#retrocomputing

#FujiNet is a #WiFi Network Adapter for #retrocomputing and ...

2025-05-18T13:59:03Z

#FujiNet is a #WiFi Network Adapter for #retrocomputing and #retrogaming platforms.

https://youtu.be/-sKjDuqvTII

The #RS232 version of the #FujiNet can be plugged up to any vintage PC, like a #PCjr.

Wanna help? Check fujinet.online!

Stuff that needs finishing #5324590243: A version of Wizard of ...

2025-05-16T12:35:26Z

Stuff that needs finishing #5324590243: A version of Wizard of Wor for #NES.
It's written in #C. Code on GitHub if anyone wants it before I get back to it.
https://github.com/tschak909/wow

#gamedev

I love The Fall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=calbtfi9vjA

2025-05-15T06:33:28Z

I love The Fall. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=calbtfi9vjA

Hollywood finally solved the piracy problem by making movies so ...

2025-04-21T18:45:45Z

Hollywood finally solved the piracy problem by making movies so bad that most people don't even pirate them.

The #Frob PCB rev-eng is done. Now we make some test boards. Now ...

2025-04-13T17:25:24Z

The #Frob PCB rev-eng is done. Now we make some test boards.

Now this rare PCB is preserved for any1 who wants one.

Available on Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/retroabandon/apple2-re/-/tree/main/frob?ref_type=heads

(The #Frob was an #Atari2600 #GameDev system for #Apple2)

Things you do for #Atari2600 #GameDev that you do nowhere else: ...

2025-04-10T23:04:06Z

Things you do for #Atari2600 #GameDev that you do nowhere else: COUNT CYCLES.

The pictured code being developed on the #Apple2 using a Frob, implements the 6 digit score display by utilizing the unique VDEL registers for players which allowed you to get enough time to write 6 different player images very close together.

This is important because there is only 76 cycles on a scanline, and you're changing things as the raster sweeps.

There is a rev-eng effort for The Frob, an #Atari2600 #gamedev ...

2025-04-09T18:18:36Z

There is a rev-eng effort for The Frob, an #Atari2600 #gamedev system for #Apple2, happening on the VCFed forums: https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/the-frob-it-needs-some-rev-eng-love.1252421/

I saw all of this coming 6 years ago, and it's why I tried to ...

2025-04-06T14:23:18Z

In reply to nevent1q…326a
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I saw all of this coming 6 years ago, and it's why I tried to make #FujiNet something anyone could build, by not limiting production, by not asking for license fees, and by making a computer-hosted version that could also attach to emulators.

Perhaps the most revealing reaction to the massive changes ...

2025-04-02T13:11:50Z

Perhaps the most revealing reaction to the massive changes happening in society, is the profound lack of empathy from the understanding of solidarity in our shared condition.

I'm not surprised, it has been bred out of us. But it still stings.

“Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not ...

2025-04-01T22:30:16Z

“Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”
― Václav Havel

#Frob #GameDev #Apple2 #Atari2600 Current status, reading and ...

2025-03-31T02:56:28Z

#Frob #GameDev #Apple2 #Atari2600 Current status, reading and comparing the implementation of EXPLORER's embedded FMON, versus the FMON that gets loaded by AMON. There are some differences, need to understand why EXPLORER works and FMON doesn't (even though FMON is being called from the vblank).
(talked with burgerbecky (npub12zs…g99u) today and she suggested explicitly calling FMON from the vblank. not working though, something very subtle.)

Some days I really feel like I'm wasting my time, trying to ...

2025-03-19T23:50:00Z

Some days I really feel like I'm wasting my time, trying to preserve knowledge and artifacts that almost no-one gives a shit about...