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Getting a bit tired of that whole "Emulation/FPGA/Reproduction is not real retro" gatekeeping to be honest. Let peeps have fun the way they want to have fun. It doesn’t matter what YOU think about it.
I like repairing old hardware, don’t care as much about new retro stuff but many do & that’s ok. ☮️
It’s a fricking hobby after all. There’s no logic behind it, it’s purely for enjoyment. We have more important things to be angry about these days. Thanks for coming to my TED talk.
My FIL collects and repairs 50s old cars. When we visit them we chat about our hobbies (without really having passion for each other’s) but found out and laughed that its always same 😁 scalpers scalping, people saying that replacing that one original part that could kill you with something modern ruined it, etc. Tbh everyone who keeps the thing going in any form does great job. No one is ruining it.
There are also some cases where Emulation/FPGA/Repro is the only accessible/affordable way to get into retro tech, either because the genuine hardware is too expensive to get, or literally does not exist anymore, or replacement components are no longer manufactured or available, and everybody who wants to play with retro should be allowed and encouraged to poke at retro in the ways that are most accessible and affordable to them.
I enjoy using the original machines I have and I also love emulation.
For example, I have a MZ-80K and a couple of MZ-700s, but I don't have room for a MZ-80A. I wrote an emulator for it (and the 80K) on the Pi Pico instead. The emulator is just as much fun and the finished item fits into my pocket ...
I'm also lucky enough to own a UK101, but Grant Searle's FPGA recreation of it is far less temperamental and much more practical to use on a whim. I can also easily run the emulator with 40K of RAM if I want to!
FPGA and emulation are great ways to share the things we love with people who do not have the resources or knowhow to obtain and work with vintage tech. You aren't keeping a platform alive by pushing people away from it, all you're doing is guaranteeing it's slide into obscurity.
You have generations of young, enthusiastic nerds, eager and willing to build on the shoulders of giants, bring new perspectives and do cool new things which we never thought possible way back when, clone systems and emulators open the door for them to do so.
The clue is in the title: "#retrocomputing". You can do new shit with old stuff, or old shit with new stuff.
It's not "historically accurate computing", in which you can only use games you've personally bought in Woolworths for 1.99, after a weeks long paper round job, (or copied from school friends on tape) where even using the modern internet for resources and software is technically cheating.
I'm agreeing with @janbeta. It's your hobby so do what you want!
goofus "FPGA isn't REAL retro" retro hardware community vs gallant boomershooter community doing floor-over-floor and slopes in GZDoom and not one single person complains
Indeed. The only way the things we're using now will be able to be preserved for future generations is literally through some form of simulation, be it by the execution of program instructions in an emulator, or via the replication of logic gates in a programmable logic array (or some combination of both).
I don't like it either. It's the same logic, just running on a different piece of silicon. Often with an outboard CPU exactly the same as the one in the original machine. Many of them are built from reverse-engineered ASICs or original schematics. They're better than software emulators.
And with the price of original hardware and software, they make the space accessible to newcomers. Which might be why people are upset...
@philpem Someone *today* pretended to "not know who [Ultimate64] was for".
Usually it is from someone who has the belief that their way is the best way. Someone so unquestionably right in their opinion that they cannot conceive of why anyone else would think different.
THey even believe that anyone with "inferior" setups should just acknowledge they got ripped off buying into expensive FPGA stuff.
Also, that's a too-narrow interpretation of 'retro' itself to say it's only about hardware. Is a person whose hobby is playing retro games not 'retro'? It's the playing of the game that is their hobby. Not which pile of fused sand is used to play it on.
For many people, things like emulators or FPGA-based systems are what allow them to access that part of the hobby.
Gatekeeping is for people who want to feel special and exclusive. They need to get over it.
I feel like a lot of people could do to breathe in and out slowly, close their eyes with their legs crossed, and tell themselves "my tastes and preferences are valid, the things that get me into the hobby are real and the things I love about them, but they aren't the universal standard." Like, I definitely really prefer actual simpler ASICs and big, densely populated boards, but that's my tastes, not universal truths, and the first one isn't even universally a dealbreaker to me.
old hardware breaks down and even if you fix it it will not last forever. It's hard and ongoing work and at some point software or fpga based emulation is just going to be easy or cheep enough. Some systems are more work the others too.
I have a classic C64 and an Ultimate 64. I have a classic ZX Spectrum and a ZX Spectrum Next.
You know what? I love all my machines, and wouldn't want to give away any of them. When I'm in a retro mood, I prefer the classic machines. But to be honest, the modern FPGA machines are just easier to handle. (And they have HDMI connectors 😆 )
I consider retro computing the umbrella term for newer stuff recreating the original stuff and also the original stuff as well (that one I place in a vintage computing subcategory). Both are valid, but have key differences:
#retroComputing: fun experiences. #vintageComputing: fun-strating (fun+frustrating) experiences. Also things go boom more.
It's all good to me. Newer stuff has the advantage of not having RIFAs 😀
Un pactole à 1 128 milliards : les 500 Français les plus #riches ont vu leur fortune multipliée par 14 en 3 décennies
Alors que le Premier ministre s’apprête à dévoiler ses pistes de coupes dans les dépenses publiques, menaçant le pays d’une dérive austéritaire, le tout nouveau classement Challenge tombe à pic : les riches n’ont jamais été aussi riches et peuvent donc être aisément taxés.
Alors que le Premier ministre s’apprête à dévoiler ses pistes de coupes dans les dépenses publiques, menaçant le pays d’une dérive austéritaire, le tout nouveau classement Challenge tombe à pic : les riches n’ont jamais été aussi riches et peuvent do…
In this follow-up to yesterday’s video, Captain Steeeve breaks down the newly released AAIB report on the Air India 171 incident. The report confirms much of...
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Is pedophilia only a bad thing in one direction? In society I mean. Because I actually know a guy who became a dad at 15 to a 20 year old woman.
Which is kinda crazy but you never hear anyone talk about that. It’s always like 50 year old men fucking 5 year olds. He described it as there would have been trouble if the ages were flipped.
What is it just because “oh horny teenage boys probably want to fuck anyways”.
there is bunch of lying about sex, and people have these pre-conceived narratives of evil, mostly taken from other people
in fact the whole pedo thing is a psyop or a scam and has been going on since the roman catholic church tried to demonize Giles de Rais, probably to acquire his wealth
I know Liberals mean well when they say to me, "G33k, you and I want the same thing. A fair and equal #society." But I do get annoyed by that. Quite a bit.
Because I am for a #fair and #equitable society. Hence why I am an #AnarchoSyndicalist and a #AnarchoCommunist. And a fair and equitable society is one without #Capitalism. Which Liberals are not on board with because they still want to be a "small #business owner."
According to The Sunday Times' 2025 rankings, Saffron Walden in Essex is currently the best place to live in England[^1]. This historic market town of around 16,000 people combines rural charm with excellent amenities, including a bustling high street, top-rated schools, and convenient access to Cambridge just 15 miles away[^2].
The town has transformed from its former reputation of being "old-fashioned and stuffy" into a vibrant community with fresh ideas, independent shops, and an emerging food scene "defying the Essex stereotypes"[^1]. Local resident India Burrett describes summers there as "like being in the south of France with everyone milling around"[^2].
While housing costs average £607,100, the town offers strong transport links to London (43 miles away) and a rich heritage dating back to 1141 when its market first began trading[^2]. The area features extensive green spaces and maintains a strong sense of community, with resident Henry Rowe noting that despite having lived in Perth, Australia, he "will always return to Saffron Walden"[^2].
Saffron Walden, a historic market town in Essex home to around 16,000 people, has been named the best place to live in 2025 by The Sunday Times as part of their annual list
It's too hot outside and inside ! My freckles are starting to join up all over my body and a nice ice cold G&T didn't help either. So we've decided to go for another walk down to the harbour in the village which was heaving with tourists earlier and probably still is. On a plus note this tan accelerating factor 30 sun oil is working a treat. 🔥😍🌞
🇺🇸 NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will meet on Tuesday in Washington with President Donald Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
Mauro Vieira discusses whether BRICS is anti-West and whether global governance must change to reflect today’s realities.
In this episode of Talk to Al Jazeera, Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira discusses Brazil’s role in the expanding BRICS bloc and whether the group is positioning itself as a challenge to Western dominance.
Speaking from Rio de Janeiro after the BRICS summit, Vieira explains President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s call for a global trade currency, critiques the current state of the United Nations, and explains what Brazil envisions for a more balanced multipolar world. With absent leaders, rising tensions, and growing ambitions, is BRICS reshaping global power, or just talking about it?
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva delivered a speech at the annual meeting of the New Development Bank (Banco do Brics) on July 4, 2025, where he criticized the United Nations (UN) as "insignificant" for its inability to prevent what he described as a "genocide" in Gaza and its failure to create a Palestinian state.
- Syria signs $800 mn deal for Tartus port with UAE's DP World
- In May, Damascus signed a 30-year contract with French shipping giant CMA CGM to develop and run the port of Latakia.
- That same month, Syria signed a $7 billion energy deal with a consortium of Qatari, Turkish and US companies as part of efforts to revive its crippled power sector.
Resistance in Gaza: Command Post Struck, Tanks Destroyed
At least five Zionist soldiers were wounded in three separate incidents in the Gaza Strip, occupation newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported on Saturday. A “security incident” in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, also prompted an emergency aerial evacuation of wounded personnel.
The Palestinian Resistance launched a series of coordinated attacks against Zionist occupation forces across the Gaza Strip, delivering yet another blow to the military amid the ongoing genocidal war.
Al-Qassam targets C2 position, snipes soldier
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, announced that its fighters targeted a Zionist command-and-control post east of al-Tuffah neighborhood in Gaza City with heavy mortar fire. In a separate operation in Abasan al-Kabira, east of Khan Younis, a Resistance sniper struck a Zionist soldier with a fatal shot.
Al-Quds Brigades targets forces across Gaza
Simultaneously, al-Quds Brigades—the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)—confirmed multiple successful operations targeting armored vehicles. The group detonated a pre-planted anti-tank explosive device east of al-Tuffah, destroying a Merkava tank during its incursion.
Another explosive device was used to destroy a tank east of al-Zaytoun neighborhood. Fighters returning from the operation reported direct hits and confirmed the tank was neutralized.
Earlier in the day, al-Quds Brigades said its fighters struck a military vehicle along the Kissufim supply route northeast of Khan Younis using a pre-planted improvised explosive device (IED). Additionally, a barrel-shaped explosive device destroyed another military vehicle in the Sheikh Nasser area east of Khan Younis.
Occupation troops were also targeted with mortar fire on Jabal al-Sawrani, east of al-Tuffah, where occupation forces have been massing in recent days.
«Γάζα: Ο ισραηλινός στρατός δολοφόνησε παιδιά που περίμεναν στην ουρά για νερό» διαβάζω για αυτούς που θέλουν να πείσουν τον κόσμο πως είναι οι απόγονοι του Ολοκαυτώματος. Δεν είναι. Είναι δολοφόνοι με λεφτά.
Kenyan Communist Revolutionary, Julia Njoki, Murdered in Police Custody
Communist revolutionay Julia Njoki was murdered by police in a cell in the Nanyuki police station, a city in central Kenya. Julia Njoki was kept in detention because she was unable to pay the deposit of 50,000 shillings decided by a Kenyan court. She died following multiple head injuries.
Her death comes in the context of a huge uprising against the right wing government.
The death toll from the uprising in Kenya has surged to over 30 people,with at least 107 others wounded during the nationwide marches.
The marches saw clashes erupt between protesters and police in the capital, Nairobi, as well as the city of Eldoret, with the KNCHR accusing the police of cooperating with armed gangs, who were armed with machetes and spears, in the wake of the violence.
There was widespread destruction of property in the uprising as the privatization of the country drives poverty and resistance.
The Trump administration is attacking academia because it threatens existing power structures and dominant elites. This is seen most clearly when it comes to Palestine.
Η κατάπαυση του πυρός στην #Γάζα είναι προϋπόθεση για την αναγνώριση της Παλαιστίνης ως κράτους, υπαινίχθηκε ο Μακρόν. Δλδ, για να το κάνουμε δίφραγκα, όσο το Ισραήλ σφαγιάζει τους φουκαράδες τους Παλαιστίνιους, ο Μακρόν δεν θα αναγνωρίσει την Παλαιστίνη ως κράτος. Και ύστερα κοροϊδεύετε το ζαβό.
το τέλος γενικότερα παρακολουθούμε των πάντων Δύσης και Ανατολής, αναπτυγμένων και υπανάπτυκτων κλπ. Μόνο οι χρόνοι θα έχουν μια διακύμανση με την έννοια οτι κάποιοι θα προσπαθήσουν να καθυστερήσουν το αναπόφευκτο αλλά αμφίβολο αν θα το καταφέρουν. Εγώ νιώθω οτι κάνω καταγραφή του τέλους την ανθρωπότητας, τουλάχιστον όπως την ξέρουμε...κάτι σαν τους τελευταίους δεινόσαυρους πριν την εξάλειψη
Macron is now indicating that a ceasefire in Gaza is a precondition for France to recognise the State of Palestine. What a gift to Netanyahu! All he needs do, to prevent the recognition of Palestine is ensure that there is no ceasefire in Gaza!
Hospital sources told Al Jazeera that Israeli attacks across Gaza have killed at least 85 people since dawn, including 46 in Gaza City alone.
Meanwhile, Al-Shifa Hospital Director Muhammad Abu Salmiya warned that Gaza’s hospitals could shut down by tomorrow without fuel. He accused the Israeli army of restricting fuel deliveries “up to the point of death,” saying medical teams are stretched thin and supplies are running critically low.
People are absolute about their privacy. But none of those types will ever factor in that if the law is supposed to work, there needs to be an accurate record of interactions. The cops can't just write in a report, "Talked to a guy."
Just like the #Nazis tried to #erase #Jews from #Germany's #History, #Trump's attempt to erase #America's #LGBTQ+ population will not be successful. He can take down as many websites as he wants and erase as many #references to LGBTQ+ history and #culture that he wants but he will not be successful. ---
The following advertisement was not produced by boycott movements, but rather by the Israeli occupation Manufacturers Association to promote Israeli products — which, according to the ad, are turned into “Arrow missiles, Merkava tanks, and drones.
> Die AfD-Mitgliedschaft ist in Sachsen weiterhin kein Hinderungsgrund für einen Job im Staatsdienst. Das stellte das Innenministerium nach Bekanntwerden entsprechender Pläne in Rheinland-Pfalz klar.
"TURQUIE / KURDISTAN – Alors que le PKK a décidé de déposer les armes, les Kurdes commémorent les 4 prisonniers politiques du PKK morts à l’issus du « jeûne de la mort » lancé dans la prison tristement célèbre de Diyarbakır il y a 43 ans. Il y a 43 ans, 4 prisonniers politiques, cadres […] L’article Commémorations des martyrs du 14 juillet kurde est apparu
The Trump administration is attacking academia because it threatens existing power structures and dominant elites. This is seen most clearly when it comes to Palestine.
Ένα νέο πλοίο του "Στολίσκου της Ελευθερίας", με την ονομασία Handala, απέπλευσε την Κυριακή από το λιμάνι των Συρακουσών στη Σικελία με προορισμό τη Λωρίδα της Γάζας, μεταφέροντας ανθρωπιστική βοήθεια…
the fact that Devuan tweeted support of #Xlibre makes me never want to suggest this distro ever again.
and the fact that Artix already excitedly made an experimental ISO with Xlibre means I'm going to have to put BSD back on my laptop, if not Alpine. jfc.
PKK Burns Weapons in Bid for Integration Into Reactionary States
Following a call from PKK leader, Abdullah Öcalan, to lay down its arms, the PKK held a disarmament ceremony in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) on July 11th.
Besê Hozat, co-chair of the KCK (Kurdistan Communities Union) Executive Council, led the group of 15 male and 15 female guerrillas who burned their weapons and belts.
Speaking at the historic ceremony, Besê Hozat said: “We are taking this step in response to Leader Apo’s call, the February 27 call, and the decisions of the PKK’s 12th Congress.”
Kurdish militants want to return to Turkey and enter mainstream politics, one of the PKK’s joint leaders told AFP on Friday after the group’s fighters began destroying their arms at the ceremony.
Speaking to AFP after handing in her own weapon alongside 29 of her comrades, the Kurdistan Workers’ Party’s top female commander Bese Hozat said if Turkey were willing, the disarmament process could be completed very quickly.
But the 47-year-old militant also warned the fragile peace process risked being derailed if Ankara fails to free the PKK’s jailed founder Abdullah Ocalan, also known as ‘Apo’ — Kurdish for ‘uncle’.
“If Apo were freed tomorrow and… Turkey made legal and constitutional arrangements the next day, within a week we could return to engage” in bourgeois state politics, she said of a process which Ankara expects to last for months.
Hozat said it was essential Turkey put in place mechanisms to allow them to return without fear of prosecution or reprisal.
“We do not want to wage armed struggle against Turkey, we want to come to Turkey and do democratic politics. In order for us… to achieve democratic integration with Turkey, it is imperative we can freely travel to Turkey,” she said.
“If Turkey takes concrete steps, enacts laws and implements radical legal reforms… we will go to Turkey and engage in politics. If (not)… we will end up either in prison or being killed.”
Asked whether she now expected Turkey and its Western allies to remove the PKK from their blacklists of terrorist organisations, Hozat said the issue was irrelevant.
“Right now, the PKK no longer exists, we’ve dissolved it. We are a freedom movement.. advocating for peace and a democratic society.
“The PKK has achieved its main goal: the existence of the Kurds has been recognised.”
The PKK dissolution represents a severe turning point for internationalist politics, as the organization that permitted revolutionary collusion in the region speed walks its way into collaborationist politics.
Democratic integration into Turkish politics is essentially an oxymoron as class politics and reactionary parties dominate the state.
Furthermore, the PKK’s posture in Syria has also drifted into collaboration as the new regime continues its massacres and clearly settles into a riole as a gendarme for US and Zionist imperial schemes. The PKK’s attempt to join this regime is damning, even if minor concessions are wrangled out in the negotations.
“Demokratik Modernite: Kocasız, Karısız, Devletsiz, Akılsız Yeni Toplum!”🎭 Öcalan’ın düşünce laboratuvarından çıkan son icat: Evliya Çelebi misali dolaşıp “...
"Following a call from PKK leader, Abdullah Öcalan, to lay down its arms, the PKK held a disarmament ceremony in southern Kurdistan (northern Iraq) on July 11th. Besê Hozat, co-chair…"
Jan Beta
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in reply to Jan Beta • • •I enjoy using the original machines I have and I also love emulation.
For example, I have a MZ-80K and a couple of MZ-700s, but I don't have room for a MZ-80A. I wrote an emulator for it (and the 80K) on the Pi Pico instead. The emulator is just as much fun and the finished item fits into my pocket ...
I'm also lucky enough to own a UK101, but Grant Searle's FPGA recreation of it is far less temperamental and much more practical to use on a whim. I can also easily run the emulator with 40K of RAM if I want to!
Rycochet
in reply to Jan Beta • • •FPGA and emulation are great ways to share the things we love with people who do not have the resources or knowhow to obtain and work with vintage tech. You aren't keeping a platform alive by pushing people away from it, all you're doing is guaranteeing it's slide into obscurity.
You have generations of young, enthusiastic nerds, eager and willing to build on the shoulders of giants, bring new perspectives and do cool new things which we never thought possible way back when, clone systems and emulators open the door for them to do so.
Justin Skists
in reply to Jan Beta • • •Oh, not this gatekeeping crap again.
The clue is in the title: "#retrocomputing". You can do new shit with old stuff, or old shit with new stuff.
It's not "historically accurate computing", in which you can only use games you've personally bought in Woolworths for 1.99, after a weeks long paper round job, (or copied from school friends on tape) where even using the modern internet for resources and software is technically cheating.
I'm agreeing with @janbeta. It's your hobby so do what you want!
Millie
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in reply to Jan Beta • • •Indeed. The only way the things we're using now will be able to be preserved for future generations is literally through some form of simulation, be it by the execution of program instructions in an emulator, or via the replication of logic gates in a programmable logic array (or some combination of both).
That, and, oh yeah, PIRACY. 😀
Phil M0OFX
in reply to Jan Beta • • •I don't like it either. It's the same logic, just running on a different piece of silicon. Often with an outboard CPU exactly the same as the one in the original machine. Many of them are built from reverse-engineered ASICs or original schematics. They're better than software emulators.
And with the price of original hardware and software, they make the space accessible to newcomers. Which might be why people are upset...
DigitalStefan
in reply to Phil M0OFX • • •@philpem Someone *today* pretended to "not know who [Ultimate64] was for".
Usually it is from someone who has the belief that their way is the best way. Someone so unquestionably right in their opinion that they cannot conceive of why anyone else would think different.
THey even believe that anyone with "inferior" setups should just acknowledge they got ripped off buying into expensive FPGA stuff.
Dan: Who they protect?
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in reply to Jan Beta • • •Also, that's a too-narrow interpretation of 'retro' itself to say it's only about hardware. Is a person whose hobby is playing retro games not 'retro'? It's the playing of the game that is their hobby. Not which pile of fused sand is used to play it on.
For many people, things like emulators or FPGA-based systems are what allow them to access that part of the hobby.
Gatekeeping is for people who want to feel special and exclusive. They need to get over it.
Xenotime | Science/Coding VTuber
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in reply to Jan Beta • • •Like, I definitely really prefer actual simpler ASICs and big, densely populated boards, but that's my tastes, not universal truths, and the first one isn't even universally a dealbreaker to me.
ShadowInTheVoid
in reply to Jan Beta • • •Some systems are more work the others too.
Shred
in reply to Jan Beta • • •I have a classic C64 and an Ultimate 64. I have a classic ZX Spectrum and a ZX Spectrum Next.
You know what? I love all my machines, and wouldn't want to give away any of them. When I'm in a retro mood, I prefer the classic machines. But to be honest, the modern FPGA machines are just easier to handle. (And they have HDMI connectors 😆 )
Bits&Terminal Jeff
in reply to Jan Beta • • •I consider retro computing the umbrella term for newer stuff recreating the original stuff and also the original stuff as well (that one I place in a vintage computing subcategory). Both are valid, but have key differences:
#retroComputing: fun experiences.
#vintageComputing: fun-strating (fun+frustrating) experiences. Also things go boom more.
It's all good to me. Newer stuff has the advantage of not having RIFAs 😀