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OKAY. Windows 10 EOL is right around the corner in ~2 weeks.

Because I've had to put out multiple all-caps panic attack fires within my own friend circle over this bullshit, I just spent my Monday night after work writing an article outlining a few paths forward post 10-pocalypse that anyone wondering what to do can do.

The first thing you need to do is this:

Don't panic.

codeberg.org/dragon-architect/

@limbic a lot of these are built using breadboards and with simple components, so should be a good starting point. :)

okay yeah Digimon Beatbreak's first episode rocks

also it gave me two fantastic screengrabs of Murasamemon 💜

I want to go to here; this is the future they stole from us.

@limbic you could diy a synth if you're confident with soldering?

there's a really cool YT series about making a synth from scratch, if that's something you'd be interested in. c:

Furry fandom, loneliness 

@Bowsette It's worth looking at events that aren't just furmeets; I'm at a furry rave this evening and there are people here both younger and older than I am.

(Not suggesting a rave per say, just that there are things other than meets nowadays and they tend to be more open :) )

⚠️ Call to action: Use your retro IBM-compatible PCs to help the MegaZeux DOS port! ⚠️

In the late 90s/early 00s, MegaZeux introduced a mode called "Super MegaZeux": using an undefined behaviour of enabling 256-color VGA mode in text mode, it allowed the use of 256 colors on some graphics chipsets.

We'd like to know which graphics chipsets these are. Legacy compatibility lists are very limited and of poor quality, so we're building a new one. Here's how you can help:

1. Get your retro PCs out. The only requirement is a VGA-compatible graphics chipset; any 8086+ laptops and desktops are supported otherwise.
2. Download and run SMZXTEST.EXE from
https://asie.pl/files/smzxtest.zip
3. Take a photo of the screen! (If you want, take another photo after pressing A to see if an alternate undefined mode works better on your machine.)
4. Reply with the photos and a description of the machine (which graphics chipset/card it uses; for laptops, a model of the laptop is also welcome).
5. Once verified, I'll add it to the list at
https://www.digitalmzx.com/wiki/Super_MegaZeux#Compatibility

Thank you in advance and good luck!

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