Weasel @wildweasel@computerfairi.es

Okay, folks, as you know, I'm watching an anime "16-bit sensation", a show about NEC PC-98 nostalgia. It made me power up my PC-9821 Aile and boot into DOS/V, and finally try to launch some high-end PC-98 games. And I am speechless. Even on an LCD screen from mid-90s, the art is legendary.

PC-98 series is a special beast. Conceived by NEC as a business computer, the first models were based on Intel's powerful 8086 (the year was 1982). Unlike IBM PC clones, PC-98 supported Japanese out of the box, with complicated input system and thousands of kanji. To make the kanji look good, or, rather, at least minimally readable, the computer's graphics was 640x400 in 16 colours.

As you can imagine, adding Japanese support to a regular PC is hard. No one could do it, and NEC PC-98, became the biggest thing.

For PC games, it made all the difference.

🧵

#pc98 #retrocomputing

Also played this cute little shopping simulator: https://rt-55j.itch.io/buyso

there are two wolves inside you but three on your shirt, you must insert another wolf to achieve balance

Inspired by paradigms such as BBCode, Markdown, and CSS crimes, we have invented a new system for rich posting on our social media platform:

Literally just the entire feature set of Microsoft Word, including macros. Please be nice and don't use your post's footer to obscure other posts on the TL.

The Even More! Incredible Machine (1993)

So awesome seeing this NEC V40 powered Olivetti Prodest PC1 on my Commodore monitor, via RGB Scart. But it's time for me to give it the overhaul it deserves, the primary floppy has packed in.

*Hacking, wizened voice* Beware ye, afore ye ride the

https://thingsidrawgohere.tumblr.com/post/806935893022818308/so-artists-how-badly-does-clip-studio-run-on A friend is asking how well Clip Studio works on Linux these days... I see a few different howtos and threads on it here and there, but if anyone seeing this on fedi has strong (and strongly informed) opinions or deep insights on this particular program I can pass em on.

I find this word objectionable for reasons I cannot articulate

design your own home, magazine screenshot, macintosh (1997) https://archive.org/details/MacAddict-011-199707/page/n67/mode/2up

Thinking about the shogi murder mystery game that has Ace Attorney music for some reason https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0RwQiADiME

The Secret of Monkey Island (DOS VGA)

Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare. ~ Audre Lorde