Peter Fletcher

Cyclist and Atarian. User of Apple products. Philly Born.

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2024-10-26 23:02:26

The ST is STACKED! It is absolutely as Jack intended and it is as ridiculous as it looks. Teenaged Pete wouldn’t have believed that at 54 I would have had not one, but two MEGAFILEs hooked up to an ST.
I shouldn’t be this giggly over something so stupid, but here I am.
#AtariST
#Atari
#Retrocomputing
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2024-10-26 21:53:02

Picked up an Atari Megafile 30 (30 MB, yes kids 30 whole megabytes) today at the #vcfswapmeet for $50. The seller didn’t have any luck getting it working before the swap meet, but I took a chance. After way too many power cycle attempts, the MFM drive whirled to life and I got it to boot.
The previous owner had an interesting chess obsession as the only programs of note other than BBS stuff were chess games.
There were a few personal files on there so i ended up wiping the drive and we’ll see how long she continues to work.
#atarist
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2024-10-15 00:42:29

The world is scary. Enjoy my #AtariST Jack-O-Lantern 🎃 that I made in ST BASIC instead.
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2024-09-10 13:20:58

She’s old, but I love her so. #Disney #SpaceMountain
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2024-07-25 18:41:29

Computing should have never progressed beyond this point.
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2024-07-17 16:26:39

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@npub13le…6saf The eyes add at least 10% to the sale price.

2024-04-24 14:00:41

Your random #Atari picture of the day for April 24, 2024.
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2024-03-24 23:31:13

Holy cow! This #GlobalTalk thing really works. I need to set up things to share on my end of the bargain now. Cool stuff. #MARCHintosh
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2024-03-24 16:25:44

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@npub1rp6…wzqe Glad you caught it before it was needed

2024-03-24 15:29:46

I've been enjoying messing about with my G4 Server running AppleShareIP 6.3 like it's 2001 again. We only used it for a short time at work before transitioning to OS X Server, but it was rather feature rich for our small business at the time.
#MARCHintosh
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2024-03-23 22:50:41

Finally had some time to get my Quadra 650 #GlobalTalk ready. I think I have everything in place. I guess I'll find out if I get approved for access. #MARCHintosh
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2024-03-18 13:13:19

A couple of #MARCHintosh back I set up a G4 running OS X Server 10.1 to netboot some iMacs. The iMacs boot OS 9 over the network.
Not something I ever utilized at work, but a rather nifty feature.
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2024-03-10 22:56:44

I've been wanting to participate in #GlobalTalk but haven't had the time. Regardless many long years ago I was responsible for maintaining the Novell 4.11 file server at our family business and one of the protocols I had running was AppleTalk.
I seem to recall that 4.11 was capable of acting as an AppleTalk over IP router so if time allows I may try to set up a Novell server again before #MARCHintosh ends.
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2024-03-07 18:16:44

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@npub13le…6saf I hope to find some time this weekend to join in the GlobalTalk fun. Life is too hectic sometimes.

2024-02-24 16:40:17

At some point in 2023 @npub1z60…d0y7 sent me a pair of Percom disk drives for the #Atari8bit. I had spent some time cleaning the drives several months ago but never was able to successfully boot from one. Today I did a deeper dive, reset all the chips, re-cleaned the heads and lubricated the rails and heck yeah this one works! I’ll address the other drive soon. Thank Benj! #Atari
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2024-02-21 21:25:41

I once wrote a program in GFA BASIC that bounced an Atari Fuji along a sine wave for reasons I don't really remember. Regardless, it looks pretty nifty. #AtariST
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2024-02-21 19:05:52

Cones
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2024-02-17 23:46:02

That one time I had my #AtariST emulate a #Macintosh emulating an #apple2. Oddly worked better than I had hoped.
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2023-08-05 00:43:10

This is my kind of Friday night. #AtariST #Sierra
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2023-07-12 01:10:15

Bring back this art style you cowards.
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2023-07-12 00:25:08

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@npub13le…6saf I had a Color Classic way back when. My favorite industrial design of any of the compact Macs. Shame the machine was so slow.

2023-07-11 02:21:35

Many years ago I tried to draw some flags with Atari Artist and Koala Micro Illustrator software with the Atari Touch Tablet and Koala graphics pads. I had fun, but an artist I am not. #Atari
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2023-07-03 10:55:31

It's my birthday today. Share pictures of your old computers to help me celebrate another spin around the sun.
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2023-06-23 13:38:30

Going to Atlantic City tonight to see Tears for Fears again. We saw them in Philly last June and then my wife flew all the way to England to see them in July (sadly that show was cancelled because Curt broke a rib). Hopefully everything goes off without a hitch this evening.
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2023-06-04 22:24:50

Yesterday was the 40th Anniversary of the release of WarGames in the USA. Though that logically makes sense, my head struggles to accept that reality. 15 years ago I attended the 25th Anniversary showing and it does not seem like 15 years has passed.
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2023-06-03 23:59:26

Pastel buttons are best buttons
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2023-06-01 03:15:12

This is me, age 5, digitized on the Atlantic City, NJ boardwalk.
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2023-05-25 11:05:57

Happy 5 1/4” Floppy Day!
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