mr_daemon

Infrastructure, automation and general computer chaos wrangler.

Old exotic computers enthusiast, general nerd.

I sometimes make music that was more fun to create than to listen to.

Parfois en français.

#RetroGaming #RetroComputing #doom #gzdoom #nobot

SKU: he/him they/them
CPU: PowerPC 7447a (G4)
Spoken Languages: English, Français
Source Code: https://github.com/mrdaemon

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mr_daemon_at_untrusted.website@momostr.pink

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2024-09-01 06:14:08

It's that yearly moment where I reminisce about my Palm PDAs and Pocket PCs of old, and I realize that I actually miss the stupid Palm Graffiti alphabet as a stylus driven input method.
When you got good at it, you could jot down things shockingly quick. Unfortunately, It also ended up shaping my already weird and shitty handwriting into something weirder and shittier still.
I haven't been comfortable taking notes on anything not keyboard driven since.
#Palm #pda #RetroComputing #PalmOS
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2024-08-27 05:20:21

Sorry, I'm still on my Roland SoundCanvas shit, here's an unsolicited recording of a banging track from Eviternity II off my SC-88.
it's how I heard it while playing it, and I had an urge to share
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llv_dcrXBvE
#gzdoom #eviternity #doom #midi #synths

2024-08-25 18:38:08

I finally beat the last episode of Eviternity II, including its absolutely insane, sadistic secret level, and boy what a great ride that was.
It's been a while since a Doom megawad made me sweat this much without devolving into a cheap slaughter map with too many revenants.
Top shelf stuff: level design, theme, mechanics, puzzles, music, textures, it's a solid 11/10 and I can't recommend it enough.
UV is absolutely Unrelenting, too.
https://eviternity.dfdoom.com/
#doom #gzdoom #RetroGaming

2024-08-23 01:38:30

Well that's a teenage dream realized right there. Turns out absolutely nothing stops you from telling 86Box's emulated sound card to send midi out to an actual midi device hooked to your desktop, and it just works.
So here's Duke Nukem 3D using the SC-88 on my desk in SC-55 map mode.
Sound is coming back in via the analog inputs of my audio interface and I have finally achieved "the rich people setup" of my dreams in the 90s. Totally worth it.
#RetroComputing #synths #midi #DosGaming
https://static.untrusted.website/media_attachments/files/113/008/749/719/961/803/original/abdce613f243ea02.mp4

2024-08-22 01:19:53

It's aliiiive!
I now need to figure the deal with the mapping and the two parts on separate midi ports but otherwise it super works and I get to hear the Doom 2 soundtrack from DOS at its best, so hooray!
#synths #retrocomputing
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2024-08-13 14:20:35

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Thank you so much <3

2024-08-12 15:19:42

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I miss games that actively made use of the system UI and controls like this, if only in look and feel.

2024-08-04 02:09:30

So, 86box has gotten General Modem Emulation in 4.2, and you can absolutely dial up with SLIP to access the internet over SLiRP, and it absolutely works.
Dialog Boxes you have not seen in Quite Some Time, volume 5.
#RetroComputing #86box #emulation #windows98 #OldComputers
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2024-08-03 18:29:05

Some time ago, I was asked to share notes and details of how I archived my old CDROM media and I did reply in the thread, but never really posted the guide I wrote otherwise.
So here is the crappiest guide to dumping CD/DVD images on Linux/Unix-likes, in case it happens to be of use to anyone.
https://gist.github.com/mrdaemon/925f149da05b92cf3aea3f3a38f9db3e
#cdrom #dvd #DataArchival #linux #tutorial #iso #DiskImage

2024-07-01 18:58:31

And so, I turned 40 today. I have my midlife crisis all planned out and it's going to be epic.
Probably.

2024-06-16 17:18:06

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I absolutely considered doing the raid 0 but on top of the standard `you lose one, the volume is gone forever` stuff, I genuinely had a moment where I stood there and thought
"is it ok to have such power?"

2024-06-16 16:46:35

I'm in the process of consolidating the seven sata disks in my computer that have accrued over the past ten years into two large nvme drives.
Im maxing out the sata drives just reading from them, all onto the same nvme and it's not even breaking a sweat.
This was a long overdue move and its immediately showing its value holy shit
#computers #nvme #storage

2024-06-13 04:02:34

Selaco fucking rules. I just finished it and I'm already feeling like doing a second playthrough.
It's been forever since a game scratched that particular combat itch in my brain, it feels so good.
Basically, if you like these things, you should get it
#gzdoom #BoomerShooter #selaco

2024-06-01 00:26:57

Man, the release version of Selaco has _even more_ small details compared to the demo.
Like you walk up to a can, hit use, expect it to go glugglug and disappear, giving you +2 HP.
But no, it completely unecessarily has a two stages voxel animation where you remove the tab first, and it does a little splash that peppers wet decals on the environment.
They did not have to go so hard, but they did anyways.
#selaco #gzdoom #gaming #BoomerShooter
https://static.untrusted.website/media_attachments/files/112/538/508/298/301/085/original/1e46eba45c773d1c.mp4

2024-05-26 19:52:13

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Washing this off is gonna be an adventure.
Quick, go fold all your whitest linens

2024-05-25 19:47:17

I've been dicking with OBSIDIAN, a modern, fork of OBLIGE, a procedural doom map generator. Mostly because I love things like LiTDoom and other tactical/survival mods but none of the megawads are particularily well tuned for it and it often stops being fun by like, map 6.
It's been pretty good, and feels like a roguelite a bit. What's amazing though is that Obsidian can and will generate this pattern sometimes where it makes a House of Mirrors hallway, and it's terrifying.
#doom #gzdoom
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2024-05-25 17:17:49

Trying to boot some old Athlon system to perhaps recover data from an old IDE disk that is fairly peculiar.
It is old enough to not boot from USB at all.
I also found some new old stock in my stuff, and had this still shrinkwrapped DVD+R available, so here's a dialog box you probably haven't seen in some years
#cdrom #dvd #RetroComputing
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2024-05-19 14:11:11

I'm going to internalize this.
I'm not old, i'm _vintage_.
#mulletmadjack #gaming
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2024-05-14 22:17:35

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Currently conducting an autopsy. If you were wondering, the case opens upside down.
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2024-05-14 22:08:50

I'm afraid grandpa Sun Ultra 10 might have booted his last. He simply turned off and never turned back on over the period of however long my expire record in my DNS zones are (which is when I noticed).
It spent over 25 years computing quietly and never exhibiting any issues prior, it will be missed if I can't resurrect it.
#RetroComputing #sun #OldComputers
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2024-05-14 17:31:20

Tiny VT100 from @npub12jw…dhed made it all the way to Canada.
It's adorable, I mean, just look at it
https://static.untrusted.website/media_attachments/files/112/440/622/758/587/766/original/2f774278b6091d06.png

2024-04-23 05:27:01

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Genuinely. One of the weirdly nicest bonds I've ever had with an animal was with a pet rat. They are incredibly smart, super personable, recognize you and you can take them around if you put them in your hoodie. Incredibly affectionate little friends who love to interact with you.
But then yeah, our time together was way too short and it devastating and i will never love again, basically.
Still, what magnificent creatures

2024-04-06 21:44:30

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My quasi single user instance doesn't outright block but has threads on limit. It doesn't show up on the timelines at all, but if you want to, you can go and subscribe to someone over there, and only you will see it. I have yet to have someone on threads I'd like to follow.
Given how I don't have a VAST AMOUNT of users to protect, and don't generally intend to boost threads, that seemed like a happy middle ground.

2024-02-06 02:04:28

I thought it was time to return to the Dirtywave M8 Adventures and I'm shocked at how much of it is permanent muscle memory already. As always, a super fun time.
WIP tentatively called "That Cave Level where the Lava Rises".
As usual, it was probably way more fun to make than to listen to, but I am sure vibing
#m8 #TrackerMusic #DirtyWave #chiptune #MusicProduction
https://static.untrusted.website/media_attachments/files/111/882/061/375/086/644/original/f96894edd440ac9e.mp4