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Max

@MaxPiantoni

I develop fun interactive experiences and creative tools. I tweet about Apple IIs, Classic Macs, and other old computers.

 Melbourne, Australia
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Joined April 2011
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Here's the slightly edited full sequence from the tape
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I just completed an important space history video restoration project, there's an often shared video showing a Mac Portable ejecting a floppy disk in zero G, but it's painfully low quality, so I found a better source and cleaned it up.
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Image from Adrian Chadd (@erikarn)
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In today's loot from the USA the #8BitBunkerScanning Project has a copy of the 1978 "#Apple II Reference Manual". Enjoy this hodge-podge of reference material in glorious 600dpi. Click to: archive.org/details/aiirm
Image from 😷Michael Mulhern (@the_jongleur)
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Today we have preserved a cancelled Quake port for the GBA! It was originally being developed by @RandalLinden. If that name rings a bell, Linden is a veteran game developer best known for the creation of the BLEEM emulator as well as the groundbreaking SNES port of Doom!
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Image from Forest of Illusion (@forestillusion)
Image from Forest of Illusion (@forestillusion)
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Hey friends - we've open sourced the code to 1995's Microsoft 3D Movie Maker github.com/microsoft/Microso… Thanks to @jeffwilcox and the Microsoft OSS office as well our friends in legal and those who continue to put up with me being a nudzh. Thanks to @foone for the idea! Enjoy.
GitHub - microsoft/Microsoft-3D-Movie-Maker: This is the source code for the original Microsoft 3D...

GitHub - microsoft/Microsoft-3D-Movie-Maker: This is the source code for the original Microsoft 3D...

This is the source code for the original Microsoft 3D Movie Maker released in 1995. This is not supported software. - microsoft/Microsoft-3D-Movie-Maker

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Fellow retro YouTubers! Sometimes it's hard being the small guy. I would love to follow you! Please retweet and include your YouTube channel link below so we can all grow! I'll start: youtube.com/user/jamesfmacke…
Image from James Mackenzie (@jamesfmackenzie)
Image from James Mackenzie (@jamesfmackenzie)
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new Mac OS 9 software alert! Newsstand, a Google News reader, built to work with classic macs: getnewsstand.com/
Newsstand: A Google News RSS reader for Mac OS 9

Newsstand: A Google News RSS reader for Mac OS 9

Stay up-to-date across more than 200 topics in 24 countries.

getnewsstand.com
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Obviously, @siracusa wins.
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 nerds: What is your canonical Mac wallpaper? This is mine. This is the true Mac wallpaper.
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need to talk about how beautiful this univers condensed light weight is
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My favorite Apple products came right before they were to file bankruptcy 1. PowerBook 2400c (05.08.1997) 2. eMate 300 (03.07.1997) 3. QuickTake 200 (~1996) 4. Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh (03.20.1997)
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Image from Froyo☆Tam (@FroyoTam)
Image from Froyo☆Tam (@FroyoTam)
Image from Froyo☆Tam (@FroyoTam)
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All the sprites from the Neko desk accessory, revealed through ResEdit
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Today is Launch Day 🚀 Introducing OldOS — iOS 4 beautifully rebuilt in SwiftUI. * 🎨 Designed to be as close to pixel-perfect as possible. *📱 Fully functional, perhaps even usable as a second OS. * 🗺️ Fully open source for all to learn, modify, and build on.
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Happy #WWDC21! This weekend, I made some 〜retro〜 Quantum Foam wallpapers, with the new iMac colors. Automatic light mode + dark mode with HEIC files, and separated as JPG files too. louie.world/files/wallpapers…
Image from Louie Mantia, Jr. (@Mantia)
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It always feels like a bit of a shame when an app maker “updates” their icon for Big Sur by taking the previous icon, slapping it on a white squircle, and calling it a day (the alternative being to rethink the expression of original icon within the constraints of the squircle)
Image from Jim Nielsen (@jimniels)
Image from Jim Nielsen (@jimniels)
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ethereal boot up screen jam advance sp
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Ok, I guess my idea is close enough to the #LD48 theme of “deeper and deeper”. Honestly, since I do the jam I never really care about the theme. Been sitting on this idea for a few years now so this weekend I’m going to build HyperCard from scratch! Calling it #TinyCard. #Gamedev
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This thread by @andyzax has gotten a lot of passionate responses: "Lesson: if you don’t preserve music with care, you destroy it." So we thought we'd share how @georgeblood_lp digitizes 78rpm records for @InternetArchive. 🎶So far 244,000+ sides (w/ lots of care).
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"TVC 10 34702 71 PRG HMELJAK ART ZAJEC", by Edward Zajec, 1971, via the Spalter collection
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I bet you're working on something pretty cool even though you're not getting any feedback on it. Hang in there! Keep it up.
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