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Some nice vintage vibes from this #retrocomputing #drumnbass #music made with #Atari1040ST Korg M1 #Akai #S1000 and others https://youtu.be/Hw8a9MLFG_w

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#music #Retrocomputing #drumnbass #atari1040st #akai #s1000

Floppy Discs still run a U.S. Metro? Japan steps in with 'Project kill Floppy'.

Yes, we're talking about the good old floppy disk, which is somehow still being utilized for something as important as a critical function of a public transport network within a major city’s.

https://www.govtech.com/transportation/s-f-muni-will-spend-212m-to-move-train-control-off-disk

#us #rail #train #control #metro #floppydisk #publictransport #travel #hitachirail #retrocomputing #engineer #media #tech #news
San Francisco's Muni Metro could be finally getting ready to wave goodbye to the antiquated and archaic floppy disk-based train control system. To make matters worse, the current tech used within the infrastructure communicates via wire loops, a system prone to disruptions and as sluggish as a dial-up modem, which doesn't help the network's regular train delays and a whole lot of commuter frustration​. And if something breaks down, is a spare part needed? They've had to be scrounged off online marketplaces such as eBay and borrowed from other transit agencies. I don't think it gets any more cutting edge than that. Looking to replace the old system, Muni Metro will adopt a brand-new, shiny communications-based train control (CBTC) system. This move aims finally to drag the Muni Metro kicking and screaming into not just the modern age with Wi-Fi and cellular technology, but through a portal in time when the Nintendo Game Boy Color was at the cutting-edge technology during that time period.

S.F. Muni Will Spend $212M to Move Train Control Off Disk

San Francisco’s Municipal Transportation Agency has approved a contract with Hitachi Rail for a new train control system. The replacement will move the Muni Metro off 1998 technology that runs on floppy disks.
GovTech
#news #travel #train #us #tech #media #publictransport #metro #Retrocomputing #engineer #rail #control #floppydisk #hitachirail

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
A picture of the Palm Pilot Graffiti Reference Card, acting as a flash card/cheat sheet for the stylus driven input system on an old PDA. It lists every letter and how to draw them with the stylus, using a heaving point as start of the letter. Every letter is traced using more or less a single stroke, except for X.
#pda #Retrocomputing #palm #palmos

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