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Building a Galaksija, Part II: The Origin Story
Note: this is Part II of three articles about my experience building a 1980s Yugoslav 8-bit computer called Galaksija. This part is mostly focused on the history and the cultural impact of this...
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Unlocking an SPA-2102 ATA in 2021
Note: this post was originally published as a Twitter thread. Recently I watched Cathode Ray Dude‘s videos on faxing from Windows and dialing up at home, and I was inspired to experiment with modems...
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Building a Galaksija, Part III: Audio cassettes, magazine listings and radio...
Note: this is the third and final part of three articles about my experience building a 1980s Yugoslav 8-bit computer called the Galaksija. This part is mostly focused on software creation,...
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Remembering Josip Gobac, my grandfather
Josip Gobac, 1932 — 2021 Note: this is the English translation of the obituary I wrote for my grandfather in Croatian in October 2021. You can read the original here. On October 14th Josip Gobac, the...
View ArticleRevolution During Disintegration: Lessons from a Short History of Yugoslav...
This is a recording of the talk I gave at A New HOPE conference on 7/24/2022 in NYC. I have posted it here until the official recording is available at https://www.youtube.com/user/Channel2600. The...
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Remembering my grandfather for 100 days
Following Elon Musk’s takover of Twitter, I decided to finally leave that platform. I’ll be writing about my history and complicated feelings about Twitter in the future, but for now I’m archiving...
View ArticleOde to Twitter
This is a translation of the article I wrote for Kulturpunkt.hr about the demise of Twitter, my personal history and feelings about what’s going on after Elon’s takeover, and my hopes for building...
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Orao WiFi/RS232 and Orao Terminal emulator
Edited May 16 2023 Orao was a Yugoslav 8-bit computer developed by Miroslav Kocijan for PEL Varaždin in 1984. Orao was common in elementary schools, mostly in Croatia, through the late 80s. Since...
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Reliving my past and de-bricking a Compaq iPaq 3650 in 2023
A few weeks ago I got a Compaq iPaq Pocket PC, model 3650. While this device originally came out in 2000, I remember using it circa 2003 when my mom got it for work and passed it on to me because she...
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Macintosh in Yugoslavia – a belated #MARCHintosh2022 retrospective
It’s MARCHintosh! The month of March when the vintage computing community shares projects, creations and other content related to the Macintosh, in the vein of DOScember and SEPTandy. It’s almost...
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Making a Galaksija computer FAQ
Galaksija next to Voja Antonić’s Supercon 2022 badge, at VCF East 2023 Last edited: 27 May 2024. Introduction Galaksija is a Z80A based microcomputer designed in 1983 in Belgrade (Yugoslavia, now in...
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Yugoslav IEVT TY key switches – SMK style switches in disguise
Back in 2020 I built my first Galaksija computer, using the original single board design. Building this computer was quite a challenge for me, as I was pretty inexperienced with electronics. But the...
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Designing custom characters for the Galaksija
Galaksija computer stores its characters in a separate 2716 Character generator ROM. While these characters are fixed in the ROM, you can easily design new characters and burn them onto your EPROM....
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Sourcing a replacement iPaq 3600-series battery
A few months ago I got a Compaq iPaq H3650, the same model that I had almost twenty years ago. This device left a strong impression on me, so even though I had (unfortunately) long ago gotten rid of...
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TRS-80 Model I restoration
Introduction In early June I went to the VCF Swap Meet in Wall, NJ and picked up a supposedly functional TRS-80 Model I. I haven’t been very interested in TRS machines (other than owning a CoCo 2 for...
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Yugoslav adventure games
Note: this article was originally written for the Club de Aventuras AD magazine. You can read it in Spanish translation starting at page 68 of Issue 60 of CAAD. Home computing in Yugoslavia, a country...
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There and back again: a Macintosh 512K saga
My 512K running System 6.0.4 Yugoslav edition (with MacSnap 1MB memory and SCSI extension boards) Note: this post is based on a Mastodon thread. Last summer I got a Macintosh 512K at the VCF Swap Meet...
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I get knocked down, but I get up again: my Sisyphean Macintosh SE/30 struggles
My SE/30 running System 7.5 Slovenian Edition In early September I published a post on Mastodon, with what was meant to be a humorous comment. “Oh no”, I said, implying that there is something wrong...
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Using TashTalk with Mini vMac to participate in #GlobalTalk from your...
It’s MARCHintosh! The month when the vintage computing community celebrates the classic Macintosh experience. This MARCHintosh started with a bang – seemingly overnight, the #GlobalTalk network took...
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