We show off wonderful convergence of retro computing and open source microblogging clients that you can try for yourself!

A collection of really amazing open source projects, where people are getting Mastodon clients to work on 70’s mainframes, the Apple II, and all kinds of crazy things.

  • Matt@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    They really exist! Open source communities can be… interesting, to say the least.

      • Sean Tilley@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        I dunno if it’s time wasted, a bunch of hobbyists built cool things that work on old computers, across a variety of systems and platforms.

        • 14th_cylon@lemm.eeEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          i didn’t mean it in bad way. i totally get that sometimes money/time is not the only priority.