Jason Howe

Making photographs and fixing cars for sanity, fixing antique computers for fun, writing software to pay the bills. email: [email protected]

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

The Portland Retro Gaming Expo is happening this weekend!

I'll be there with the Interim Computer Museum (https://t.co/tGpOMT974J)
Stop by booth E-1001 and say Hi!

https://t.co/krD38nh6W3

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

Just picked up an old HP 7475A Plotter!

Aside from some dry pens, it works...and is mesmerizing to watch it do it's thing.

https://t.co/QjOThFSXYt

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

Need.

[SDF @sdf_pubnix]

More Divine Polyester than the Baltimore foot stomper could bear.

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

@sdf_pubnix I thought that was a line from an Alanis Morissette Song, “I’ve got one marmot in my Attic, the other is playing the piano.”

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

Warp 9 to the Planet of Apes Mr. Sulu! This book was crazy!

[Sal/ComicPop @SalSaysWhat]

The CRAZIEST yet MOST LOGICAL crossover ever?! It's Star Trek/Planet of the Apes on Back Issues! https://t.co/jWMAci6b6t

[SDF @sdf_pubnix]

Come experience the development of lisp out of the MIT AI lab on the Symbolics LISP Machine at the https://t.co/ihON7y2jBE 9 minutes from #seatac in Tukwila Washington

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

The TRUTH about making comics (What I Learned at ECCC) https://t.co/BtNClJXhDB via @YouTube

Another great conversation with @SalSaysWhat !

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

@gphilpott9 That first one was a DecMate III, the final iteration of the PDP-8 architecture!

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

The booth is all setup for the Portland Retro Gaming Expo! Doors open at 9 tomorrow! Stop by E-1001 and say Hi!

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

I’m so incredibly fortunate to know such talented folks such as these.

[SDF @sdf_pubnix]

Congrats to Josh Dersch who tracked down a microcode fault on the DEC m data systems 570 known as Miss Piggy! The pig lives!

https://t.co/ihON7y2jBE

#retrocomputing #unix #vintagesystems

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

@fathermaurer Was great to catch up with you today! Sadly, I got home and can’t find my Saint Stephen trading card. :(

[SDF @sdf_pubnix]

Seattle Computer Products (where tim wrote dos) is right across the street from https://t.co/IEpwxVbXkn in the same business park.

We have a gazelle on display which boots dos 1.25.

Tim worked at Microsoft and extensive modifications and development were done to make dos suitable for the IBM PC launch.

The image shown is fairly far removed from what dos was like prior to Microsoft purchasing it and improving it.

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

I was messing around with my Alpha Syntauri Synth, a guitar, and some effects pedals a while back, dropped the tracks on SoundCloud, and promptly forgot about them. Enjoy a couple weird tracks!

https://t.co/CKw3zhWqJ1

[SDF @sdf_pubnix]

Would you like to see UNIX V4 on MissPiggy? #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #unix #softwarepreservation

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

Had an amazing time with @sdf_pubnix this weekend at #PRGE

Thanks to everyone who stopped by the booth to chat and play with our toys!

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

Numpads and arrow blocks designed by madmen.

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

Setup complete for the Portland Retro Gaming Show!

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

Old equipment has the best Blinky Light Factor. Here’s an old network hub powering up.

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

Finally, A Dual Power Mac G5! https://t.co/zPC80rWsmm via @YouTube

[Jason Howe @MechanicJay]

Let’s check out this World Wide Web thing I’ve heard about.