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Nathan (PixelPipes)

@pixelpipes.bsky.social

Retro computer and 3D hardware enthusiast, host and creator of the PixelPipes YouTube channel. Follow me to relive the glory days of 3D graphics! (He/Him) https://www.youtube.com/@PixelPipes

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Nathan (PixelPipes)@pixelpipes.bsky.social · 3w ago

I wonder about people sometimes. Folks passing around AI art as their own because they put in all the right keystrokes to get a black box to spit out what they wanted. That means you created it? If you push a button and put money in a vending machine, and out pops a cookie, did you make the cookie?

Nathan (PixelPipes)@pixelpipes.bsky.social · 3w ago

1DLife working on a NABU computer! I did have to cheat to get it to work, though. The original BASIC program produced an error, so I had AI (sigh... I know) fix it for me so it works on NABU. I don't know how to program in BASIC (or any language). 😅 Inspired by the recent video by Usagi Electric.

Nathan (PixelPipes)@pixelpipes.bsky.social · 4w ago

The butchering of id software, in the midst of a brilliant comeback for the studio over the last 10 years, feels like a punch to the gut. I don't see how they can recover from this. After 35 years, id software is effectively gone. Can't believe it.

John Romero@johnromero.bsky.social · 4w ago

I’m so sorry for everyone at id Software affected by these layoffs. I know what it feels like to leave id while id goes on. It’s a strange and painful thing to step away from a place that holds so much of your work, friendships and history. 1/5

Nathan (PixelPipes)@pixelpipes.bsky.social · last mo.

The fall-out from the ending of physical games has been eye-opening for me, in a good way. I've collected retro games, sure, but I've bought digital games almost as long. I thought discs were barely clinging on, but turns out there's a large, passionate following, with many strong reasons behind it

Nathan (PixelPipes)@pixelpipes.bsky.social · last mo.

I haven't written a blog post in two years, but I was compelled for some reason to write an article today on the state of the tech/gaming industry. I even included an audio version if you prefer listening! reputator.blogspot.com/2026/06/tech...

Technology isn't just stagnating, it's going backwards

It was the first of May, 2025, and the console industry was shaken with an unprecedented announcement: Microsoft’s five year old Xbox S...

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Nathan (PixelPipes)@pixelpipes.bsky.social · last mo.

Pricing for the Steam Machine.. oof. Quite possibly the worst case scenario, but then it's releasing at the worst possible time. It will probably sell out for a good while but that doesn't necessarily mean it's selling in high numbers.

Ian Hanschen@furan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

github.com/ianhan/picog...

GitHub - ianhan/picograph: PicoGraph is a Pi Pico 2 ISA video card that supports MDA, Hercules and EGA graphics using DisplayLink

PicoGraph is a Pi Pico 2 ISA video card that supports MDA, Hercules and EGA graphics using DisplayLink - ianhan/picograph

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Ian Hanschen@furan.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Turns out DisplayLink supports run length encoding, and now, so do I. This is EGA from a Pi Pico 2 on the ISA bus, using DisplayLink over USB 1.1 as the output device.

Nathan (PixelPipes)@pixelpipes.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The 3D Rage, ATI’s first 3D ""accelerator"". And yeah this was a rough one to start off with, but it was one of the first ever available, and the starting point for MUCH better things to come. Just arrived in the mail today. Super excited to add this one!

Close up of a quad flat-packed chip on a green PCB, with silkscreen on it showing the ATI logo and 3D RAGE(TM) on the first line, followed by serial and other numeric markings underneath.Hand holding a small green, rectangular PCI card for a PC, with several black chips soldered on. One large chip in the upper right corner has an upside-down sticker which reads "PCI MACH64 GT", with a revision number underneath, and "(C)1996" underneath that.