by amstan on 2/5/25, 10:32 PM
I did find the community around those projects (MisterFPGA) to be rather weird, so I understand a little where he's coming from.
by crtified on 2/5/25, 11:46 PM
mt32-pi has been, and will continue to be, a source of great joy for many retro PC enthusiasts. For those of us with a particular interest in DOS music, it is huge.
Some modern projects generously give enthusiasts access to the power and functionality of (what might otherwise be $1000+ in) rare retro hardware, and in this hobby, mt32-pi ranks high among them.
by gunalx on 2/5/25, 10:28 PM
So sad when people feel pressured and harrased out of the fun in doing open designs. Looked like a really cool project .
by damion6 on 2/5/25, 11:40 PM
What stands out is the abuse this person suffered. I know that's real and have seen it.
by outside1234 on 2/5/25, 11:33 PM
What is wrong with people? Who is such a loser that they send abusive things like this to a maintainer's email address?
by bhouston on 2/5/25, 10:33 PM
One thing to watch out for is generalized depression. It can make it seem that all projects are not worth investing in. It may seem to be related to this project but it may be a wider issue for the individual.
by nemomarx on 2/5/25, 10:22 PM
That sounds pretty dark. What's this vogon forum? ironic name
by CursedSilicon on 2/7/25, 7:24 AM
I have to second the remarks about abuse from the Vogons community. There are members of that forum that are a
blight on the retro computing landscape quite frankly. The abuse that I've seen them level at others for simply enjoying themselves is staggering.
When I debuted my own first major retro project, "Building the REAL Ultimate Windows 98 PC" [1] I went to absolute lengths to prove my research was done with such absurd meticulousness simply out of fear that I'd be targeted by Vogons and bullied into oblivion for it. I spent two years and thousands of dollars buying old hardware just to ensure every little detail was as perfect as I could make it.
Other much larger youtubers such as PhilsComputerLab received so much abuse over the years they straight up left the site entirely.
Another friend of mine was also recently harassed by a user on that site, snarkily editing all his posts with ".Deleted because it was useful but ignored." after giving useless commentary [2]
Vogons is a blight. The files hosted on it should be moved to the Internet Archive and the website allowed to sink into linkrot oblivion. There's very little useful information on it to begin with, just a bunch of angry old men smugly jerking each other off about "period correct" 90's computer builds
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YETxI4rA_gs
[2] https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=95770
by nsxwolf on 2/6/25, 12:40 AM
I really want one of the hats for the Radpberry Pi but it doesn’t look easy to source. I don’t see any boards for sale and I’ve never tried to use PCBWay.
by altairprime on 2/5/25, 11:30 PM
I know nothing about any of this, but it makes me angry – not sad – that yet another creator of something good and worthwhile, has been burnt by demands and infighting until they walk away in disgust. Good for you, dwinham.
by xbar on 2/5/25, 10:45 PM
Thanks for your effort.
by yapyap on 2/5/25, 11:02 PM
wow, sad
by nullc on 2/5/25, 11:33 PM
The social media-izing of open source has been a massive blow. Projects and contributors across the board are randomly bombarded with mob harassment.
Return to Cathedral.
by brianbest101 on 2/5/25, 10:25 PM
Completely understandable. Sucks to see this keep happening to OS devs