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Does anyone in the UK do old PC stuff? I have a Pentium 166 w/MMX that I can't test, and I thought I'd offer it up to someone for cost of postage since I can't test it. #retrocompuing #intel #retro #pcgaming

A ceramic package 166MHz Intel Pentium CPU with MMX technology. The number 166 is messily drawn on in marker.

The underside of a 166MHz intel pentium CPU. There are several gold plated pins and a black panel containing product information.

Wrote a post on how I setup and use Basilisk II with my Macintosh Plus to share blog posts written in MacWrite over AppleTalk and do other important work like playing Myst.

https://www.ecliptik.com/Live,-Laugh,-Localtalk-with-Basilisk-II/

#macintosh #vintagemac #retrocompuing #localtalk #appletalk #basilisk

3 things I know about Indiana.

I already knew one of their sportsball teams is called Pacers.

I think... One of their archeologists is called Jones?

And now this:

#retrocompuing #retrocomputer #commodore #c64

https://www.techspot.com/news/106019-bakery-uses-40-year-old-commodore-64s.html

My #IBM 5155 is finally up and running! There's still a lot to do, but I'm on the right track. It has only 256K of memory, so some older programs I have won't run on it, and I cannot format new floppies. The #DOS 3.3 5 1/4" floppy from the 80s that I found at my parents' house still works. If only today's hardware producers delivered the same quality as they did back then. The manuals from IBM in the 80s can't be compared to the many useless manuals available today. #retrocompuing #computers

Published my next post in a series of using a Palm Zire in October for the 2024 #retrochalllenge , this time on taking it on a work trip and using it in a modern office setting.

gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/ecliptik/_rc2024/posts/2024-10-19/

#palm #palmcomputing #zire #retrocompuing #gopher

Happy official official start of the spooky season 🎃 👻 Here's my Punk'in Boy sprite running (or walking, I guess) on real hardware. Will I be able to turn him into a simple game?

#retrograming #indiegamedev #gamedev #c64 #retrocompuing

In the 80s Susan Kare designed a lot of the icons, fonts, and UI images that drove the operating systems that kicked off the computing revolution.

#retrocompuing #apple

Susan lays back in an office chair, wearing casual clothes, behind her the 80's Apple computers she helped design the operating systems for.

Update: These have now been spoken for 😁 Thanks for all the boosts!

I have some unused floppies lying around.

Does anyone want them or know anyone that might? I don't want anything for them, other than to be rid of them.

#retrocompuing

A cardboard Song 2HD floppy disk box, with the floppies to the right and fanned out.

Nachdem ich die #commodore #Amiga Sammlung weitestgehend (falls jemand noch nen 3000er oder 4000 TOWER loswerden will… 😝) komplettiert habe, widme ich mich jetzt mal wieder verstärkt den #8bit Veteranen…never forget where you are coming from und so! 😅

Hab mir also endlich den Traum erfüllt und meine #C64 #C128 Sammlung um einen #SX64 erweitert. Natürlich ist das Gerät online, dank #wic64 ! #crt #retrocompuing #retrogaming

I got a text alert from my bank with a familiar / nostalgic collection of digits, in almost the right order. (Also if you want to help me reduce this massive credit card debt, head over to paypal.me/mdpkh ) #retrocompuing #svga

Android notification area, showing a text message about a credit card balance of $10,768.24, which is above a pre-set threshold for warning. The screen shot is additionally marked up to show how the digits can be rearranged to write "1024×768".

I think the time has come. I have an old Mac (LC III) that needs the capacitors replaced. I've been practicing my technique on an old main board. I think tomorrow I'll move to the actual board. Wish me luck.

#retrocompuing
#Recapping
#Mac

Office 2000 still works on Windows 10, but unfortunately, Clippit has lost his transparency somewhere #retrocompuing

A screenshot showing off Microsoft Word 2000's Assistant, Clippit (Sometimes referred to as Clippy). His background layer is Hot Pink, due to transparency failing in GDI somewhere.

My Windows 10 build 22H2 Desktop, showing a running instance of Word 2000 in the foreground, and the "about windows" Dialog behind it, showing that this is running on windows 10

Das größte Computermuseum der Welt steht in Paderborn. Es ist die ehemalige Firmenzentrale von #Nixdorf – einem frühen Hersteller von Bürocomputern. (Podcast)

https://www.golem.de/news/podcast-besser-wissen-das-groesste-computermuseum-der-welt-2307-175474.html

#retrocompuing

Do you think a version of the #C64 with the internal expansion slots of the #apple2 would have been successful?

I've always wondered why such a system never happened back in the day. There are parts of the memory that could have been remapped without breaking much -- the cassette buffer comes to mind. I'm quite happy the #commanderx16 has such slots. I'm looking forward to getting my hands on one!

#retrocompuing #question

Haha, memes by people who don't even remember these days. I wrote a program for Windows 98 which reads a directory of MP3s into RAM, sends a suspend signal to HDD, then streams the MP3s to Winamp from RAM. We hated the noise back then as much as you do now. #retrocompuing

Neat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yRcyQUIA5g

#RetroCompuing #VintageComputer #VintageComputing #VintageTech #RetroTech

hey #retrocompuing nerds, i have a question. do you know of any premade expansion card slot plates that have pass-through for things like vga-to-vga? i'll have an old case and a raspberry pi in it with an hdmi-to-vga cable. i'd like to have the monitor plug in into the back of the case rather than having a dangling cable snaking in, ya know? oh, also, any psu-to-usb converters?

#retro #retropc #retrofit #raspi #raspberrypi