Majenko has just gone live on #twitch: https://twitch.tv/majenkotech - Today's stream title is: PCB Design: Terminal Server | #VintageComputers #VMS #UNIX #VAX #PDP-11 #RetroComputing
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Majenko has just gone live on #twitch: https://twitch.tv/majenkotech - Today's stream title is: PCB Design: Terminal Server | #VintageComputers #VMS #UNIX #VAX #PDP-11 #RetroComputing
Majenko has just gone live on #twitch: https://twitch.tv/majenkotech - Today's stream title is: Fighting my PDP-11 | #VintageComputers #VMS #UNIX #VAX #PDP-11 #RetroComputing
Majenko has just gone live on #twitch: https://twitch.tv/majenkotech - Today's stream title is: RTmFM Emulator Work | #VintageComputers #VMS #UNIX #VAX #PDP-11 #RetroComputing
For those that didn't immediately recognize it all:
The Philips CDD 2600 is a relatively early (+/-1996) CD-Recorder (CD-R, not CD-RW) with a SCSI interface.
The two tape drives are Archive Vipers. Both 150MB. Top is 2150S with SCSI interface, bottom is 2150L with QIC02 interface.
Below that is your average bog standard Toshiba CD drive.
At the bottom is a 1.44MB 3.5" floppy disk drive, which accepts those 3D printed save icons.
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Majenko has just gone live on #twitch: https://twitch.tv/majenkotech - Today's stream title is: Some tweaks to Zoe, my VAXstation 2000 | #AIBot #VintageComputers #VMS #UNIX #VAX #PDP-11
Question for the #vintagecomputers folks. To me this is all familiar hardware that I used for work, but how many of you out there actually recognize this? Can you identify the devices? Can you guess what vintage the case is? Any wild guesses as to what kind of board/cpu is inside?
(Hint: I think I replaced this software development rig with some newer stuff a bit after 2000, and shifted it to an archival function)
Dam, spoke too soon. This #thinkpad #P70 running #Win11 #LTSC decided to shit the bed overnight. I was using it last night to organize #ROMs, closed lid should have hibernated. Tried to start it up today, get #BIOS test screen and then a quick flash of text, then a black screen. Tried booting into advanced recovery mode, unable to get it to work with the holding the power button 3x, so I try to boot with my win11 LTSC install USB and get the same black screen....
I picked this up a few months back. Intel xeon i7 2.66 with 64 GB RAM, primary storage is a Samsung M2 which is showing up in the boot BIOS and as a boot-able device in the BIOS.
As posted previously, I was having some weird USB issues over the weekend when I was moving ROM collection file to external SSDs for archiving, but I had attributed to the #SSD in the external #USB sleds that was/has now failed. Man, it would bite of the controller chips on this #motherboard are failing.
Thankfully I had already moved all my job hunting notes & stuff to a different laptop, but all the ROM and #hakchi2 stuff is on this #laptop
Just in case, I started the #Lenovo diag mode to confirm hardware was ok when the battery died (I swear I had it plugged in). Now this POS will not even go into Diag mode.
Any thoughts on next steps for getting this Thinkpad booting again?
Any chance I can take the storage out of this and put it in a comparable P70 I have? and it will boot & let me log in?
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#WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware
#IBM #thinkpad #thinkpads #VintageThinkPad #X86 #IBMhardware #lenovoHardware #upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #ThinkPadRepair #WasteNotWantNot #Thinkpadnium
#makeShitMonday #showmewhatyougot
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Hi Fedi,
A friend has an IMSAI VDP-40 in his basement, and wants to donate it to a local museeum/collection.
I just wanted to check first about the approximate value of something like that, we are not rich, and even preferring it being in a museum, we cannot in good conscience give away thousands of moneys, if it should be worth that.
Does anyone have any idea of the value if such an old relic?
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BlinkHat System for Vintage Macintosh Repair #TindieBlog #Macintosh #Motorola68k #SWIM #Chipset #Repair #VintageComputers
https://blog.tindie.com/2025/10/blinkhat-system-for-vintage-macintosh-repair/
MakeUseOf: This is the smallest, fastest Linux distro that actually works for everyday use. “Peppermint OS is the one that stands out, even though there are a few honorable mentions (MX Linux [Fluxbox edition] and Bodhi Linux). It balances footprint and usability. On top of a lightweight Debian base, you get an XFCE desktop and native web app integration. It’s stable, fast, and reliable.”
See you tomorrow! #hnf #rcf #retrocomputing #rcf4 #vintagecomputing #vintagecomputers
I think the Racintosh Plus makes me angry
http://www.identity4.com/2025-racintosh-plus/
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#macintoshplus
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#vintagehardware
#computerHistory
#retro
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#WallOfRetro
#retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech
#apple #VintageApple #VintageMacintosh #macintosh #mac #mac_osx #MacintoshPr0n
#computerHardware
I wished @thisdoesnotcomp made a #playlist with his #BackgroundMusic and called it something like: "#SmoothJazz to think about #ObsoleteMedia and restore #VintageComputers to" or something...
Also besides #Zip & #Jaz, #iomega also had a QIC #TapeDrive called #ditto which also had the same case design like the former, but in a bordeaux-coloured plastic case in the external, parallel port version...
I have one laying around, somewhere...
New video is up! Lets take a good long look at the movie WAR GAMES - what they got right, what they got wrong, and what all that cool old gear was like!
#vintagecomputers #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #movies #80s
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