Anyone got an old 486 or pentium 1-3 pc they wanna get rid of? My kid is really interested in playing with old computers #vintagecomputing#retrocomputing
Desktop- I don't think this works - likely drive issue - drive never cleaned off, so would have to remove. I probably have an old empty small drive that can go with it.
Laptop- it probably works but cleared off, DOS installed. Pretty limited. I don't remember specs.
Old company systems given to me after depreciation ran out.
Haven't tried anything with either for 10 years or more.
What was the last printed magazine article to publish detailed plans for building your own computer, and when was it? 1990s? Early ‘80s? I’m talking about plans with detailed schematics and PCB layouts, like the Mark-8 or COSMAC ELF. #VintageComputing#RetroComputing
Found a listing for a Vintage Apple IIc Personal Computer with monitor, printer, and more. It boots up! Price is currently at $302. Auction ends on May 28th. I bet this ends up getting pretty pricey, but definitely worth keeping an eye on: https://www.shopgoodwill.com/Item/199793185
Pinot is a skilled pixel artist and animator who does his work on #vintageComputing hardware, mostly early #Macintosh computers.
He suffered a devastating stroke in 2022 and lost much of his motor control. I’m glad to see him back doing #pixelArt and posting again! Give him a follow on Instagram if you’re there.
I did discover that three clips that hold the front broke off already, need to glue them back at a later date, but the 8100 is mostly restored and quieter now as it only runs off the BlueSCSI, the HD is disconnected, but causes a slight about 10 sec delay when it cold boots.
@chikorita157 I always liked SCSI for some odd reason. Can’t claim any kind of magical superiority in it, and it’s always been a bit fidgety. But sometimes we like imperfect things for some reason :)
Double irony is that I don’t own any SCSI machines :)
@yon I have like two SCSI devices, a ZIP drive and an external hard drive. Basically, it’s like Thunderbolt back in the day, surprised there was an external SCSI video card.
Sure, the whole Performa 6200 and the 630 being terrible because it uses an IDE HD instead of SCSI is a thing, although it can use CF cards without using a BlueSCSI. However, one can’t beat the connivence of dropping files on the SD card that the BlueSCSI uses and not having to deal with ISO mounting programs or physical CDs.
Should try to pick up a beige Mac of any type some time. They can do some things that the newer Power Macs can’t do such as play games that require BW/4/16 colours or greys.
»Integrated circuits will lead to such wonders as home computers – or at least terminals connected to a central computer – automatic controls for automobiles, and personal portable communications equipment.«
Source: Gordon E. Moore – Cramming More Components onto Integrated Circuits (“Electronics”, April 1965). #vintagecomputing#retrocomputing
»That means by 1975, the number of components per integrated circuit for minimum cost will be 65.000. I believe that such a large circuit can be built on a single wafer.«
Source: Gordon E. Moore – Cramming More Components onto Integrated Circiuts ("Electronics", April 1965). #vintagecomputing#retrocomputing
The G3 Accelerator Upgrade for the Power Macintosh 8100. It should speed things up considerably as the 601, while fast back in 1994 eventually got outpaced by the 604 and eventually the G3.Wait, you can upgrade CPUs? Yes, you can with these accelerator cards, something you can't do with modern Macs.
Sure, the Power Macintosh G3 are faster, but it can't run Mac OS 7. Adding this will make it a fast Mac that can run it.
Finally cleaned the corner of my desk, which has the vintage computer corner of the desk, which consists of a Power Mac G4 Mirror Drive Door from 2022, a Macintosh 8100/100AV, to run older Mac OS games that won't run on Mac OS 9 or run too fast, and a custom Wintel (eww) Pentium III games to run older PC games.
The 8100 restoration is in it's early stages. I have a Wombat ADB to USB adapter to allow the use of a USB KVM switch, which allow me to switch between these three vintage computers seamlessly and switch the source on the monitor. The 8100 now sports an external BlueSCSI to boot from flash media with an AAUI Ethernet adapter to get new software over the network. There is no need to burn discs or use floppy disks to get software on there.
I'm not complete with the 8100 yet, Need to repair some stuff, upgrade it to a Newer Tech G3 Accelerator, and probably max out the RAM.
The custom Pentium III machine is not plugged in yet, need a DVI to HDMI adapter or DVI to Displayport adapter, but it will happen in the future.
I'm using a Sabrent USB peripheral sharing switch to share the keyboard and mouse between all three computers.
@yon@tobleh No problem. I have the same exact keyboard (the top one). It’s nothing special, but I bought it in 2016 since the keyboards that came with the Performa was long gone.
The ADB Wombat didn’t came until a few years later, which is what I decided to go with, so I can switch between computers using the same keyboard and mouse.
Ahhh, re-wiring the finger macros and enjoying using a VT220 the way it was meant to be used. Running #nethack . (This one is running via the console serial port on a Pi zero. )
@artlung@emily OMFG, congratulations! I would love to score a working TI 99/4A, I learned only just this week they’re still around thanks to @mike. I also only yesterday found out that my wife learned BASIC as a kid and this would be such a fantastic family project for us.
Liebe Freunde des gepflegten Alteisens: Falls jemand von euch Pläne hat, am letzten April-Wochenende nach München zum Vintage Computer Festival Europe zu kommen: ihr solltet mal schauen, ob ihr das Hotel noch stornieren könnt. Das VCFe muss nämlich leider wegen eines Schadens am Hallendach sehr kurzfristig von Ende April auf Anfang September verlegt werden: https://www.vcfe.org/D/#vintagecomputing#retrocomputing#vcfe
