TheJBW

TheJBW, 6 months ago to random

A story in four parts…

liquor_american, 7 months ago to apple

Any #Apple #MacBook enthusiasts out there? I'm not really an Apple guy, but I just found a MacBook Pro 15 in a dumpster and have determined it's the early 2008 model. I went ahead and ordered a cheapo power cord for it, and now I'm trying to determine exactly what a person can realistically do with 15 year old Apple tech. I definitely don't want it to wind up in landfill, anyway !
#RetroComputing #RetroComputer #VintageComputing #VintageComputer

TheJBW, 7 months ago to random

For anyone having trouble getting ADTPro (2.1.0) to work on an M1 / Apple Silicon Mac...

I had to do these things:

1. Install JDK per this: https://adtpro.com/install.html
2. Launch by double clicking 'ADTPro.command' in the folder
3. To resolve the 'Can't find serial ports / rxtx library issue, update jssc-2.9.2.jar to jssc-2.9.4.jar per this post: https://github.com/ADTPro/adtpro/issues/142#issuecomment-1648770857

TheJBW, 7 months ago to random

It’s well known that ADB uses the same connector as S-Video. It’s also widely stated that an S-Video cable can substitute for an ADB cable, and I have done so in the past. When unboxing my old IIGS recently, I tried to do that with a cable off Amazon, and my KB didn’t work. Long story short, cheap S-Video cables these days short pins 1-2 to save money on wire, since they’re both ground. This prevents their use for ADB. As a result, this is my jank solution while I wait for a legit cable…

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TheJBW, 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to random

Many years ago, I worked with a guy who took old ICs and stuck googly eyes and antennae on. Usually he’d surprise people with them, but we were friends so I got the best one. Still have it on my fridge 10+ years later.

I’m sure it’ll cheese some folks off to see a 486DX 25MHz condemned to this fate though. No idea if it worked when “retired” but many legs are bent to hold the pipe cleaner antennae in place, so it would be a risky procedure to restore at best and I have no application for it.

muzej, 7 months ago to Slovenia

📓✒️ If you had purchased Corel Ventura 5 for desktop publishing in 1995, you would have received a booklet to help you browse through the 17,000 included cliparts. 😁 Did you use clipart for your documents and presentations? What about WordArt? 😆

#computermuseum #computerhistory #slovenia #ljubljana #softwareheritage #digitalheritage #nostalgia #nostalgie #nostalgi #retrocomputing #vintage #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputing #MundoRetro #számítógépek #corelventura #wordart #90er #annees90 #Años90

TheJBW, 7 months ago to random

Rainy day in Seattle, relaxing to some smooth Pan Am promotional easy listening.

TheJBW, 7 months ago to random

Rebuilt my 2006 era MAME cabinet. Only kept the buttons and the CRT.

Using a raspberry pi 4 and HDMI to VGA adapter, I kept getting random intermittent loss of synch (blanking) from the display, no matter the settings. Even with multiple different adapters.

I found exactly ONE post suggesting cutting pin 12 (monitor ID data) on the VGA cable. Using a 1’ extension so I didn’t maul the monitor cable, I tried it out and the problem went away.

Thought I’d share, in case it helps someone else.

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TheJBW, 8 months ago to random

Got a haul of retro gear back that I’d been storing with family for a decade. Gonna post these one by one as I test them. First thing is the big one: an original asteroids machine modded with Braze Technologies multi game kit ( https://www.brasington.org/arcade/products/adl/ )

I love the ultra bright dot from the slow scan on the vector CRT when you fire bullets. No emulated experience I’ve seen has reproduced that effect.

TheJBW, 8 months ago to random

Sometimes I remember that as a child, my family got our 486 as a build from a tiny storefront run by Korean immigrants. They named their brand “Comluk” and pronounced it “Cum-luck” — a few years later they rebranded to something like “Lucky Computer”

TheJBW, 8 months ago to random

I'm unloading stuff stored with Family in the Las Vegas NV, USA area.

I've got a bunch of old Nintendo Power / PC Gamer magazines, a few old big boxes for PC games (no disks, just boxes) and a copy of word perfect 5.1.

https://imgur.com/a/XRUnPQo

If anyone wants them, they're free. I can meet you in a public place and hand them off.

If not, they'll probably find their way to goodwill. I just don't have the space to keep them.

xodium, 10 months ago to random

Kicking it old school today.

idle_automaton, 10 months ago to random

Who is actually against this? The majority of incandescent sales are from dollar stores. Basic 800 lumen 9W LED bulbs are the same price.

Also, this isn't even a ban on incandescent bulbs. Just general use, inefficient, home lighting. The "ban" barely covers anything.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has carved out exceptions for many different kinds of light bulbs in its ban on the manufacturing and sale of energy inefficient light bulbs. “It does not ban the sale or manufacture of ALL incandescent bulbs, just those common household incandescent (and other) bulbs that are not energy-efficient,” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says of the new ban. “Many bulbs, including specialty bulbs, three-way bulbs, chandelier bulbs, refrigerator bulbs, plant grow lights and others, are exempt from the law's requirements.”

RetroTechy, 10 months ago to gameboy

Checked out a local retro game store yesterday and bought a few things. Picked up this brand new sealed gameboy cleaning kit. Gotta love those graphics!

#gameboy
#retrogaming
#nintendo

davefischer, 11 months ago to retrocomputing

That time in the early 00s when my cat brought home a tape drive for her computer. #retrocomputing #cats

felsqualle, 11 months ago to retrocomputing

Is there a direct upgrade path from Windows 98 to Windows XP or do I have to go to Windows 2000 first?

#retrocomputing

TheJBW, 11 months ago to random

Anyone encountered an N64 that resets intermittently? My early model (spring '97) resets - sometimes within minutes of powering on, others, hours with no issues.

Sometimes it's even a reset loop. Definitely makes games unplayable at this point.

I've tried deoxit. I've tried reseating the jumper pak (no memory expansion present). I've recapped the mainboard. No joy on any of these, and same behavior across multiple games.

My next shot is to recap the power supply, but I'm open to ideas.

grantonthenet, 1 year ago to random

tempted to just use chrome again

rc2014, 1 year ago to random

Soooooon...

A rear view of an RC2014 Pro Pride looking fabulous in it's rainbow of different coloured modules
Front view of RC2014 Pro Pride showing the rainbow of coloured PCBs, coloured LEDs and coloured switches.
Closeup shot of 6 boards in the RC2014 Zed Pro Pride where you can see the purple, blue, green, yellow, orange and red boards

polpo, 1 year ago to random

After watching this video I feel like foraging for pine resin to make soldering flux! https://youtu.be/1piQpi00d-A

thomasfuchs, 1 year ago to random

Petition to bring back 🌈 rainbow computer logos
#retrocomputing :apple_old_logo: :spinning_pinwheel:

Rainbow checkmark logo on the packaging of the Amiga 1000 computer
Rainbow ColecoVision logos on boxed ColecoVision set with expansion module #1 and the super action controller set
Sinclair ZX Spectrum with rainbow stripe across bottom right corner of the computer