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My 3.5 year old son’s first retro PC

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Glide in your backpack! I made a Voodoo3 gaming PC at 3.8L!

Mar 4 ⋅

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📱 Made a Windows 3.1 Android theme (for Nova Launcher)

Mar 13 ⋅

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I even themed the keyboard with WINLOGO.BMP (FUTO keyboard)

My 3.8L (smallest?) Voodoo3 build, first and final update! 🧡

Mar 19 ⋅

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I had this 486 tower for some years now. However I finally got around to upgrading it with a Sound Blaster 16 along with a full cleaning and retrobrite. She even boots up her original Windows 3.1 install!

Apr 15 ⋅

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This laptop survived 3 wars.

Jul 2024 ⋅

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Wonderful vintage UNIX machine: blue iMac G3 with Mac OS X 10.3

Jun 2024 ⋅

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Thanks to a generous person from a Facebook group and my wife/sons supportive willingness to take a 3hr drive last night, we’ve now added this amazing haul of NeXT systems, parts and books to our Retro Roadshow!

Sep 2021 ⋅

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Just a Blue and White G3

Jun 2021 ⋅

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Tandy PC-3 - Possibly my smallest complete computer system

Apr 2021 ⋅

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Silicon Graphics Visual Workstation - quad P3 Xeon

Sep 2021 ⋅

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BBS Week: GRiDCase 3!

Feb 2020 ⋅

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I finally finished my 3 retro battlestations

May 2025 ⋅

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I made 3D-printable replacement parts for the Enlight EN7250 Case [Link in the Comments]

Jul 2021 ⋅

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My PET project turns 3! I mapped the keyboard and built a usb adapter too.

Oct 2025 ⋅

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POV: It is 2002 and you just started to use your brand new Pentium 3 Mobile Sony subnotebook

Feb 7 ⋅

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Voodoo 3 still lives & breathes

Dec 2025 ⋅

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A nice pickup today. Long live 3DFX!

Sep 2021 ⋅

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Massive monitor, tiny 3dfx rig.

Sep 2021 ⋅

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G3 in my family's basement

Dec 2019 ⋅

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Doom 3 The Way God or the Devil Intended!

Jan 29 ⋅

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Finally got my complete Sun rig together running Solaris 2.3!

May 2020 ⋅

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<3

Sep 2021 ⋅

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Processor Display Case - Updated with 3D files to make your own.

Sep 2020 ⋅

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Just a totally normal number of CPUs for an iMac G3

Apr 2020 ⋅

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3D Pipes

Oct 2020 ⋅

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Hoping to host a LAN party for some Quake 3 soon.

Jan 7 ⋅

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1991 Psion Series 3

Feb 2021 ⋅

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Just finished restoring a GRiDCASE 3!

Aug 2019 ⋅

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Was bored so I modified a old pc to read 3.5” floppy disks

Apr 14 ⋅

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My complete TRS80 coco3 setup

Feb 2021 ⋅

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Here are my 3 Terminals: two WY-55s and a VT220

Sep 2021 ⋅

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How to insult 3 groups of retro computing nerds in one picture :-) This is not emulation, it's an Atari

Aug 2020 ⋅

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My home office computer desk in 2001: B&W G3 + a Titanium G4 Macbook

Jun 2021 ⋅

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I got this beauty 3 years ago for only ~$27. What a lucky find

Aug 2020 ⋅

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Still useful: scanning negatives with a PowerMacintosh G3

Jun 2020 ⋅

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NeXTstation booted to NEXTSTEP 3.3 off of external Jaz drive

Dec 2020 ⋅

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2 $3 goodwill thinkpads

Oct 2019 ⋅

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CP/M Week - WordStar 3.3 on a Commodore C128DCR

Jun 2020 ⋅

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My Voodoo 3 battle station circa now.

May 2020 ⋅

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Morrow MD-3P

Feb 2019 ⋅

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Some serious 3D power from SGI in the 90s.. An Indigo2

Mar 2020 ⋅

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8 vs 3.5 floppy drives.

Feb 2021 ⋅

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My 3-way GTX285 SLI setup

Jan 9 ⋅

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The 3DFX Voodoo difference!

Mar 2020 ⋅

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My 8086 10MHz Olivetti M24sp (AT&T 6300) with 1MB RAM, Internet, Sound, XTide <3

Oct 2024 ⋅

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Mech Warrior 3 Battlestation.

Dec 2023 ⋅

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I'm going full LGR this time: Presenting the Woodgrain 3dfx Voodoo2 12MB

Nov 2019 ⋅

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My 3 main, ready to fight, battle stations. All are fully restored and found on Craigslist.

Oct 2018 ⋅

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Yes I’m up at 3am, but I’ve got a good excuse!

Jun 2019 ⋅

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Working on restoring this old beast, P3 650, 128mb ram, 8mb S3 Savage IX, Yamaha DS-XG. Gonna be running Windows 98SE.

Aug 2020 ⋅

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I got XWindows running on Debian 3.1 m68k on my Amiga 1200! ;)

Aug 2021 ⋅

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All set up and ready for some LAN Quake 3!

Nov 2024 ⋅

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Time for some Lotus III on the old Laser 386/3

Oct 2019 ⋅

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OS/2 Warp 3 on TP380

Mar 2024 ⋅

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My 1994 college system, running NeXTSTEP 3.3 for Intel primarily (taken with a potato)

Feb 2019 ⋅

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My Tandy Color Computer 3 and 2 battlestations.

Jan 26 ⋅

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IBM RS/6000 running AIX 5.3

May 2020 ⋅

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Aptiva 2176 C3X with a couple upgrades....Still working on it.

Dec 2020 ⋅

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20 year old Yellow Dog Linux on my first gen iMac G3

Feb 2020 ⋅

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Last ever 4:3 laptop from Dell

Mar 2025 ⋅

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iMac g3 battle station

Aug 2019 ⋅

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Via C3 Gigapro: This is what peak performance looks like

Mar 2021 ⋅

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1999 Apple Powerbook G3 and iMac.

Aug 2019 ⋅

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PIII 500Mhz 96MB RAM WinME After Dark 3

Oct 2019 ⋅

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It has taken me years of on and off fiddling, but I now have Mega Man 3 running alongside Windows 3.1

Dec 2018 ⋅

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thrift store find :3

Feb 2022 ⋅

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Installing Windows 3.11 to my T3200SX with newly flashed hybrid BIOS

Jan 2020 ⋅

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I missed my baby </3

Apr 2025 ⋅

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Upgraded this old Packard Bell Office PC to P3 800Mhz, FX5500, Voodoo 2 8MB and a Turtle Beach with Aureal Vortex 2 chip. Has become one of my favourite retro PC's to play on for the Windows 98 era at the moment!

Jan 2021 ⋅

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Project number 3 looks great and the

Aug 2020 ⋅

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I built a high performance Pentium 3 setup

Oct 2024 ⋅

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Hoping to get 2 or 3 working systems.

Mar 2021 ⋅

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After considerable tinkering with 13w3-to-VGA adapters, buying / testing 4 vintage LCD panels (needed the perfect mix of resolution + “sync on green” support + voodoo, apparently), I finally got my new NeXT TurboColor workstation booted!

Sep 2020 ⋅

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(Pentium 3 + 3DFX Voodoo in the making)

May 2019 ⋅

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My Power Macintosh G3 Blue&White has a new monitor, a Samsung SyncMaster 900ɴғ!

Sep 2019 ⋅

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<3

Oct 2018 ⋅

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The Archimedes Hat - Tandy Color Computer 3

Oct 2017 ⋅

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P4 2.40ghz and a GeForce 3 ti 200

Sep 2022 ⋅

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Heres my dual pentium 3 Windows 2000 PC booting up

Nov 2024 ⋅

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Dell 20” 4:3 2007FPB 1600x1200 is perfect retro gaming endgame monitor

Jan 31 ⋅

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Dangerous Dave 3 on Toshiba 460CDT.

Nov 2024 ⋅

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Old Macintosh Powerbook G3 300MHz 256 MB Ram

May 2019 ⋅

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Scored 3 Atari Falcons (3rd still in transit) !!!!!!!!

Oct 2019 ⋅

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Do Vintage MP3 players count? Here’s my Iomega HipZip finally working thanks to its new battery!

May 2020 ⋅

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My retro ricer/reverse sleeper. P3TDE6 mobo with dual 1.4ghz PIII, 4GB SDram, 256mb Radeon 9250

Oct 2020 ⋅

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Thought you guys would like my 3D printed retro style keyboard

Aug 2018 ⋅

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I picked up a model 3 with a model 4 upgrade kit in the original box!

Nov 2020 ⋅

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Got unbeleivabley lucky with this find, voodoo 3 2000 agp, soundblaster and a pentium 3!!!

Oct 2023 ⋅

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Was tired of Welcome to AIX Version 4.3! needed something new...

May 2019 ⋅

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Old and New: P3-450 128MB + Voodoo 1 + MU80 ~vs~ MacBook Pro

Apr 2021 ⋅

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HP Vectra QS/20 checking back in. Windows for Workgroups 3.11 + TCP/IP = 20 MHz 386 on the Internet.

Mar 2020 ⋅

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Portable week PowerBook G3 with 32mb memory stick

Nov 2019 ⋅

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Thought it was fun to reverse the roles of the computers at 3am. (Amiga 500 and PowerBook G4.)

Oct 2019 ⋅

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Got a almost brand new Snow White IMac G3 from my neighbor today

Mar 2020 ⋅

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Laser Cut 3dfx Voodoo2 Fan Shrouds Proof of concept

Nov 2019 ⋅

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It's not much and it doesn't even have 3D acceleration, but it can run enough great things for a lifetime

Mar 2019 ⋅

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Found another Voodoo 3!

Dec 2018 ⋅

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I just spent an hour iterating a 2 and 3 line Matrix effect for the 80 column PET.

Oct 2021 ⋅

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MS-DOS era virtual desktop (close-up on ending images)

Jan 2025 ⋅

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Windows 3.x era virtual desktop (close-up on ending images)
Windows 95 era virtual desktop (close-up on ending images)
Windows 98 era virtual desktop (close-up on ending images)
Windows XP era virtual desktop (close-up on ending images)
Windows Vista/7 era virtual desktop (close-up on ending images)
Era appropiate screensavers on each virtual desktop
Real Force Feedback on simulators from early 2000s!
Force Feedback steering wheel (with pedals) for retro Sim and Arcade racing
Native 640x400 resolution at 140Hz (2x native) for glorious MS-DOS gaming!
GeForce 2 Creature tech demo with laser easter egg!
ATI Radeon Gargoyle gorgeous tech demo
The build a year ago, 17 inch monitor is the only external difference
MS-DOS era virtual desktop detail
Windows 3.x era virtual desktop detail
Windows 95 era virtual desktop detail
Windows 98 era virtual desktop detail
Windows XP era virtual desktop detail
Windows Vista/7 era virtual desktop detail

Day 3 of social isolation. A new windows 98 network is born.

Mar 2020 ⋅

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Finally got this old iMac G3 running with OS9, purging it of it's bulky OS X 10.2 install.

Dec 2018 ⋅

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[Not x86] PowerPC can also be Chic, not just Geek. And in 2020 the iMac G3 is now both Chic and Iconic.

Jan 2020 ⋅

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Sparkbook3 Portable Battlestation

Nov 2018 ⋅

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My Retro Computer Area is complete - 3 boot is with DOS, Windows 98, and Windows XP. Specs inside

May 2020 ⋅

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something to replace my MP3 player ;)

Nov 2018 ⋅

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3 mags (1x1997, 2x1999) to go with my old PC's - with original cover disks!!

Dec 2019 ⋅

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Scored this socket 3 board, still had its original nicad battery, but somehow no leaks or damage

Mar 2025 ⋅

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My AT&T 3B1 UnixPC from ca. 1984

Dec 2017 ⋅

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Tandy 1000 TL/3 for BBS Week

Feb 2019 ⋅

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The original iMac G3 Bondi Blue from 1998

Oct 2018 ⋅

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Sound Blaster Live and Voodoo 3 3000

Mar 2022 ⋅

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Newest Build! Surprising P3 power house!

May 2020 ⋅

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My 600XL. Upgrades include Ultimate 1MB, SIDE3, 64k internal expansion, Sophia 2 DVI output, SpartaDOS-X 4.49e, home made SIO2PC adapter with RespeQt and FujiNet-PC running off my Raspberry Pi 400 running TwisterOS.

Sep 2021 ⋅

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Found some I.C.E. Felix C256 memory. It weights 6.3 KG...

Aug 2020 ⋅

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My rig from university in 2001 - Athlon Thunderbird 1400 & GeForce 3

Jul 2023 ⋅

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Setting up Windows 3.0 on the IBM PS/2 Model 30 286

Jul 2019 ⋅

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Here is my AMD Athlon XP CPU collection with Palomino, Thoroughbred and Barton cores. 3 others are working

Jun 2018 ⋅

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Getting ready to play Alien Greed 3 (Atari homebrew) in my retro corner.

Aug 2021 ⋅

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Found this iMac G3 from 2002 at my grandma’s house and decided to set it up. I then lost a game of chess to it.

Aug 2018 ⋅

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My $10.50 Power Mac G3

Aug 2018 ⋅

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With your help, this Tandy TL/3 is useful again (still with an old .BAT menu).

Dec 2018 ⋅

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Sealed Copy of OS/2 2.0 for $3

Apr 2017 ⋅

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A Coco 3 repack for Father's Day from my sons

Jun 2022 ⋅

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One of my iMac G3s connected to both the BBS and this subreddit

Apr 2018 ⋅

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Dell 486 with Windows 3.11

Apr 2018 ⋅

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I’d say 1996 , I had Slackware and openbsd running , I think the best thing there was a p3 550 , an amazing computer . Good times !

Jun 2019 ⋅

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My Sun Ultra 10 workstation with Creator3D UPA graphics card, and GDM-5410 monitors, from the datashed.

Apr 2019 ⋅

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Sharp PV-6000: Windows CE 3 Droste

May 2018 ⋅

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I Thought I’d Post My Camp NaNoWriMo Writing Setup :3

Mar 2022 ⋅

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Happen to be 3D printing new orange switch paddles for the IntertecSystems DPS-1 during S-100 week. This is one of the last S-100 systems made. Even has the protective plastic on front.

Sep 2017 ⋅

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Picked up a 486 and a 100mhz PC, some voodoo 3 cards.

Dec 2020 ⋅

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An HP Jornada that I use at work for note-taking, Vortex Race 3 for scale

Aug 2018 ⋅

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Doom 3 Nostalgia hit

Oct 2023 ⋅

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Prepping for VCFMW 13 and found this cool program for windows 3.1

Sep 2018 ⋅

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Not x86 Week - Tandy CoCo 3 upgraded with 2MB RAM and a Hitachi 6309 CPU running NitrOS9

Jan 2020 ⋅

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[not x86 week] Acorn RiscPC from 1994 - RISC OS 3.7

Jan 2020 ⋅

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Powermac G3 All In One

May 2017 ⋅

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Some of you may remember the shipment box I didn’t open for 3 years!

Jun 2025 ⋅

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Pentium 3 1ghz, 256mb RAM, Geforce2 Go 16mb, 50gb SSD

Sep 2023 ⋅

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Laser cut CD storage, organize your collection in X3 5.25 Drive bays.

Nov 2019 ⋅

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Imagine at Windows 95 launch people saying ew, I prefer Windows 3.11, at least it isn't a huge invasion of privacy like Windows 95!

Feb 2021 ⋅

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A Tandy 1000 TL/3 for $10.

Jul 2017 ⋅

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Got this 3.5 expansion working with my PCjr!

May 2020 ⋅

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College recycle pickup! Dell GX1 - P3

Nov 2019 ⋅

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Not an Apple fan but this machines are beautiful! Apple IIGS, Macintosh Classic, Apple //c, Macintosh SE and iMac G3.

Oct 2018 ⋅

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New in the house! Zenith Data Systems SlimSport 286 (IWL 286-2) with a 20 MB HDD. Can't wait to replace the capacitors and give it a spin. The battery didn`t leak! Not even the internal 3.6V Maxwell one! Usually Maxwell and Varta are destroyers of the world!

May 2020 ⋅

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