I've Rescued a 5150

6mo ⋅ ⋅

ADVERTISEMENT

Spotted in a garage during a house clean out

1yr ⋅

⋅

found this guy on the side of the road, played minecraft on him

4yr ⋅

⋅

Spotted in a garage during a house clean out

1yr ⋅

⋅

My mom (now 80) still had my 1st apple in a closet.

3yr ⋅

⋅

My First PC

4yr ⋅

⋅

A computer store untouched since 2002.

4yr ⋅

⋅

Estate sale find. IBM Portable Personal Computer from 1984

1yr ⋅

⋅

RIP Clive Sinclair, 30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021

2yr ⋅

⋅

Just found this sub an had to post a pic of me at computer camp! Mid 80s I think.

3yr ⋅

⋅

Portable PCIII found in my Grandpa's basement, still turns on!

4yr ⋅

⋅

Got this book in a used bookstore and the bookmark is a IBM5081 punch card

1yr ⋅

⋅

Been posting here for a little bit now, but here's that computer I was working on put together! 1996, 128MB RAM, Pentium 1 @ 200Mhz, Soundblaster 16.

3yr ⋅

⋅

Came across these official looney tunes floppy disks in work today, never seen anything like them before

3yr ⋅

⋅

I usually don't care about old modems, but this is an exception.

3yr ⋅

⋅

My pride and joy

1yr ⋅

⋅

Someone said they were throwing it out, no cables, untested, I said I'd grab it.....well long story short there was nothing wrong with it.

4yr ⋅

⋅

My very first computer

4yr ⋅

⋅

Found in a dumpster!

3yr ⋅

⋅

ADVERTISEMENT

Found this hiding at work

3yr ⋅

⋅

1983 RadioShack TRS-80 Model 4p

3yr ⋅

⋅

Alive after 30 years in the attic. Still works! IIc bought in 1984

3yr ⋅

⋅

Not quite vintage yet (one more year), but I'm in love with this sweater I just found at the goodwill! 6$!

3yr ⋅

⋅

So much beige

4yr ⋅

⋅

What a deal!

2yr ⋅

⋅

Finally got ahold of the proper keyboard for my Model II!

3yr ⋅

⋅

I occasionally use my Atari Portfolio in public

2yr ⋅

⋅

Just picked this up

2yr ⋅

⋅

I found this display in the basement of where I intern, really awesome to see!

4yr ⋅

⋅

Daily Driver - 1987 - 1996

3yr ⋅

⋅

Nice machine isn t it? The MCS intellec 8 from Intel 1973.

3yr ⋅

⋅

ADVERTISEMENT

I was hog hunting today and I found this in the woods. Thought of you guys xoxo

4yr ⋅

⋅

Back from the grave!

2yr ⋅

⋅

Windows 1.01 (1985)

1yr ⋅

⋅

The desktop of Windows XP

1yr ⋅

⋅

Saved a few vaxstations from the recycling bin today.

1yr ⋅

⋅

Got a new toy to mess with. ADM-3A!

3yr ⋅

⋅

Found an Osbourne 1 from 1982, one of the first portable computers!

4yr ⋅

⋅

My vintage 5150 with 41 years of upgrades

2yr ⋅

⋅

The famous Tiger picture from GEM Paint on my good old 1986 Amstrad PC 1512

1yr ⋅

⋅

NCR ATM casually booting OS/2 Warp in 2023 🤯

1yr ⋅

⋅

Don't own anything too vintage, so I made a vintage computer...

4yr ⋅

⋅

HP-150 - Touchscreen PC from 1983

2yr ⋅

⋅

My vintage computer collection!

3yr ⋅

⋅

Who wants to check their MySpace ?

3yr ⋅

⋅

ADVERTISEMENT

I got a pretty sweet deal on this nearly 40 year-old IBM.

3yr ⋅

⋅

estate find, any help identifying these?

1yr ⋅

⋅

Found in an actual junk pile

3yr ⋅

⋅

Some of the collection

2yr ⋅

⋅

Does this count?

4yr ⋅

⋅

Thanks to a day's work and a lot of help from y'all I now have a working Windows 95 computer.

2yr ⋅

⋅

A little upgrade...

4yr ⋅

⋅

My dad just bought the house of a former IBM employee. There is a massive amount of computer parts/products/manuals/software discs. This is just 1 of the 2 rooms. What should I do with it?

4yr ⋅

⋅

I owe my career to this computer

3yr ⋅

⋅

Just got these 3 babies for 60 bucks.

1yr ⋅

⋅

I've got an 8 inch floppy (others provided for scale)

2yr ⋅

⋅

got an old pentium 3 on Christmas Eve

1yr ⋅

⋅

Looking To Find What Model of Vintage Computer This Is. Its A Photo From Inside A Former Newspaper Company That used To Operate In My Hometown.

3yr ⋅

⋅

Recently picked up this commodore 128 at a yard sale. And it works!! 1986 in the HOUUUUSE

3yr ⋅

⋅

ADVERTISEMENT

Evolution of the Macbook

4yr ⋅

⋅

Half life running on my old dell dimension 8200.

2yr ⋅

⋅

when boot media was actually disks

2yr ⋅

⋅

Found this creepy old computer in the woods

1yr ⋅

⋅

Trying to find info on the NCR-8200 System

1yr ⋅

⋅

Is Vintage Software Ok?

1yr ⋅

⋅

Look what I found: Borland Turbo Pascal for DOS

3yr ⋅

⋅

Ye olde laptop I found in my grandpa’s closet

4yr ⋅

⋅

Free uk collection Sanyo mbc 555

1yr ⋅

⋅

I bring to you the most vintage computer of all! The Antikythera Mechanism, the worlds oldest known analog computer!

4yr ⋅

⋅

The two gems of my collection - vintage computers from West and East Germany

4yr ⋅

⋅

I found one of those free frisbees from the 90s.

2yr ⋅

⋅

Commodore pet 2001, I also have a 4040 dual floppy, and cassette and printer to it. Thought people here would really enjoy it.

4yr ⋅

⋅

Commodore Cat

4yr ⋅

⋅

ADVERTISEMENT

Found this at work today, what a find!

1yr ⋅

⋅

My great grandpas old IBM Model M

4yr ⋅

⋅

Got this from wife’s grandma. Doesn’t power on but in excellent condition. Comes with original box, keyboard, mouse, instructions, start up floppy’s and laser writer. Anyone know how I could get it repaired?

4yr ⋅

⋅

Original Sharp EL - 506 S, Not a Computer but still cool.

3yr ⋅

⋅

It’s 1992. Which one do you buy?

1yr ⋅

⋅

IBM Add

3yr ⋅

⋅

My processor collection!

3yr ⋅

⋅

Do you think it needs more drives?

2yr ⋅

⋅

Labor Day Trash Pick

3yr ⋅

⋅

wanted to make sure you all got the vax

2yr ⋅

⋅

A few years ago a student in my intro to computers class had this computer. He had no idea how outdated his computer was for the course.

4yr ⋅

⋅

ADVERTISEMENT

Found my Dutch copy while cleaning out the office.

4yr ⋅

⋅

Good find or dime a dozen?

4yr ⋅

⋅

I picked up this brother WP-2400 at goodwill today for $5 still works and prints

3yr ⋅

⋅

IBM Thinkpad 310 from 1997!

4yr ⋅

⋅

found a 1987 ibm ps/2 386 model 70-121 this weekend (free!)

3yr ⋅

⋅

Man I love when stuff like this wanders into my job.

3yr ⋅

⋅

A few of my old favorites flanking a more modern computer in the middle. The Windows 10 machine feels like the outsider 🙂.

3yr ⋅

⋅

All the way from the other side of the world, thanks eBay!

4yr ⋅

⋅

Found this in a thrift store and thought you all might find it kids cool.

3yr ⋅

⋅

ADVERTISEMENT

Vintage IBM hard disk platter (70s/80s?)

3yr ⋅

⋅

Toshiba t3100 weird screen I think it’s missing a hard drive or something

2yr ⋅

⋅

Anyone need 8TB of magnetic tape backup? Still sealed! Lol

3yr ⋅

⋅

386 still running our mail lift and going strong.

3yr ⋅

⋅

Proto-computer: 1914

4yr ⋅

⋅

A very photogenic ROM board from an early 70’s (West?) German mainframe

3yr ⋅

⋅

So this is not exactly what this sub is about, but I thought you guys would find this interesting. I found it while dumpster diving. Brand new, still in package after all these years

4yr ⋅

⋅

DOS PC, Compaq Deskpro 486 with DOS 6.22 and a working floppy and hard drive! My first build!

4yr ⋅

⋅

My mom just found this picture. Do you have an idea on what is the brand/model of this keyboard/computer?

2yr ⋅

⋅

Intel 8088 Hexbug (from a broken IBM 5160)

4yr ⋅

⋅

Found old receipt. I forgot how much RAM cost in 1994: $159 for a single 4mb SIMM (60ns), $636 for 16mb total. I recall it was a good price and fast speed. I think it's about $1300 adjusted for inflation.

3mo ⋅

⋅

I think I'm going to need a bigger sofa...

3yr ⋅

⋅

Can you tell me what my late uncle has here in his collection?

11mo ⋅

⋅

Forgot I had this, picked up from a sale a few years ago.

3yr ⋅

⋅

The fruits of some attic archaeology!

3yr ⋅

⋅

A chronological time line of computers (1939-2010)

1yr ⋅

⋅

Anyone wanna slap some Winamp ? Maybe download some tunes off limewire ?

3yr ⋅

⋅

Anybody else remember these?

3yr ⋅

⋅

Dual Pentium III w Geforce4 Ti4600

1yr ⋅

⋅

ADVERTISEMENT

Last weekends car boot find (UK) - spent a whole £3 (approx. $4) on this bad boy. I haven't turned on it yet, any bets as to whether it will work? Acorn A3000

2yr ⋅

⋅

Does my car's dash computer count?

4yr ⋅

⋅

New here, installing MS-DOS 6.22 from floppy disk sure feels good. (and slow)

1yr ⋅

⋅

Finally got a BASIC cart for my favorite vintage computer.

3yr ⋅

⋅

Found this 70s/80s DDR Robotron in an abandoned factory in eastern Germany, I think it's a K1510? Wonder if you could get this thing running again somehow and if there'd be any use to it...

2yr ⋅

⋅

Looking for this 70s terminal

1yr ⋅

⋅

Picked this up at a local auction saturday

4yr ⋅

⋅

I picked up this AT&T PC 6300 last year for $15, does anyone have any info in it?

2yr ⋅

⋅

I used to scrap computers when I was a teenager. This is half of what I saved for my personal collection since then. I saved a lot of vintage stuff from becoming scrap.....

2mo ⋅

⋅

An interesting title

3yr ⋅

⋅

My new Macintosh SE

4yr ⋅

⋅

Found at a thrift store, Webcam with privacy shutter.

3yr ⋅

⋅

ADVERTISEMENT

My new NEC PowerMate Portable I got from my teacher

4yr ⋅

⋅

A friend of mine found an old price list from our local computer shop, dated about 2001.

2yr ⋅

⋅

The internet says that this Kingwin ExShuttle IDE Hard Drive is unknown. Do you have vintage drivers so I can prove it's OK?

3yr ⋅

⋅

Bought myself this Compaq Aero 4/25 for $20, assuming it would be junk. Shockingly, I was wrong.

4yr ⋅

⋅

Just found this LOMAC Tina, nearly nonexistent on the internet. Anyone have information?

4yr ⋅

⋅

This is my Compaq Portable 2 from 1987. I got it non working and repaired it and plan on actually using it for serious tasks. Does anyone know where I can download a bios setup disk for it? I thought I found one but it turned out the be the wrong one and changes wouldn't save.

4yr ⋅

⋅

My computer

2yr ⋅

⋅

I found this in a box the other day...

2yr ⋅

⋅

Picked this up at a thrift store for $20 bucks. Needs a new CMOS battery though, but otherwise in great condition!

4yr ⋅

⋅

So many old Mobos staring at me as I ship them out for recycling. Pressing F.

3yr ⋅

⋅

Old nvidia gpu I got for 2 dollars

4yr ⋅

⋅

Need help with Gateway Handbook (286) — Battery pack/AC Adapter?

1yr ⋅

⋅

Mitsumi? No, mitsu you!

3yr ⋅

⋅

Look at this! Mac Mini doesn't hold a candle to it!

4yr ⋅

⋅

ADVERTISEMENT

My old 486 from school. I took this out of a box in the garage, checked it over and powered it up for the first time in 20 years. It went into Windows 95 once then the disk failed. Thinking about trying to put a lightweight Linux / BSD on it for fun. Originally ran Win 3.11.

4yr ⋅

⋅

East German interpretation of a Home Computer

4yr ⋅

⋅

dumpster find

2yr ⋅

⋅

T1000 powering issues

4yr ⋅

⋅

1997 Mitsubishi Amity CN notebook (7.5 screen)

4yr ⋅

⋅

Sorting through part of my vintage software hoard 🙂. Do you see any of your favorites in the stacks?

3yr ⋅

⋅

Retired software engineer gave me a LOT of old PC components... What do I do with them?

1yr ⋅

⋅

Datapoint 2200 Mainframe Terminal Voxel Model

2yr ⋅

⋅