Finally found a black 3.5 floppy drive and printed a bezel for my Compaq Portable 1.2yr ⋅ strra ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Free Compaq Presario from the local transfer station WITH matched monitor. Let’s goooooooooo9mo ⋅ Crimson_Music ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
It’s -40c outside at the moment. Logging into my A1200 for some pre-Super Bowl pirating.3yr ⋅ iliveinyoureyelid ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
One of my hobbies is to build battery powered rs232 Wi-Fi modems in modem cases. Leds show activity and the button reboots the modem.4yr ⋅ Kirkwood1994 ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
The four most influential home computers in history, which you gettin?2yr ⋅ Cold-Mention3911 ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
My grandfather has been working on his memoirs, who can ID the old Mac?1yr ⋅ sticks1987 ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
DEC VT220 Programming Bliss - Don't need no syntax highlighting or Visual Studio Code!1yr ⋅ shinjukumiku ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
A very photogenic ROM board from an early 70’s (West?) German mainframe3yr ⋅ the123king-reddit ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
My mum was looking for my old Atari Lynx in the attic and found this instead, now to see if it works...4yr ⋅ bullchicken ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
My Dad’s old 386 BBS system in the house for cleaning and repair!2yr ⋅ sidsretrocorner ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Saturday night BBS'n. My friend next to it doesn't seem to mind.3yr ⋅ Kirkwood1994 ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Installing various OS on my IBM PS/2 Model 30: DOS 6.2, OS/2 2.09mo ⋅ Retroldies ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Saved, formatted and relabelled these floppies that were going to be thrown out at work1yr ⋅ LakesRed ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Sony PCG-C1MHP “Picturebook”, one of the smallest full-features notebooks of the early 2000’s4yr ⋅ hbendavid ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Are there markets for 1970s-1980s vintage computer tech in Toronto? 🇨🇦1yr ⋅ blaynescott ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Found my old Slot A Athlon 800 Mhz that's been in my desk drawer for the better part of two decades.3yr ⋅ isecore ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
I installed the forbidden one last night... (I have my reasons)1yr ⋅ stillusesfloppydisks ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
The late 90s, when Logitech made so weird pointing-devices they were used as props on sci-fi shows. Screenshot from Farscape.2yr ⋅ isecore ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
For the first time, I got a pretty solid vintage computer haul for a good price2yr ⋅ pmodizzle ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
I saved as much of my grandpas computer stuff as I could when he passed. Now I feel like he's helping me get this laptop working with his copy of DOS 5.0.2yr ⋅ TransformerTanooki ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Just been given this beast of a Packard Bell by a client as they no longer wanted it! WindowsME!1yr ⋅ MarkJordan36 ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Hey my 1999 Microsoft IntelliMouse might’ve just kicked the bucket, anybody know what might be wrong with it? I can’t get my pc to detect its there. Kinda like it’s not even plugged in1yr ⋅ ThePhantom71319 ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Get a non-working Sharp X1 and try to repair or hold out and find a working one?8mo ⋅ NintendoCerealBox ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Texas Instruments TravelMate 4000M, an obscure laptop from 19942yr ⋅ SuspiciousCitus ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Found a bunch of old cables. Anyone interested in them before they go to the dump? Just looking to recover shipping 2mo ⋅ bluegambit875 ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
At the request of many people, here's the high-res, all-in-one poster of my 80 original isometric computer designs along with their specs. And for those who didn't watch yet, you'll find the link to the full video in the comments section below https://youtu.be/JdZ4XFEZFnc1yr ⋅ Retroldies ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Can a COMPAQ C140 WINDOWS CE 266522-001 work with normal triple A batteries?1yr ⋅ spinachforeva ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
I went looking for a 8087 coprocessor, and ended up with the MIL-STD-883 spec MD8087-2/b. It's rated to operate between -55°C - 125°C! (not that it'll ever see that)2yr ⋅ Funcron ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
disk boot failure. what do I do? the HDD sounded extremely loud btw1yr ⋅ Fhujeth ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Just a hint of woodgrain, Novation CAT 300 Baud Acoustically coupled modem.2yr ⋅ Pcdoodle ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Overclocked slot 1 celeron to 500mhz. Would have gone higher but can’t get to 100mhz fsb even with the tape trick.2yr ⋅ ShittyExchangeAdmin ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Recently purchased £5 unbranded PC. Nothing like some timewarp desktop chaos ; )1yr ⋅ microwave_enthusiast ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Trying to figure out this strange cache slot, as the board gets stuck on detecting it and won’t post without it. Tried a standard COAST module, doesn’t fit. Gateway 2000 486DX2/66V, Micronics Gemini VL-Bus.1yr ⋅ Clickbait_Article ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
My dads first computer (system 80), found in a shed, powered on first try, just needs some cleaning3yr ⋅ Kingdedde ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
I bought a thing! K6-2 333 with a 3D Rage Pro 2x, 256 mb ram, 10gb HD for $302yr ⋅ Spockmaster1701 ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
William Shatner during an advertisement campaign for Commodore Business Machines. Circa 1981...3yr ⋅ voxadam ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Picked up a copy of Lords of the Realm II from the antique mall for a $1.50. Installing now on my Windows 98 IBM Aptiva machine. Never played it before.1yr ⋅ Romymopen ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
The heatsink fell off one of my Cyrix 486s, I assumed it would be blank underneath1yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
MVG talks about games running on old school cassette tape drives (video in comments)1yr ⋅ NXGZ ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
I like to stop at thrift stores I pass on vacation to find little odds and ends like this2yr ⋅ GoldNPotato ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
It would take over 20 minutes to load the Google homepage with this modem.1yr ⋅ SwordfishMech ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
I have some old commodore stuff. You want it? Free pickup last night3yr ⋅ Taffer25 ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Found a Nixdorf PC-02. First IBM compatible in my collection what should I do first?1yr ⋅ Automite ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Saved these from being recycled, I'm no psychic but I can see some capacitor juice in my future!2yr ⋅ IHaveTeaForDinner ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
I'm pretty stoked to have found an EISA/VLB 486 in the wild! With a DX-50, no less!2yr ⋅ grateparm ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
After 20 years of sitting in the closet, they still (mostly) work.3yr ⋅ LateDescription ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
1977: Raymond Kurzweil, 27, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, is shown with the Kurzweil Reading Machine, which he invented. The machine converts printed words into synthetic speech and is intended for use by the sightless.2yr ⋅ DaveTheBraveEh ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
This was my very first computer. Christmas 1989. Yet, I have no idea what it is. Would someone identify please?? I just have the one picture.4yr ⋅ Ilikestuffandthingz ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
My latest luggable! That map is built into ROM, as well as some extra functionality. More info in comments11mo ⋅ JCRiotz ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Amstrad PPC512. One of the first available in UK if the seller is to be believed2yr ⋅ TechMadeEasyUK ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
The original 20MB MFM HDD Died in my 286 recently. Thought it was a good time to upgrade it to Compact Flash1yr ⋅ The16BitGamer ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Every so often I take a step back from my life, think about what I'm doing, and say... this is great.2yr ⋅ Hjalfi ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Found an old 60s/70s Teletype asr33 at a flea market yesterday. Can anyone give me some info about the machine?1yr ⋅ AssignmentThis6405 ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
It took half the night, but I got Rhapsody DR2 Installed on my 4864yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Just bought all of this for €50. The Pole Position cartridge is still in the sealed box. Should a worry about the power supply?1yr ⋅ JoopIdema ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
1996 Starting price for an E10K Starfire. Found a brochure in my old paperwork for the old Sparc and Ultrasparc workstations and servers. Forgot how much the basic ram and disks upgrades used to be.2yr ⋅ colinjmilam ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Re-purposing an unusable floppy disk. Not sure what I'll do with the internal magnetic disk yet, but the outer shell makes for a great CD slip case.1yr ⋅ istilladoremy64 ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Don’t talk to my son, or my son’s son, or his son, or his son, ever again3yr ⋅ the123king-reddit ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
This is probably the first boxed Commodore PET game ever commercially released.3yr ⋅ Kirkwood1994 ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
