Case got slammed so hard in shipping the CPU dented the heatsink1yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportgore
macOS 10.13 running Windows 7 running Mac OS 8.5 running DOS 6.223yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
I’ve had this original 10.1 disc for a few years now, finally got to use it on my G411mo ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/VintageApple
My newest, weirdest acquisition: The Compaq iPAQ 2.0; small Pentium III workstation with Windows 20002yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
Rigged up a charger to see if this Palm Lifedrive still works, and it does!1yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Years ago a guy at AMD sent me a bunch of old CPUs, and these little AMD flash drives6yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/Amd
lost my serpentine belt yesterday, would have rolled into the shop if not for a good samaritan2yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/Justrolledintotheshop
Round 2: Windows 10 running Ubuntu 21.04 running Windows 7 running Mac OS 8.5 running Windows 953yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
My manager was gone for a couple months so we upgraded his workstation4yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
It took half the night, but I got Rhapsody DR2 Installed on my 4864yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/VintageApple
It's been so long, I'd forgotten how brutal the AI in Tiberian Sun can be..1yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
The dog ate a bottle of grapeseed oil and puked his breakfast up all over the bed. Then ate it. Then puked it back up. Then ate it. Then puked it back up.7yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/Wellthatsucks
Recycled an eMac, it has every Firefly episode on it! Good time for a rewatch!3yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/VintageApple
The heatsink fell off one of my Cyrix 486s, I assumed it would be blank underneath1yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
It took half the night, but I got Rhapsody DR2 Installed on my 4864yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Still new to Tandys and not sure what to do with it, but it works great!2yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
People who can't be bothered to put things back where they got them6yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/mildlyinfuriating
I'm making another shadowbox, so I unpacked all my CPUs. Not sure how many I have now but it was over 350 last time I counted4yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Left mouse button started to fail.. Found a match in an old Microsoft mouse7yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Someone dropped all of this off for recycling. No mouse, but I can still play Tetris!3yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
That time my roommate and I cracked the cores on 3 Athlons in the span of 20 minutes2yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Found out my mom has never changed the cabin air filter in her 06 Impala3yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/Justrolledintotheshop
Just found this sub, here's my small collection I've saved from the recycling pile5yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/VintageApple
Wanted to play some Halo but my Pentium III wasn’t up to the task1yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
My buddy dated this woman a few years ago. She friended me on day 2.5yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/facebookdrama
Customer's new build wouldn't post. Apparently, floppy power plugs fit fan headers.8yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportgore
More virtual machines! NeXTSTEP 3.3, OpenStep 4.2 and Rhapsody DR2. The early evolution of Mac OS X!4yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
Not sure if this fits, but this customer has migrated their data through 3 architectures now3yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/VintageApple
We got to know each other through WoW, so we got a custom cake topper with our characters11yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/wow
I had to hook up a 4th monitor and borrow some RAM to run these all at once.11yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Your heatsink fell off and took your CPU with it? Let me grab a mechanical pencil..10yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Ordered a motherboard off eBay. No ESD bag and tons of packing peanuts.8yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Got a new desk for my museum and set up my eMac and Performa4yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
At first I thought he was just stopped there, but then I realized he's covered in snow.6yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/badparking
Stayed up all night getting Rhapsody DR2 installed on my 4864yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
Soft bricked my phone, had to find a way to get a ROM onto it..8yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Building a vintage machine while quarantined and found this on the PSU. I hope I don't void my quaranty4yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/vintagecomputing
I installed NeXTSTEP 3.3, OpenStep 4.2 and Rhapsody DR2 in VirtualBox. The early evolution of Mac OS X!4yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/VintageApple
Tore the interior apart on our 2008 to put some speakers in the back and give it a good cleaning3yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/yaris
I was told you guys would appreciate this. 28 different OSes running at once.11yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/pcmasterrace
It got warm then froze again, this truck is frozen in several inches of ice11yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
A customer brought this 2006 iMac in for recycling, which I was glad to do4yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/VintageIntelApple
My mom gave me a jar full of coins my great grandfather had, there's some amazing stuff in here5yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/coins
Someone lost the stupid proprietary drive caddy for this Dell6yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Anti-vaxxer calls people child abusers for vaccinating, someone anonymously calls them out on a confessions page8yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/facebookdrama
My boss got me an early birthday present.. Dual 1.8GHz PowerMac G5!5yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/VintageApple
Got blasted off the platform on Lich King. Got a pretty nice screenshot, though.12yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/wow
Got an old M7803 Apple Pro Keyboard, cleaned it up and it works amazing. Much nicer to type on than the newer iMac keyboards5yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/VintageApple
Guy upgraded his video cards but lost the cables for his power supply. 4 Molex -> 2 6-pin PCI-e -> 1 8-pin PCI-e, with fans mixed in..9yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportgore
Dug out my old 486 to use as a missing link to get data off this 386.10yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
My buddy started dating this girl in June, she friended me on day two..10yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/cringepics
The text on the gauge cluster of a $3 million dollar Bugatti Chiron is cut off6yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/CrappyDesign
Got a free monitor with no base. Apparently slatboard lines up with VESA bracket holes!11yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
So, this rat was polymorphed for 11 hours. I captured it and now its a pig in my spellbook.11yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/wow
I'm trying to get this IIfx running. I know it needs a recap, but I'm pretty sure it was booting yesterday. What's the box in the corner telling me?4yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/VintageApple
My friend is out of town and asked me to check on his place. I told him he should burn it down.10yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/WTF
One of the worst I've ever seen. There were also about 40 icons in the tray.10yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/softwaregore
Upgrading an XBox, I had to Macgyver a few dozen things here..11yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
Another portable HD with the USB connector soldered directly to it.6yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
I've been wanting to make a clock out of an old HD for years. Finally did it!11yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
I have to tear this entire laptop apart because ASUS couldn't make the opening a quarter inch wider.8yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/mildlyinfuriating
Dug this out of a box in my parent's basement. Had to make a cable for it.11yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/techsupportmacgyver
I always thought it would look really cool if my beard showed through my helm. I was wrong.10yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/wow
My front passenger tire went flat, I changed it out and threw it in the box, and the truck got confused about which tire was which..10yr ⋅ gilbertsmith ⋅ r/softwaregore
