I enjoy going to conferences where I can photograph the worlds most advanced technology with the worlds least advanced digital cameras2d ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/sanfrancisco
The awesome indie arcade in my town commissioned a custom-built Oregon Trail arcade game and it looks amazing6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
Not sure if it's too far gone, but some help fixing up and color-correcting this pic of my dad with his highschool band in the early 1960's would be amazing4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/estoration
A truly fantastic way to spend a Friday night! I just finished replacing the thermal paste on this badass original Xbox, and then I introduced my son to the joys of TimeSplitters 2 and Halo 2. We had a blast, and the Xbox ran like a champ1yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
The awesome arcade in my town (High Scores Arcade in Alameda CA) features a custom-built Oregon Trail machine, complete with an IBM Model M mechanical keyboard5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
I hosted a “Retro Roadshow” retro-gaming event at an awesome local cafe tonight and it was a blast!5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
My son asked to “do something nerdy” so I grabbed three random PalmOS devices from my collection and we had a blast infrared-beaming “secret messages” to each-other, eventually combining the messages into an exceedingly silly story. He laughed himself to sleep :-)4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
The awesome arcade in my town (High Scores Arcade in Alameda CA) features a custom-built Oregon Trail machine, complete with an IBM Model M mechanical keyboard5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/cade
I might be inviting the “Reddit Hug of Death” but I thought I’d share my badass little Mac SE/30, which is currently hosting a website you can visit right now - URL in the comments5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
Star Trek fans around the world have been celebrating Star Trek: First Contact on its 25th anniversary, but I'm over here celebrating Star Trek: First Contact on its *33rd* anniversary2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
This may stretch the definition of “battlestation” but I just got my circa-2002 Sony Clie NX60 to successfully HotSync to an install of WinXP inside VirtualBox to install some period-appropriate games and I’m SO HAPPY it’s working after hours of effort!5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
This is an HP 200LX, a tiny PC-compatible computer from 1994. It is connected to the Internet wirelessly via a WiFI Modem, and the computer can run for weeks on a pair of AA batteries2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
My mom recently discovered a photo of my great-grandfather's early 1900's Pittsburgh grocery store2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pittsburgh
Here's a pic showing most of my PlayStation 1 RPG collection - there are some all-time classics in here!2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
I ordered a sheet-music holder and it was mailed to me in an envelope using only stamps from 1975, 1982 & 19844yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
I hosted a “Retro Roadshow” at an awesome local cafe for the third month in a row tonight and it was a blast!5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
What my wise sister told me after my very young son threw a tantrum over a broken cookie10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
This is my main retro-gaming rig: a heavily-upgraded Commodore Amiga 2000 originally built in 19874yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
My two Magic Cap devices: a Sony Magic Link and a DataRover 840. Both work beautifully, though the DataRover is *much* snappier2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
I don't know why I woke up fully convinced that this is a thing that should exist in the world, but here you go1mo ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/greatestgen
The Quicksilver PowerMac G4 and matching LCD Studio Display was one of Apple's most beautiful designs1yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/VintageApple
Having a lovely evening exploring the endless cutting-edge apps and shareware found on these classic mid-90s MacAddict and MacWorld Magazine CD-ROMs! Feel like a kid again 😊👍❤️4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
Thanks to this beautiful black-and-white TV I found on the sidewalk a few weeks ago (on my birthday!), my dream of a period-correct Apple IIe setup is suddenly becoming a reality2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/VintageApple
Thanks to an almost unbelievable act of generosity, this is the current cargo in the trunk of my car3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
[OC] My vintage Commodore Amiga 500 running Dungeons and Dragons: Pool of Radiance3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/DnD
r/RetroBattlestationsMildlyInteresting: This installer message from a 1992 edition of Microsoft Word for Macintosh looks like it was written in modern emoji-speak4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
It’s not the most powerful battlestation around, but I quite enjoyed my cafe breakfast with this HP 200LX, a PC-compatible computer from 1994 which runs on a pair of “AA” batteries2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/Battletops
Our next door neighbors just moved out and left a bunch of random stuff on the curb. My wife walked by and noticed some familiar primary colors in one of the bags, and now we have this6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/lego
There are a ton of great games for classic Macs, but one of my all-time favorites is Lunar Rescue. Anyone else love this game?1yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/VintageApple
I have a PC from 1994 that runs on two “AA” batteries, and I recently got it wirelessly connected to the Internet via serial port. US quarter for scale - this thing is tiny!2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
I just booted this circa-1980 Apple /// for the first time in 30 years. Works great, including the highly-unusual 'pressure sensitive' mechanical keyboard!1yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/MechanicalKeyboards
My vintage Commodore Amiga 500 running Dungeons and Dragons: Pool of Radiance3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
This is a Panasonic Penwriter, an unusual device from 1986. Unlike normal typewriters it does not 'stamp' letters onto the page - instead, it literally writes them using tiny pens, allowing it to print text in different fonts, sizes and styles without a computer4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
My vintage Commodore Amiga 500 running Dungeons and Dragons: Pool of Radiance3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
All three generations of Sony portable gaming devices, together at last!3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gamecollecting
Remember: when browsing your favorite BBS wirelessly from your Apple Newton while sitting poolside at a Las Vegas resort, it’s important to keep a safe distance between the pool and your electronics2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/VintageApple
My dad was a hoarder who died in November of 2013. This was his wallet, which still contained (among other things) grocery receipts from 1992.10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/WTF
Anyone wanna come over and play computer games? We can order a pizza and stay up past our bedtime!8mo ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pcmasterrace
A lovely way to spend my lunch break: Legendary Axe on the TurboGrafx-16 and Sony mini-Trinitron display1mo ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
This is a Panasonic Penwriter, an unusual device from 1986. It's a battery-powered plotter - unlike normal typewriters it does not 'stamp' letters onto the page, it literally writes them using tiny pens, allowing it to print text in different fonts4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Thanks to the best wife in the world, I now have a very snazzy Apex GT2015 (cute story in comments)1yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/crtgaming
That feeling when you take a short walk during your lunch break and you peek into a pile of random garbage someone left on the sidewalk and you end up coming home with a Robotic Operating Buddy ❤️🥰🤖❤️3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
[OC] I recently rebuilt a dead original Nintendo Game Boy, and I'm really happy how it turned out!2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
Walgreens stuck their stupid non-removable sticker over the dosing instructions for this medication. Every box was like this.8yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinfuriating
Please excuse my cluttered desk, and enjoy this pic of my Mac Performa 575 and ImageWriter II printing out the holiday cards my family designed in PrintShop Deluxe last night. Nothing says Christmas cheer quite like low-res graphics printed in black-and-white!3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/VintageApple
Given that tons of people are now quarantining with kids, I thought I'd share this advice my very wise sister gave me when my young child threw a tantrum over a broken cookie4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
My Sega Saturn playing Virtual-On: Cyber Troopers with the Virtual-On Twin Stick controller, because we all need more giant robots in our lives1yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
My son asked if he could play a retro videogame last night, and he ended up burning 2+ hours playing Escape Velocity: Override on my Macintosh Performa 5753yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
Many years after concluding a successful, award-winning career in TV editing and production, my wife has a Sony BETACAM SP deck again!2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/VHS
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!3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
Star Trek fans around the world have been celebrating Star Trek: First Contact on its 25th anniversary, but I'm over here celebrating Star Trek: First Contact on its *33rd* anniversary2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/VintageApple
It’s not fully networked yet, but I got my NeXT Cube online and connected to the r/RetroBattlestations BBS last night3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
Tenants in my apartments aren't allowed pets, but my neighbors have a tiny yappy dog that craps on the driveway constantly10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
I acquired a *gorgeous* Toshiba T3200SXC Portable Desktop computer! Now I just need a working power supply...2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
Thanks to this beautiful black-and-white TV I found on the sidewalk a few weeks ago (on my birthday!), my dream of a period-correct Apple IIe setup is suddenly becoming a reality2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
After many years of wanting one, I finally found a PalmOne LifeDrive in beautiful working condition!1yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/Palm
Upgraded my Amiga 2000 with a Gotek floppy emulator yesterday! I've got so many upgrades in this thing, I'm honestly not sure if there's anything left I can add...4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
Went birding yesterday. Didn't get any good bird pics but still glad I went2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/SonyAlpha
Went on a hike yesterday, unintentionally recreated the Windows XP Bliss desktop picture with my Hero 7 Black5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gopro
As the wise person once said, outer beauty is nice but it’s what’s inside that counts5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
I swear, this tree was vertical when I started practicing my RNC. Sure, muay thai guys can kick a tree down with their iron shins, but can they choke a tree out cold?6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/bjj
I've worked in various tech support roles over the past ~12 years, and this bias is verified regularly9yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
My great aunt is turning 95 soon and we recently rediscovered this photo of her as a girl. We'd like to have it cleaned up, upscaled (if possible) and colorized so we can frame it as a gift for her. $20 tip to the artist with the best results!6mo ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/PhotoshopRequest
Thanks to a SimpleWiFi232 serial modem and our very own Fozztexx, I took my new Apple /// online last night1yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
This is definitely not a typical Battlestation, so please bear with me: I now have a fully-operational NeXT Cube battlestation, complete with the original CRT, insanely-great mechanical keyboard, mouse, cables and software3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/battlestations
Immensely happy with my $10 lunch-break find: Magnavox CRT with S-Video, Component and Composite inputs!4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/crtgaming
Fired up my ~22 year old PowerBook 1400 last night - she still works! It’s a perfectly-preserved time capsule of my life as a dorky college student circa 2000. I launched ClarisWorks and used the Communications app with my WiFi232 module to connect to the RetroBattlestations BBS. SO MUCH FUN5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
This is my Quicksilver PowerMac G4 and matching Studio Display. Macs weren't traditionally known as gaming powerhouses, but this machine is a great way to play a ton of awesome Millennium Era games like Star Trek: Elite Force1yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
In honor of today's announcement of a brand new Monkey Island game, here's my Commodore Amiga 2000 from 1987 playing the original2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/battlestations
I've recently started picking up / playing Saturn games, and I'm really happy with how my collection is coming along!1yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/SegaSaturn
My home office in 2005, which included a Mac 128k, SE/30, 'Mystic' Color Classic, 20th Anniversary Mac, a Newton 2100 and a maxed-out G4 Cube with a dual-G4 processor upgrade5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
This ad from the back of a 1957 Science Fiction magazine implies that correctly answering a few easily-researched questions will earn you a trip to the Moon, but is really more about signing you up for a “book of the month” club4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/assholedesign
I used to be bad at MMA predictions. I'm still bad at making MMA predictions, but I used to be, too1yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/MMA
This is a Panasonic Penwriter, an unusual device from 1986. It's a battery-powered 4-color plotter, so unlike normal typewriters it does not 'stamp' letters onto the page - it literally writes them using tiny pens, allowing it to print text in different fonts, sizes and styles without a computer4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/specializedtools
Twitter's 'What's Happening' section: READ ALL ABOUT THE SEX & THE CITY STARS WHO STILL HATE EACH OTHER 20 YEARS LATER! Meanwhile, over on Star Trek twitter:3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/greatestgen
I found an early digital camera which uses floppy disks to store photos5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/mildlyinteresting
Wave crashing on Drake’s Beach, California | Sony a6400 + 18-135mm “kit” zoom lens4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/SonyAlpha
I have a PC from 1994 that runs on two “AA” batteries, and I recently got it wirelessly connected to the Internet via serial port. US quarter for scale - this thing is tiny!2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pcmasterrace
Excited to finally check out this virtual reality fad that everyone’s talking about! If you come to the Bay Area Maker Faire this weekend, you can check it out too!7mo ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
Pizza Night on Starship Voyager resulted in a riot, thanks to Neelix's catastrophic misunderstanding of the concept of pizza2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/startrekmemes
My a6400 with my favorite adapted vintage lens, a Carl Zeiss Jena Biotar 58mm f2 built shortly after WWII. It produces dreamy bokeh with its unusual 17-blade aperture and I love it very much3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/SonyAlpha
After a LOT of tinkering and late-nights, I'm delighted to say that I now have a ~25-year-old DOS-based palmtop computer connected to the Internet via modern WiFi!5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
My heavily-upgraded Power Mac G4 Cube is up and running again!3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
My brain, pre-GreatestGen: Wow, the bridge of the Enterprise really looks great in The Motion Picture — My brain, post-GreatestGen: SPLIT DIOPTER!!2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/greatestgen
I can't be the only hoopleheaded cocksucker who cannot see one without thinking of the other8mo ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/deadwood
Browsing the amazing new Discmaster site on some appropriate hardware: a NeXT TurboColor, and a Macintosh Performa 5751yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/VintageApple
I'm not a cute kid or a cat, but one of my training partners got a pretty good shot of me being thrown by my jiu-jitsu instructor, moments after he awarded me my blue belt9yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/PerfectTiming
I love this community - thanks for helping revive my passion for amazing old computers! Hope you all have a lovely and fun holiday season, and a fantastic retro 2019!5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
My battlestation may be a little on the older side, but it's still insanely fun5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/battlestations
I'm starting to think that there's no meme I can't make stupider by shoehorning some Star Trek into it5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/startrekmemes
Can one pic combine Old School Cool and Blunder Years? Me and my mom performing on the streets of San Francisco, circa 19948yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/blunderyears
Kids menu pancakes and syrup served on a wooden plank, with predictably messy results6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/WeWantPlates
26 years later and watching this with my 4-year-old son, and we're both weeping. Maybe the greatest tragedy that a kid and an adult can both relate to10yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gifs
Took my camera to the park, made a new buddy! a6400 with a Sigma 30mm f1.43yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/SonyAlpha
Super long-shot here: if anyone is in the Fort Stockton area, could you be on the lookout for this dog named Leo? He's being transported from Florida to Colorado but ran away during a pit-stop at Love's4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/texas
I bought a NeXT Cube workstation yesterday and it came with the nicest mechanical keyboard I've ever typed on3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/MechanicalKeyboards
A lucky $20 flea market find this weekend: Das Keyboard (I think it’s a model s). Judging by how utterly filthy it was when I found it, I assume the previous owners hobbies included eating crackers while giving themselves haircuts directly over the keyboard 🤢🤮6yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/MechanicalKeyboards
My mom recently discovered a photo of my great-grandfather's early 1900's Pittsburgh grocery store2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
The Apple Extended Keyboard II is my all-time favorite mechanical keyboard. This is my backup stash of AEKII's, with another 3 in daily use2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/VintageApple
In light of the recent news about Uber and their whistleblower Susan Fowler, I feel like this meme I made ~5 years ago is even more relevant today4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/AdviceAnimals
Folks in my town have been putting “fairy doors” on trees, but one neighbor went above and beyond3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
Recently pulled my Sony Clie UX50 from storage - it booted up fine but the digitizer is way off and I can't fix it. Suggestions?1yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/Palm
20+ years after I last used one, I found an InterAct UltraRacer for PlayStation!1yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
This is a Panasonic Penwriter, an unusual device from 1986. Unlike normal typewriters it does not 'stamp' letters onto the page - instead, it literally writes them using tiny pens, allowing it to print text in different fonts, sizes and styles without a computer4yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/typewriters
My two Magic Cap devices, a Sony Magic Link & a DataRover 840. Given the roots of General Magic as a 'skunkworks' project within Apple, I hope this is welcome here!2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/VintageApple
Joined the 200-600mm club! Got some great wildlife pics to share tomorrow2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/SonyAlpha
Thanks to the best wife in the world, I now have a period-correct CRT TV to pair with my original Xbox (cute story in comments)1yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
Found this book in a used bookshop a couple years ago and it really stuck with me. A delicious empty headed little flapper. She failed to preserve her virginity for the royal pleasure.5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/menwritingwomen
The in-room entertainment service at my hotel is wildly outdated, and I couldn't be more excited11yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/gaming
Picked up two retro PC Portables today, one working and one nearly-working, and each in a wildly different form-factor5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/retrobattlestations
One of my neighbors has a Puch Pinzgauer 6-wheel-drive military transport vehicle3yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
I have often joked about my undying love for the Apple Extended Keyboard II, but like all good jokes, it’s rooted in truth. Here is about half of my backup supply, not to mention the four I have in daily use right now. It really is the best keyboard ever made, hands-down, bar none.5yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/MechanicalKeyboards
It's the 40th birthday of the IBM PC! My 1994 science fair project: an IBM PC playing chess vs a Mac2yr ⋅ wowbobwow ⋅ r/pics
