@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-04-26 01:57:13
anyway here’s an old computer
#retrocomputing
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-04-26 01:57:13
@stefan@gardenstate.social2026-04-26 15:27:13
Anyone know what happened to harkeofficial? Her youtube hasn't been updated in months, her tiktok is private and has no followers. Her instagram is gone.
I hope she is well but I doubt anything good has happened. I always assume stalker. 😬
#youtube #retrocomputing
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk2026-05-25 14:08:02
Combining #towelday and 5.25 day (OK, so that's american dates, but I've not got any 25⅛" floppies).
#retrocomputing
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk2026-03-24 13:36:07
Hth does a Cumana set of dual 5.25" half-height drives weigh 5.8kg?
It's got two separate (small) transformers for some reason; did NEC make the drives out of depleted uranium?
#retrocomputing
@n8foo@macaw.social2026-05-18 03:48:42
RE: #retrocomputing
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2026-04-14 11:23:26
Yeah!
#retrocomputing
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org2026-04-14 11:23:26
Yeah!
#retrocomputing
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk2026-05-23 14:05:17
When did you last clean your 40/80 switch?
Go on, do it now.
#retrocomputing
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io2026-03-16 03:00:35
Free topic for you #retrocomputing YouTubers, the Zoomed Video Port.
Didn’t find videos about it in my admittedly cursory search.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoomed_video_port
@adrianco@mastodon.social2026-05-06 19:57:53
#RetroComputing an old #SunMicrosystems buddy in New Jersey is cleaning out his basement collection of (mostly) working systems Ultra 1, Ultra 10, V210, V65X and Cobalt Cube. He says the only issue could be the drives on the V65X. Anyone want to go and get anything before they go to …
@usul@piaille.fr2026-04-08 04:34:34
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk2026-05-21 14:10:18
This old guy is a fancy one for an LS isn't it.
#retrocomputing
@stiefkind@mastodon.social2026-03-28 14:03:52
Are you aware, that the very first Docker release already was 13 years ago, in March 2013? #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #docker
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk2026-04-24 12:48:33
Does anyone have any service manuals/schematics/etc forr NEC fd1055 (or fd1050/1053) 5.25" floppy drives?
I've got one that's giving a disk fault 18 - which I think is not reading a sector so could be anything from alignment upwards; but occasionally gives a drive fault 10 (index sensor??)
But then again it could be the beeb it's attached to; so hmm suggestions welcome.
#retrocomputing
@keen456@infosec.exchange2026-04-07 01:01:38
@… Based solely on this video title, I thought you'd like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7mc-D5V4L8
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk2026-03-17 14:25:30
Eek, opened my Series 7 model B up, assuming I'd just need to clean and do the RIFAs, but all the internal plastic is in a terrible shape - the board looks fine; just the plastic is terrible; pitted everywhere, and that side of the PSU!
#retrocomputing
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk2026-05-15 14:19:08
Oops,
#retrocomputing
@filmfacts@social.tchncs.de2026-04-09 11:37:17
@stiefkind@mastodon.social2026-05-02 11:26:29
Einen Joystick selber bauen ist eigentlich ganz einfach. Man braucht als erstes eine Brotdose. #VCFe #VCFe25 #vintagecomputing
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk2026-05-12 00:57:42
What *should* a floppy drives read data look like (5.25" single density, BBC DFS) ?
Both my Model B and a greaseweazel are failing to read the two disks I've tried at all at the moment; does this stream (off pin 34 on the interface) look sane? I don't currently have a known-good one to reference.
#retrocomputing
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk2026-04-29 18:05:57
My Greaseweazel arrived today - in a conveniently sized cardboard box - which it was easy enough to mount it in.
#retrocomputing
@stiefkind@mastodon.social2026-04-29 13:45:15
Oh, Floppy Time! #vintagecomputing #c64 #floppy1541 #retrocomputing
