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@usul@piaille.fr
2026-04-08 04:34:34

Pentium Compiler Group
#retrocomputing

@adrianco@mastodon.social
2026-05-06 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 …

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2026-06-04 15:14:34

Damals, als Außendienstler von Versicherungen noch Pocket-PCs im Köfferchen dabei hatten. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #ti74

@filmfacts@social.tchncs.de
2026-04-09 11:37:17

#Commodore #C64Ultimate #RetroComputing #C64

Blick von sehr flach über die Platine eines Computers. Es sind einige gesockelte Aufbauten zu sehen. Man kann aufgrund des flachen Winkels Leiterbahnen auf der Platine erahnen. Gleichzeitig blickt man von unten auf die Unterseite einer Tastatur. Rechts im Bild sind einige rote und schwarze Drähte zu sehen.
@jamie@boothcomputing.social
2026-06-04 22:40:18

Win95 setup: prove you own windows 3.11!
Me: you are booting on a gateway solo from 1996, installing an OS from 1995, and the current system time is in 2026. Of course I fucking own Win 3.11!!!
#retrocomputing
#Windows95

@tomkalei@machteburch.social
2026-06-09 10:55:55

Auf einer meiner Folien hatte ich meinen ersten Computer, den KC85/3 erwähnt und dann stellte sich heraus, dass im Archiv der Schule noch genau ein solcher Computer zu finden war, und zwar mit ordentlich Zubehör und Software.
Da habe ich nicht schlecht gestaunt !!
Heute hatte ich keine Zeit, aber ich will gerne wiederkommen und versuchen, das Gerät nochmal in Betrieb zu nehmen.
Interessiert sich hier jemand für #DDR #Retrocomputing ?
( @… ?)

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2026-04-26 01:57:13

anyway here’s an old computer
#retrocomputing

@keen456@infosec.exchange
2026-04-07 01:01:38

@… Based solely on this video title, I thought you'd like this: youtube.com/watch?v=-7mc-D5V4L8

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2026-04-29 18:05:57

My Greaseweazel arrived today - in a conveniently sized cardboard box - which it was easy enough to mount it in.
#retrocomputing

A greaseweazel USB->Floppy board, wired to a floppy cable and a USB-C; but mounted in a cardboard box.
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2026-05-28 18:07:55

I managed to get HP-UX to boot on the HP9000/370 in the Virtual OS Museum on macOS, but running under two emulators, it’s unfortunately way too slow—I barely managed to type in the uname command.
I wonder whether it’s any faster with MAME running directly on macOS…
#retrocomputing #hpux

@mxp@mastodon.acm.org
2026-05-28 18:07:55

I managed to get HP-UX to boot on the HP9000/370 in the Virtual OS Museum on macOS, but running under two emulators, it’s unfortunately way too slow—I barely managed to type in the uname command.
I wonder whether it’s any faster with MAME running directly on macOS…
#retrocomputing #hpux

A screenshot of the Virtual OS Museum running HP-UX 9.01.
‪@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2026-05-28 18:07:55

I managed to get HP-UX to boot on the HP9000/370 in the Virtual OS Museum on macOS, but running under two emulators, it’s unfortunately way too slow—I barely managed to type in the uname command.
I wonder whether it’s any faster with MAME running directly on macOS…
#retrocomputing #hpux

@stefan@gardenstate.social
2026-04-26 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

@n8foo@macaw.social
2026-05-18 03:48:42

RE: #retrocomputing

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2026-03-28 14:03:52

Are you aware, that the very first Docker release already was 13 years ago, in March 2013? #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #docker

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2026-03-16 03:00:35

Free topic for you #retrocomputing YouTubers, the Zoomed Video Port.
Didn’t find videos about it in my admittedly cursory search.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoomed_v

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2026-05-25 14:08:02

Combining #towelday and 5.25 day (OK, so that's american dates, but I've not got any 25⅛" floppies).
#retrocomputing

On a blueish towel lies the CD box sets of Phase 1 and 2 of the BBC Radio series of the HHGttG, behind it is a reel-to-reel tape box with HHGttG hand written on it; it has the radio series recorded from it's original broadcast.  In front is a box of Ferranti Computer Systems 5.25" disks.
@jamie@boothcomputing.social
2026-06-05 21:46:04

Some Friday evening #retrocomputing
#RedHat
#RedHat5
#linux

picture of the install process for Red Hat 5.2 running the package install on a Gateway 2000 Solo laptop from 1995.
‪@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2026-04-14 11:23:26

Yeah!
#retrocomputing

@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2026-04-14 11:23:26

Yeah!
#retrocomputing

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2026-05-02 11:26:29

Einen Joystick selber bauen ist eigentlich ganz einfach. Man braucht als erstes eine Brotdose. #VCFe #VCFe25 #vintagecomputing

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2026-03-24 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

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2026-05-23 14:05:17

When did you last clean your 40/80 switch?
Go on, do it now.
#retrocomputing

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2026-05-21 14:10:18

This old guy is a fancy one for an LS isn't it.
#retrocomputing

An old ceramic packaged 74LS38;  It's 14 (slightly wonky) pins, and it's a classic twiple layer black on top and bottom with white middle layer.  Labelled 'RC5544,  7814, SN74LS38J' with a TI logo
@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2026-05-28 12:51:07

Vor einem knappen Jahr habe ich von einem Bekannten einen A500 nebst einem großen Pappkarton Disketten und ein paar Büchern übernommen. Ich war lange unschlüssig, was damit anfangen. Vor ein paar Tagen dann der Entschluss: wird über die nächsten Jahre gemütlich vor sich hin restauriert und modernisiert. #vintagecomputing

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2026-05-15 14:19:08

Oops,
#retrocomputing

A zoom of a 5¼" floppy with some transparent bits on the surface where the oxide came off.
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2026-03-17 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

Inside a BBC Model B computer, looking at the PSU; teh blastic next to it is bent away
Inside of BBC B case; the plastic is all pitted.
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2026-05-12 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

An oscilloscope screen shot, showing a digital signal with irregular short pulses.
@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2026-04-29 13:45:15

Oh, Floppy Time! #vintagecomputing #c64 #floppy1541 #retrocomputing

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2026-04-24 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