@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioTime for another #retrocomputing quiz!
This NEC laptop from 1990 weighing in at 19 lbs and having a 16 MHz 386SX and a 100MB hard disk sports a color 6" EGA display!
How much did it cost (inflation adjusted to today's $)?
Reply with your guess; answer in a reply.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioThese are just so pretty inside and outside
#retrocomputing
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioOk much less wonky now. Still not there but it’s getting closer. :)
#retrocomputing
@schoedland@digitalcourage.socialA pretty period perfect fun song by
The British IBM
for you #retrocomputing #bbs nerds:
B B S
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@stiefkind@mastodon.socialDieses Jahr im Sommer hatte ich ja einen Amiga 500 übernommen, nebst einem großen Karton Disketten und Zubehör. Mit in der Kiste: eine Dose Energy-Drink, originalverpackt. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #amiga
@laf0rge@chaos.socialI just managed to pick up eight "Sun Netra 210" 1U UltraSparc-IIIi servers yesterday. In case any #retrocomputing enthusiasts here (particularly those of you I know personally) are interested in such equipment, please let me know. #sun
@jamie@boothcomputing.socialMy first attempt at desoldering a BGA chip and it worked really well. Chip cleaned up nicely as well.
Disclaimer: I don't plan on using this chip or board again. So, I don't need it to work at the end.
#retrocomputing
#desoldering
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io#retrocomputing quiz time, how much do you think this 1994 optical 2.6GB (or 5.2GB if you use both sides of the disks) storage system sold for (in today's money)?
solution in a reply
@mikeymikey@hachyderm.ioCan confirm this works on macOS 26, thank you Greg
#retrocomputing #apple #flyingtoasters
@tezoatlipoca@mas.toHahaha never mind, I found a thing!
#retrocomputing #harddrive
@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
@UP8@mastodon.social🖨️ Thunderscan: A clever device transforms a printer into a scanner
#computing
@mxp@mastodon.acm.orgSurprise find on the bottom of my box of audio cables. I’ve probably never used it… I don’t have any #MIDI devices around, but it’s still recognized by macOS, so I guess it works, even though the package says it requires a “PowerPC G3 CPU with 233 MHz or higher clock speed.”
#retrocomputing
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org @mxp@mastodon.acm.org
@niqdanger@social.linux.pizzaIs there such a thing as a USB to 50 pin SCSI adapter? I have a HD from a Mac SE/30, before I destroy it I wonder if there is anything on it? Its the drive from my wife's Mac when we met and got married so umm.. its old. I know Linux could read these formats years ago, not sure if that is still the case. #RetroComputing
@usul@piaille.fr- Aldo Reset
- Laurent Rueil
- The Softman
What am I?
#retrocomputing
@jamie@boothcomputing.socialGuess it's time to go find a spare PS/2 mouse...
#retrocomputing
#win98se
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioGuess the price in today's dollars! (Solution in a reply.)
#retrocomputing
@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukWoo! Got Intext EPROM working on my Epson HX-20 after quite a fight!
After Ghidra'ing the ROM dump to figure out what the error it was giving was about, I figured out it needed me to go through BASIC and do a CLEAR to specify a 'ram file' size for it to use.
Now, to figure out a Ghidra patch.
#retrocomputing
@stiefkind@mastodon.socialThe i-telex people also provide a printed numbers directory for participants of their network. Note the date, it’s from July 2025.
Real communication makes noise.
#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org @mxp@mastodon.acm.orgStarting your week by getting your DUX in a row ;-)
#retrocomputing #hpux
https://hachyderm.io/@thejpster/115521<…
@mxp@mastodon.acm.orgStarting your week by getting your DUX in a row ;-)
#retrocomputing #hpux
https://hachyderm.io/@thejpster/115521
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioHappy 50th birthday, BYTE Magazine!
#retrocomputing
@Lach@social.linux.pizzaThings in my drawer. An IC my father ordered for repairing the joystick port on my C64. I remember he ordered two different IC's and it was the other one that needed replacement.
Don't know if these are hard to source nowadays.
#retrocomputing #c64
@stiefkind@mastodon.socialSGI once had an espresso machine (SGI Espressigo), Commodore is providing proper coffee mugs. Seen last weekend at Classic Computing 2025 in Hof (Germany). #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioThe wildest thing about this eBay listing is that it would absolutely not surprise me if they actually sell it for this price
#retrocomputing
@mxp@mastodon.acm.orgStarting your week by getting your DUX in a row ;-)
#retrocomputing #hpux
https://hachyderm.io/@thejpster/115521
@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukAny Epson-HX20 people got a copy of the _eprom_ version of the Intext manual?
Mine has the Eprom in the expansion box, and it starts up with the error 'Memory too small. See Manual.' FRE(0) shows 29275 - so that I guess means at least BASIC sees the expansion RAM.
#retrocomputing
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioToday's #retrocomputing quiz!
Guess what this 16 lbs laptop from 1991 cost, in today's money.
Solution in a reply.
@stiefkind@mastodon.socialMark your calendar! Next year Classic Computing will be from October 8th to 11th, 2026. See you in Celle then. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025
@jamie@boothcomputing.socialHuh? This motherboard seems to exist in the very short lived AGP world we're 1X is available but not 2x or 4x. Explains why none of my nicer cards will POST with it.
#retrocomputing
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org«VoilŠ un aperçu du monde de demain!» Eh bien, je regrette de vous informer que l’ordinateur ne nous a pas sorti des embouteillages…
#retrocomputing
@xtaran@chaos.socialEin vergilbter Nachttischlampen #iMac (#PowerPC) im Studio eines Fotografen.
#RetroComputing #Stilleben<…
@stiefkind@mastodon.socialFernschreiben ist einfach. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing
@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukDamn these old diodes are pretty; inherited from my dad.
The top one is a Mullard OA10 which is apparently mid 60's.
The very very pretty bottom one I think is a GEC GEX00; a wire contact germanium - look close! It's early 50's I believe.
#retrocomputing
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.iolol eBay #retrocomputing listing
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org«VoilŠ un aperçu du monde de demain!» Eh bien, je regrette de vous informer que l’ordinateur ne nous a pas sorti des embouteillages…
#retrocomputing
@stiefkind@mastodon.socialThe Commodore Amiga A1000 turned 40 recently. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025
@stiefkind@mastodon.socialI really like the 1980ies orange/brown design of Siemens industrial devices. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.iotfw when you floppy drive weighs about 15 times as much as your computer
#retrocomputing
@penguin42@mastodon.org.ukI've written up, my adventures with the Epson HX-20, summarising the last few months of toots on it!
Have fun:
#retrocomputing
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioI’m once again asking the #retrocomputing community to please back this Kickstarter! Really want to read this story! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bzotto/go-computer-now-the-story-of-sphere
@stiefkind@mastodon.socialAristo tabletop pocket calculator. It was used in schools to teach the usage of pocket calculators. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioFor a while in the early 1980s Apple used this sort of model/serial sticker, and I love the design of these
#retrocomputing
@stiefkind@mastodon.socialFund aus der Grabbelkiste. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioCan you fund this already, there's two days left in the Kickstarter and it's over 90% funded.
Sorry that I'm annoying, I'll stop when it's funded.
#retrocomputing
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bzotto/go-computer-now-the-story-of-sphere
@stiefkind@mastodon.socialC64 DIY Multimedia Extension 😆 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioAnyone in the US wants this stack of EDGE magazines? PM me an offer and where you live and I can find out shipping cost (USPS Media Mail).
#retrocomputing #EDGE
@stiefkind@mastodon.socialBei @… wird gecybert. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing
@stiefkind@mastodon.social„Die leistungsfähige Arbeitsmethode für Ingenieure“
Es ist eine Werbebroschüre für eine PDP-8/e. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025
@stiefkind@mastodon.socialProgramming a PDP-8 with a Teletype Writer. Please note the coordinated color scheme of the PDP with the programmers shirt. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025
@stiefkind@mastodon.social"Mistrust Authority –
Promote Decentralization."
READY.
▌
–Steven Levy
Seen at Classic Computing 2025, Hof, Germany. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing
@stiefkind@mastodon.social @stiefkind@mastodon.social»The new Unix, called OSF I, has been delayed considerably, and its user-interface is called OSF/Motif, which is in direct conflict with AT&T's Unix interface called Open Look.«
Found in an article about the state of Unix in "Your Computer", issue June 1990.
#vintagecomputing
@stiefkind@mastodon.social @stiefkind@mastodon.socialHandheld gaming consoles. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing
@stiefkind@mastodon.socialPapertrail, sort of. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing
@stiefkind@mastodon.socialWang tabletop computers. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing
@stiefkind@mastodon.social
![Epson HX-20 LCD displaying a Unix serial console;
[junk]
[dg@ood ~]$ tty
/dev/ttyS4
[dg@ood ~]$](https://cdn.mastodon.org.uk/media_attachments/files/115/412/417/149/983/679/original/8083c39875092f4e.jpeg)
