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@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-10-07 13:49:43

Time 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.io
2025-10-08 17:31:53

These are just so pretty inside and outside
#retrocomputing

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-10-08 20:43:55

Ok much less wonky now. Still not there but it’s getting closer. :)
#retrocomputing

@schoedland@digitalcourage.social
2025-12-05 11:38:02

A pretty period perfect fun song by
The British IBM
for you #retrocomputing #bbs nerds:
B B S

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-30 18:29:43

Dieses 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.social
2025-10-25 19:29:00

I 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.social
2025-10-27 22:14:10

My 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

picture of the board without the CPU.  lots of little solder balls show where it used to be.
the underside of an UltraSPARC chip with lots of left over solder blobs in it.
an UltraSPARC chip sitting on a silicone mat seperate from the processor board. the top is all dirty from where the heatsink was attached.
an UltraSPARC chip all cleaned up and looking shiny. it's propped up against the edge of a metal plate to dry.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-10-02 14:19:10

#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.io
2025-10-24 16:30:47

Can confirm this works on macOS 26, thank you Greg
#retrocomputing #apple #flyingtoasters

@tezoatlipoca@mas.to
2025-09-22 21:13:41

Hahaha never mind, I found a thing!
#retrocomputing #harddrive

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2025-10-21 13:37:56

Ooh, and Intext has a basic terminal program!
#retrocomputing

Epson HX 20 LCD displaying an Ubuntu login: prompt
Epson HX-20 LCD displaying a Unix serial console;
[junk]
[dg@ood ~]$ tty
/dev/ttyS4
[dg@ood ~]$
@UP8@mastodon.social
2025-10-30 11:48:22

🖨️ Thunderscan: A clever device transforms a printer into a scanner
#computing

Old ad showing at top an old Macintosh classic computer next to a printer and a color photo with a black and white version of the photo on the screen.  Ad copy reads: "Feed your Mac. Introducing ThunderScan..."
‪@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2025-11-16 18:11:07

Surprise 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
2025-10-12 18:53:59

Keep: HP mouse pad
Discard: Microsoft Office CDs
#retrocomputing

A mousepad advertising HP Envizex “Visionary X Stations” and Entria “Enterprise X Terminals.”
A set of four Microsoft Office CDs.
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2025-10-12 18:53:59

Keep: HP mouse pad
Discard: Microsoft Office CDs
#retrocomputing

@niqdanger@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-22 01:51:30

Is 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
2025-11-10 10:56:15

- Aldo Reset
- Laurent Rueil
- The Softman
What am I?
#retrocomputing

@jamie@boothcomputing.social
2025-09-25 23:07:55

Guess it's time to go find a spare PS/2 mouse...
#retrocomputing
#win98se

a picture of a CRT with the Windows 98 Setup running.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-09-28 21:45:07

Guess the price in today's dollars! (Solution in a reply.)
#retrocomputing

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2025-10-21 13:11:25

Woo! 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

The small LCD screen of an EPSON HX20 saying 'hello, this is Intext, not sure'
The small screen of an Epson HX-20 showing Intext's Init menu:
P Printer
R RS232C
T TABS
S Screen width
The small screen of the Epson HX-20 showing Intext's main Menu:

N New     P Print
L Load    S Save
E Edit  C Comms
I Init.  M Memory
@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-19 13:55:06

The 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
2025-10-12 18:53:59

Keep: HP mouse pad
Discard: Microsoft Office CDs
#retrocomputing

@mxp@mastodon.acm.org
2025-11-10 08:48:30

Starting your week by getting your DUX in a row ;-)
#retrocomputing #hpux
hachyderm.io/@thejpster/115521<…

@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2025-11-10 08:48:30

Starting your week by getting your DUX in a row ;-)
#retrocomputing #hpux
hachyderm.io/@thejpster/115521

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-09-23 14:03:30

Happy 50th birthday, BYTE Magazine!
#retrocomputing

@Lach@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-15 12:23:31

Things 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

OKI MSM4066RS 2Y43
@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-17 07:00:19

SGI 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.io
2025-10-24 21:21:14

The 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.org‬
2025-11-10 08:48:30

Starting your week by getting your DUX in a row ;-)
#retrocomputing #hpux
hachyderm.io/@thejpster/115521

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2025-09-13 14:01:29

Any 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.io
2025-10-20 15:26:22

Today's #retrocomputing quiz!
Guess what this 16 lbs laptop from 1991 cost, in today's money.
Solution in a reply.

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-15 17:59:54

Mark your calendar! Next year Classic Computing will be from October 8th to 11th, 2026. See you in Celle then. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025

@jamie@boothcomputing.social
2025-10-12 19:31:19

Huh? 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
2025-11-22 10:07:32

«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.social
2025-11-14 15:59:12

Ein vergilbter Nachttischlampen #iMac (#PowerPC) im Studio eines Fotografen.
#RetroComputing #Stilleben<…

Ein vergilbter Nachttischlampen iMac steht auf einem kleinen Tisch mit Marmorplatte und Fuss Gusseisen. Dazu die originalen runden durchsichtigen Lautsprecher und eine weiss und durchsichtige Apple-Maus.
@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-14 10:31:21

Fernschreiben ist einfach. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2025-09-10 17:57:52

Damn 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

Two old diodes sit next to a ruler; one is held in tweezers. They're both about 1cm long.
The top one a Mullard OA10 and is a black rounded cylinder with two wires at one end.  It has a small red dot.
The bottom is a real lovely one; a tiny glass envelope, silvered on the ends, shows a tiny wire - presumably contacting a chunk of germanium.  One wire is at each end, one is painted red, the other black.
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-10-16 23:55:38

lol eBay #retrocomputing listing

‪@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2025-11-22 10:07:32

«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.social
2025-09-14 07:15:44

The Commodore Amiga A1000 turned 40 recently. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-14 10:45:14

I really like the 1980ies orange/brown design of Siemens industrial devices. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-10-12 15:42:20

tfw when you floppy drive weighs about 15 times as much as your computer
#retrocomputing

@penguin42@mastodon.org.uk
2025-10-22 20:59:14

I've written up, my adventures with the Epson HX-20, summarising the last few months of toots on it!
Have fun:
#retrocomputing

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-11-10 17:31:53

I’m once again asking the #retrocomputing community to please back this Kickstarter! Really want to read this story! kickstarter.com/projects/bzott

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-14 08:01:16

Aristo tabletop pocket calculator. It was used in schools to teach the usage of pocket calculators. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-10-12 18:50:22

For a while in the early 1980s Apple used this sort of model/serial sticker, and I love the design of these
#retrocomputing

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-13 15:05:45

Fund aus der Grabbelkiste. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-11-11 14:23:29

Can 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
kickstarter.com/projects/bzott

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-13 14:19:37

C64 DIY Multimedia Extension 😆 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025

@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io
2025-10-10 15:48:03

Anyone 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.social
2025-09-13 13:40:08

Bei @… wird gecybert. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-13 14:44:05

„Die leistungsfähige Arbeitsmethode für Ingenieure“
Es ist eine Werbebroschüre für eine PDP-8/e. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-13 14:09:40

Programming 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
2025-09-13 13:24:27

"Mistrust Authority –
Promote Decentralization."
READY.

–Steven Levy
Seen at Classic Computing 2025, Hof, Germany. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-13 13:54:55

Real communication makes noise.
#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-10 12:49:09

»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
2025-09-15 17:47:54

C64 family. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-15 17:35:40

Handheld gaming consoles. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-14 07:20:32

Papertrail, sort of. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-14 11:47:53

Wang tabletop computers. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing

@stiefkind@mastodon.social
2025-09-13 13:29:11

Sharp Pocket Computers. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #classiccomputing2025 #classiccomputing