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My Acorn BBC Master 512; that's a BBC Master with an added 80186 copro (which is the board in the middle).
Hmm first time I've had the top off in ages, I guess I should check it's batteries and PSU; there doesn't seem to be any crud around the batteries.
It's got a little board from CJE which I think lets you switch in the extra EPROM sockets vs extra RAM.
#retrocomputing

Pour les amateurs de minitel, je wargames et de jeux de rôles
#retrocomputing

Today my CAD digitizer arrived. I'm going to pair that with my 486 running Microstation 5.0.
Then, unexpectedly, I went to my #retrocomputing meetup and somebody just dropped a gift for my PS/2 model 30 286 in my lap - a 386 upgrade RAM expansion card. I had no idea what it was, but it was like new and had all the manuals and disks.
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The sun3/60 makes a pretty useful bench when debugging a 3/60. The chassis is built like a tank.
(On there we have a home built ESR meter, a capacitance meter, a general volt meter, a random fan and the PSU sitting on a erm...wallet folder).
#retrocomputing

Anyone know of a source for A1078 Powerbook batteries? All links I've followed have been dead/OOS and my G4 won't power on at all any more. It's a NoPowerbook :( #retrocomputing

Hmm, replaced 5 caps in one of my Sun3's PSU (all on the input side), although most read as within spec (one of the chunky 680uF was down at 618); but...now it trips a breaker (non-spectacularly). Hmph.
(If anyone has a schematic of a Matsushita ETX-593C10M or ETC-593C101M I'd appreciate it)
#retrocomputing

Got my digitizer setup on my 486 and it's working in Microstation. Lot of nostalgia for this particular config.
#retrocomputing
#microstation
#cad

Ooh, found my dad's slide rule; I guess I have to learn how to use it now!
#retrocomputing

Some people into #retrocomputing want an Apple I or a Commodore 65, I'm a simpler man, this is my holy grail...
You can read the full article (in Italian) here, it's DIY instructions and a BASIC program for it.
I believe all it is is a switched 220V outlet.
https://archive.org/details/MC_microcomputer-042/page/n93/mode/2up
The 1-cup espresso maker they're using is a Velox brand extremely 1970s looking device.

Added a heatsink to my Beeb's video ULA as well as the CPU and 245. And here's Frenzy running from Replica now that I sorted that double stepper out.
#retrocomputing

This was my NeXT Mail avatar at that time, back in 1992. (64x64 pixels with 4 bits of each color channel per pixel (444 RGB) felt like a pretty high quality image in that era!)
The self-photo was taken in NeXT's sales office at Carillon Point in Kirkland, where Omni's founders were working as consultants (across the lake from Seattle), by hooking up a camcorder's video output to the video input on a NeXTdimension board.
#NeXTSTEP #retrocomputing

Got one of my Sun3's open - no life yet - but they don't look too bad; look at that BBC Engineering sticker; and they're neighbouring serial numbers on the machines - these are siblings! Few fun board bodges.
#retrocomputing #suntember

Finally got Zork working for my wife on my IBM 5150. Now she can waste away her hours playing it the way it was intended.
#retrocomputing

Auch Robotron konnte Trackball. Wenn ich mich recht erinnere, nannten sie es Rollkugeleinheit (RKE). Gesehen dieses Wochenende auf dem @…. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #vcfb #vcfb2026 #robotron #ddr

I've just extracted my #suntember projects from the bottom of the pile. A pair of Sun 3/60's. They weigh 12kg each - I guess the case was designed to withstand the weight of the monitors.
#retrocomputing

Something #retro #retrocomputing #commodore #c64
REDO FROM START: An or…

REDO FROM START: An oral Commodore history

I sometimes think that The Register crafts its headlines specifically to snare Fediverse users.
A 1980s PDP-11 is still running Unix – and now you can watch
Yeah, you'd like that, wouldn't you?
#TheRegister #PDP11 #Retrocomputing

Publikumsverkehr bei @… am @…. Er zeigt Schneider CPC und hat interessante Geschichten dazu und darüber zu erzählen.
#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #vcfb #vcfb2026

Found him! The master mouse was hiding at the back of a shelf and still works in GEM (which is pretty grim running off floppies here). This mouse plugs into the Master's User port.
#retrocomputing

Good; my Master is now a Master 512 again - it can see the copro OK, now I just need to find where I put the boot floppies last century. (Hmm and I wonder if we still have the mouse?)
Bonus: Interword running from the cartridge slot.
#retrocomputing

TIL that 'EAMX5' is a PCB material, and '94V-0' is a UL94 fire/flame class; so if you find them on a PCB they're useless for searching for information about that particular problem:
#retrocomputing

Did you know? IBM stands for “Itty Bitty Machines”
#retrocomputing

Oh hello there, you're going to be forcefully replaced:
#retrocomputing

Ein "Handheld" für Lager-Management. Beachtet insbesondere den Barcode-Scanner auf dem Zeigefinger. Gesehen gestern in der Ausstellung von @… am @…. #vcfb #vcfb2026 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

With the RIFAs replaced, next is the Master 512's battery pack; hmmmm - luckily the battery pack kept it away from the PCB
#retrocomputing

Wenn man mobile Devices sammelt, muss man passende Ladeinfrastruktur mitdenken. Ein Beispiel dafür ist zu sehen in der Aussstellung von @… am @…. Auch morgen – Sonntag – noch, HTW Berlin: http://vcfb.de/
#vcfb #vcfb2026 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

I had forgotten I had The Oldschool PC Font Resource installed and now I want to use every single font:
#typography #fonts #retrocomputing #graphicDesign

I’d pour one out for VARTA today, but they’re doing that by themselves
#iykyk #retrocomputing

Spielhölle für euch am @…. #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #vcfb #vcfb2026

Does anyone (in US) have a spare SCSI HDI-30 (male) to DB-25 (female) adapter or cable lying around? I'd be happy to pay postage.
It's to connect a BlueSCSI to 1990s-era PowerBooks.
(eBay sellers want fantasy prices.)
#retrocomputing #powerbook

As is to be expected for an article written by @… , there is a well-researched and fascinating article about ZX Spectrum sound capabilities in The Register: #Sinclair #ZXSpectrum #Retrogaming #Retrocomputing #8bit #Z80 #TheRegister

Heute Hauptstadt. Früher Vogel, keine Würmer. Schon wieder was mit alten Computern: #vcfb #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #vcfb2026

Wem Berlin zu weit ist: die Vorträge des @… werden auch gestreamt: #vcfb #vcfb2026 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

Das Mausmuseum am @…. Zu sehen heute und morgen in Berlin (#vcfb #vcfb2026 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

Wann habt ihr zuletzt ein älteres Mobiltelefon als Smartphones gesehen oder drauf rum gedrückt? Das hier ist einer von drei Aufstellern von @… am @…. Auch morgen noch in Berlin zu bestaunen, HTW in Schöneweide, Gebäude G. #vcfb #vcfb2026 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #techhistory #mobilephone

Relikte von damals, als ich noch viel Hardware-Support (Sun, Cisco, Storage) in Rechenzentren machte, und Terminal Concentrator noch Teufelszeug für Eingeweihte war. #rs232 #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #seriell #lebenaufräumen

I also lust after the Commodore-64 version of the keyboard. Absolutely identical to the others, but that colour scheme and font!
#8bit #RetroComputing #C64 #Commodore64

I've just learned that #8bitdo have released an #IBM #ModelM edition of their fabulous range of retro keyboards and I am definitely here for it!
#RetroComputing