/retro/ - retro, vintage, old computers

>>56038901
Toasting in a retro bread!

Okay guys, IBM PC XT guy here. I'll just try making a DOS boot disk formatted as 720K and copying files from that. I don't really care for the install of DOS that's on the hard drive right now, it's just that I'm too lazy to write down the bad sector list. Though a low-level format wouldn't be bad for the drive, right?

>>56039348
OK, this is weird. My laptop boots off the floppy just fine, but the IBM gives me a Non-System disk or disk error. I have tried with two drives, and I can't get it to work. Maybe it's because the floppy controller can't handle the timings of the turbo-XT board that's in the PC right now?

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>>56038960
retro bread you say?

>>56038971
Duh.

>>56038693
>I'm not sure what you are on about but don't you remember drilling floppies in the 90's? That's how we made HD floppies out of DD ones.

People used to do stuff like this when HD disks first came out because they were expensive, but of course the disks always failed after like 3 uses.

Trying to be cheap never pays.

>>56036986
>The best Apple II to have is a //e and the Platinum Edition is especially nice as it has a built-in numeric keypad. IIcs are not expandable and sometimes incompatible with older stuff like 13 sector disks. The IIgs is expensive af if you want to configure it to do anything useful in native mode and it doesn't have much of any good software.

You also want a DHGR card in a IIe although these were extremely common and it would be odd to find one that doesn't have it. The earliest IIes made in 1983 can't use a DHGR card.

Also avoid the IIc+ (short lived IIc with a 3.5" floppy in place of the 5.25" one)

>>56040593
The IIc+ was one of the stupidest ideas Apple ever conceived.

>Hey, let's make an Apple II that can't run 90% of Apple II software

>>56036986
On the reverse, some II/II+ stuff may not work properly on the IIe especially software that uses 80 column text because there were several different 80 column cards for the older Apple IIs that all worked slightly different while the 80 column mode on the IIe is completely standardized.

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I know I asked this before, but-

Tandy TRS-80 Handheld PC-2, would it worth AU$50? I dunno what I'd do with it but it looks like a damn cool piece of hardware.

has anyone heard of the infinity 2000?

>>56040522
>>56040969
I agree, but it isn't physically impossible as stated.

>>56038901
why the fuck are those threads always empty as fuck

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only retro thing i have is a commodore calculator :/

>>56043663
Hows the fail rate? As high as the breadbox C64's?

>>56043671
i don't know. didn't find much info about it.
its model SR4120D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JVUez4XxpI

PIMP MY XT

>>56044662
Jobs might have cucked Woz with the Apple, but at least Woz is till alive.

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>>56044847
This. If Steve Jobs was so good, why is he dead?

>>56044887
Kek

>>56044887
top kek

>>56041829
I'll try to give some advice based around my limited knowledge. There's one on US ebay for $15 or best offer with shipping shipping, which would cost me around $27 (35 AUD) total. I know ebay probably isn't the best place to get prices, but average going price in the US seems to be between $15- $60 (19.50-78 AUD) depending on condition, and accessories. It's not the worst price and I don't know how availability is in Australia, but you should try to talk the price down a bit if it's just the computer.

>>56044662
Tragically few Apple IIs were ever used with a color monitor.

>>56045194
Considering you could just connect the dang thing to a TV.

>>56045286
I doubt much of any Apple IIs were used with a TV after the very early days in 1977-79.

>>56038960
Retro bread? This bread must be moldy as fuck

>>56046714
Tell me thats yours?

>>56046743
No ;_;

>>56046750
Shit ;_;

>>56046714
Why the blanket? Does he want it die an heath death?

>>56041829

I might be talking out of my ass but I think I had the same calputer but it was branded as Sharp. Basic lingo and shit

>>56046783
These old PCs have a pretty low TDP. Most don't even have heatsinks on the central processors.

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>>56038901

>>56047058
eh, cool

>>56044887
Topkek

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The objectively best looking retro setup is an Antec Performance Plus PC case with modern high end guts, a Sony GDM FW900 CRT monitor and on the desk an IBM Model M mechanical keyboard and Microsoft WMO.

This setup not only looks amazing but is also objectively superior to anything made today and totally retro in appearance.

>>56048417
Wrong thread faggot, go back to your closet, wannabe designer.

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Step aside, legend coming through.

>>56048614
>Dual PPGA Celerons
What a waste of an epic motherboard

>>56048417
>modern high end guts

Wrong thread.

Though with a Pentium 3, Voodoo3, and Windows 98SE you'd have the best available machine for 90s PC gaming.

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>>56038901
This is my loved Philips velo PDA.

>>56048614
Reminds me of a dual CPU IBM workstation I had, two 1GHz Pentium 3's and 4GB RAM.

>>56048704
Does it really have 16MB of RAM?

>>56048719
Fuck, early VR was such a nice idea.

>>56048704
>MIPS R4000

I knew Windows CE ran on some oddball hardware (like the Dreamcast) but never expected a MIPS build.

>>56048764
Supports ARM also.

>>56048644
I disagree. It's best to combine the best of retro which can be seen with the naked eye with the best of modern day performance in what's under the hood. The old monitors and peripherals were superior but the new guts give the better performance. Best of both worlds is the true retro master race.

>>56048814
>It's best to combine the best of retro which can be seen with the naked eye with the best of modern day performance in what's under the hood.

This is not what those threads are generally about, they are about retro hardware, x86 counts for very little of those threads, mostly 8088-486, not some new shit.

>>56048829
fuck off, you don't get to dictate content

>>56048814
Can it play those 3dfx games the other anon could with the Pentium 3 build?

>>56048829
These threads are generally just picuters which don't depict the guts. Hence why I'm right and you're wrong with me being right and you being simultaneously wrong which leaves me as right while you're wrong and since I'm right and you're wrong this means I'm right and you just aren't.

>>56048850
Yeah, I fucked up with the "retro thread" title on this thread, I usually write "retro hardware" or "I love restoring old computers".

I normally hate generals
But I love the retro generals

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>>56048867

>>56048814
I fail to see how using new hardware is retro, kind of the point of retro is the hardware itself and not the looks.

>>56048867

Autism.

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Wow, it didn't even take two months for those threads to go to shit, again, like last time.

>>56048936
>it's not the looks
>almost all the pics are of the external
>and not the internals
I just want the retro nostalgia feel with blazing fast modern performance. An up to date Linux kernel with a retro DE.

>>56049021
All those systems are depicted running their native operating environments.
I don't even see the point of dumping random pictures of hardware people in the thread don't even own.

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>>56047058
That illustration reminds me of this.

>>56049041
>I don't even see the point of dumping random pictures of hardware people in the thread don't even own.
If people only posted stuff they owned the threads would be incredibly boring

>>56049222
Yesterday's thread was basically that and it was not boring at all, the thread hit bump limit with a few hours.

>>56048417
My NAS is in this case! I've had it laying around longer than I can remember; it really is an amazing case. I didn't realize it was considered retro, but now that I think of it I think I've had it since 2005 or so.

If I get dubs I'm installing NetBSD on my PowerMac G4, using it as a daily driver and posting about it every day for a week.

>>56049359
What, I almost did that months ago.

>>56048689
I have never seen this case before and I think this is the best looking computer I have ever seen

>>56049359
Well fuck me. I want to use that thing as a daily driver. Suggest a UNIX-based (or UNIX-like) OS with current software and proper networking. If you guys want I'll post about it.

>>56048632
>Zaaaaaaaaaaaaaasyyuuuuuumm
>That sexy vanilla colored case
Sauce on that hard on?

>>56049419
but you didn't get dubs

anyway, isn't openbsd available for PPC macs?

>>56049283
I had one like it in 2000

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>>56049445
I know shit about Macs, but if OpenBSD is available, take use of it.
Btw. reporting in.

>>56049041
>All those systems are depicted running their native operating environments.
And? I can throw Windows 95 on my main workstation if I wanted. Or rig up a retro looking DE replica. Doesn't change anything posted. Just you whining about my taste. Fuck off.

>>56049515
http://www.openbsd.org/macppc.html
take a look here for some info

the thing also seems to have binary packages for powerpc, so you're in luck

>>56049445
That's why I'm cursing. I wanted to use the thing. Never tried OpenBSD. I might give it a whirl. "Downgrading" to dual 500MHz PPC7400s has got to be fun coming from a c2d laptop.

>>56049516
>Just you whining about my taste. Fuck off.
Butthurt about something people didn't even talk about...

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>>56049280
This. Yesterday's thread was really good. Floppy discussion was pretty interesting.

>>56049515
How was that clusterfuck at work?

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>not using geocities to browse /g/

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>>56049690
Indeed!

>>56049743
Kek, did you make it yourself?

>>56048764
The CNC lathe where I work runs Windows CE. You see the desktop for about 5 minutes before it automatically launches the lathe software. I have to reboot it twice a month because the longer it goes the more it starts to lag.

>>56049712
Pure shit. I don't know what happend and I can't find any flaw - it's just not working. Tables didn't change, procedures didn't change, suddenly it's fucked up... And (as every time) nobody did anything... I can't even restore from Backup, because I don't know what i need. Sometimes I hate this job.

>>56049816
Sorry to hear, sounds like a real pain in the ass.

>>56049712
I forgot to mention: i'm actually on holidays...

>>56049848
Indeed.

>>56049856
You had to go in on a holidays?

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>>56049781
i found the css on github and made a userscript that gives me a Geocities4evar menu on every page I visit. letting me specify if I prferer that site in geocities mode
>pic related

>>56049885
Kek, awesome

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I set up my 486DX4 too now, didn't want it to take much space.

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>>56049924

>>56049924
>>56049937
The room looks much bluer on those pictures then the light actually is...

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>>56049880
I had two free weeks and had to go in 4 times. Phone did ring every fuckin day.
So I decided to stay at home for one additional week. I wrote my boss a Mail to inform it about this. Next day he whatsapped me, just to ask if he is allowed to call me... It's a bit weired but some kind of funny.

>>56049962
Kek, I feel ya

>>56039777
Should retro bread be covered in mold?

>search thread
>No mention of Living Computer Museum
Here to fix that:
http://www.livingcomputermuseum.org/Online-Systems/Request-a-Login.aspx

If you're not lucky enough to have your own vintage hardware, get remote access to some!

Or if you live in Western Washington, visit!
http://www.livingcomputermuseum.org

>>56048626
Mendocinos were great especially with a bus overclock, that board was probably built for them too since they didn't technically support SMP

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>>56049976
I'm out now, need some sleep.

>>56048814
>I disagree. It's best to combine the best of retro which can be seen with the naked eye with the best of modern day performance in what's under the hood.
Not really, the hardware is a big part of it, all you're doing is being a nostalgic hipster and using a shitty case that will overheat your components while clashing with them visually.

Keep old with old, and new with new.

>>56050025
Good night bro

>>56050041
I agree on that, that's what those threads are usually about too.

>>56048814
retropc64 DOT jimdo DOT com SLASH bilder-i7-3770/
Rly nice builds and you can't say it isn't retro.

>>56048723
it has 16 MB of memory, devided between data (flash) and programs (RAM), with a tool inside the Microsoft CE you can decide how much goes in the RAM and how much in the flash. SO it kinda have 16 MB RAM, but you have access to only a part of it (i setted mine as 40% RAM) , until you buy an additional flash memory.

>>56050133
Hope this is bait.

Why would you post a retrofit of a nice C64 case in a retro thread? This pisses people off.

>>56038901
How do you make this communicate with 4gag?

>>56050452
See
>>56036861

>>56050478
Cool. But how do you greentext? :^)

>>56050414
He only takes dead machines or empty cases for his builds. I love my classic machines and I would hit you hard if you kill a running classic just to get a retro case. But why not use an empty classic case to create something unique?

>>56050505
Indeed, that's alright, because there are probably shitloads of cases thanks to dead motherboards.

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>>56050604
Actually i'm thinking about a build with pic related.

>>56050653
Eh, that has been on there for a while already
Good luck

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Does anyone know what pager model is this?

>>56050679
Yeah i know, i'm already watching it for a while. 80€ is just to much. Especially because it's only pick up and not even near.

>>56050876
Are you gonna use a CRT or LCD?

>>56050947
If I could find something to fit in, I would use CRT.

>>56048764
Desktop NT used to run on MIPS too (mostly DEC workstations) as well as Alpha and PPC RS/6000s.

Wasn't any good though unless you were rolling your own software since they had fuck all support and spent most of their time running 386 code anyway, so they killed it early into Windows 2000's beta phase.

>>56051026
Oh fuck, now I know what i have to do tomorrow. I have an original copy of Win 2000 Beta for DEC Alpha somewhere... I can't remember where so I have to search...

>>56050998
That' would look pretty cool

>>56051091
You must post pictures!

>>56051105
If I find it, I will post pics.

>>56051091
Damn, do you have an Alpha to run it on too?

Always wondered if it was actually usable, NT4 has decent software itself but browser support especially is extremely lacking.

>>56051156
>that kode chick again
c u t e

>>56048996
What threads are you talking about? You come in each of these.

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>>56051156
r e t r o
w a i f u

>>56051183
Pardon?

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Still slowly cleaning up these

>>56051305
Oh boy, will you even get done?

>>56051305
Could I buy one of those Apple ]['s?

>>56051347
I like to think that I got through cleaning the majority of the computers so far, but I have hardly tested and looked over power supplies in them.

>>56051401
I was planning on selling most of the computers anyways, if you are that interested in any of the computers you can email me at [email protected]. I am in Alberta, so shipping may be a bit expensive depending on where you are.

>>56051401
Get one of the ones with a ProFile.

>>56051444
>[email protected]
>cock

Yeah, I was just asking, because it's pretty useless for me to order from Canada (I'm in EU).

>>56051444
Not him, but
>tfw I live in yurop
>tfw I want an Apple ][ but they're expensive af over here, and importing them from the US is even more expensive
JUST

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would you?

>>56051471
>>56051472
Wanting an Apple II in Yurop is like a dream that will never come true

>>56051474
Oh yess, I'd do such kinky things to that Sound Blaster

>>56051471
Yeah I would part with one + 2 floppy drives, your choice of style, for ~$80 CAD + Shipping or something like that. I would go through the entire machine, I already cleaned and lubed most of the floppy drives. Shipping would be pretty shit to the EU though.

>>56051514
I have a brother living in Toronto who will visit me soon, but I bet that he won't be able to carry something like that, specially because he will be coming with a kid and his wife.

>>56051471
>I'm in EU
pls be asspain

>>56051567
?

>>56051474
Oh yissss, I'd interface with her.

>16-bit ISA
Awesome, she's Plug-n-Play compatible...

>>56051577
Spain. I'd like to get rid of some stuff.

>>56051600
You're the PC-XT guy?
Sorry, nowhere near Spain.

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>>56051534
They aren't that heavy, its just large, so it would still be a pain in the ass probably.

>>56051613
Yeah, I'm the PC XT guy. I'd feel bad throwing stuff out. I'm even renting a storage unit with my "autismbux".

>>56051642
Aw fuck, don't throw it out, I bet you can find someone who wants it!

>>56051666
Just plug in the darn cable and press F1

>>56051666
If that's a Pentium II Deskpro EN, are you me from 8 years ago?

>>56051639
I will look into it, I have your email anyways, thanks

>>56051699
It's literally "Keyboard error, press F1 to continue!"

>>56051704
It's a pentium 1 Deskpro 2000. The on board graphics card was so crap that it sometimes corrupted a spot of the windows desktop, so I upgraded it.

>>56051741
>It's literally "Keyboard error, press F1 to continue!"
Wat? The keyboard is connected but broken?
Kek, this is epic

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It makes me so sad that they could easily make a computer like this with actually good specs and battery life but they won't because there is no market for it.

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Next step is to get a SD2SCSI and install A/UX on it for dual booting.

>>56050501
Haha, that's actually my pic in the OP. You can only browse and can't post from lynx because of the CAPTCHA, unless you have a 4chan pass I guess.

>>56047058
You need to tell me where you got that

>>56051741
Then press F1

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>>56051771
And even if they did make it it would not have a glorious scissor switch keyboard.

>>56051771
There was some chinese atom laptop on kickstarter some time ago with that form factor

>>56051777
Awesome!

>>56051771
Yeah, it sucks.

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In the meantime Dual Screen Sim Ant

>>56051771
>Free memory: 3768 k
Just barely running

>>56051809
>Oni

...

>>56051810
>>56051771
>>56051809

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/gpd-win-intel-z8700-orz8750-win-10-os-game-console-laptop#/
Keyboard looks like it's a piece of shit though

>>56051841
It's Loonix, free memory is wasted memory.

Actually it's weird its using that much, x86 takes so much more memory than ARM.

>>56051852
Yeah, it's not very attractive.
I'd like a more "normal" design...

>>56051777
Color me jealous, where did you snag this?

>>56039348
Do any of you know about db9 serial keyboards and ways to adapt them to modern computer

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>>56051777
call me autistic but it sounds wrong to run anything but a real top-end SCSI drive in that motherfucker

always wanted a 950 for A/UX

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>>56051852
I know I am being unrealistic but I want it to look like a mini laptop.

>>56051907
You could probably get away with cramming a Pi inside that.

But nobody could butcher something like that.

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Good times

>>56051921
Pis are utter garbage anyway, at least the librettos were exceptionally good for their time and size.

>>56051941
What are it's specs anyways?

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>>56051921
But that has ARM.

I know I am just whining. Forever stuck in the past ;_;

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OC

>>56051986
Is that your waifu?

That's a little too retro for me

>>56052001
>Is that your waifu?
She kinda used to be. Now we're just friends, sadly.

>>56051954
Don't tell me that floppy goes inside that PalmTop? That's like rape

>>56051946
Depends, the ones commonly posted here range from a 100 MHz 486DX4 (I think) to a 233 MHz Pentium MMX, I have one of the latter, nothing really to laugh at when you consider that it's running a chip that only a year before its release was a desktop flagship. They're hobbled far more by their input methods than specs anyway when it comes to most of the stuff you'd want such a small PC-compatible device for.

>>56052018
>She kinda used to be. Now we're just friends, sadly.
What kind of bullshit is that anon, get your shit together

>>56051881
Got it at a computer recycling place for like $30 bucks. Replaced the HDD with a 72gb SCSI drive and snagged a PPC card for it as well an an overclock card.

>>56052021
Pretty amazing for the time.
It's like my old Compaq, big laptop, but mostly empty inside...

>>56052039
Well she's got a gf now, can't do anything about that.
/blog

>>56052043
No way, that shit only happens in dreams.
I'm jelly

>>56052043
>PPC card
Is it software-switchable or something? You can't run A/UX on that.

I honestly wouldn't bother with it if I were you, half of the allure of the 950 to me is how kickass it is out of the box, probably one of the best 68040 systems in existence.

>>56052043
Fuck man, there's a Quadra 650 near me but the dude wants 300€ for it.
I keep telling him I'd buy it right away for 100€ but he just flips me off.

>>56052020
Nope, you need an external drive for it

>>56052070
I remember with the Amiga you could have a '060 and PPC in the same PC and the system and OS was running off the '060 and programs compiled with PPC support used the PPC.

>>56052080
He wouldn't even take that offer? What the fuck, I wonder who he thinks is going to buy it.

It's not like it's an iconic decorative piece like a compact or anything really rare.

>>56052099
>in the same PC
I obviously mean in the same computer

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>>56052070
Oh it's software switchable, You can run A/UX on it on 68040 mode, but make sure it isn't set to start in A/UX while off the PPC or else you just fucked yourself and caused a bunch of work to fix it.

>>56052063
When I got it it had issues with the power button not working. I finally got around to dismantling it and found the motherboard wasn't properly clipped in (the case is a pile of plastic shit) after clipping it in works like a beast.

>>56052099
Don't really think Mac accelerators work the same way, though you probably could if the hardware supported that kind of operation since it's just coupled to an expansion bus, don't even think the main CPU is bypassed or anything.

>>56052107
Yeah, it's fucking crazy, I asked that in another thread a while ago, everybody said he's nuts.
He's been trying to get rid of it for almost a year...

At least he knows I want it, hopefully he will offer it to me first if he ever gets to his senses

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On the PPC after reboot

>>56052080
Just another guy who saw the prices the computers go for on Ebay unfortunately.

>>56052118
Damn, nevermind then.

Guess I just don't often run across anyone needing dual-mode operation when I'm googling around so I never learned of the capability.

>>56052118
>>56052173
That's really fucking cool

>>56052118
>but make sure it isn't set to start in A/UX while off the PPC or else you just fucked yourself and caused a bunch of work to fix it.

What would happen then? Might be good to know for the future

>>56052043
Wow, I'm mad. There's not Quadra anythings around me. I want a 610 pizza box with the full 040 so I can run A/UX.

>>56052215
You're mad? I have a faggot who thinks he's Quadra is worth 300€

Hlly

>>56052244
apt-get remove

>>56052195
Not having A/UX yet I don't know for sure but I assume it would crash on load and you'd be forced to scrounge around for a PPC Boot Disc to be able to change the startup drive.

I've found http://modelrail.otenko.com/tag/quadra-950 to be an excellent source of information.

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>>56052254
Hi there

>>56052259
I see

>>56052230
At least you have a chance to buy something, there's nothing around me for 200 miles, at leas that anyone's selling. Considering the area they probably all got thrown out 15 years ago.

>>56052259
I think you should be able to select a startup disk or at least boot from a CD beforehand, never tried it though.

>>56052268
apt-get purge

>>56052286
Yea you can boot from a CD, still a pain in the ass to sort it out though.

>>56052297
Why anon?

>>56052259
>>56052286
Can't you do it like with the Power Macs, holding down ALT (or was it Apple button) to get to a basic boot loader

>>56052319
>>56052268

For the keks, hey there

>>56052320
Old World ROM Macs do not have that capability, all preboot configuration was done within the OS itself using Control Panels.

>>56049690
No it wasn't. That shit ruined the computer threads on /vr/.

>>56052354
That sucks

>>56052336
Quick question , is it hydrogen proxide that help cleans the yellowed vanilla look of retro products to clean white?

>>56052359
He went to sleep.
But yeah, it wasn't that interesting, could have been a better topic

>>56052369
Yesss, Google retr0bright.

You also needs lots of UV light, aka the sun.

>>56052369
What are you planning on retrobrightening?

>>56048632
I have that mousepad.

>>56052465
>>56052383

Yes sir i am , word on the street a couple of people are selling some 90-80s keyboards and computers for cheap on a street i live on.

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This displays the (I assume) Playboy Bunny. Are you a bad enough dude to convert it to assembly language?

>>56052498
Oh, good luck!

>>56052523
Hei, I remember you from the other thread!

>>56052359
Why the fuck do people keep talking about threads on /vr/? No one cares nigga, fuck off.

>>56052523
What assembly language and what machine?

>>56052548
At least some people here must have used the /vr/ retro computer threads because I've heard posts from them referenced.

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This was that new XT 1MB memory card that can be used to replace those silly, ancient, power-gulping 4164 DRAMs.

>>56052563
>>56052548

There used to be retro threads on /g/ all the time until there was a big pause because the threads here went to pure shit and turned hostile, so people from here went to the /vr/ retro thread. Now there are more retro threads on /g/ again.

>>56052551
Anything you like although the program is formatted for an 80 column display.

>>56052601
>There used to be retro threads on /g/ all the time until there was a big pause because the threads here went to pure shit and turned hostile
What happened?

>>56052587
Yeah, you can buy the PCB but finding the parts from a single seller is freaking nuts, thanks to all that postage and shit it ends up almost $100.
I want that and the 2MB card, together with the 8-bit IDE controller, but that would cost way too much, until I find a better place for the parts.

>>56052626
>What happened?
General 4chan shit happened, like usually.
Aka hate.

>>56052587
It's supposed to be able to use the DIP switches to replace any 64k piece of the system RAM though I have no idea if it requires you to physically remove the chips on the XT motherboard if it's in the first 256k.

>>56049743
Where are the flame.gif and under_construction.gif GIFs at?

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Are there any current PC cases with a retro inspired design?

>>56052523
>>56052500
TRS-80s have a 64x16 display; that would be really odd.

>>56052673
I wish.

>>56052683
Lyl that would be cool but I know nothing about TRS-80 programming.

>>56052698
You just have to know where the memory locations are and basic Z80 assembly language, but other than that it's simple.

>>56052523
Can't you basically just use PRINT?

>>56052644
>>56052626
People complained there wasn't enough game discussion and the only poster who did kept trying to force everyone to discuss weebshit.

>>56052734
That was on /vr/ thought? Not /g/?

>>56052523
>>56052720
This program is easy because there's no floating point calculations. You pretty much just have to use the table of DATA statements which is a bunch of ASCII and TAB positions.

>>56052745
>>56052734
>>56052626
>>56052644
>>56052601
>>56052563
>>56052548

Here's the truth.

>>>/vr/3414785

>>56052745
Yes. They said there was too much hardware and not enough game discussion except one dude who kept spamming pics of MSX and X68000 weeb dating sims.

>>56052765
Kek

>>56052523
I don't think that's the Playboy bunny because he has a collar and not a bowtie.

>>56052789
Kek, everybody keeps pointing that out.

JPC games really aren't that interesting except to autists.

>>56052628
You can't buy it preassembled?

>>56052806
Let's keep that kind discussion out of /g/, someone might get triggered and then the whole thread will be derailed.

>>56052816
Not from the guy who makes them, I was looking into it a few months ago, asked him too if he could preassemble them but he was afraid of selling preassembled things because of regulations.
You might find them on eBay for ridiculous prices.

>>56052758
Yea, I don't really care about video game nonsense.

>>56052889
Well, you are on /g/, no video games here.

>>56052806
That wasn't that bad. Worse than that was one guy arguing that you can't use Flash floppy emulators like the 1541 Ultimate because "only AVGNfags who want to just play games use those".

anyone got that cap of the guy who built his own NOC out of deprecated machines?

>>56052920
Kek, I want to see that!

>>56052889
Which games in particular do you dislike? Because if you mean weeb dating sims, you'll find few who disagree.

>>56052931
>>56052889

Wrong thread guys.

>>56052913
But there have always been autists like that and sites like Lemon64 are full of them.

>some extreme muh authenticity fags who argue that anything but a breadbox C64 and original 1541 is blasphemy
>others happily buy any accessory that comes out like CPU accelerators, RGB adapters, Flash floppy emulators, etc

>>56052956
Yeah, some people care about keeping the system original, I can respect that, they are not hurting me.
Anyways, there will always be autists who go on about "stop liking what I don't like".

I have heard that the Alps mech 1541s have alignment issues but the Newtronics 1541 has problems with the R/W head degrading since they weren't sealed properly.

>>56052970
Yes but there was this one autist on the /vr/ thread who kept throwing a temper tantrum if anyone suggested using a Flash floppy emulator. He even accused people of being marketers for the things. You'd recognize his posts easily because he always would go "What if Anon doesn't want to buy that thing?"

>>56052971
Then why did my dad have a Newtronics 1541 for 10 years and that never happened to him?

>>56052988
Yeah, I actually know what you're talking about, I noticed that too.
The "Why don't you like what I like" and "Stop liking what I don't like" is actually a mental illness if you ask me.

>>56052988
See previous point about autists.

>>56052673
No, it's all cheap back plastic gayming or cases that are so "minimal" that they basically look like a tiny fridge

>>56052999
>one statistical outlier invalidates something

>>56053017
Should go to a garbage pile and start looking for old cases, kek

>>56052971
I remember a Lemon64 thread with a guy mentioning his 1551 (disk drive for the Plus/4) had a dead R/W head and since those used the same drive mechs as the 1541s...put two and two together.

>>56053025
Old cases have shitty cooling and are often in a shitty condition

>>56053034
That's true, but there are quite low TPD systems nowadays that would work nicely in something like an old Pentium 1 case.
It was more of a joke, I can't be bothered to look for cases in garbage. I'd want a real computer with old hardware not just the case, that's more my taste.

>>56053021
"I don't understand how this could have happened. Everybody I know voted for McGovern."

-- Pauline Kael

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>>56052927
>>56052920
I have a few pics but not an organised cap

>>56053070
Kek

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>>56053091

>>56053091
Can you hack the Gibson with that?

>>56053097
>>56053070
She lived in New York City. No shit she didn't know any Nixon supporters. No Republican presidential candidate has carried the Big Apple since 1924.

>>56051844
If you can only have one game on your Windows 2000 machine you could do worse.
Not much worse, though, considering in Windows 2000 the end-game cutscene crashes the game. I still don't know what happens to Konoko at the end.

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>>56053128

>>56052053
>she's got a gf
>she
>gf

THIS IS NOT RETRO

>>56053070
At least George McGovern didn't defend the rapist of a little girl and then laugh about it.

Anybody know if there's a way to stick a dual 500mhz card into a G4 cube without dremeling out the guide rails?

>>56053127
>If you can only have one game on your Windows 2000 machine you could do worse.
>Daikatana

>>56053148
Who cares, we're almost at the bump limit anyway.

>>56053148
Does it tickle your pickle?

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>>56053137

>>56053031
1551s plug into the cartridge slot on the Plus/4. Would those actually work on a C64 or is the pinout of the slot different?

>>56053186
I have absolutely no idea. You'd have to ask them on Lemon64. It probably is different though.

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>>56053149

>>56053178
Where do all those cables even go, there are like 5 computers on the other pictures

>>56053137
Why the phone? Dial-up?

>>56053178
>>56053208
Reminds me of weeding a vegetable garden when there's so much crabgrass you get cross eyed and have a hard time telling what's a vegetable and what's a weed. Your brain gets overloaded.

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>>56053208
no this guy had a fuck tonne of shit

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>>56053224

>>56053228
>>>/out/
>>>/diy/

>>56053235
s-sorry....

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>>56053232

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>>56053244

>got two 100Mbit hubs and an elmeg ICT88 for free
wat do

NEW THREAD

>>56053258
>>56053258
>>56053258

ALL ABOARD THE RETRO THREAD BREAD

>>56048719
>that pink CRT
aesthetic

>>56052734
never remember that at all, all I remember was athlondude samefagging the thread to death and doxxing himself, autistic shit-flinging wars over the sticky, retards trying to dictate discussion and other peoples' hardware, and finally the threads simply just running out of content

this topic doesn't really need a general, don't know why the fuck people are trying to bring it back

>>56053899
You're talking about the /g/ retro threads? He was talking about /vr/ ones.

>>56054089
well, the guy he was replying to was asking what happened to the /g/ threads