/retro/ - retro, vintage, old computer thread

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>>56077096
So do I, but I suppose I really ought to pace myself. Currently working on these three plus maxing out a Thinkpad T43

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>>56077096

>>56077096
That's one hell of a pretty looking phone.

>>56077900
2000 was the pinnacle of hardware design.

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>>56077923

Its a 1989 Bang & Olufsen Beocom 2000

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I'm working on a busted Classic II right now. Just some burst caps on the analog board that I'm waiting on replacements for. Already recapped the whole logic board before.

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Hell yeah I do.

Just got Arch on my //e via agetty.

>>56078035
I have a question about replacing parts on boards. If anything like that were to happen to any one of my machines, I'd be terrified I'd break anything. I have practically no experience with soldering. Were you put off the first time you replaced something on the board?

>>56078151
Not really. I have some soldering experience from high school electronics class. There's plenty of tutorials on youtube for that sort of thing if you're interested.

With this mac this was the first time I had to discharge a CRT. As long as you have the right tools (long flat-head screwdriver alligator-clipped to ground) you're totally safe. Kind of unnecessary with the Classic series since they have bleeding resistors that drain out the high voltage, but I didn't want to take any chances.

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I posted about this box once before, but I couldn't stick around to read the replies.

Basically I picked this thing up from my local university's tech bin (always worth a look). It powers on, the HDD clicks about for a second, but unfortunately there's no CMOS beep, and nothing comes up on the monitor. How would I go about diagnosing this fellow?

Whoever actually built this computer had no consideration for anyone doing anything inside the case, as it appears to be impossible to reach (or read) the CPU as it's behind the disk drive holders, and the ram is obscured by all of the cables, so I don't even know what the hardware even is yet.

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bump I guess

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Hi there.

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>>56079275
Hey Bifibro

So, anyone remembers the Quadra 650 I was talking about for sale at 300€?
No wonder the price is that ridiculous, it's a woman selling it, kek.

>>56079275
Never played Alley Cat on a orange phosphor screen, must be great, the cheese would actually be the right colour.

>>56080239
i that F3 or Fallout 4?

>>56078263
Oh yeah, working with CRTs...

Try calibrating one, you have to move the little magnets on the tube, trying not to electrocute yourself.

>>56080422
Neither, they had not invented microchips in Fallout and this has one.

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>>56080239
Hi bro
>>56080407
That cheese thing... True Story.

No work today!!!

>>56080461
Awesome
>German beer
Man, I miss those

>>56080488
I already had enough... Nah fuck it, some more for shits and giggles.

>>56080574
Kek, I loved that in Germany that you could buy a sixpack of good beer for almost nothing and just sit in a park and enjoy it without getting into trouble.

>>56077286
That's really nice! Moar?

>>56077096
Will we ever be able to log onto the 4chan BBS?

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>>56077286
Nice L40, the other two are breddy good too.

>>56080615
Sitting here with the production manager of the company where i'm CIO. He runs some kind of just for fun Pub. 1 beer / 1€.

>>56080720
Kek, that's epic

>>56078603
looks 386-ish, 1991 to 1992 though the hard drive looks older

try pulling out the hard drive and just plugging it into power and nothing else, see if it spins up then, some systems don't like to spin up their drives until after POST has cleared

also post pics of it, I want to know who made it, looks kind of seagate-esque but I can't figure it out

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>>56077958
I didn't know landline phones could be so stylish. The only ones my family ever had were the old tank-like Bell phones (pic related) or some generic curvy chinese plastic thing.

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>>56081043
Best thing I own.

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>>56080720
England here. I'm jelly

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>>56077096
here she is
i dug it out of a thrift store about a month and a half ago
>even had a disk for 95 in it

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>>56081202
Come over Buddy, we have enough.

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>>56081278
have this same case with a 486SLC shitbox build in it, pretty nice look to them desu

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>>56081322
can that run linux? does it support 32mb ram?

>>56081443
Not him, but yes.

>>56081295
Kek, it's like buying a car with a full tank of gas

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>>56081309
I'm just going to ask my mom if I can stay over. I should be there in a bit

>>56080704
dat screen tho

>>56081730
If you need to ask your Mom, it would be something weird... I'm the youngest male here and i'm 39... But the Girls who joined our Party are both just 20. One of them is a Kindergarten teacher. So no problem, come and stay over.

>>56082371
Sounds fucking fantastic. I'm only 20 mins away

>>56082408
hurry, the girls are usually already taken.

>>56082469
Keep them warm. I'll be there to cuck the faggots who 'claimed' them

Yes, that's a good attitude. Nothing to lose, at least there is beer.

>>56082520
I'll keep them warm from the inside until you get here.

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Btw. This thread needs some pics.
The perfect numpad - oldschool POS keyboard with blue cherries.

>>56082657
Thx brah, I knew you wouldn't let me down.

Saying that. I'm gonna head back actually and get some sleep. Goodnight m8

Is the /g/retro irc the same one as it used to be?

>>56081443
sure, but why would you want something so useless

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>>56083267

>>56081295
>Do not make illegal copies of this
Don't worry, I won't, I'll just upload it to WinWorldPC

>>56083374
>edgy
???
that shit could barely run X, let alone any applications on GNU/Linux worth using, and the small pool of gimped shitware you'll find on lightweight distros (that are built for a Pentium II, not a 486) will more than likely have much better and more efficient contemporary equivalents on whatever operating system the hardware is actually built to run

>>56082987
Seems to be from Googling. Here it is for those who don't know: [email protected].

I'll be joining later on my Apple //e.

>>56084014
What happened to #/g/retro? That channel was pretty nice when I was there 2 years ago.

>>56084244
This is the one I remember, I think.
>>56084014
#retro seems like it'd be a general purpose retro irc, which isn't bad, I guess.

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i blew my load the first time i saw it

>>56084799
Yes anon, vectors are awesome.

>>56082769
>ATARISTFU
>STFU

>>56078083
Nice!

>>56085992
Thanks, Anon!

>>56084244
>>56084458
Was #/g/retro on rizon.net or something else? Do you think it's still up and running?

>>56086011
Do you think it could run something like BB demo like that?

>>56086360
Hmm, I'll try.

>>56086568
Try and post screenshot! That would be awesome

>>56086596
On it. I'll post if it works. Having some issues downloading it, but I think I can fix that fairly quickly.

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>>56086596
Oh, and I'm trying it on Raspbian, not Arch.

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>>56086754
Awesome! I just tried it myself, it works but it gets a little slow after the beginning.

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>>56086849
Sweet! I tried it too.

What system is that? //e?

>>56087033
That look badass, I knew the characters of the //e would fit it well, nice and crisp.

>What system is that? //e?
No, it's an eighty-eighty-eight.

>>56087057
>eighty-eighty-eight

Huh, never heard of that before.

I'm installing aa-lib now to give it a go.

>>56087086
He means an XT.
Or clone.

>>56087086
>Huh, never heard of that before.
eighty = 80
eighty eight = 88

8088, PC-XT clone. >>56080239

>>56087106
Ah, got it.

>>56087107
Cool! That makes sense.

>TFW I want to get some more retro electronics
>TFW I don't have the room

I need to get rid of some old shit that isn't really retro either by selling it or donating it if it's still good.

>>56077096
I have an old Optiplex 330 that had 1 GB of ram and a Pentium D, that I upgraded with the 771 mod stickers to a Xeon E5440, 4 GB of ram, and an SSD. Still working on the right GPU for it though.
Does that count?

>>56087267
Or just wait until it is old enough to be retro and have a head start.

>>56087267
>I don't have the room
I'm squeezing tables into the middle of the room so I could just set up my shitboxes

>>56087363
That's something I wish I would have been thinking about 20 years ago, all those amazing computers I would still have.

>>56084799
p0rn

>>56085304
you found the joke.

>>56086029
Yeah, it was on rizon.

>>56081730
kek

>>56087033
Try displaying a portrait of Steve Jobs in ASCII on your Apple //e

>>56092894
Is there a way to do that in the terminal? I guess I could use aalib. I'll try it with Steve Wozniak when I get home.

>>56093062
Oh yeah aa-lib should work too.
I guess you could also just make a text file and convert a picture with those online converters to ASCII (right number of lines and letters of course) and just print it to the screen.

Also try figlet or toilet and cowsay! Those would be neat on a screen like that!

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Great news everybody!

The Centris 650 that sold near me for 300€, I managed to get the price down to 130€!
Gonna pick it up tomorrow. Computer, monitor, keyboard, mouse, some extra stuff and they are all in great shape!

>>56093096
I've actually done cowsay! I'm not at home right now, but when I'm home, I'll try it.

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>>56077286
Here's the Mac and Zenith properly set up.

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>>56093842
Plan is to use them mainly as dumb terminals to a Pi or something else over serial, and just use CLI-based programs.

>>56087351

No, plenty of PentD folks out here.

>>56093867
Sweet. That's what I use my //e for mostly.

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>>56086849
Tested some higher screen modes

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>>56094529

>>56093842
>>56093867
That's a really nifty setup!

>>56094529
>>56094543
>I don't even see the code. All I see is blonde, brunette, redhead

>>56094554
why do that crt type exist? flat crts are best those round are terrible

>>56094616
Flat thing's weren't IN, in 1982

>>56094616
CRT TV images were created by a ray drawing the image on the screen. This ray would go back and forth in lines.
Now, without a curve, the ray travels further to hit a point at the left (or right) edge of the screen than it does in the middle. This creates a distortion in the image.
By curving the screen, the distance between the ray's source and any point on the screen was consistent (enough) leading to (almost) no distortion.

Newer CRTs, the flat ones, have special circuits in them to keep the image in focus with the flat screen.

>>56094686
Thanks anon, learned something new.

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>>56095025
>anime shitposter
everyone else replied with something that made sense but then theres the anime autist....

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Why do teletype terminals exist? CRTs are the best...
Why do CRTs exist? LCDs are the best....
Why do LCDs exist? Holograms are the best...
Why do Holograms exist? Direct brain interfaces are the best....

>But but, we don't have holograms or direct brain interfaces yet!
Exactly.

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>>56095068
>LCDs are the best....
Exactly.

>>56095204
Like anyone really needs to do that.

>>56095047
He's point made sense to me and was pretty clear

>>56095047
You were saying?

A 128k IIe or IIc will play 99% of Apple II games. There are still a few that use some weird illegal opcodes and only work on the II+, but those have all been patched by now (it was usually the copy protection that was the problem). The IIe is actually slightly more compatible than the IIc since it has the original 6502 (not the 65C02 which caused some of the opcode issues) and can support the game paddles that some early games need.

The IIgs isn't bad, but it has issues with some Apple II stuff. I'd say the IIgs is 95% compatible. Of course the RGB output makes Hi-Res and Double Hi-Res graphics look a bit 'funny' sometimes.

A IIe with some disk drives (I recommend two but you can get by with one) and a Super Serial Card shouldn't run you more than $30-$50. This will allow you to play just about everything out there and you can transfer files to disks using ADTPro. I'd also recommend a nice Apple II monitor since they seem to do the best at artifacting for some reason, but you can get by with any old monitor or a TV.

>>56095330
Good to know, I'm not personally interested in the Apple //, getting a C64 soon.

>>56095265
it was the worst reply tho. anime posters can only shitpost

>>56095330
I kinda remember a lot of the first games I tried playing required a joystick with no keyboard option. Not easy to play these games on the IIc or IIGS.

And although the IIGS is only about 95 % compatible with the older games, it has whole repertoire of games that do not have an equal game to be played on older machines. So I believe this raises the compatibility to 99.9 % for the IIGS and maybe 90% for all the older models.

So I vote IIGS.

>>56095354
There are forums dedicated to only retro hardware, you might want to check them out if you're not comfortable with anime on a anime related site.

>>56095259

Damn... I always wanted an Atari Portfolio. Also wanted a STacy and ST Book too.

>>56095259
c u t e
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I'd also go with the IIe. The IIc's lack of expandability can be a problem and no cassette port makes it kind of hard to get software onto it. It also can't use 13 sector disks. However, Apple did have paddles that plugged into the D-shell joystick port on the IIe/IIc but they're kind of hard to find.

A IIe with a DHGR card should be able to run just about any Apple II game in existence including ones with weird-ass copy protections (especially Sierra and Broderbund games) and games with illegal opcodes (eg. the space combat in Ultima I). I'd recommend the IIe for maximum compatibility especially if you want to play off of original disks. Also as far as I know, the only stuff that actually uses those extra 65C02 opcodes are late version of ProDOS, AppleWorks, and Copy II+.

>>56095375
its not the anime. its that people posting anime images are just shitposters that know nothing about the things they talk about.

>>56095429
Getting a Portfolio isn't that hard. I have two and one for parts... They are still cheap on ebay.

As far as the IIgs is concerned, a unit with the Revision 1 ROMs and memory expansion will be the best. The Revision 3 ROMs break some native mode IIgs games, but ironically make the IIgs more compatible with 8-bit games due to bug fixes. Some late IIgs games like Wolfenstein 3D are not feasible without CPU accelerators and like 8MB or something of memory, which will cost you big bucks.

>>56095259
Is it x86?

>>56095462
Cripes man, the IIc and IIgs have a 115 baud serial port. Why would you need the silly cassette port to transfer software onto them?

Other than that, some nice accessories include a Mockingboard (at least 30 games can use this) and a mouse (probably around 30 as well).

A composite monitor is not absolutely necessary unless you want to use 80 column text which is mostly relevant for application software. For just playing games, a TV set will be suitable. Beware that not all TVs like the Apple II's video signal and a few HDTVs will completely reject it.

>>56077286
Nice, currently posting from my old T42, absolutely love this thing.

>>56095619
It's some kind of 8088 with 128k and a MS DOS 2.11 compatible system in ROM.

>>56095917
That's cool

>>56093189
That's awesome! Be sure to show us when you get it!

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>>56095735
Ordering parts for it has been fun because they're right at that sweet spot where they're old enough to be dirt-cheap, but not so old that they're difficult to find.

Pic is the L40SX, a Thinkpad 355, and the T43 in question. IBM made some damn fine laptops.

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postan from my pentium II win98 rig

>>56096233
Awesome anon

>>56096262
Topkek, nice

>>56096262
>Winamp
>Half-Life
>Fury3
>Another World
Superb taste.

>>56094554
Lynx?

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Earlier IIes made in 1983-84 retain the brown and white keyboard from the II/II+. The first few months of IIe production in early 1983 had the Revision A motherboard that can't use DHGR mode and it would be very rare to find one of these because Apple swapped them out with the newer Revision B board for free.

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In 1985, Apple switched to a light gray keyboard with black letters to reduce costs, also the new design looked more modern. It's not as loud as the old IIe keyboard either.

>>56096262
This is literally maximum comfy

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>>56096262
>3d ultra lionel trains
That shit was so good

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>>56096655
>>56097051
>>56097727
thanks

>>56098214
THAT'S A FENDER BENDER

>>56097406
Lynx.

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>>56098387
Oh, it's you, hi!

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>>56100071
Hey you're the guy who wanted my wallpaper

I noticed you got OS9 running on that PowerMac G4 MDD. What stuff do you usually do with it? I mostly play games like quake and do some light browsing in classilla on my iMac G3. (but personally I find it easier to browse the web when booted into panther with firefox/camino)

>>56100606
Eh, I have an Voodoo 2 in it to play Quake glide.
OS 9 is more of a gimmick on such a new PowerPC, the machine itself is actually pretty useful even now-a-days with Leopard.

>>56100606
I want to install MorphOS on it but right now it has a Geforce 4MX (MorphOS does not like it), I have an PC AGP Radeon 9800 but I don't have an AGP PC right now to flash a Mac BIOS on it, after I do that I can install MorphOS.

>>56100718
OS 9 compatibility really just broadens what you can do with your box since finding old PPC OS X software can be a bitch, it's not nearly as well-archived.

>>56101296
That's true, OS 9 feels very comfy also.

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Waiting for my "new" calculator.

>>56101392
Can it play Gameboy ROMs? Kek

>>56101432
No, but http://www.ticalc.org/pub/92plus/asm/games/

>>56101479
That's epic!

>>56101479
>Doom89
I swear to God I'm gonna be pissed if you don't post that once you receive it!

>>56101527
I will. I think I will get it early next week.

>>56101519
>epic

Am I in 2007?

Why are old dumb terminals so fucking expensive?

I really want one but they shouldnt be $200+.

>>56101649
Nah, it's from '89.
https://youtu.be/ZG_k5CSYKhg

>>56093867
Amber monitors are so sexy.

>>56101671
Because they are mostly the oldest and rarest.

>>56101671
Because tweakers can use the phosphors to make shitty meth.

>>56095330
Good advice. I was super lucky to inherit my //e for free.

Not to mention, the //e is why Apple still exists. It was the /only/ piece of hardware providing Apple consistent income until the mid-90s, and the decision to focus on it was one of the ones that ended up with Steve Jobs being fired.

Very interesting piece of history, the //e.

>>56102114
Kek, but there are plenty of ember/green MDA phosphor monitors available

Bumpz

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>>56092894
Got one of Wozniak with aview (which uses aalib)!

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>>56103787
It's this image.

>>56102527
Yeah, but it's kind of hard to output MDA video from a modern computer, whereas it's quite simple to hook up a serial terminal.

>>56103787
>>56103805
Yeah, I can kind of see it

>>56103787
I'll try it too latter

>>56104105
You might have to use the asciiview command instead of aview, unless your files are already pnm.

>>56101671
Because when they were worth your preferred asking price people were tossing them in landfills by the multi-semi load or selling pallets worth of them for pennies at auctions and you couldn't pay them to take it all away, the 1990s and early 2000s were an excellent time to be into big iron, now it's all been consolidated into private hobbyist collections and the spacious compounds of surplus auction hoarders.

The latter are all starting to die off or otherwise give up on their shit though, you might get lucky if you keep your eyes open and have a decent network.

>>56104136
Oh, thanks.
Asciiview uses aa-lib and can display jpg, gif, png?
Aview only pnm?

>>56104146
That's a fancy way of saying Ebay scalpers think they can rip you off because some piece of hardware was featured on an e-celeb video and it now has hipster "cred".

I also notice on Ebay that nobody actually bids on items with those insane prices. There are very few things worth that kind of money except maybe an Altair 8800 with original 1975 manufacture date ICs in it.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-II-Plus-A2S1048-with-two-disc-drives-/142085713866?hash=item2114f7efca:g:T80AAOSwaB5XsHZC

Fair asking price.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-II-Plus-2-Disk-Drives-Docs-Spellbinder-Software-Boxes-Extras-and-Upgrades-/142079254347?hash=item2114955f4b:g:vnYAAOSwjXRXYI6J

Not fair asking price.

TRS-80 Model I/IIIs always sell for stupid high prices even though they're not unusually rare computers and they're generally less useful (in terms of the software library) than the Apple II or whatever.

>>56104953
>3 watching
Yet the expensive one will sell for sure and the cheap one not

>>56105006
I bet otherwise.

>>56104916
I'm not in any way attempting to justify scalper rates, but good working examples aren't really easy to come by anymore on the broader market, they were all destroyed, squirreled away or treated like shit.

>I also notice on Ebay that nobody actually bids on items with those insane prices.
Yeah, they pretty much just sit on that shit forever hoping some business, desperate collector or layman who doesn't know any better will take the bait.

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>>56104986
Yeah I noticed that too, but my take is that it's because of the absurdly high shipping costs as compared with, like, a C64. These things are _heavy_. Most likely, sellers charge through the nose to make up for the expense of packing them and shipping insurance and all that.

>>56105006
The more watchers an item has, the more bullshit the price is. They're watching it because they want to see if it actually sells, or it means its been on there for a long time.

>>56105033
>I'm not in any way attempting to justify scalper rates, but good working examples aren't really easy to come by anymore on the broader market, they were all destroyed, squirreled away or treated like shit.
Good working examples of a VT-100 terminal? Since that's what was originally mentioned >>56101671

>>56105058
That's more likely. There's plenty of C64s on there selling for $30-$50 and the demand for them is way higher than a TRS-80.

>>56105070
>Good working examples of a VT-100 terminal?
That or any other vintage terminal. I guess it varies a little bit, but Lear Sieglers always seem to bring good money.

>>56105070
Sure, VT-100s especially I could see commanding a price premium for a well-manicured example. They have historical value and are at least somewhat iconic in some circles, and they're not getting any younger.

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>>56105108
>>56105092
I'm not sure why Lear Sieglers are popular as well, but they probably also have historic value since they were widely used during the early days of personal computers in the 70s. You can very often find photos of S-100 machines hooked up to these.

>>56105137
I'd probably say the looks of it contribute to it more, that curvy space-age enclosure will definitely appeal to those looking for something that displays well, whereas most terminals pretty much just look like any old monitor and keyboard.

>>56103787
wat games you got on that thing?

>>56105420
I've mostly just been streaming single load ones off the AGS.

>>56105137
thats looks strangely nice, like something youd see in an old B&W sci fi movie

>>56104241
Actually, asciiview just automatically converts any image to pnm, which it then opens.

>>56105420
Anything on a .DSK file works. I just have to use ADTPro.

Right now, though? I've mostly been doing networking on the //e, not gaming.

>>56107733
There's at least 30 or more Apple II games that can use a mouse. This is in contrast to the paucity of software that can use the Commodore 1351 mouse.

>>56107755
As you can see from the ad, Apple had a whole line of mouse software that provided a raison-de-etre to have a mouse. Commodore did not, although they did bundle GEOS with the C64C (unfortunately not the C128).

>that feel when it's a pain in the ass to find palmOS software now

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>>56107675

>>56093842
>>56093867
Specs of the left one?

Apple had a whole series of floppy drives for the II and Mac line. These include:

>original Disk II
Works on any Apple II, will require a D-shell adapter on later model machines.
>UniDisk II
Newer half height drive mechanism and 19-pin D-shell connector, otherwise functionally the same as the old Disk II.
>Disk IIc
Same as UniDisk II, but lower profile case designed to match the Apple IIc.
>DuoDisk
Two UniDisk IIs in a single unit. May require a hardware mod to work on the IIgs.
>UniDisk 3.5"
3.5" floppy for the 8-bit Apple II line. Works on the IIgs as well, but slower and may break some software, so not recommended. Not compatible with Macs.
>AppleDisk 3.5"
3.5" floppy for the IIgs, will work on 8-bit machines as well. Not compatible with Liron controllers or the IIc (IIc+ is fine). Will work on any Mac with an external floppy connector, HD20 INIT required for the 128/512.
>Mac 400k 3.5"
Works on any Mac with a DD floppy controller. Not recommended on machines with an HD controller. Can be used on Apple IIs with a Laser UDC, but there is no support for the disk eject.
>Mac 800k 3.5"
Same as above. HD20 INIT required on the Mac 128/512.
>FDHD external
HD Mac floppy drive that can use 1.44MB disks. Not compatible with the Mac 128/512. If used on any other Mac without an HD controller, it will function as an 800k drive. Works on the Apple II if a UDC or other third party controller is used.
>Apple PC 5.25" drive
Designed to read PC 360k floppies. Requires a special NuBus card and not compatible with Macs that have HD floppy support in the ROMs.

The Disk II can never be used with a Mac unless you want magic smoke. Don't do it. Apple II 3.5" drives have a pass through port for daisy-chaining, this should not be used if attached to a Mac.

>>56108923
As far as I recall, the 3.5" drives for the Apple II are "smart" drives with their own CPU while the Mac ones are "dumb" drives.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-II-Liron-3-5-Drive-Controller-In-Outstanding-Condition-TESTED-/331934594192?hash=item4d48d7f490:g:-8UAAOSwU-pXqn~g

For that money, I'd rather have a Laser UDC.

I only recall when I was a kid that weirdos had Apple IIs. It was all like "Oh, your parents buy you this thing and you're only allowed to do homework and play Oregon Trail or Cross Country USA on it."

>>56109698
The Liron only works with the UniDisk. It's also what the IIc uses for its onboard floppy controller.

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W2c old terminal for cheap?

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>>56111726

>>56111383
no bump

>>56078083
I'm no fan of Arch but this is really cool. Nice work anon.

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>>56111726
>>56112282

>>56113728
Holy shit, now I have to buy both!

>>56093867
Get an HD20/HD20SC for the Plus, there's tons of software for it on the Macintosh Garden.

>>56112901
Thanks! I've also got Raspbian on it.

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Centris 650 fag here.
Got the thing home at last, for 130€, would have prefered 100€, but didn't want to let it slip, they ain't that easy to find here.
So it works nicely, first boot was great, fitted 128MB RAM into it, after a while it started doing the sad tone, two of the sockets don't want to work nicely. Also the monitors flyback transformer cable is "leaking" and sparking against the grounding metal.

Still cleaning and trying to figure out how to fix her up.

>>56077096
Have you found yourself in a hatch perhaps? Just wondering.

Fug, I got a Palm IIIxe for cheap, but since palm's site is long dead, I can't find anyone who has that ram test program palm released to make sure it isn't one of the units with the ram bug.

>>56096262
I thought that going online from an ancient unsupported OS means instant horrible infection. At least that's what all the scaremongers say.

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>>56115090
4 8 15 16 23 42

>>56081322
>Keyboard error or no keyboard present
>Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP

It never gets old

>>56115472
Are you a doofus?

>>56115095
Managed to find it on archive.org, surprisingly.

>>56115472
DOS-based versions of windows (1/2/3/95/98/ME), cannot run malicious code written for modern NT based windows.

It's kinda funny that "security through obscurity" actually works in this scenario.

>>56114734
Damn, that's one sexy slab of ceramic.

>>56115656
There are still loads of nasty DOS viruses, though.

Given, they aren't very prevalent today.

>>56115848
68k forever!

>>56115656
https://www.youtube.com/user/danooct1

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>>56117539
>he has to literally go out of his way to find and download viruses for the sole purpose of installing viruses
casual web browsing (with commonsense 2016) and gaming won't have you run into those antiquated viruses

>>56094554
Nice anon

>>56114734
> after a while it started doing the sad tone, two of the sockets don't want to work nicely. Also the monitors flyback transformer cable is "leaking" and sparking against the grounding metal.
And he wanted 300 for that damn thing? Eugh.

Have fun with it though, might just need to send it in for a recap to get the memory thing fixed.

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Yes, I know I should of turned off autofocus

>>56118086
Thanks

>>56118149
She*

She was not very tech savvy, but she was more like "eh, if someone wants it, they can buy it, I don't mind it just sitting in the storage" but I managed to get the price down telling her it would bring me joy.

I fixed the memory already with a full cleaning of the motherboard with rubbing alcohol and contract cleaner, the battery had corroded but it has not eaten any traces or contracts, probably just short circuited something on the back of the board that I didn't clean properly at first.

I'm also gonna put a layer of silicon on the flyback transformer cable tomorrow, should fix the monitor.
I also do my own recap jobs!

>>56118165
Man, I remember that! Awesome!

>>56115472
They're the same kind of retard who thinks AIDS is transmitted through eye contact, regurgitating FUD from clickbait sites.

They're not truly secure by a long shot, and any motivated individual can pop you pretty easy if you're exposing it to the outside world through your firewall in some way, but you're not going to get netAIDS just by fucking connecting to your own internal home network and surfing some trusted sites.

>>56077096
What game OP?

>>56117539
>>56117947
It's a great channel, though.

>>56119208
Agree

>>56120668
That's neat dude, you're Mr.WhosWallpaperIAskedForMyMac?

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>>56120668
Lynx? Did that with my //e.

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>>56120808
yep

>>56121132
cool

>>56120668
You using an RPi for that?

>ITT: Apple // dumb terminals

>>56121178
Woah, that's cool as shit, Anon.

>>56121196
Cuz they're fun.

I also have onboard Ethernet. But it can't do as much.

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>>56121183
No, just an old iMac G3

>>56121196
You're just jealous

>>56121200
thanks