/retro/ - retro, vintage, old computer

>>56159699

Which one do we use?

This one
Bump

>>56159808
Thanks.

do you actually know EE or do you just blow the dust off them and do the occasional cap replacement?

what the fuck do you mean by "restoring"?
do you really do anything?

>>56159761
>hit, punch, or kick to start

Wouldn't that damage the computer?

>>56159808
>>56159788
The other thread was made first.

>>56159816
Replacing any needed parts, diagnosing problems with my trusty oscilloscope and always doing the cap replacement.

>>56159825
>>56159816
>>56159811
>>56159808
>>56159761
You can't bump your own thread, OP.

>>56159827
Fuck off

I know a guy who restores vintage stereos and televisions from the 60s and he only has a high school diploma

>>56159827
Other thread is crap.

>>56159847
How's it worse than this one?

>>56159846
forgot to reply
>>56159816

>>56159841
>6 posters
>posts are few seconds apart
Yeah, keep dreaming shitlord.

>>56159857
Forcing on rules

>>56159857
rulefagging

>>56159761

They forgot a comma there

>>56159865
I can reset my router a couple of times as well.

>>56159841
Not him, but actually you can, once you start the tread and once every other reply.

>>56159873
This is the guy who posted the Apple II terminal spam and he's butthurt af at being exposed as a spammer.

>>56159890
I am not a spammer, you fucking asshole. Fuck you.

>>56159890
>>56159879
>>56159841
>Mom! They are liking what I don't like! I'mma ruin their thread so nobody can enjoy this shit anymore!
Topkek, don't see that kind of autism often, even on /g/.

>>56159890
I'm not and I don't think OP is either

>>56159915
Sure counts as spam in my book.

>>56159877
I made that joke so many times already!

>>56159925
If you're not him, why are you so butthurt at the thread rules mentioning him?

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>>56159915
Just ignore him, he got butthurt and now tries to fuck with others.

All things considered, the thread rules seemed pretty fair.

At least half this thread has nothing to do with the subject matter.

>>56159949
It's what caused these threads to die off back in 2014/2015

>>56159982
Yeah, I remember.

>>56159964
No, they aren't.

>>56160019
Not him but, that's not even the point, the point is enforcing rules on threads like this, second, that thread would not even last and die if everybody would keep onto half of those rules.

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Centris 650 here.
Got the monitor fixed and computer running nicely with OS 8.1.

Replaced the motherboard battery with a coin cell battery holder (and battery) and also added a fan on the CPU heatsink.
Planing on ordering a 18MHz oscillator for the CPU and add a socket for it.

>>56160080

>69°C
>doing nothing

dayum.

>>56154736
I'm thinking about going and have about $40 to spend (though I could do a little more), anything I should look for in particular? I have spare closet space so size really isn't an issue.

>>56160100
I'd get a Quadra 950 with a PPC card and NuBus video.
Probably few monitors, keyboard and mice for backup, maybe a older compact just for the kicks.

There's probably only Mac stuff, so no Apple //?

>>56160041
>he thinks spammers contribute to a thread

>>56160089
That's good news, have fun

The rules are only unfair if you're trying to bring Reddit to this board.

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>>56160199
Thanks!

>>56159857
Because these threads have been great for the past few months, but now anons like him are appearing again like two years ago and ruining these threads. There was a reason why these threads didn't exist for a while on /g/.

Well I tried using the retro PC thread on /vr/ but it was full of similar autists who complained if you discussed hardware and didn't spam pics of old MSX games.

I wasn't on here in 2015. What happened to the retro PC threads then?

>>56160255
Yeah, well done. ( >>>/vr/3437998 You? )

See
>>>/vr/3414785

>>56160128
Was thinking about getting one of the Compacts with the best specs I could find. Think I'd be able to SSH from one if I got an ethernet adapter?

>>56160287
That wasn't my post you linked, actually I haven't used the /vr/ threads in a while, not at least two weeks.

>>56160298
Dunno how good SSH would be, but telnet for sure.
Ethernet adapter or serial, both would work.
Hope you find a good one!

>>56160308
Alright, but it just fit nicely, that post was posted just a few minutes before yours. Kek.

>>56160286
See
>>>/vr/3414785

GIF viewers aren't hardware-related so what's the problem here?

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>>56160365
The /vr/ threads are only and specifically about PC gaming, not hardware (unless directly game related), not utilities, not anything else. Got that?

You couldn't just hide the hardware posts and ignore them?

>>56159816
>do you actually know EE
I don't think you actually need a degree in EE for that.
Common sense and experience over the years will do.

Finding a computer in a dump hole full of corrosion, dirt, bringing it home and cleaning it up, properly, like full alcohol and contract cleaner routine, retro brighten it, replacing caps and other dieing or dead parts, adding a few propriate upgrades and software.

I think that's already pretty much restoring, don't you think so?

>>56160413

you don't need to know EE for restoring old computers but it helps to actually know how they work. it makes you less of a retarded hipster

>>56160411
They took up half the thread. Too hard to just ignore.

from what I remember, the /vr/ threads had a problem with people arguing if you used some piece of hardware like a CF floppy emulator, that it was hipster ROM kiddy emulator shit.

>>56160469
Yeah that happened here too. Autists telling others what their personal setup should look like.

>>56160447
That's pretty much how you learn about it.

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An autist told me do uninstall real player from my Win98 rig back in 2014.

I took a screenshot of the uninstall dialog and said I uninstalled it to shut him up.

I never uninstalled it.

>>56160597
gg m8

>>56160597
Who does that?
I don't go around pointing at people's retro Win9x machines and telling them to uninstall RealPlayer because it triggers my autismo.

I mean really, who the fuck does something like that? Is there a medical diagnosis for it? That's not fucking normal.

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How about ignoring idiots?
Stay calm and discuss old computers.

>>56160796
That little panel on the left tickles my pickle!
Specs?

>>56160691
the world may never know

>>56160815
Idk. It's dead at the moment. Some psu issues. If I have some free time, I will repair it.

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>>56160796

>>56160872
That sucks, good luck repairing it!

>>56160878
>2007+ iMac
>old

>>56160897
Sorry, didn't have any other icon.
Imagine it's an FW900.

>>56160691
Wait what's wrong with RealPlayer again?

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>>56160909
BAM!

>>56160956
I don't know.

See, on /vr/ there was that one obsessive weeb who wanted oh so very badly to discuss JPCs except, too bad nobody else did so he was left all alone to spam his MSX pics.

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>>56160796
The main board is pic related, right?

>>56161052
Just le generic 386/486 motherboard.

Is it me or is Apple II emulation kind of...shitty compared to C64 emulation? That's considering the Apple II is much, much simpler hardware.

>>56161166
It's most likely because the Apple II community consists of collectorfag autists who think you should only use real and pricey hardware.

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>>56161052
I will take a look, I just can't say it. I still have 3 ibm compatible machines of these times. This Highscreen, one Privileg and one from a local Computer Shop. I don't know why I didn't dump it back in the days... Now i'm glad.

>>56159699
Can we agree about the Ebay scalpers bit?

>>56161166
I've never felt that way. AppleWin always works smoothly with CiderPress and ADTPro

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>>56161207
When will you fools get it? The days of finding 80s metal cheap are over. This isn't 1995 when people were throwing the shit in dumpsters.

>>56161207
Retards who buy Pentium Pros at ridiculously high prices just to destroy them and "get rich because they are made out of pure gold" just make me sad.

I used AppleWin once a long time ago. It was a lot more limited than VICE in terms of configuration options and only emulated an enhanced //e. Also it would only let you use it about 15 minutes before rudely demanding you get a registered version and then exiting out.

>>56161238
Old servers are basically just good as a doorstop/bookshelf anyway.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TRS-80-Model-III-3-Micro-Computer-From-Radio-Shack-For-Parts-or-Repair-/222206807061?hash=item33bc8ecc15:g:NJ4AAOSwaB5Xn5Hs

Betcha $5 that the brightness/contrast is turned all the way down to zero.

>>56161225
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Apple-II-2-PLUS-2-drives-works-100-/162171611764?hash=item25c22e6a74:g:pwwAAOSwU-pXtRdJ

I don't care what anyone says, this isn't a justifiable price and I would not ask that money if I were selling it.

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>>56161242
Are you sure that was AppleWin and not Virtual][?

>>56161313
It was Apple2Win.

>>56161303
>>56161275
I guess I'd hate Ebay sellers less if they didn't post stuff like "Cannot test, no power cord" or "Cannot test, no monitor" when you could just plug the goddamn thing into any TV set. And then expect you to pay $200 for it.

>>56161379
Most of them just want money and have no interest in the hardware or testing it.

>>56161379
I honestly just read that as "it's broken" when they could easily test it and sell it easier/get more money.

>>56161422
>>56161379
some guys don't even care if it's broken because they like the challenge of fixing the thing. I don't though. If it doesn't work, be honest, you fucker.

it's mostly e-celebs like AVGN that caused Ebay prices to skyrocket. any time he'd play some game, every autist wants it.

>>56161225
I've found early 90s and late 80s iron at the local recycler. Usually it's in such poor condition that I'm afraid if I applied power to it I'd be greeted with a loud bang and smoke and it's not uncommon for it to be unloaded straight to eBay if it's not too expensive to ship.

That's also how I've gotten a lot of late 90s-mid 2000s RISC iron however. I've also gotten a Sun SPARCstation 20 there that likely needs a recap (some humming sound comes from the PSU area)

I'm also trying to look out for an early-mid 90s RS/6000 workstation, however it was hard enough as it is finding my Intellistation Power 275 (Power4)

The thrift stores in my area banned computer stuff a long time ago. Actual computers, I mean. Peripherals and monitors are fine, although a lot of them now seem to have banned CRTs.

>>56161595
Add LGR to that list too. He's pretty much the AVGN/CGR of 90s PC hardware, and there's no doubt he's caused prices of vintage computer hardware to skyrocket. Also, the existence of sites like Vogons contributes to it.

>>56161437
Sometimes it's better that you don't plug in the system and risk popping some hard to replace component. If you've ever looked at how rarer vintage computers are restored, the first step is never "plug it in and see what it does", it's usually "test the PSU out" without the original machine being connected to it, and that's before you get into complex situations like early water cooling systems.

I've heard of people trying to rewire newer PSUs to work with older systems like the Atari XL/XE, simply due to the fact that the old power supplies can not only fail but can even take out hardware in the process.

>>56161180
Any deatilts on the board and its components? Seems like a russian one judging on the chip labeled in russian.

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The oldest computer I've seen in a goodwill was an Atari 600XL. It was dirty, cracked, and missing it's power cord.

They wanted $80.

>>56161712
It's a 100% generic taiwanese PC-XT clone board. No idea if the russian chip even belongs there, I already got it like this and haven't turned it on yet

>>56161253
Still wasting your time on finding old but functioning stuff just to destroy them in one of the most time consuming ways possible. It's not like it's that profitable anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGHayRYh5nA

I am bruce x

>>56161736
The oldest one I ever saw was an Apple II+, a long, long time ago. I mean, it was literally in the 90s and I was like 9 years old. I remember tapping on the keys and pretending to type out a BASIC program (I used to play with QBASIC a lot on our PC) and some motherfucker walks past me and says "Hey, you typing a letter or something?"

That was an unnecessary bit of autism there...

>>56161748
That's interesting. By the way how did you find a plain board? I can't find anything older than pentium 4 PCs let alone a PC-XT clone board.

>>56161736
The oldest I saw (and actually got for free) was some 386 motherboard (AMD 386 40MHz I think) but I didn't have any GPU for it. Shame I threw it away and broke the PSU. At this point I actually would still want to find such a system. (or a Socket 7 Pentium)

>>56161831
You think that's autism? This happened to me once.

>be 15
>in some flea market
>be casually perusing a rack of vinyl albums
>no interest in any thing in particular, just kind of curious
>random 70s rock albums and shit like that
>some bald middle aged dude walks ups, squints at me, and says something like "That's from my generation."
>I just nodded and kept perusing the albums

>>56161831
I've seen more Apple IIs IRL than I ever have C64s, oddly enough. There was that, I've seen IIes at least twice, a IIc once. I've seen TI-99/4As in their original box but never a C64.

>>56161851
A relative got it 20 years ago for free from work and gave it to me some years ago

>>56161831
>That was an unnecessary bit of autism there...
??? What's autistic about a kid pretending when messing around with old hardware or a guy joking around with the kid doing it?

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>>56161831
>>56161898

>be 16
>in goodwill
>checking out some old stereo
>some random lady walks up to me and says "don't touch that, you could break it"
>tell her I know what I'm doing and I restore vintage electronics as a hobby
>she gets mad and storms away

One time I saw an old PowerBook from the 90s in a Goodwill and some woman comes in and says oh check out that laptop I wonder how much they want for that. And I said "Nah, that shit is from like 1996 or something. You don't want something that old." and she was like "Oh ok." and walked off.

>>56162064
You then proceeded to buy it for yourself, right?

>>56162064
How...greedy.

>talking a potential retro computer collector out of that laptop so you could have it for yourself

>>56162095
>>56162091
>>56162064
No I didn't. I had no use for an old PowerBook.

I don't remember the model, it was probably a PowerBook 5300 or maybe a 1400.

>>56162095
Dude, she was just looking for a cheap used laptop to probably surf the Internet.

This same Goodwill had a Mac IIx once.

>>56162173
That's rare shit, man. Those things cost $$$ so they can't have sold many.

>>56162064
Should have bought it desu.

I once found a TI-99/4A in the original box with the RF switch and everything in a Salvation Army. I plugged it into one of the TVs there, but nothing happened. The power light on the computer came on and that was all. Not even a flash or flicker on the TV and I know I connected it up properly.

>>56162227
I had no use for it. It would have been basically a doorstop.

I used to cruise the thrift stores every week or two. Find gems occasionally. Picked up a portable Z80 computer intended for blind people. Haven't got it working yet.

>>56160796
>Highscreen/Vobis

So many memories only germans will have.

>>56161736
>I passed an Atari 400 for $20.

Not like I would have done anything with it, maybe someone more worthy picked it up.

>>56161634
you should talk to them and ask if you can meet with the guy in charge of it, they usually just hoard them in the back and send them straight to the recycle every week or so

>>56160298
Make sure you have a server or an SBC laying around that you can use as a bridge box, the classic SSH clients only support SSHv1.

>>56162450
Also Privileg. This brand was owned by Quelle GmbH.

>>56162734
MacSSH 68K supports SSHv2 and will run on the SE/30 if you have enough RAM (needs > 10 MB total and the SE/30 is the only compact that can support that much RAM).

>>56162860
Never worked with any of my v2 hosts, was it updated recently or something?

>>56162897
Not sure, just going by what I was reading.

>>56162908
I think I remember trying MacSSH before settling on NiftyTelnet, neither of them would connect to anything I had that didn't have v1 enabled.

Either way it's not too big a deal if you have a bridge box or can just turn on v1 on your host, it makes your shit vulnerable to a denial of service attack if it's outward-facing and you've pissed someone off, though.

>>56160128
PPC card is nice if you're looking to also run the PPC software, otherwise it's just a waste.

>>56160447
i'd learn EE but terrible elitist EE professors and people like you made me want to not learn it

>>56160447
then why the fuck would you study EE instead of CS or CE you stupid hipster

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>>56162825

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>>56163747
Nice one. I miss Quelle.
This is now a retro calculator thread.

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Well, okay then.

>>56164664
Nice!

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>>56164664
That grid...

Does anyone have experience with any of the Lo-tech ISA to USB or CF cards?

I'm thinking of getting one for my 5150.

Can I use a modern pc to put software onto the card itself, or do I have to use floppies with the software to transfer it?

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>>56162095
>Females
collecting retro computers
ayy lmao

shit thread

>>56165214

fuck 
off
newfags

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>>56165214
Bitch, please.

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what is it about these threads that make them turn into a lump of legendary autistic shit when regular retro tech threads are usually some of the most informative and relaxed threads on the board?

>>56161700
God fuck LGR. Ever since he made that 486 build video, the prices of them have literally doubled.

>>56165638
luddite "tech" hipsters don't really "use" their vintage ex-business garbage, they just take pictures of it and jack off and form internet clubs

you can't do anything on these that's worth keeping them around due to emulators doing it better, unless you are the typical piece of shit who thinks that the same flat design that's popular now "doesn't look right" on anything that isn't a 30 year old CRT monitor with scanlines. every pic itt is either of an old game (emulatable) or "ironically" browsing 4chan on some homebrew browser (hipsterism, nobody gives a fuck). That was a joke of course, some of this shit doesn't even have a web browser so they open up a screenshot of 4chan in a picture viewer to pretend it can even do that

threads always devolve into ageism, it would be actually nice to visit any forum about old tech but ageism is baked into it and most of the time that's all they cared about in the first place. By the way it's all 25 year olds pretending to be 30 so they can hate on other 25 year olds.

>informative
making up tech history isn't information, bbs and irc shits have invested decades into professionally idling and pretend that the net was better before such and such year but when asked about what made it so great they have nothing to say. it was actually shittier back then but nostalgia fixes everything because it mixes with the current reality where internet speeds aren't 2600 baud and the average workstation isn't $3K

these threads are just the same 5-10 pics over and over again, none of this stuff changes, there's no new information or new products to be released because anyone who doesn't shit on these neo-luddite threads are just living in the past.

if you were looking for a serious answer, there you go. Now you may go to >>>/vr/

>>56160956
You need to be 18 or older to post on this thread.

>>56161003
That's fucking awesome! This is going to be the new banner!

>>56161225
Yerofag here.
I keep finding shit from early 80's to late 90's for mere pennies.

>>56166242
You are giving too much credit to him, no way that's related.

go fap to this fellas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5wmE4ENgmE

>>56161700
>Sometimes it's better that you don't plug in the system and risk popping some hard to replace component.
I agree.

>I've heard of people trying to rewire newer PSUs to work with older systems like the Atari XL/XE, simply due to the fact that the old power supplies can not only fail but can even take out hardware in the process.
All old computers with external PSUs get a nice custom ATX PSU, much more reliable.

>>56161944
>I've seen more Apple IIs IRL than I ever have C64s
That's because you live in 'Murica, it's vice versa in Yurop.

>>56166612
Oddly here in the US (suburban Chicago to be exact) I've never found anything Apple or Commodore related at a Goodwill, but I have seen 3 Tandy CoCos (one of which I bought) and several accessories and cables at 4 separate locations. I suppose that was the computer of choice here.

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>you can call me retro if you want

>>56162969
>otherwise it's just a waste.
You know it's software switchable? I don't mind it sitting in the computer, specially if it's only $5, try getting one for that price.
Mac OS 8.1 also takes full advantage of PPC, most later 90's Mac games are PPC, can't see why someone would not use it.

>>56164985
You can use a modern PC, it's just a normal CF card formatted with FAT16.
Just take out the card and stick it in a card reader.

You just have to find one pre assembled or assemble one yourself, they only sell the PCB's.

>>56165071
>collecting retro computers
You'd be surprised, but the only ones I know collect a specific platform.

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>>56165214
>>56165638
>>56166424
>my thread 040'd so now I come and shit on other threads

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>>56166753
it's traps and men m8 don't lie to me

>>56166801
>Unironical 68k joke
Kek

>>56166424
>you can't do anything on these that's worth keeping them around due to emulators doing it better
What if I enjoy seeing how much of my daily computer use can be done with minimal hardware?

>it would be actually nice to visit any forum about old tech
So what would you use them for?

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>>56166424
Boy, if your butt hurts that much, you should seek medical help.
Trust me, i'm not pretending to be 30. In fact i'm 39 and recently had a bad butthurt. Doc could help and now it's gone.

>>56166924
Its bait bro, ignore it.

>>56159761
God bless all those who run this general, this is probably the one i enjoy the absolute most

>>56166964
I figure that, but he went out of his way to type all of that.

>>56160080
Fugg, i need that case

Where can I find an IBM Model 80 system working? theres one on ebay but its like 1200 usd

>>56167489
There's no real answer for that, just luck and open eyes.

>>56165071
Wow thats awesome

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>>56159761

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>>56159761
apricot
stuff I remember around
was not a PC
wasn't even an apple
probably ran gwbasic

>>56167837
>Acorn Computers
>naming your company after something that grows on a three
Hmm...

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Where's the retro tech discussion?

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>>56159761
wanted one
knew that = 16 bit
knew that had sprites

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>>56159761
liked the maze games mainly
chasing ghosts around a maze
jetpac was good
manic miner

>>56167562
what did u mean by this?

>>56168105
There sadly isn't a shop called "Cheap retro computers!".
Unless you want to pay out of your ass on eBay you just have to check everywhere one could possibly sell one and ask around.

>>56166955
Kek

>>56161003
This should be the banner of those kind of threads.

>>56166424
so it was justin all along

>>56166801
>implying I'm the retard trying to force bullshit rules and long-winded stickies

>>56167489
locally: get lucky
on the internet: retrocomputing forums
especially with something as rare and expensive as that, you're not likely to have any instant gratification

>>56167854
That thing looks awesome!

>>56168105
Check Craigslist. Every day.

>>56167489
Patience, along with lots of waiting and classified lurking.

>>56169622
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAkH-zRhK8I

>>56166955
Ah, a cricket bat.

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>>56160089
Man, I don't know where I should set up the new Mac, I'm running out of space, kek.

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>>56170907
ohshit my wallpaper is spreading like a virus

>>56171127
I'm still the same guy who asked you for it...
I just really like it on classic Mac OS, fits with it.

>>56170907
Wew, that inconsistent yellowing gives me autism
Nice caddyload drive though, my 650 has a regular trayload. ;_;

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>>56171163
>I just really like it on classic Mac OS, fits with it.
Yeah, I don't know what it is about it, whether it's the choice of colors or style (or both), it goes very well with the Apple Platinum scheme.

When I first saw it I immediately thought of that screensaver that runs in the background in Daniel's office on Stargate SG-1

>>56171271
The plastic around the caddy drive is white and the rest has yellowed evenly, guess there's no bromine in the plastic around the drive.
I'll probably retr0bright it some sunny day when I'm bored.
Yeah, the caddyload drive is fun.

>>56171290
Topkek!

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What cool stuff should I load onto this once I finally get a working floppy drive in one of my other computers?

>>56171697
Specs?

>>56171697
install gentoo

>>56163658

you are so fucking retarded that you don't even know how retarded you are

old computers are an electrical engineers wet dream. holy fuck you can't be this stupid

>>56171707
PI 166 MHz, 24 MB RAM, 8 GB HDD, S3 968 graphics card

>>56171713
Maybe, but I don't know how dual booting works on hardware as old as that.

>>56171835
>Maybe, but I don't know how dual booting works on hardware as old as that.
Same way it would work on even older or newer hardware, GRUB.

>>56171697
>>56171835
How about a shitloads of awesome games?

>>56171860
That's the plan, though I'm interested in getting it connected to the internet somehow, and I'd also love to try my hand and doing some programming on it, but I don't know where to start there.

>>56171848
Would I need some old version of Linux for it, or is there a current distro that might run on it?

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>>56159761

>>56171880
>That's the plan, though I'm interested in getting it connected to the internet somehow
Does it have PCI, or ISA only? Get something like an 16-bit ISA 3Com EtherLink III, works under DOS too.

>I'd also love to try my hand and doing some programming on it
x86 Assembly?

>Would I need some old version of Linux for it, or is there a current distro that might run on it?
DSLinux would run out of the box on it.

>>56171900
>Does it have PCI, or ISA only?
It has both, yeah.

x86 Assembly?
That sounds like diving into the deep end, but also very interesting.

>DSLinux would run out of the box on it.
Would that have the functionality of a normal OS, though?

>>56172011
>Would that have the functionality of a normal OS, though?
As much as Windows 98 on the same machine. Don't expect miracles.

>>56172011
>It has both, yeah.
ISA cards usually have DOS drivers and support if you're interested in that.

>>56171882
Really sexy, anon.

>>56172046
My main goals with getting on the internet would be to shitpost on /g/ and download old games.

I wonder, could Win2K or XP be made light enough to run on this thing?

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Should i pick this up? He wants like $25 for it

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When i was a kid i had a cybiko. Fuck that thing was awesome and had some neat games. Also area connection chatting! I might get one just to play cyb world and there was like a dungeon crawler game, too.

>>56172387
Windows 98 will do that fine. You lack memory for 2K or XP.

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>>56172415
That thing was awesome!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojatBoMZubk

>>56172400
Anon, why are there bullet holes in it?

Anyways, being able to play 8-bit golf and Pac-man for $25? Sound like a fair price.

>>56172415
>>56172427

I had a blue one. I remember connecting it to my mom's computer to send and receive email through it. My girlfriend at the time and I went to different schools, so we pretty much just talked through email all day. We had dialup at the time so I'd have to get sneaky in order to sync the thing since I didn't know the password.

Good times.

>>56172035
does DSL even ship with a usable compiler? it seems like a toy than an OS, you'd probably be better off running NT and at least having a large base of full-featured software to choose from

>>56172444
DSL is just a normal Linux distro, probably mostly used as a toy but nonetheless can be configured for anything.
Windows NT on such a machine would be slightly overkill, just stick to DOS and Windows 9x, better driver support and faster in general.

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Timing of this thread it unreal.
I just got my IBM pcjr out of storage couple days ago and hooked it up to my hdtv in the living room.
Just finish trying to write text-based game in cartridge basic. Pic related, same config.

>>56172440
>Still better lovestory then Twilight

>>56172507
Fucking awesome.
How does the IR keyboard work? I always wanted to try one.
Usable for fast typing?

>>56172501
eh, the P166 was a flagship chip, though his RAM is a little anemic, everything else would be fine for NT4

not really disagreeing with you though, just brought it up since like Linux it's a little less braindead than 9x under the hood, though 9x is a much better fit for that machine historically and for getting the most use out of it

>>56172525
Bearly. The ir is amazing most of the time. Programing from my easychair. But it's a non clicky keyboard so I miss alot. It also needs line of sight

>>56172537
Also don't forget, all those DOS and Win9x games!

>>56160080
case name?

>>56172507
>>56172542
Looks fucking cute though.

>>56172551
you got it fampire, it's pretty much the only thing I miss from ditching 9x on all of my DD shitboxes desu

>>56172560
It's smaller than my vcr. The keyboard, (second model I believe) is about as wide across than my toughbook.

>>56172579
It has composite output too, right?
It's like a ancient media center PC kek.

>>56172601
Lost my old rf-out so I had to get a monitor to rf converter off ebay. Fished out some old connectors to crosswire(needed a small catv transformer) and fired it up.

>>56172627
How much RAM does yours have?

>>56172647
128k with the sidecar.

>>56172660
Nice. Just noticed that you have the better keyboard too, not the chiclet one.

>>56172678
Much better. Only downside is no overlays. Runs forever on 4 AA's

Back to your containment board luddites
>>>/vr/

>>56172820
So much butthurt. It's ridiculous.

Back to your troll board sperglord.
>>>/b/

>>56172427
>>56172415

Love the fact that it has a stylus... FOR THE KEYS.

>>56172601
>It's like a ancient media center PC kek.
What are you gonna watch on it? ASCII Star Wars?

>>56173143
You joke, but I have a copy of x-wing for basic for it.

>>56173191
I must see that! Share!

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Judging by the old shit you guys are posting, you won't be too impressed my most of my (mostly) beige windows boxes, but I do have two nearly identical server towers from late 90's - early 2000's

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>>56173359
I actually miss my collection. I'm between residences at the moment, so my babies are in storage.

>>56173196
Can I post it as a webm? Having trouble with screencap

>>56173430
Sure!

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>>56173350
>>56173359
>>56173374
That's awesome, I love early multi-CPU systems.

There's a guy near me selling a dual CPU Pentium server, but I don't really know what I would do with it, it's been for sale for a while, but it does not even have ISA, only EISA.

Do you do anything with yours?

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>>56173441
8-bit basic shareware in all it's glory

>>56173500
brb, getting my antman suit

>>56173507
It ain't much better bigger.

>>56173500
Its fully text based? Looks interesting.

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>>56173475
This actually reminds me of this.

http://www.bambi-amiga.co.uk/

Dude has been running a webserver on his Amiga 1200 for over 10 years already, 24/7.
Fucking mind blown.

>>56173517
keyboard direction keys. I suppose it's what it would be like if Luke used his targeting computer the entire time.

>>56173532
http://www.bambi-amiga.co.uk/index/index.php

50MHz '030 as a web server, quite responsive for what it is

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Then there's this asshole.

>>56173588
Kek, PC jr twitter client?

>>56173532
Good to see that the past-Jack Tramiel Commodore devices actually last.

>>56173475
>Do you do anything with yours?

No actually. I don't have enough parts to get one running, even if I combine the two. Even then I don't know what I would do with a dual core 133mhz, probably win2000 machine. I'm just saving the cases for future modern builds (they are almost as big as a 900D) and maybe sell off some of the parts. There's gotta be enthusiasts out there interested in SCSI HDD backplanes.

>>56171882
You are missing SoundApp
http://www.mac.org/utilities/soundapp/

>>56173713
Cool!

We bought it to help with your homework.

>>56173900
Kek, instead 20 years later you're posting about it on a thread.

>>56173956
kek

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So I was just playing around with this C64 JPG viewer. The thing is almost agonizingly slow. It takes like 5 minutes to render JPGs (make sure to size them to 320x200 first!)

>>56171697
Why not use a null modem cable?

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>>56174211

>>56174232
Why not use the CD drive or a ethernet adapter? Far better question.

>>56174211
Man, wish I would remember what program it was that you could convert images to a PRG file that already included the viewer.
They looked amazing like images in demos.

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I tried a whole bunch of images but I didn't save all of the screencaps from them.

>>56174306
>>56174291
>>56174273
>>56174264
>>56174254
>>56174211
damn dude, post some pics that aren't so Reddit-tier

Would be nice if there was a JPG viewer for the Plus/4 (more colors+faster disk access) or C128 (higher resolution+faster disk access+more memory).

It's a program called JPZ1228-8. You load it up, put in the file name, and it very very slowly loads and decodes the JPG. After it's done, you get dropped back out to BASIC and you can type SYS 4096 to restart and load another pic.

>>56174343
>Plus/4 (more colors+faster disk access)
They use hardware trickery on the C64 to show more colors with some programs.

>C128 (higher resolution+faster disk access+more memory).
There are for the C128

>>56174343
>C128
>higher resolution
Yeah the VDC is 640x200, but the aspect ratio isn't that good and the color palette is worse IMO than the VIC-II, all bright primaries that make photos not look very nice.

>>56174363
Kind of useless gimmick to display JPEGs
Some custom format with its own viewer could probably do much better

>>56174374
Googling "c128 jpg viewer" didn't produce any results.

>>56174395
Like I said, either the Plus/4 or C128 would be better at this than a stock C64.

anyone got the pic of the mitsubishi TV with i think game of thrones running?

>>56174414
Even the stock C64 can do wonder, just look at a few demos

>>56174414
>>56174343
Forgot the other important part. Both of those have faster CPUs than the C64 which means it wouldn't take as long to decode the pic.

I did a pic of a Playboy centerfold, but it looked absolutely terrible after being resized to 320x200 (the original image was reaaaallllly tall) so I didn't keep that one.

>>56166924
lol you don't enjoy any of that, this is timesink shit

congrats we've found an even worse "hobby" than categorizing anime

your "minimal hardware" sucks up massive amounts of electricity as most of it probably doesn't even have acpi. If you want to pretend to be some sort of engineer, get an rpi or arduino so it is actual minimal hardware with less electricity.

doing nothing then finding some obscure old historical bullshit to pretend to use so that nothing is harder is known as "butt diddling". just admit that these threads are circlejerks already.

There was a mod to use 72-pin SIMMs in an Atari ST, but EDO RAM will not work with the ST's chipset. Unfortunately, EDO SIMMs are vastly more common than non-EDO ones.

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>>56175410
>If you want to pretend to be some sort of engineer, get an rpi or arduino

>>56160080
This i like

>>56176252
>>56160080
samefag

>>56161200

Check your privileg

>>56172440
That's the best thing I've ever heard.
I remember you could have an ad hoc network if your friends had them and you could play games and chat. None of my friends had one, though. :(

It's been my dream to build a Win98 setup for older games and refurbish a broken Apple II with modern parts just for kicks. Whatever happened to old computer design? I like this new trend of cyberpunk-ish designs, but I'd really like an 80's comeback in this regard.

>>56175410
So much stupidity in a single post. Please check your mail, i'm sure you won the 4chan shitpost trophy.
If you want to create the future, you need to know the past. And yes, it can be funny to do actual things on historical hardware.
If you want to pretend to be some sort of engineer, don't get a rpi or arduino. Get that one device that fits into your project.
Is there no open playground near you, where you can hang out with other kids of your age? Oh look, there is a Pokémon on the freeway, hurry.

>>56175410
I do use a Raspberry Pi... with my Apple //e.

Fuck off.

>>56178436
Gee, I wonder if you have pictures of it.

>>56178784
I sense sarcasm.

Got a question you guys might be able to answer.

Every now and then, I'll stumble across an old piece of electronic equipment, usually a computer accessory/peripheral, that has lights that initially look like LEDs, but on closer inspection have little flickery filaments inside. What's the deal with these lights? They're clearly not the LEDs of the past two decades and they're not incandescent bulbs either.

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>>56179262
They're neon bulbs. They were on everything in the 60s/70s.

>>56179262
My grandparents had small lamp that looked like a candle with one of those. They left it in the window at night because Jesus or something.

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Got this today, not incredibly old but i've been trying to get something from this era for a while because i've got a ton of games i want to play on it.

PII 233mhz, 96mb of ram, 4gb HDD. Says IPC CS-1 workstation on it, but other than that i can't really find any info on it.

Curious if anyone knows more about it? Doesn't really matter in the long run, works for what i need it for.

Has some old spreadsheets on it for some company's expenses and stuff. Last one is from 2005, so it was used for quite a long time considering its vintage. Has all of the old Office software on it, Nero, bunch of other cool stuff. Normally i just wipe them and start fresh but probably going to keep this one as it.

It's very snappy and responsive too. Might be because i'm more used to running 486's, but even compared to running XP on P4 systems it seems quick with W98.

>>56179617
>that aspect ratio stretch
How disgusting.

>>56180304
I've got a proper CRT for it, was just hooking it up, cleaning it, etc. Testing it on my main desk.

>>56180403
>not having the monitor set to maintain aspect ratio regardless

Just trolling anyway familia.

Doesn't surprise me that it seems snappy and responsive. Pentium IIs have tons of power for Windows 98. I used a couple of Pentium II ThinkPads as daily drivers with Windows XP even, although those were 366s.

>>56179617
IPC in general means Industrial PC. There is a german company called IPC Computers, but i guess it's made by some generic small company and named IPC because of Industrial implies reliability.
There are megatons of machines from this era with names you can't retrace. Computer Manufacturers sprout like mushrooms and burst like bubbles at this times.

>>56180852
this desu

I had a 286 clone made by Advanced Logistics Research and I can't find anything on them.

NEW THREAD

>>56181267
>>56181267
>>56181267