This Old Computer

Huh, I have a set of dBASE (DOS) floppies my dad “borrowed” from work. Maybe I should finally give that a try and see if it’s something I actually enjoy now.

You feeling ok, Steve?

Breezy!

Give the card edges a quick swipe with DeOxit Gold. Leaves a light oil film behind, a lot easier with large contact areas like this. See also backplane risers, 64-bit PCI cards, etc.

I kind of love those ridiculous 5.25” FDD filler panels.

It’ll never catch on.

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A haiku:
It’s not DNS.
There’s no way it’s DNS.
It was DNS. 🌸

This was a sample render that came with POVRAY, I think.

Oh no.

Wow, that’s quite cursed. :)

Turbo Pascal?

Some tags:
#vintagecomputer #vintagecomputing #retropc #retrocomputer #retrocomputing #msdos #ibm #ibmps2

Apparently, February 2023. Was testing the McIDE MicroChannel to IDE adapter with a CF card on this PS/2 Model 70.

A year or so ago on an IBM PS/2. :)

Me too, Mom. Me too.

“Talkin’ Dongles!”

Oh no! Get well soon. :/

Wow. That’s a deep cut.

Over-eager Lemur Advocate has finally sold me.

‘Bout four, mebbe five Scarmuccis.

More gritty than fuzzy but yes. :)

bsky.app/profile/laug... relevant to @foundfootagefest.com ‘s interests. Plum simply awesome sticks.

Did anyone take home Neat Pete?

If it’s only for sound deadening, I tend not to replace it. I end up regretting this on things like dot matrix printers.

I’ve seen it several times over the years and yes it still stings a little every time.

Even back in the day we knew better than to leave VNC wide open. Let alone on what looks like a water treatment system with some mildly spicy chemicals.

It me!