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Main account of an otter | Furry | 27 | Single | pan | collects old computers | DMs open! | This account is SFW only.

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Rate my workbench

07.01.2026 00:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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G4 Cube

21.12.2025 23:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve got one of these. It’s a rare NTSC model

19.12.2025 01:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

loser lmaooooo

17.12.2025 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Look at this sexy TV I picked up

17.12.2025 01:14 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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the fuck do they have me using at work

#retrocomputing #vintagecomputing

17.12.2025 00:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Drawing on the Alto is hard

16.12.2025 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 86    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Apple ][ #364

#retrocomputing

21.02.2025 01:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
1980s BYTE magazine ad showing a 5.25" floppy disk with a loose seam. Text: "THE SLOPPY FLOPPY: Sealed with a spot here, a spot there. Leaving unsealed seams everywhere."

Source: BYTE Magazine, Sept 1984
https://archive.org/details/198409_byte_magazine_vol_09_10_computer_graphics_pdf__mlib/page/322/mode/2up?view=theater

1980s BYTE magazine ad showing a 5.25" floppy disk with a loose seam. Text: "THE SLOPPY FLOPPY: Sealed with a spot here, a spot there. Leaving unsealed seams everywhere." Source: BYTE Magazine, Sept 1984 https://archive.org/details/198409_byte_magazine_vol_09_10_computer_graphics_pdf__mlib/page/322/mode/2up?view=theater

1980s BYTE magazine ad showing a 5.25" floppy disk with a tight seam. Text: "MEMOREX SOLID-SEAM BONDING: Every inch of every seam is sealt shut. Tight as a drum."

Source: BYTE Magazine, Sept 1984
https://archive.org/details/198409_byte_magazine_vol_09_10_computer_graphics_pdf__mlib/page/322/mode/2up?view=theater

1980s BYTE magazine ad showing a 5.25" floppy disk with a tight seam. Text: "MEMOREX SOLID-SEAM BONDING: Every inch of every seam is sealt shut. Tight as a drum." Source: BYTE Magazine, Sept 1984 https://archive.org/details/198409_byte_magazine_vol_09_10_computer_graphics_pdf__mlib/page/322/mode/2up?view=theater

Don't sloppy that floppy

13.02.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

It definitely took a while, the version I have was 22 floppies

06.02.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Testing out and getting my PS/2 Model 95, with a Pentium 66!

Everything seems to be working well, and it has 64 MB of memory. I installed Windows 95 on it too.

#retrocomputing

06.02.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Love this. Gonna install it!

05.02.2025 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of Discord Messenger running on Windows 98 SE.

Screenshot of Discord Messenger running on Windows 98 SE.

My Discord client, Discord Messenger, now runs on Windows 98! (And also, 95, but you need extra stuff. Win98SE runs it right out of the box.)

02.02.2025 10:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1551    πŸ” 501    πŸ’¬ 48    πŸ“Œ 26

I’ve got a Quadra 700 too. Mine has a Daystar 100 MHz PPC upgrade in it, it’s very nice.

06.01.2025 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Tech support πŸ› οΈ #art #synth #pixelart

22.11.2024 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 424    πŸ” 145    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 2
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Custom luggable PC I built, with a Pentium III in a BSI chassis.

21.12.2024 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m guessing it was some kind of tiny server. The OS’s were installed when I got it

18.12.2024 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was in Milton Keynes for a month this year. I kinda had fun, was nice to be somewhere not touristy

18.12.2024 13:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes they are, 10mb each!

18.12.2024 13:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How tall can you make a 5150?

#retrocomputing

18.12.2024 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’d be more willing to bet that someone had an aftermarket keyboard they liked more that plugged into that port. I had an Atari 800 like that once, also with a DB-25 mounted to the case

18.12.2024 11:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A retro computing manual featuring a white, toony anthro rabbit with his hand on an old mainframe console. The text reads: "Introduction to COBOL (Common Bunny-Oriented Language)."

A retro computing manual featuring a white, toony anthro rabbit with his hand on an old mainframe console. The text reads: "Introduction to COBOL (Common Bunny-Oriented Language)."

Introduction to COBOL!

17.12.2024 20:37 β€” πŸ‘ 5664    πŸ” 1573    πŸ’¬ 80    πŸ“Œ 33
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My weird SE/30. I got it like this, all mods were done by the original owner.

Low persistence green CRT
Daystar 68030 50 MHz upgrade
128mb RAM
Ethernet card
No FDD, two HDDs
Running A/UX and NetBSD

18.12.2024 00:28 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I got mine working recently!

08.12.2024 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

All the caps in the PSU bulged or leaked. The motherboard was fine, at least for now. I found it infuriating to solder to, so I didn’t replace any

08.12.2024 00:08 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s my Shuttle 2 I just finished fixing. PSU had bad capacitors. It’s a C2D

07.12.2024 22:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s mine.

07.12.2024 22:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Know someone with diabetes?

Check out the first blood glucose meter from 1970! It cost $650!

As a Type 1, and someone into retro tech, this is such a cool item to own.

#diabetes

06.12.2024 22:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just finished fixing up this NeXT Computer with the NeXT Dimension color video card.

The computer cost $6,500, and when the video card launched, it cost $3,995, and the monitor was at least $2,995. Plus additional RAM, etc.

01.12.2024 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It was nice to see him at the museum, they got their SOL working just in time for him to see it when he came.

01.12.2024 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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