So, after the birdsite migration there are a lot more vintage tech enthusiasts around...
Does anybody have the right 5.25" diskette images for doing an azimuth calibration on an Apple Disk II diskette drive?
I have the "Alignment Aid" diskette, but I need an "Alignment Diskette". Alternative methods to fully re-align and maintain a Disk II drive would also be very helpful. I'm getting I/O errors. I've fully recalibrated one of my drives, verified my diskettes are good, but the other drive was more heavily used and is in worse shape.
Boosts greatly appreciated. I've been looking for awhile.
This poor thing, just got a Thinkpad 600x from my dad ( @yestergearpc ) and this thing is trying so hard to do what it needs to, but it hasn't been turned on in 20 years so it's struggling very hard #VintageTech #ibm #ibmpc #vintagepc
First post! Recently installed example of Sterling Farrance’s “audiophile edition” of a Triple Bypass board implementing my Research Assistant Ace’s Mega Amp circuit, a universal audio fix for Sega Genesis consoles. Various versions of this circuit are at the core of one of the Depot’s current research projects.
So, right now I'm using renpy, but I'm curious.. does anyone know any other good (free) game making softwares? I wanna look at my other options #gamedev #programmer
So I "made" a tape with @yestergearpc of a clip from the Mandela catalog, took us 2 days. Now I have a story by Mark Heathclif to watch on TV 😎 #themandelacatolog #analog #analoghorror #vhs #analogtv
Seven years ago, a fellow named "MIDI_MAN" compiled 130,000 unique MIDI files by browsing a ton of sites, placing them into directories, and generally assembling years of MIDI music.
Now that collection (1gb compressed, 3.5gb uncompressed, 130,000 files for real!) is at the Internet Archive at this URL:
The Panasonic Business Partner 1650 is really a Tandy 1000 SL/2, but rebadged for Panasonic! Paired with a Tandy CM11 CGA monitor, and running IRC via a Linux Terminal server! #Tandy #retrocomputing
The Tandy 1200 - XT-class desktop made by Tandon for Tandy, paired with an EGA monitor, and an IBM Model F keyboard. Running Windows 3.0. #tandy #retrocomputing
The Tandy TRS-80 Model 2000. An MS-DOS (But not IBM) Compatible that runs on a 80186 CPU! It's an odd duck that proved that Tandy Engineers really liked their drugs :D
So I'm working on a game right now, but it's a bit long and its my first game I'm working on; so I'm gonna work on a shorter game to show myself I can actually do things, so what should the game premise be? #game #programming #horrorgame
My domain ccrvb, I've had since 2001. Originally stood for "Comprehensive Computer Repair Virginia Beach"
But I haven't used it for about 12 years except for my email, but now that the domain is back, I need to make a backronym.
I've come up with:
"Casually Contemplating Retro Vibes, Baby!"
If you can think of a better one, chime in lol.
This is the "True Blue" K-mart computer. Celeron 633, 256 MB Ram (originally 128 according to my research)
Has a 2nd hard drive added (original is 8gb, add-on was 20GB).
The masochist who owned this one had it running Windows XP SP3.
The motherboard was made by MSI for LG - who packaged the machine. It's actually quite well built, and has help up very well. #retrocomputing
Vintage computer collector, electronics engineer, mechanic, business manager, absurdist, proud father of two awesome trans kids. No room for bigots.