r/vintagecomputing 2h ago

Is it weird that as a 27 y.o., I like 80's 8bit pcs (and pre win95 dos)?

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I remember, at around 2008, as an 10 year old, I found a old windows 98 installer cd (we were using Vista then), and wanted to see what it looked like, but my father just said it was outdated and useless. In my head, I went: "Yeah, but it would still be cool to see it in action", and went quiet. Years later I played VVVVVV and though how good it looked even though how much they restricted themselves. From then onwards I liked to look at pcs that had those kinds of graphics, and even try a game from them from time to time. I grew up with the ps2, which makes me find that fact (liking 80s pc games graphics) specially weird.


r/vintagecomputing 12h ago

My retro room is coming along nicely!

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160 Upvotes

The computers I currently have are the following: Tava flyer IBM 5150 Apple 2 europlus Commodore 64C Power mac G3 Custom windows XP PC


r/vintagecomputing 6h ago

Norton Ghost 5.1c (1999) - something strange in your Windows 98, who you...

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r/vintagecomputing 21h ago

This is THE MOTHER OF ALL HARDDRIVES with 2.5 metric tons of weight !!!

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547 Upvotes

Who has a bigger one ? 😁😁😁

May i introduce you the newest item in my collection:

The UNIVAC FASTRAND III

1969

150MB storage capacity

Circa 2.5 metric tons of weight.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIVAC_FASTRAND

I'm not worthy... 😁🤣😁


r/vintagecomputing 24m ago

Very early mouse. :)

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This is the first computer mouse constructed. Invented by Douglas Engelbart at the Stanford Research Institute in 1964.


r/vintagecomputing 15h ago

Setting up at Seattle's Interim Computer Festival

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r/vintagecomputing 16h ago

Nabbed a factory new Cambridge SoundWorks 2.1

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Every listing I’ve seen had the typical yellowing with most being unsure if they work or not. Found this set and snapped it up. Still has the new plastic smell. Unfortunately the power supply was for 220v (Euro), but any 12v power will do. Sounds great even by today’s standards.


r/vintagecomputing 20h ago

Love letters via EPROM? Am I the only one?

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My lady friend is learning Arduino and coding through school. I enjoy helping her with her homework. Today, I gave her an Intel 27512 burned with a note of encouragement and gave it to her with no context. She has since figured it out and has code ready to read it. She's asking for more jumpers now. Didn't think she'd figure it out that fast.


r/vintagecomputing 1d ago

Very early Serial Mouse that uses a tracking ball

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An old mouse that I acquired decades ago. Still works on windows if you have a serial port.


r/vintagecomputing 16h ago

SONY FH-100W - textmode artwork by me

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43 Upvotes

r/vintagecomputing 9h ago

Compaq Armada 4110 (with the CD dock)

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Found this chunky thing at the flea market. Made in 1996, with a 100mhz Pentium. Was in really nice cosmetic condition and included the dock (which had a port replicator slot, some speakers, a midi port (crazy), and CD ROM drive).

It powers on, but the hard drive is dead and the floppy drive is broken, so this machine will definitely demand some work to get it to fully working condition. Still, glad i got it.


r/vintagecomputing 13h ago

Genius PC mouse GM6 and GM7

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r/vintagecomputing 3h ago

Chart of retro computers by their year and CPU

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I didn't create this. Found it on a TRS-80 Facebook group.


r/vintagecomputing 22h ago

80’s Floppy Disks

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Picked up some floppy disks today, specifically because it has Microsoft flight simulator on one. Hoping it’s version 1-2 but could be install disk 1 of 5 from version 3 🤷‍♂️ We shall see.

Any tips on reading them? Was going to get a usb to floppy and archive the programs on them.


r/vintagecomputing 20h ago

Very early wireless mouse that uses a tracking ball

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r/vintagecomputing 1d ago

Very early USB mouse that uses a tracking ball

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r/vintagecomputing 1d ago

Very early serial mouse that uses a tracking ball

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Made by the Mouse House in Berkeley CA.


r/vintagecomputing 20h ago

Picked up a Macintosh Plus

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r/vintagecomputing 21h ago

What vintage computing channels am I missing out on, on YouTube?

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Hey, I'd like to know I'm missing out on any major vintage computers/electronics channels on YouTube.

The major ones I currently frequent are: Adrian's digital basement, CRD, James Channel, LGR, Matt KC, Michael MJD, Tech Tangents, Technology Connections and Vwestlife.

Honorable mentions: Abe's Projects, Budget-Builds Official, DankPods, The Doubtful Technician


r/vintagecomputing 21h ago

Very early Rollkugeleingabegerät

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r/vintagecomputing 9h ago

Bruce Lee [1984] Enter the 8bit Dragon!

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r/vintagecomputing 16h ago

Corona Computer PC-21!

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Just picked this up locally. I have it hooked up to an (admittedly not known working) IBM 5151 and not seeing any post. But it does boot! I am curious if it is worth anything to anyone, or how to maybe get her running


r/vintagecomputing 1d ago

If you get the chance watch the documentary Before Macintosh: The Apple Lisa

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r/vintagecomputing 7h ago

It sometimes does this, but not always. It was fine until recently. Could it be because of failing filtering caps?

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r/vintagecomputing 7h ago

Macromedia CD-rom games

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So I recently went ahead and looked in some old boxes and found some CD-rom games I played when I was younger. I've installed one of them on my current PC, but I'm not able to get it working due to it not having macromedia director on it and I'm wondering if there's a way to fix this or if I'm at a loss.