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We've got an IRC channel for realtime chat about vintage computers. You can usually find someone on the channel anytime. To connect, you'll need...
I'm prompted to start a thread on this prompted by Dwo Shwoon's post in the Off-Topic section. Dwo says... >How old should a gaming computer be...
I've lugged this old Point4 system around with me for maybe a decade. Finally stubbed my toe on it and decided that it's either time to dump it or...
Has there ever been a token ring adapter made for an rs-232 port? I've been looking for ways to make the atari ST I have get on a network, and...
Yesterday I checked the Vintage Computer Festival pages to see when the Midwest fest is, and found that it is on the 18th of this month. I'm trying...
What are some of the design flaws associated with classic models? Off the top of me head I can think of the following. (I've included flaws that...
In preparation for the TRS-80 Model 2000 I should be receiving in a week or two (complements of Chromedome45...Thank you!), I went TTL multisync...
In my ongoing quest to promote The VCGM as a valuable resource for the Vintage Computing and Gaming Community I am, for a limited time, offering the...
I bought an old LT-3200 Toshiba laptop at some flea market last week. However, the hard drive inside seems defunct. The hard drive is an old Seagate...
Yesterday, I discovered that Stan had died on July 29th. He lived a wonderful life, to the age of 90. His funeral was last Saturday, August 21st. I...
Hi everyone, I am very happy to announce what I hope to be the start of a very regular show - The Classic Computing Show / video podcast. (Oh, good...
With the 25th anniversary of the PC looming up on us, I thought this might be a good time to reflect some on the past. What was your first...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10951040 From the article: "The computing A-level is about how computers work and if you ask anyone how it...
I recently found an IDE LS-120 drive with several disks on CraigsList for $10 and decided I'd give it a try as a replacement for a real floppy, or my...
In order to avoid potential post highjacking, I'm starting this as its own thread. Based on the thread at: ...
http://auburn.craigslist.org/sys/1894308153.html It seems the vintage computer luck on my local CL is turning around as not only did I find this,...
This is like the great grandfather of the iPhone/iPad, and even though it didn't do too well, it definitely was good for the time. I'm looking...
Now I know how you guys feel about shipping costs from the US. Ebay item #: 260582548213 New, never used Teac 5 1/4" floppy drives for $...
Please people, do some research before trying to sell your prized computer. Let this be a great example of why your computer will never sell it at...
A forum member has expressed some interest in one of the shrink-wrapped Win 3.1's I recently found and I have some concern about the actual contents...
Hello everyone, I am building a small board with a Zilog z8002, some memory, etc. I found two Z8002 data books in .pdf on bitsavers, but each...
From the TV show Lost, here's an Apple II+ and ImageWriter that was used during the show....
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