Brrr... new introduction time cause my old one is already outdated lol.

I am Sinclair-Speccy, your local resident computer nerd that can’t actually do a lot of tech stuff like people think. My primary interests are #Linux, #OldTech, and #OStan. You’ll usually find me boosting retro tech content and occasionally posting it myself, mostly retro tech ads.

My interest in emulation all started when I managed to run Yggdrasil Linux from the '90s (I know, so interesting /s). Despite having used 😜 as my first OS other older OSes (mostly Linux ones) interest me more if you look at the media I've posted on my account besides the tech ads.

I’ve moved around a bit online as I started on .art as my friend was there, then bitbang.social and now oldbytes.space.

One of my favourite niche fandoms is OS-tans which is turning operating systems and hardware into anime characters, though I tend to call them tech gijinkas. I even have my own tech gijinkas universe that is hosted on my site.

As for some other stuff I enjoy #mythology, #transformers, #cats, #touhou, #fantasy, #nature such as #flowers and #plants and #animals, #steampunk, #starwars, #photography, #art, #space, #cyberpunk and #scifi... there is more but I'm not writing them all.

You can check out my website here: https://sinclair-speccy.github.io/The-Mainframe/index.html and I hope to expand it into a tech journalism platform or something, though motivation and its static nature kind of stop me...

Unlike in the past I'm not active as I used to be, sadly.

#RetroTech #Retro #RetroTechnology #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #Introduction

Brrr... new introduction time cause my old one is already outdated lol.

I am Sinclair-Speccy, your local resident computer nerd that can’t actually do a lot of tech stuff like people think. My primary interests are #Linux, #OldTech, and #OStan. You’ll usually find me boosting retro tech content and occasionally posting it myself, mostly retro tech ads.

My interest in emulation all started when I managed to run Yggdrasil Linux from the '90s (I know, so interesting /s). Despite having used 😜 as my first OS other older OSes (mostly Linux ones) interest me more if you look at the media I've posted on my account besides the tech ads.

I’ve moved around a bit online as I started on .art as my friend was there, then bitbang.social and now oldbytes.space.

One of my favourite niche fandoms is OS-tans which is turning operating systems and hardware into anime characters, though I tend to call them tech gijinkas. I even have my own tech gijinkas universe that is hosted on my site.

As for some other stuff I enjoy #mythology, #transformers, #cats, #touhou, #fantasy, #nature such as #flowers and #plants and #animals, #steampunk, #starwars, #photography, #art, #space, #cyberpunk and #scifi... there is more but I'm not writing them all.

You can check out my website here: https://sinclair-speccy.github.io/The-Mainframe/index.html and I hope to expand it into a tech journalism platform or something, though motivation and its static nature kind of stop me...

Unlike in the past I'm not active as I used to be, sadly.

#RetroTech #Retro #RetroTechnology #RetroComputing #VintageComputers #Introduction

Bill Brinsmead, who was a member of our electric car club back in the day--when we all built our own EVs--he has a massive vacuum tube collection. Literally thousands of tubes! It's a sight to behold. The linked article has his story & lots of photos of Bill's tube collection. This is a Soviet era tube. It's from the Duga "Russian Woodpecker" radar.

https://renonr.com/2022/04/05/the-microchips-great-grandfather-a-look-at-william-brinsmeads-collection-of-vacuum-tubes-and-other-vintage-electronics/

#Electronics #Retro #Collecting #Geek #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Darktable

Friends Playing Video Games In 1992

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRHaF5t_4qA

#retro #retrogaming #90s

Bill Brinsmead, who was a member of our electric car club back in the day--when we all built our own EVs--he has a massive vacuum tube collection. Literally thousands of tubes! It's a sight to behold. The linked article has his story & lots of photos of Bill's tube collection. This is a Soviet era tube. It's from the Duga "Russian Woodpecker" radar.

https://renonr.com/2022/04/05/the-microchips-great-grandfather-a-look-at-william-brinsmeads-collection-of-vacuum-tubes-and-other-vintage-electronics/

#Electronics #Retro #Collecting #Geek #BlackAndWhite #Photography #Darktable

I'm reaching the age where people don't believe that the things I vaguely remember from my childhood ever existed.

Please reply if you have ever seen one of these in real life:

#electronics #retro #retrotech #retrocomputing #nostagia

TOM WAITS
Mule Variations
2018 U.S. 2xLP reissue

A perfect spin for a Saturday afternoon in winter.

I’ve been wanting to listen to this again for a few weeks, as it is probably still my SECOND favorite Waits album behind Rain Dogs.
For Tom to have made a record THIS level of stellar some 26 years into his career was INSANE. Tom albums are always GOOD, but Mule Variations is amongst two or three of his all-time finest.

Big in Japan, Hold On, House Where Nobody Lives, Come On Up To The House… start to finish. A perfect balance of every kind of Tom. The beautiful heartfelt ballads, and the junkyard stomps.

And “What’s He Building?” is an all-time weirdo Waits tune.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #tomwaits #mulevariations #1990s #90s #90smusic

TOM WAITS
Mule Variations
2018 U.S. 2xLP reissue

A perfect spin for a Saturday afternoon in winter.

I’ve been wanting to listen to this again for a few weeks, as it is probably still my SECOND favorite Waits album behind Rain Dogs.
For Tom to have made a record THIS level of stellar some 26 years into his career was INSANE. Tom albums are always GOOD, but Mule Variations is amongst two or three of his all-time finest.

Big in Japan, Hold On, House Where Nobody Lives, Come On Up To The House… start to finish. A perfect balance of every kind of Tom. The beautiful heartfelt ballads, and the junkyard stomps.

And “What’s He Building?” is an all-time weirdo Waits tune.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #tomwaits #mulevariations #1990s #90s #90smusic

AFGHAN WHIGS
Congregation
2017 U.S. 2xLP reissue @ 45rpm

The only essential Whigs album I was missing, and I finally found it today!

I’ve never seen an original press, but this sounds so good on my system (cut at 45rpm), I don’t think I’ll ever need to bother.

Everybody calls Gentlemen the absolute Whigs masterpiece. They’re not wrong, as it is a stroke of #90s genius.
However, it always baffles me that few people hold Congregation in the same light.

It’s equally breathtaking, and the first REAL taste of how good the Whigs were.

Sub-Pop were on the brink of collapse when they made it, and the label couldn’t even pay the band’s studio bills.
Then NEVERMIND hit, & things were fine.
Didn’t matter.
The Whigs were off to Elektra after this.

I’m glad this reissue includes the hidden track “Miles Iz Ded” (it’s unlabelled), as it’s one of the great Whigs classics.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #theafghanwhigs #1990s #90smusic

AFGHAN WHIGS
Congregation
2017 U.S. 2xLP reissue @ 45rpm

The only essential Whigs album I was missing, and I finally found it today!

I’ve never seen an original press, but this sounds so good on my system (cut at 45rpm), I don’t think I’ll ever need to bother.

Everybody calls Gentlemen the absolute Whigs masterpiece. They’re not wrong, as it is a stroke of #90s genius.
However, it always baffles me that few people hold Congregation in the same light.

It’s equally breathtaking, and the first REAL taste of how good the Whigs were.

Sub-Pop were on the brink of collapse when they made it, and the label couldn’t even pay the band’s studio bills.
Then NEVERMIND hit, & things were fine.
Didn’t matter.
The Whigs were off to Elektra after this.

I’m glad this reissue includes the hidden track “Miles Iz Ded” (it’s unlabelled), as it’s one of the great Whigs classics.

#vinyl #vinylrecords #vinylcommunity #vinylcollection #retro #vintage #art #music #theafghanwhigs #1990s #90smusic

👾 Not TRaSh: The TRS-80 Color Computer Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-O-ze_ezy0

#trs80 #retro #retrocomputing

Video Game Development In 1982 - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajdkYSIOKxY

#atari #retro #retrogaming #retrodev

Video Game Development In 1982 - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajdkYSIOKxY

#atari #retro #retrogaming #retrodev

👾 Not TRaSh: The TRS-80 Color Computer Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-O-ze_ezy0

#trs80 #retro #retrocomputing

Neofeud 2 is a #retro 90's-style game where an ex-robo-marine and a rebel hacker struggle against an empire on its last legs. Get Neofeud 1 & help me finish #2 (pictured)! https://store.steampowered.com/app/673850/Neofeud/ #indiedev #visualnovel #art #artist #retrogame #NoAI #humanmade

👾 Retro Game Consoles In 1999

https://youtube.com/watch?v=X3p76ryEb_c

#retro #retrogaming #90s

Here's an animated version of the Trapper Keeper art!

Could do more with it, but this is not a bad start. 😎

#blender #blender3d #b3d #compositing #retro #render #cycles #art #digitalart #animation #loop

Here's an animated version of the Trapper Keeper art!

Could do more with it, but this is not a bad start. 😎

#blender #blender3d #b3d #compositing #retro #render #cycles #art #digitalart #animation #loop