Don’t forget to play Dark Castle today to see the tree in the foyer 🎄
Don’t forget to play Dark Castle today to see the tree in the foyer 🎄
Don’t forget to play Dark Castle today to see the tree in the foyer 🎄
Staying warm in front of the 1-bit glow of the Lisa and the Yule log with MacFLIM.
#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #AppleLisaClone #AppleLisa
Staying warm in front of the 1-bit glow of the Lisa and the Yule log with MacFLIM.
#RetroComputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #AppleLisaClone #AppleLisa
Writing zen, where the only distractions are Flying Toasters when you're idle 😉
Word 5.1a isn't too bad at 640x200 resolution. The UI is unobtrusive, crisp and legible, and big enough to touch.
Yep, it runs MacOS 7.5 really wide 🙃
#typeframe #RetroComputing #cyberdeck #writerdeck #FlyingToasters #VintageApple #VintageMac
Yep, it runs MacOS 7.5 really wide 🙃
#typeframe #RetroComputing #cyberdeck #writerdeck #FlyingToasters #VintageApple #VintageMac
the whole reason i rescued these NeXT machines from a garage an hour away was because of the asset tags still glued to them.
i know exactly where and when the machines came from: the university of alberta's General Services Building (GSB), 8th floor, computer lab, in 1995.
when i was a teenager, my mom would take me to the university and let me wander around campus with a pocket full of quarters for the arcade
her grad student office was on the 8th floor. across from it was the department computer lab, which consisted of three rows of boring beige 386 SX-20's and a massive line printer. i used to goof around playing Jezzball and Pipe Dream on those machines.
but tucked off in the corner were four jet black machines. they all had huge monochrome monitors, and a gorgeous GUI with Wile E. Coyote on the login prompt. there was a big sign that read "you must have permission from CNS to use these computers". i'd sneak over and try every login/pass i could dream of, and never figured out how to login.
ffwd to the 2000s:
i've hunted every week for the past 25 years to find those machines. i suspected they might turn up on some local ad eventually, and today they did.
they were bought by a gentleman (now in his 80s) from a provincial government surplus equipment auction sale 20+ years ago. they were decommissioned by the department, boxed up and auctioned as e-waste. he thought they'd be valuable, so he bought them all for a pittance. they sat in his garage for 25 years collecting dust, until his wife asked him to start clearing out his computing junk. (i'll post a pic of his garage soon)
so here they are - the department's most expensive asset at $10-20K CAD (after upgrades and accessories), ready to be put back to work again soon
the whole reason i rescued these NeXT machines from a garage an hour away was because of the asset tags still glued to them.
i know exactly where and when the machines came from: the university of alberta's General Services Building (GSB), 8th floor, computer lab, in 1995.
when i was a teenager, my mom would take me to the university and let me wander around campus with a pocket full of quarters for the arcade
her grad student office was on the 8th floor. across from it was the department computer lab, which consisted of three rows of boring beige 386 SX-20's and a massive line printer. i used to goof around playing Jezzball and Pipe Dream on those machines.
but tucked off in the corner were four jet black machines. they all had huge monochrome monitors, and a gorgeous GUI with Wile E. Coyote on the login prompt. there was a big sign that read "you must have permission from CNS to use these computers". i'd sneak over and try every login/pass i could dream of, and never figured out how to login.
ffwd to the 2000s:
i've hunted every week for the past 25 years to find those machines. i suspected they might turn up on some local ad eventually, and today they did.
they were bought by a gentleman (now in his 80s) from a provincial government surplus equipment auction sale 20+ years ago. they were decommissioned by the department, boxed up and auctioned as e-waste. he thought they'd be valuable, so he bought them all for a pittance. they sat in his garage for 25 years collecting dust, until his wife asked him to start clearing out his computing junk. (i'll post a pic of his garage soon)
so here they are - the department's most expensive asset at $10-20K CAD (after upgrades and accessories), ready to be put back to work again soon
this is going to need a big cleanup and slowly working through the hardware to see what needs tlc but, for now, here is the NeXT haul
from left to right and top to bottom:
- 17-inch MegaPixel monochrome hi-res monitor
- three non-ADB keyboards and matching mice
- NeXT External SCSI CD-ROM
- NeXTStation
- NeXTStation
- NeXTStation Turbo
- NeXTStation Color
- NeXT SoundBox (a glorified speaker)
- (2) NeXT Laser Printers
of all of it, i'm most excited about the monitor and the soundbox. this is the very rare N4000A monitor which has a crt tube that lasts *much* longer than the original design which dims after extended use
the soundbox - well, 😅 i never imagined i'd find one in the flesh in my lifetime
i may not have any answers but i do have all the nextstations
i am a deadman when i get home
😭
Designed and printed a 4 x AA NiMH battery tray for the Apple eMate. This lets me change the batteries out quickly because they're not soldered, welded, or wrapped together. The bottom of the tray is open so you can push the batteries out easily. The fit should be snug.
Model available here: https://www.printables.com/model/1485849-apple-emate-aa-battery-tray
#VintageApple #VintageMac #RetroComputing #3DPrinting #AppleNewton #eMate
Rest in peace, Rebecca Heineman. I wish I had known you more than just as a fan.
#RebeccaHeineman #AppleII #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #vintageapple #Apple #RIP #computing #gaming #retrogaming #retrogames
Rest in peace, Rebecca Heineman. I wish I had known you more than just as a fan.
#RebeccaHeineman #AppleII #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #vintageapple #Apple #RIP #computing #gaming #retrogaming #retrogames
Have you ever wished you could create a StuffIt archive on your modern Unix-based Mac with a native open source tool, so you could more easily transfer files to your retro Macs? Well... have fun.
Have you ever wished you could create a StuffIt archive on your modern Unix-based Mac with a native open source tool, so you could more easily transfer files to your retro Macs? Well... have fun.
Picked up this Apple 20SC external SCSI drive from the free pile at the last swap meet. I didn’t notice the corner of the case was missing so I modeled and printed a replacement in retro platinum. Reminds me of kintsugi visible mending.