VCR Plus+, an easier way to schedule shows to record

I built a Yahoo Messenger-inspired web chat app – pure nostalgia

https://buzzed.chat

If you're in #Boston and love old computers, electronics, and games, check out the MIT Swapfest flea market. First meeting this year is April 20th.

I went a few times last year and saw some wild things like Commodore 64s, Apple ][s, a NeXT cube, and tons of video games. I also saw a lot of old radio equipment and miscellaneous electronics parts.

http://w1mx.mit.edu/flea-at-mit/

Clearing out the store cupboard at work and found these gems! #calculator #addingmachine #magiclantern #retrotech

Connecting an IBM 3151 terminal to a mainframe [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V14ac9cRi9Q

Creating a fax coversheet in Word 95

Upgrading the Amiga 500 with PiStorm and RGB2HDMI
#Amiga500 #PiStorm #RGB2HDMI #RetroComputing #AmigaMods #WHDLoad #RetroTech #FutureRetroFusion
https://theoasisbbs.com/upgrading-the-amiga-500-with-pistorm-and-rgb2hdmi/?feed_id=2651&_unique_id=67f51e4ca2e09

Tonight on The 90s Craig Show:
Cyber chatrooms. Neon cars. Animatronic madness. A full lineup of bizarre, beautiful retro tech from the VHS vaults.

Stream starts at 9PM EST
https://www.twitch.tv/90s_Craig

Once I move my main PC to Linux in October, I'm strongly considering switching one of my current Linux laptops over to Commodore OS Vision.

It's an epic Linux distro inspired by Commodore's rich history and includes preinstalled emulators for Commodore and other systems.

It seems like the perfect distro to use for a retro PC build. It's also headed for a 3.0 release in just over a week!

https://www.commodoreos.net/CommodoreOS.aspx

Microsoft Chat 2.0 (circa 1997)

In 1991, long before modern browsers and flashy websites, the University of Minnesota introduced Gopher. A text-based, menu-driven protocol that let users browse information across the internet in a clean and structured way. No JavaScript, no pop-ups, no CSS, just nested menus and pure content. It briefly ruled the net, especially in universities and research circles.

But when the university announced plans to charge licensing fees, and HTTP emerged with the freedom and flexibility of hypertext links, Gopher’s momentum crumbled almost overnight.

Still, Gopher never completely vanished. A small but passionate community keeps it alive through Gopherholes. Sites accessible via vintage clients or modern gateways. It’s minimal, fast, and nostalgic. For those who crave a web without surveillance capitalism or bloat, Gopher offers a quiet corner of the net that still whispers of what could have been.

DeskMate 2 - Tandy’s GUI of the 80s (before Windows 3.1) for their computers sold at RadioShack

Ok, I spent yesterday afternoon trying to get #RAID configured on my #lenovo #ThinkPad #P70 - to no success.

I found this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyCC1NGe8a8&t=36s of the similar #p50 and configuring #RAID which shows the #BIOS interface but my P70's only show the "non-raid physical discs" I do not have an option for RAID volumes. Note I have upgraded the BIOS to the most recent version on lenovo's web site. Any thoughts?

I have attached 2 #screenshots of what the BIOS displays - I'm trying to configure the RAID on the two 512GB #NVMe sticks.

#siliconValley #SillyValley #sanfrancisco #sanfran #sanfranciscocomputers #sanfrancomputers #sanfranciscovintagecomputers #sanfranvintagecomputers #sanfranciscovintagehardware #sanfranvin-tagehardware
#vintagecomputing #vintagecomputint #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputers #vintagecomputalk
#vintagehardware #computerHistory #retro #VCF #vintageComputerFestival
#retrocomputing #retroComputers #WallOfRetro #retroTech #retroTechnology
#nerdsOfVintage #happyNerding
#computer #tech #computerHardware #laptop #laptops
#IBM #thinkpad #thinkpads #VintageThinkPad #X86 #WindowsVista #IBMhardware #lenovoHard-ware #Thinkpadnium
#upcycle #restore #TechnologyRepair #ThinkPadRepair #WasteNotWantNot #Thinkpadnium
#makeShitMonday #showmewhatyougot

Techno Mirage.
#ArtDigital #Dadaism #GlitchArt #CollageArt #NeoPop #RetroTech #VisualPoetry #ContemporaryArt #AiArt #Midjourney #CreativeExpression #ColorExplosion #CyberAbstract #MixedMedia

I was reading a story today about #theoldnet and how if you leave an “&” symbol at the end of an #email , it means you want the recipient to reply back. Does anyone remember this or still do this today? I don’t recall that being a thing or maybe it was and I didn’t notice. Gonna tag below with adjacent words in hopes of response.

#aol #bbs #vintagecomputing #retro #retrotech @ActionRetro #dialup #486 #windows95 #prodigy #netscape #icq #compuserve #angelfire #geocities #irc

`telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl`
#retrotech #asciiart

Williams' Pinball 2000 platform (1998-1999) is a curious beast. Unlike virtually anything else, its playfield is intended to be easily separated from the cabinet. The original design idea was that you could have a spare playfield, which you repair and clean at the privacy of your company's service depot, then load the clean playfields into a van and swap them out on location. I recall the sales pitch was that you can completely replace the playfield under 5 minutes.

The cabinets were supposed to have generic art, so you could not just swap the playfield for a similar one, you could put another game's playfield in and then just reflash the software and change the backglass to reflect the game change. This'd save from moving the cabinets around needlessly.

Here's how it looks when the playfield is put back into the game, it was out for repairs when the lock diverter's rivets failed. It also got cleaned.