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Refurb weekend II: Alpha Micro Eagle 300 and friends(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

17 points by classichasclass 8 days ago | 1 comments

Old VCR blog post on refurbishing an Alpha Micro Eagle 300, a 68EC030-based multiuser AMOS system, and related Alpha Micro machines.

A Dick Smith VZ200 without the Dick Smith(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

7 points by classichasclass 1 month ago | 1 comments

MkLinux and the pimped-out Apple Workgroup Server 9150(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

100 points by goldenskye 2 months ago | 14 comments

Working around dragons with the Lemote Yeeloong laptop and OpenBSD(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

132 points by zdw 4 months ago | 39 comments

Building a serial and VGA "everything console"(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

49 points by classichasclass 4 months ago | 5 comments

Ahoy, DECmate II the little PDP-8 that could(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

47 points by TMWNN 4 months ago | 7 comments

Testing Mac OS on the Apple Network Server 2.0 ROMs(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

87 points by zdw 5 months ago | 17 comments

6o6 v1.1: Faster 6502-on-6502 virtualization for a C64/Apple II Apple-1 emulator(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

27 points by classichasclass 7 months ago | 1 comments

Alpha Micro AM-1000E and AM-1200(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

24 points by goldenskye 7 months ago | 6 comments

The Scriptovision Super Micro Script video titler is almost a home computer(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

13 points by todsacerdoti 8 months ago | 1 comments

Hands-On with Two Apple Network Server Prototype ROMs(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

56 points by todsacerdoti 9 months ago | 1 comments

The Texas Instruments CC-40 invades Gopherspace (plus TI-74 BASICALC)(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

20 points by PaulHoule 9 months ago | 1 comments

Oblast: A better Blasto game for the Commodore 64(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

28 points by todsacerdoti 10 months ago | 6 comments

When UPS charged me a $684 tariff on $355 of vintage computer parts(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

262 points by goldenskye 11 months ago | 225 comments

The Apple Network Server Mac OS ROMs have resurfaced(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

23 points by zdw 1 year ago | 2 comments

Refurb Weekend: Silicon Graphics Indigo² Impact 10000(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

142 points by Bogdanp 1 year ago | 64 comments

Reverse-engineering Roadsearch Plus, or, roadgeeking with an 8-bit CPU(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

4 points by atjamielittle 1 year ago | 0 comments

A Real PowerBook: The Macintosh Application Environment on a Pa-RISC Laptop(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

127 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 21 comments

Comparison of MGR, SunView, OpenWindows and X11R6 (2022)(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

15 points by hualapais 1 year ago | 13 comments

Refurb weekend: Gremlin Blasto arcade board(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

32 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 2 comments

See Jane 128 by Arktronics run (ft. Magic Desk, 3-Plus-1 and the Thomson MO5)(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

11 points by classichasclass 1 year ago | 0 comments

Of course the Apple Network Server can be hacked into running Doom(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

46 points by classichasclass 1 year ago | 9 comments

What went wrong with wireless USB(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

314 points by goldenskye 1 year ago | 194 comments

Let's give PRO/VENIX a barely adequate, pre-C89 TCP/IP stack, featuring Slirp-CK(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

83 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 6 comments

The April Fools joke that might have got me fired(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

461 points by goldenskye 1 year ago | 226 comments

A blog post on Old Vintage Computing Research recounting an April Fools prank the author played at his first university database programming job.

More pro for the DEC Professional 380 (featuring PRO/VENIX)(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

42 points by classichasclass 1 year ago | 7 comments

The "35-cent" Commodore 64 softmodem(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

101 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 14 comments

Refurb Weekend: Atari Stacy(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

66 points by goldenskye 1 year ago | 2 comments

Composite and hard reset mods for the Tandyvision One(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

20 points by LorenDB 1 year ago | 1 comments

The Hall SC-VGA-2 Video Processor, the Atari ST and NeXTSTEP(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

60 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 10 comments

One-parting some Commodore 64 utilities for fun and profit(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

33 points by todsacerdoti 1 year ago | 7 comments

Old Vintage Computing Research: Dusting Off Dreamcast Linux(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

144 points by rbanffy 1 year ago | 19 comments

The MIPS ThinkPad, kind of (2022)(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

75 points by rbanffy 2 years ago | 20 comments

The unreleased Commodore HHC-4's identity(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

39 points by zdw 2 years ago | 5 comments

Refurb weekend: the Symbolics MacIvory Lisp machine I have hated(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

19 points by zdw 2 years ago | 3 comments

Refurb weekend: the Symbolics MacIvory Lisp machine I have hated(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

167 points by rcarmo 2 years ago | 71 comments

So thieves broke into your storage unit again(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

249 points by goldenskye 2 years ago | 269 comments

Programming the Convergent WorkSlate's spreadsheet microcassette future(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

41 points by ingve 2 years ago | 6 comments

Pretty pictures, bootable floppy disks, and the first Canon Cat demo?(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

43 points by classichasclass 2 years ago | 2 comments

The Living Computers Museum Isn't(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

40 points by zdw 2 years ago | 22 comments

Refurb Weekend: Canon Cat(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

121 points by zdw 2 years ago | 29 comments

With PowerPC, Windows CE and the WiiN-Pad Slate, Everyone's a WiiN-Er(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

15 points by zdw 2 years ago | 1 comments

Refurb weekend: Data General/One (and the worst LCD in the world)(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

25 points by goldenskye 2 years ago | 6 comments

After 41 years, my first assembly program on my first computer, the Tomy Tutor(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

134 points by goldenskye 2 years ago | 22 comments

An Apple district manager's Macintosh Portable in 1989-91(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

109 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 17 comments

CAP-X and COMP-X: How the Tandy pocket computers got a sucky Japanese assembler(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

46 points by zdw 2 years ago | 7 comments

Thou shalt follow these vintage computing commandments(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

64 points by zdw 2 years ago | 25 comments

When the Power Macintosh Ran NetWare (Featuring Wormhole and Cyberpunk)(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

75 points by todsacerdoti 2 years ago | 3 comments

The Apple Network Server's all-too-secret weapon (featuring PPC Toolbox)(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

130 points by classichasclass 2 years ago | 28 comments

What the KIM-1 needs is an LCD screen(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

23 points by todsacerdoti 3 years ago | 0 comments

Teaching Apple Cyberdog 1.0 new tricks (featuring OpenDoc)(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

126 points by classichasclass 3 years ago | 51 comments

Finally, an MOS 7600/7601 Video Game Array data sheet(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

69 points by zdw 3 years ago | 0 comments

The Fossil Wrist PDA becomes a tiny Gopher client(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

60 points by classichasclass 3 years ago | 12 comments

The spawn of AtariLab and the Universal Laboratory Interface(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

37 points by classichasclass 3 years ago | 8 comments

Refurb weekend: PowerBook Duo 2300c(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

64 points by todsacerdoti 3 years ago | 5 comments

MacLynx beta 5: UTF-8, pull-down menus and more dialogue boxes(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

83 points by zdw 3 years ago | 10 comments

Cracking DesignWare's the Grammar Examiner on the C64(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

31 points by todsacerdoti 3 years ago | 4 comments

Apple's interactive television box: Hacking the set top box System 7.1 in ROM(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

195 points by todsacerdoti 3 years ago | 33 comments

Making a potato livecam with the Commodore 128 VDC and ComputerEyes(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

46 points by classichasclass 3 years ago | 1 comments

Refurb weekend(s): Commodore/MOS KIM-1(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

42 points by zdw 3 years ago | 15 comments

New RAM card, prototype Mac Portable, demo System 7(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

94 points by classichasclass 3 years ago | 17 comments

Refurb weekend: Commodore 128DCR(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

43 points by classichasclass 3 years ago | 8 comments

Of Sun Ray laptops, MIPS and getting root on them(oldvcr.blogspot.com)

97 points by zdw 3 years ago | 31 comments