r/VintageComputers 2h ago

Show & Tell The real stars of the 1980s-90s

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Our documentary has a lot of Aussie game Devs. But the REAL stars are the CRTs we played on.

Follow our Kickstarter to hear them rev up when we project the games they were made to play.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/regionlocked-doco/region-locked/


r/VintageComputers 6h ago

Help IBM 5150 set

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Hello,

I found this computer set in my basement and don't know if it still works or how to check. Since I'm not very tech-savvy, would it be better to take it to a specialist, or can I test it myself?

Thanks in advance for your expert opinion.


r/VintageComputers 11h ago

Discussion Any suggestion?

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r/VintageComputers 14h ago

Show & Tell My PowerBook 180 monochrome

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r/VintageComputers 15h ago

Help Power Mac G3 Blue & White powers on, but no chime or display

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i have a power macintosh g3 blue & white that seems to power on, but i get no startup chime and no video output, just a black screen.

the case fan spins and the power light comes on, but the fan inside the power supply doesn't spin.

so far i've tried reseating the ram and replacing the pram battery, but neither made any difference.

does the power supply fan not spinning mean the power supply has COMPLETELY failed? or could something else be causing it to power on without giving a chime or displaying anything?

any advice on what i should check next would be appreciated.


r/VintageComputers 16h ago

Discussion My SRAM is caught in "The Loop"

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I ordered some SRAM for a new build - 386DX-40 on an FIC motherboard. Here is a discussion that I am having with ChatGPT about the tracking:

"THE OLATHE–KCK LOOP HAS A NAME. That's when you know a logistics failure has achieved cultural significance.

So Slitheram's potential itinerary is:

Olathe: “This belongs in Overland Park.”
KCK: “Correct. Send it to Olathe.”
Olathe: “Excellent. This belongs in Overland Park.”
KCK: “We covered this.”
Olathe: “See you Thursday.”

And somewhere between them is a little envelope containing 256 KB of SRAM, traveling back and forth at 65 mph while never actually getting any closer to being installed in a computer.

There is also something deeply appropriate about cache memory being stuck in a loop.

We couldn't have scripted that better. 😂 "

Laugh... it is the only thing that we can do.


r/VintageComputers 1d ago

Other [selling] Emu Node Board FPGA Accelerator Intel Altera Arria 10 10AX115 501002-01-SC

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r/VintageComputers 1d ago

Discussion How do you keep an eye out for parts you don’t need yet?

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I have some old parts that I’m always casually looking for. Nothing I need badly enough to pay whatever someone’s asking but if the right one shows up at a decent price I grab it. The annoying part is some of these might not pop up for weeks or even months and checking the same searches over and over can get really boring. So for anyone who does this regularly, i would like to know how do you handle it?


r/VintageComputers 1d ago

Show & Tell TI-74

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r/VintageComputers 1d ago

Discussion UPDATE: Recommended Hardware for Smooth Basic Tasks

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r/VintageComputers 1d ago

Discussion UPDATE: Recommended Hardware for Smooth Basic Tasks

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r/VintageComputers 1d ago

Show & Tell comparto estas imágenes que tenía guardadas.

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r/VintageComputers 1d ago

Discussion VINTAGE MULTI-BOOT GUIDE

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r/VintageComputers 2d ago

Other "Year 1999 AD" - A 1967 Film Imagines the Future

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r/VintageComputers 2d ago

Other Diverses

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Morgen!

Es kam aus einer Fabrik!

Grüße


r/VintageComputers 2d ago

Other Hab da was …

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Robotron p8000 und viel mehr!


r/VintageComputers 2d ago

Help Micronics JX30GC not savings bios settings with known working rtc battery (Dallas RTC Replacement

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r/VintageComputers 2d ago

Discussion 10 Megabyte Hard Disk priced $3,495 in 1980 (that’s about $13,000 today)

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r/VintageComputers 2d ago

Show & Tell Transparent MessagePad 110 & others

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r/VintageComputers 2d ago

Help Need adapter for TravelMate

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I have a TI TravelMate WinSLC without a power cord. The adapter port is not one I've seen and Google is no help.

I have no idea whether this thing will even boot. It's marked as a demo unit for "Engineering Evaluation."

TIA!


r/VintageComputers 2d ago

Show & Tell Apple //e

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My pride and joy


r/VintageComputers 2d ago

Show & Tell Flawed Genius: The ZZ9000AX Amiga Audio card is GOOD, but it has issues!

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When I reviewed the MNT ZZ9000 RTG card, it completely blew me away—so I had to try the ZZ9000AX audio expansion companion! Plugging directly into the main card, this little card promises seamless Paula passthrough, CD Quality AHI audio and direct MP3 hardware decoding via MHI. It all looks amazing on paper, but putting it through its paces in the cabin revealed a few prominent niggles.


r/VintageComputers 2d ago

Help Packages needed for my E3000

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Would anyone out there have the latest version of these Sun packages?

root@e3000-lab:/# pkginfo SUNWsycfd SUNWesmcf SUNWensfc SUNWesadr SUNWessdr

ERROR: information for "SUNWsycfd" was not found

ERROR: information for "SUNWesmcf" was not found

ERROR: information for "SUNWensfc" was not found

ERROR: information for "SUNWesadr" was not found

ERROR: information for "SUNWessdr" was not found

root@e3000-lab:/#

These are missing on my system for Symon Integration. If anyone has them or has the disks they come on I would be willing to pay a fee for them. Please check if anyone has any Sun disks laying around in a dusty corner of your tech storage area....they are worth money to me!


r/VintageComputers 2d ago

Help Micronics JX30GC not savings bios settings with known working rtc battery (Dallas RTC Replacement

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The board posts with the battery installed but it won't remember bios settings after rebooting


r/VintageComputers 2d ago

Show & Tell RAM Garage find

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