New Short: visited the Centre for Computing History in Cambridge, saw the Amstrad Mega PC (playing Mega Drive games on PC hardware) and an Acorn Archimedes running. Also picked up a BBC Micro disc drive and a dual Pentium III motherboard at the Bring & Buy. https://youtube.com/shorts/tV0DkHqRK0A #RetroComputing #Cambridge #RetroTech #VintagePC
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I hope your family doesn’t have more than 5 people! 🤣 (Windows XP setup)
#RetroTech #WindowsXP #DigitalNostalgia #OldSchoolTech #TechThrowback #2000xTech
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The display in my BlackBerry Bold 9700 finally broke. I "inherited" this thing from a company I left in 2011. I still semi-regularly use it tho', as it houses my Hungarian SIM card - a country I left in 2013. Someone smart would have taken the opportunity to finally upgrade the phone. I'm not smart, so I decided it is a good investment of time and money to try to repair it. One failed attempt later (junk evilBay part was junk), the second take worked!
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Commodore Callback 8020 Challenges Minimalist Rivals as Shipping Nears
#Commodore #Callback8020 #CommodoreCallback #RetroTech #FlipPhone #SailfishOS #DigitalMinimalism #RetroComputing
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Following on from my old “how long have you been using computers” polls from a long time ago, here’s one I’ve wanted to ask for a while.
How did you first get online?
Not the first time you used a computer but rather first time you were actually connected to something outside your own machine. A BBS counts. AOL counts. The school library counts. Your mate’s dad’s work account that you definitely weren’t supposed to be using counts as well.
If AOL or CompuServe was just how you got on the web, pick dial-up. If it was at school, uni or work, pick that one.
For me it was Optus ADSL on the family XP machine. I don’t remember any modem screech so I’m firmly in the broadband kid camp, but the internet still dropped every time someone had to use the home phone because the phone had to be plugged into the same wall socket as the modem router.
Last time round the results skewed heavily towards people who started in the 80s which makes sense on a retro instance, so I’m curious how this one splits. I’m expecting a lot of BBS and CompuServe answers.
Tell me the details in the replies!
#Poll #Polls #RetroComputing #RetroTech #OldTech #VintageComputing #ComputerHistory #InternetHistory #Internet #BBS #DialUp #ADSL #Modem #Nostalgia #Fediverse
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I Go to Olympics of 4KB Coding. - Kai Lentit
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