#vintagehardware — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #vintagehardware, aggregated by home.social.
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Hackaday: How Gold Plastic Syndrome Is Killing Toys And Game Consoles. “In a recent video [Sqwerks] does a deep-dive into the problem of disintegrating plastic enclosures of Nintendo DS consoles. These original NDS handheld consoles have a metallic-like coating that appears to interact with the ABS plastic, causing yellowing as well as extreme brittleness and correspondingly broken hinges. […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/09/06/hackaday-how-gold-plastic-syndrome-is-killing-toys-and-game-consoles/ -
ZDNet: How I turned my ancient Windows PC into a Chromebook for free – with FydeOS. “FydeOS is a Linux-based OS that looks and feels just like ChromeOS, down to the Material Me design. It includes background updates (so you don’t have to worry about remembering to update), seamlessly supports web, Android, and Linux apps, boots in 8 seconds, uses read-only access and ‘virus armour’ for hardened […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/28/zdnet-how-i-turned-my-ancient-windows-pc-into-a-chromebook-for-free-with-fydeos/ -
Associated Press: As AI grips world, the thrill of collecting vintage computers is growing. “While Silicon Valley has since moved on to shaping the future of artificial intelligence, these hardware enthusiasts are intent on saving the Atari, Commodore and IBM machines that are ancestors to today’s laptops, wearable devices and smart phones. Where others see junk, people like [Josh] Dersch see […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/08/10/associated-press-as-ai-grips-world-the-thrill-of-collecting-vintage-computers-is-growing/ -
Restoring Three Amiga 3000s – A Deep Dive with Chris Edwards
#Amiga3000 #RetroComputing #ChrisEdwardsRestoration #VintageHardware #AmigaRestoration #RetroTech #ClassicComputers #TechRepair #AmigaForever
https://theoasisbbs.com/restoring-three-amiga-3000s-a-deep-dive-with-chris-edwards/?feed_id=2215&_unique_id=67d42a360265e -
Restoring Three Amiga 3000s – A Deep Dive with Chris Edwards
#Amiga3000 #RetroComputing #ChrisEdwardsRestoration #VintageHardware #AmigaRestoration #RetroTech #ClassicComputers #TechRepair #AmigaForever
https://theoasisbbs.com/restoring-three-amiga-3000s-a-deep-dive-with-chris-edwards/?feed_id=2215&_unique_id=67d42a360265e -
Switching Between Floppy and Gotek Drives: Ms Mad Lemon’s Amiga 1200 Tower Build
#Amiga1200 #RetroComputing #GotekDrive #FloppyDrive #VintageHardware #MsMadLemon
https://theoasisbbs.com/switching-between-floppy-and-gotek-drives-ms-mad-lemons-amiga-1200-tower-build/?feed_id=1827&_unique_id=67bdcec7e66ea
