#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/ -
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/ -
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/ -
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/ -
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/ -
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/ -
TechCrunch: Users turn to jailbreaking their older Kindles as Amazon ends support. “Many people are jailbreaking their Kindles following the news that Amazon is ending technical support for older models…. The move means users will only be able to use their devices to read content that’s already downloaded. So, naturally, people are jailbreaking them.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/18/techcrunch-users-turn-to-jailbreaking-their-older-kindles-as-amazon-ends-support/ -
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 -
Repairing a Commodore 1541 Floppy Drive on Adrian's Digital Basement
#Commodore64 #C64 #Commodore1541 #C1541 #RetroComputing #VintageHardware #AdriansDigitalBasement #FloppyDriveRepair
https://theoasisbbs.com/repairing-a-commodore-1541-floppy-drive-on-adrians-digital-basement/?feed_id=1285&_unique_id=6790fb15073bc
