#vintagehardware — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #vintagehardware, aggregated by home.social.
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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/ -
Pour fêter l'histoire de la micro-informatique européenne,
Voici un petit hommage au Philips VG5000µ de 1984.Construit au Mans, équipé du Zilog Z80A à 4 MHz et du fameux chip graphique EF9345. C’était une machine taillée pour la crise . Elle exigeait d'acheter l'extension VG5216 juste pour pouvoir brancher des manettes... Le véritable esprit DIY des années 80 ! 🐘⚙️
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#RetroComputing #Minitel #VG5000 #OpenTech #VintageHardware #HistoryOfTech
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Games That Weren’t: Two Long Lost Commodore PET Adventures Recovered After 45 Years. “The original Commodore PET editions of Brian Cotton’s Catacombs and Goblin Towers, published by Supersoft back in 1981, have been recovered after being considered lost for around 45 years thanks to Marcel Lansing.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/07/08/games-that-werent-two-long-lost-commodore-pet-adventures-recovered-after-45-years/ -
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/ -
The Commodore 1570: A Unique Stopgap Disk Drive for the C128
#Commodore #Commodore1570 #RetroComputing #C128 #FloppyDrive #VintageHardware #CommodoreHistory #TechExploration
https://theoasisbbs.com/the-commodore-1570-a-unique-stopgap-disk-drive-for-the-c128/?feed_id=1963&_unique_id=67c70850a2068