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#retrocomputing

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Dr Johnny Blanchard

Second live auction box of the day, this time it’s from the other side of the UK 8-bit war, a Sinclair Spectrum, not just any Speccy though a toastrack - the short lived 128k update to the Speccy+ invented in Spain and reimported back to the UK just before Sinclair was sold to Amstrad. I might get a repo box so I can protect this original one #RetroComputing

A vintage ZX Spectrum 128 personal computer box is displayed, featuring a worn design with red and black colors. The box highlights "TWO NEW OCEAN GAMES FREE INSIDE" and includes the Sinclair logo.
A close-up view of a red box displaying the number "128" and a price tag reading "£179.99." The box appears slightly worn with some markings and damage.
An unboxed Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128K (Toastrack) computer, featuring a black keyboard and a colorful logo. Accompanying it are a power supply and cables, all displayed within protective styrofoam packaging.
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Jill Veldhuis 💾

I spent the entire day yesterday playing with old Linux distros again.

Where I started: Debian Slink running on 86Box.

What I tried: Debian Slink and Potato on QEMU.

What I discovered: QEMU was much faster for CPU tasks (like 10 times as fast), but oddly slow with disk access. I couldn't get sound to work and X would only run at low resolution. VNC worked fine though.

Where I ended up: Debian Potato running on 86Box.

Screenshot of an X desktop on Debian 2.2 (Potato). The mwm window manager is running, giving the windows a CDE-like appearance. There are shortcut icons on the desktop for the file manager, Netscape, xedit, xkill, and xterm. A terminal window is open showing an ASCII art rendition of Tux the Linux penguin and giving some basic info about the (virtual) machine.
#RetroComputing
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Stefano Marinelli

Straight outta 2006! Remember multiple expired antiviruses, obsessive defragging, and "experts" recommending Win9x on new hardware? I wrote about it back then. Here's the translated post for some tech nostalgia (or PTSD?).

my-notes.dragas.net/2023/09/07

my-notes.dragas.netComputer Scientists, the 'Computer Experts', and Those Who 'Know a Thing or Two' - Part 1: The Average Joe | MyNotes
More from Stefano Marinelli
#Tech#Windows#RetroComputing
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The Medley Interlisp Project

DLISP, developed at Xerox PARC in the second half of the 1970s, was the first client-server window system. A window server ran on Alto workstations connected via Ethernet to Interlisp running on the MAXC PDP-10 clone.

For details on the use and design of DLISP see:

mirrorservice.org/sites/www.bi

dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/965

#interlisp#lisp#retrocomputing
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David Nelson

Tonight I picked up an iMac G4 for $60! I always admired this design but never owned one.

This unit is the original 700MHz model with Combo drive. It powers on and everything seems to work.

The seller said it was in an abandoned storage unit that he purchased.

There’s next to no data on it but judging by Safari bookmarks the original owner was a fly fishing fan.

There’s a small iTunes library which I’ll back up before wiping it.

Image of an Apple iMac G4 computer with a flat screen and a rounded base, accompanied by two transparent speakers. The screen is turned off and there is an Apple logo on the front of the base. It is resting on a wooden table.
#VintageApple#VintageMac#VintageMacintosh
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