The Retrocomputing Thread

[Dr. Kraus]

At first I wasn't to sure weather it was a newer iMac or Classic so I went with the topic of Classic srry bout tat

[Krizonar]

The Hardrive inside my SE died today.


Yeah

[stewartsage]

I feel your pain :/

[Red-Machine]

Oh noes!  The CD drive in my iBook died when I tried to upgrade it's hard drive over the weekend.

[Bella]

Sorry man. D: Hardware failures on old computers are the worse. ><

Also, dis:

[Krizonar]

I'll fix it somehow.

I'm also watching this awesome imacg4 on eBay.

[VonDaab]

I visited today the Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, and saw these lil fellows.

[stewartsage]

BBC MICRO YAY

[Paul]

The only computer I have that would classify as retro is an Apple Performa 475 running System 6.
Unfortunately the disk refuses to spin up 75% of the time and a replacement is nowhere to be found :/

Picture:

[Krizonar]

If kept in a very warm environment, that chance (of starting) will increase. Sonetimes the gears that spin those old drives get a little cold if left off for a while. It's a sign of age. Excersise it at least once a day and keep it warm. If all else fails, you can tilt it a bit and it should start.

If that fails... Well... Duck it.

[CanaryTan]

The oldest computer we have in the house atm is windows 98SE. :3

[Bella]

I have a working 98SE box... well, Panasonic Toughbook. I <3 that computer, it's so nice for a machine of its age~

[Red-Machine]

I beat all of you.  The oldest machine I have is a Dragon 32 from 1982.

[stewartsage]

Mine's a 1980 Apple ][+

[Bella]

I beat most of you, mine are circa-1981 Commodore VIC-20s, both of whom work fine.

BUT. If you count the date the Japanese VIC-20 model (the VIC-1001) was released, then it's 1980... meaning I'm tied with Stew. V>O<V