oldhardware photos on Flickr

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Made on a old light switchplate with found materials and images now on Etsy Moonwild

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Shooting some old school (and expired) film. Picked up this old EOS 630 off of Craigslist. That's an all metal Mk.I 50mm f/1.8 on there. Don't worry, I haven't switched sides...I'm still shooting Sony/Minolta digital!

DIY light box with three daylight fluorescent lamps.

Hewlett Packard 21 by Herb G.

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They don't make them like this anymore. I hooked up a set of batteries and it works. Does anyone still use calculators like these?

fujitsu 80 gb HD years 2006 by Fatih Oktay

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Old Computer Parts by atgeek

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A variety of old computer parts.

Heathkit IMPScope EV-3 by Bert JW Regeer

Peachtree Software PeachText 5000 by Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious

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Office productivity software from 1983.

I only have install disks 2-6 -- disk 1 is missing.

CD-ROM vs 8 inch floppy inside by Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious

Heathkit IMPScope EV-3 by Bert JW Regeer

TRS-80 Certified Diskette 8 inch floppy by Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious

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Heathkit IMPScope EV-3 by Bert JW Regeer

Floppy Disk Mailer by Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious

Stiff cardboard mailer for 5 1/4" floppies.

Heathkit IMPScope EV-3 by Bert JW Regeer

Inside of 8 inch floppy and 5 1/4 inch floppy by Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious

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Soft sector 8 inch floppy and hard sector 5 1/4 inch floppy. Bonus points for anyone who can explain how I know.

Borland Turbo Pascal by Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious

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Copyright 1983. 4585 Scotts Valley Drive, Scotts Valley, California 95066. Turbo Pascal was sold through direct mail for $49.95 with no copy protection and their famous "book license" when everyone else charged $200 to $400, and Borland completely transformed the compiler market by making it readily available to jobless high school hobbyists like me.

Seagate is located at this address now after built a bajillion dollar campus on the other side of Highway 17, which is now occupied by a fitness center and is currently under renovation for some UCSC administrative offices.

Heathkit IMPScope EV-3 by Bert JW Regeer

Statue of Alan Turing by Dylan Beattie

Stephen Kettle's slate statue commemorating Alan Turing at the National Museum of Computing, Bletchley Park

Fun graphics on Xerox 8 inch floppies by Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious

Heathkit IMPScope EV-3 by Bert JW Regeer

Old Barn by John Barbiaux

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

Heathkit IMPScope EV-3 by Bert JW Regeer

Fun graphics on Xerox 8 inch floppies by Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious

Heathkit IMPScope EV-3 by Bert JW Regeer

8+ hours to format a drive by mark hoekstra

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...I should learn to read before I type 'yes' I guess...

I already typed 'yes' when I read 'certain drives of over 18GB capacity are projected to require 8 hours'

I've got a 74GB drive connected... hmmmzzz... old hardware ain't always fun ;-)

Book: Perfect Pascal Programs by Richard Masoner / Cyclelicious

From Washington Apple Pi users group. Book on using UCSC p-System Pascal for Apple II. Intro discusses p-code generated by Pascal compiler used on Apple II computers at the time. p-code is an intermediate code that requires an interpreter to run.

Heathkit IMPScope EV-3 by Bert JW Regeer