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HP 29C in front of MacBooc Pro

NCR Tower 32-650 system - Freaknet Museum - museum.dyne.org/

A Friden Flexowriter I recently picked up for $50. I indent to restore it.

This was, surprisingly, seems to be a II Plus rather than a Europlus. Previous I'd only seen the Europlus over here, so naturally I grabbed it.

Portable PC???

30 pounds = 13.6 kilograms

 

Year: 1984

CPU: intel 8088 4Mhz.

RAM: 256Kb

 

One of the first touchscreen smartphones. Released in the 2000 the Visorphone springboard module turned the Handspring Visorphone Deluxe PDA into a triband GSM smartphone. I used this for several years in the early 2000s.

 

I love these late 70´s early 80´s computer manuals

Look so good today!

 

Exploring Logo - Without Computer

Beyond Turtle graphics - Furter Explorations of Logo.

 

Here's the left half of the keyboard. Notice that some of the keys are starting to crack, probably from age. They are all intact and functional, however.

 

It also needs a really good cleaning.

One of the first touchscreen smartphones. Released in the 2000 the Visorphone springboard module turned the Handspring Visorphone Deluxe PDA into a triband GSM smartphone. I used this for several years in the early 2000s.

presentazione dell'Osborne 4 e dell'Osborne 1 - Foto di Vittorio Giordano - www.cameraconvista.org

The MessagePad was the first series of personal digital assistant devices developed by Apple Computer (now Apple Inc.) for the Newton platform in 1993. Some electronic engineering and the manufacture of Apple's MessagePad devices was done in Japan by the Sharp Corporation. The devices were based on the ARM 610 RISC processor and all featured handwriting recognition software and were developed and marketed by Apple. The devices ran the Newton OS.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MessagePad

 

Retrocomputing (a portmanteau of retro and computing) is the use of early computer hardware and software today. Retrocomputing is usually classed as a hobby and recreation rather than a practical application of technology; enthusiasts often collect rare and valuable hardware and software for sentimental reasons. However some do make use of it.[1] Retrocomputing often gets its start when a computer user realizes that expensive fantasy systems like IBM Mainframes, DEC Superminis, SGI workstations and Cray Supercomputers have become affordable on the used computer market, usually in a relatively short time after the computers' era of use.

 

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrocomputing

  

Con il termine retrocomputing si indica una attività di "archeologia informatica" che consiste nel reperire, specialmente a costi minimi, computer di vecchie generazioni, che hanno rappresentato fasi importanti dell'evoluzione tecnologica, ripararli se sono danneggiati, metterli nuovamente in funzione e preservarli.

 

it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retrocomputing

Screenshots from Wizball, running on a real Commodore 64 and a real TV. Written by Sensible Software and originally published by Ocean in 1987. It featured a notable soundtrack from Martin Galway. These shots are from The Hit Squad version of the game, Ocean's budget re-release label.

This advert for Martech Games was printed in Personal Computer News Issue 30 in 1983. Headline game is Harrier Attack on the Oric-1 and ZX Spectrum. Also listed are Starfighter (Oric-1), Blastermind (ZX Spectrum) and The Quest of Merravid (VIC-20 and CBM-64). Some of these games, such as Harrier Attack, were actually written (and published) by Durell Software. I assume there was some sort of publishing agreement between the two.

Vintage Computer Festival East, May 19 2018, Wall, New Jersey

Tra pochi giorni verrà inaugurata a Cosenza la nuova sede dell'associazione di Trashware e Retrocomputing "VerdeBinario"

Questo è il mio piccolo contributo alla causa.

Grazie ad Emiliano per la collaborazione..

e per i due floppy gialli!

 

ATTENZIONE: Nessun Floppy è stato maltrattato per la realizzazione di quest'opera!

Always keep your toothbrush nearby!

Vintage Computer Festival East, May 19 2018, Wall, New Jersey

NCR Tower 32-650 system - Freaknet Museum - museum.dyne.org/

It's a complex beast. Thankfully I have the full technical schematics and service manuals.

NASA Computers at work during the 1950s.

The venerable BBC Master Series computer fitted with a GoMMC unit. This stores massive amounts of software on an MMC card and then makes it available to the Beeb as a filing system.

presentazione dell'Osborne 4 (a sinistra) e dell'Osborne 1 (a destra) - Foto di Vittorio Giordano - www.cameraconvista.org

NASA Computers at work during the 1950s.

Apple II Convention, Bribie Island Queensland

LCD watch soldering project

The UNIX Hater's Club: Symbolics Machines - Ian, Tom, and Josh's VCF PNW booth

My computer is bipolar and its diodes hurt. www.spielepower.de

living history

Olivetti Programma 101 and P203

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