This Old Computer
thisoldcomputer.bsky.social
This Old Computer
@thisoldcomputer.bsky.social
Long-time retro/vintage computer nerd. 1990s UNIX machines and anything else I like.
Content is my own unless otherwise credited.
Apparently, February 2023. Was testing the McIDE MicroChannel to IDE adapter with a CF card on this PS/2 Model 70.
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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September 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
bsky.app/profile/laug... relevant to @foundfootagefest.com ‘s interests. Plum simply awesome sticks.
July 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Even back in the day we knew better than to leave VNC wide open. Let alone on what looks like a water treatment system with some mildly spicy chemicals.
June 29, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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March 31, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Just looking back at some previous photos and thinking I should fire up my NeXT Cube. #nextcomputer #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputing #retrocomputer #itsaunixmachine
March 11, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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This is fantastic and very much worth your time: Marcin Wichary’s deep dive into a staunchly utilitarian font called Gorton, which you see almost everywhere in American cities, especially NYC. “Gorton is everywhere in Manhattan.” [aresluna.org]
The hardest working font in Manhattan
A story of a 150-year-old font you have never heard of – and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org
March 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Reminded today of this amazingly weird art in the Kaypro II owner’s manual.

#vintagecomputer #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #kaypro #8bit #1980s #80sdesign
March 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
My first "real" computer was a Tandy 1000SX, bought in November 1986. I was 9 at the time. My dad paid the princely sum of $1400 for it, after employee discount. 4 years later, we made the jump to 640kB of memory and a 20MB hard drive. And here are the receipts I've kept all this time.
February 12, 2025 at 2:08 AM
More on-topic for vintage computing: this past year I rebuilt the computer room racks to put them in a much more serviceable position, upgraded the UPSes, and rebuilt this 1980s power controller into an input power selector with new surge suppression guts. #electronics #datacenter #vintagecomputers
January 21, 2025 at 12:15 AM
I hadn't posted to my IG for quite a while (VCF East 2024 was... April?) but let's pick up where I left off: the early 90s Ukrainian/Soviet wall clock finally got mod'ed to run on its own power (mostly).

#vintageelectronics #sovietaesthetic #electronics #electronicrepair #vintagecomputers
January 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM