I printed a new bottom shell for my SNES. Early models seem fairly prone to plastic degradation, especially the bottom half of the enclosure. It can become so brittle that even manipulating the screws causes breakage. I think I did a pretty good job color matching with airbrushing. #3dprinting

I've been teaching myself CAD lately, so I designed and 3D printed a proper enclosure for my Greaseweazle floppy disk archiving setup! #retrocomputing

The most peculiar thing about it to me is how the internal CRT is connected to the video card - the CRT has a DB-9 connector that runs through the case and out through a hole on the side, connecting to the video card output. The mono/RGB switch also has leads hackily soldered to the motherboard!

This luggable XT clone is a restoration project I've been working on. Still needs some retrobriting as the top of the case is heavily yellowed. My best guess is that this is DTK branded based on the BIOS & RTC card, but it lacks any brand markings on the case at all. #retrocomputer #retrocomputing

'Reverse Screen' by Darin Adler from 1986 is an early example of what we call 'dark mode' today, inverting the entire screen - even the mouse. It really takes the eye strain out of working with a compact Mac in the dark! #retrocomputing #VintageApple

A few months later, the original owner purchased a 20 megabyte hard drive for a total of $745.22, or approximately $2,120 USD accounting for inflation. Despite the reputation of Hardcards as unreliable, this one is still working to this day.

While I'm not the original owner of my Compaq Portable, I do happen to have the original invoices. It was purchased from ComputerLand in 1986, an Illinois computer retailer franchise, for use in a grocery store's back office. Adjusted for inflation, it cost approximately $5,600! #retrocomputing

Shout-out to James B. Penny, P. L. Roddy, and G L Brasher for the work here! 42 years later...

Since the demo program was written in BASIC, the source code is readable... and at first glance, it's really quite scary to look at, especially with only 80 columns. The 'DRAW' function is pretty versatile.

I took inspiration from the demo program included with Compaq MS-DOS version 2.12! The intro sequence for this program is just delightful. I love the attention to detail with the laser 'sparking' whenever it starts drawing a new letter. #retrocomputing

Hello, world! Not very used to posting on platforms like this, but I thought it would be nice to document interesting things that I find or little projects that I'm working on.

Here's a 'Hello World' program I wrote to help familiarize myself with Turbo Pascal, running on my Compaq Portable!