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2 months

Last year I recreated my first childhood PC - an Intel 386DX-25. 😍 I've finally sourced new HDD, Turbo and Power LEDs which had blown in the case, looking forward to putting the finishing touches to it.

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4 months

Linux for PlayStation 2, or PS2 Linux [2002]

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7 months

25x Cd-r spindle is the perfect eco-friendly reusable bagel holder, 50x for two and 100x if you're extra hungry, or want to add some doughnuts.

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Cray-1 Supercomputer [1975] - 80Mhz 64Bit CPU - 8.39 MB RAM - 303 MB Storage - 160 MFLOPS

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Fruityloops 1.0 (1998)

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Windows 95 Plus! Theme - Mystery

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8 months

Windows 95 Plus! Theme - Space

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7 months

"The Mic"

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7 months

December 2003's hardest decision! 🤔

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5 months

mIRC [Initially released in 1995]

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8 months

Defrag........

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2 months

When I was a kid, this watch gave you super powers!

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9 months

It's now safe to turn off your computer. 😴🛌💤💤🥱

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7 months

Windows 95 Plus! Theme - Underwater

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27 days

Remember LogoManager for Nokia Phones? I randomly found my Nokia 3210 data cable today!

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2 months

I've done 20 years on @Steam , 20 years! I still get asked for my age: 1) How the heck don't they know I'm over 18, I've selected it about 3,000 times. 2) If I've been a user for 20+ years, can they not do simple mathematics? 🤣🤣🤣

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6 months

Let's go back in time, 25 years ago to 1999; what was your daily driver Operating System?

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5 months

Microsoft Windows Install CD's/DVD's for workstations over the past 30 years. Will 11 be the last one on physical media?

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7 months

Want to hear old HDD sounds on your modern near silent computer, check this out: DiskClick! Link:

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Sim City 2000 Big Box (MS-DOS 3.5" floppy version) [1993]

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9 months

Windows 95 Plus! Theme - Dangerous Creatures

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7 months

Adobe Photoshop was released 34 years ago today on February 19, 1990. Which version did you start on?

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Quake [June 22, 1996]

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MS Windows Setup Screens

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8 months

Microsoft Golf (1.0 - 1993) installs fully and works perfectly with sound in Windows 11.

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3 months

Have an amazing weekend everyone, I'm kicking mine off with a bit of 3DFX powered gaming. Unreal (1998)

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10 year old me could have only dreamed of owning a Big Box copy of this masterpiece. 😍💾💾💾💾 Flashback (1992)

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5 months

Weezer - Buddy Holly Included on the Windows 95 CD: Probably the first music video ever watched on a computer for many people!

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9 months

Windows 98 Plus! Theme - Inside your Computer:

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9 months

"Start Wandows Ngrmadly"

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6 months

One of my all time favourite simulation games, Theme Hospital was released 27 years ago today (yes, 27 years ago!), on 28th March 1997. Who's a fan?

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3 months

Stunt Car Racer (1990) (MS-DOS)

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5 months

It's Friday night and Fun shall commence in my CRT Corner! Have a great weekend peeps!

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1 year

Stunt Car Racer (1990) for MS-DOS, on 286 Harris 16bit CPU with 1MB 0ws DRAM. I've still got it - 33 years later! 👍

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3 months

Which 1999 OS should I try on my Pentium II?

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5 months

Safety First, now for the drive home!

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3 months

This Pentium II 350Mhz machine will be my Voodoo 3 3000 test rig, it's from exactly the right period - 1999.

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5 months

It's 1996, you just built or bought yourself an AMD K5 133Mhz or an Intel Pentium 166Mhz Rig. What OS are you installing?

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5 months

Trillian Messenger [2000]

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1 month

The Ethereal Beauty of CGA 😍

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5 months

ICQ

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11 months

A real emotional moment, please give me a minute...... 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹

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5 months

Windows Entertainment Pack [1990 - 1992]

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4 months

For anyone interested, this is what the full Linux for Playstation 2 kit looked like, this is a press photo from the time:

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5 months

I've probably installed Windows 98SE a thousand times, but it's my kind of entertainment!

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4 months

Windows XP [2001]

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7 months

Just wow, what an absolutely amazing result! 👍

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7 months

My first ever Retrobrighting experiment, this is a '93/'94 DEC Digital PS/2 PC mouse, I don't have time to wash it today, but I'm really happy with the result! 👍

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1 month

The essential 1980's kid accessory: the sound effect keychain.🤘

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7 months

What was your favourite game based on the Quake III engine (other than Quake III itself)?

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8 months

We Were Livin'!

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9 months

Created one for my garage:

Lord Arse! 🕹️

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4 months

We need to go back to when laptops were like this:

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6 months

Mac OS 9 [1999]

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@Gammitin

8 months

Where are my people at? /msg [bot-name] xdcc send pack-number

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8 months

Happy Friday Retro Computing and Gaming Friends! Whatever you're doing this weekend have fun and most importantly, #KeepItRetro 💾 💿📀🖥️ 💻 🎮🖱️🖲️⌨️🕹️

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5 months

So I got a thing for £10.50. Will it arrive in one piece and will it work? 🤔

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1 month

Be, Inc. - BeBox (1995) 😍

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3 months

I like my laptops THICC!

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2 months

Windows 1.0 - 4x 5.25" 💾 Windows 2.0 - 4x 5.25" 💾 Windows NT - 7x 3.5" 💾 Windows 3.** - 8x 3.5" 💾 Windows 95 - 27 to 30x 3.5" 💾 Windows 98 - 39x 3.5" 💾

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8 months

Macromedia Dreamweaver 1.2 (1998)

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8 months

OpenGL Quake II running on Windows 98SE at 1400x1050 >54FPS, music is perfect and everything is flawless. I'm going to do a driver pack and share it with anyone interested in playing.

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It's time to upgrade the RAM in my childhood (rebuilt) 386DX dream machine from 4MB to 8MB (I could have only dreamed when I was a kid)!

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4 months

Microsoft Plus! [1995 to 2004]

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3 months

I feel like making an old html website, accessible by retro computers with useful files and info, I'm thinking I'll use Macromedia Dreamweaver 3, like back in my old webdev days....

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8 months

It's all happening....

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1 year

My Dell Latitude D610 has arrived, not only does it have a dedicated X300 GPU, it also has a high-resolution SXGA+ - 1400x1050 screen! Yasssss

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4 months

ICQ will stop working from June 26

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5 months

I have a new retro computer to check out; I'm happy to report that the packaging was VERY good and has sustained no damage at all. 🍏 Apple Power Macintosh G4 400 (AGP)🍏

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3 months

On this day, 26 years ago (June 25, 1998) Microsoft Windows 98 was released generally to retail. It's probably my all time favourite MS OS, I have so many good memories from that era: Winamp, mp3's, DVD playback, P2P, classic games, 1st Broadband experience, Eax, SB Live! ☺️

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9 months

I have bought 5x Iomega ZIP100 drives in 2023, none of them have worked! I've taken a gamble on number six, these things have not stood the test of time, so fingers crossed for this one! 🤞

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2 months

Remember to Defrag your C: drive! 👍

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2 months

Feels good to crack open a fresh, sealed box of floppy disks in 2024, especially snazzy ones!

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6 months

The Secret of Money Island running on the new Book8088 V2, VGA and Adlib mode:

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3 months

Doing Windows updates in Windows 98SE makes me feel like I've time travelled back to when I ran a computer shop, back 25 years ago. My happy nostalgia place 😊

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5 months

One can dream! 😍

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7 months

Take me back!

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1 year

I'm really, really getting into OS/2 Warp 4, it blows me away that this gem was doing its thing alongside Windows 95, it's a bloody beautiful OS. What better OS to test and format a load of floppies, the built-in disk checker is great! 👍

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9 months

There's something very satisfying about doing Windows Updates in XP in 2023, well I think so anyway......

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2 years

Quake II as it was meant to be played: Win98 on a good Trinitron at 120Hz. Looks so damn good! #RETROGAMING

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4 months

AmigaOS 3.9 desktop [2001]

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4 months

Gorillas, or GORILLA.BAS (1990) Remember finding this treasure in MS-DOS 5.0?

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1 year

Installing Windows NT 4.0 Workstation on my Pentium II - Gateway Solo 2500 laptop, it has drivers available, so why not!?

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8 months

Napster launched in June 1999, forever changing the music industry and forcing change. Although it was by no means the first filesharing platform, specialising in MP3's it came at just the right time to shake everything up - at its peak it had 80 million active users!

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4 months

Voodoo 4 M4800! The world's first laptop with an internal 3dfx graphics card. Image source and link to the article:

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8 months

Sorry if everyone is bored of this, but I needed to do a fly-by on these pre-2000 laptops before tidying up for the night. Woooooooshhhhh.....

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5 months

Sun SPARCstation LX update: I have the internet working in Solaris 7 (SunOS 5.7). Obviously I had to load up the oldest website on the internet (it's been live since August 6, 1991), it predates this computer by just over a year. Buzzing! 👍🤓

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11 months

Don't judge me, I had to give it a try!

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5 months

Say a little prayer for my arms and my back!

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8 months

A family member dropped off a bunch of 'old computer crap' (their words), that they were throwing out. I think it was a retro score! 💾👍🤓

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11 months

My first ever PC from 30 years ago, I've rebuilt it in 2023, I'm forever chasing those nostalgia highs! CPU/FPU: Intel 386DX-25 / Intel 387-25 RAM: 4MB SOUND: Yamaha Audician 32 Plus VIDEO: Cirrus Logic CL-GD5428 STORAGE: 3.5" & 5.25" Floppies & 2x 512MB CF to IDE Final form:

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10 months

New computer for my collection: Acorn Archimedes A4000S (1992): 12Mhz ARM250TG CPU 2MB RAM 85 MB IDE HDD 3.5" Floppy RISC OS 3 *A thread with pictures, before I start cleaning it and getting it fully up and running, this thing is grubby, I can't wait to clean it 🪥🫧*

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9 months

Got a text from a random family member: "I'm chucking away an old computer, giving you first refusal as I know you like computers, not sure if it will be any use as it's old." _ It turned out to be a max spec'd HP ProDesk 400 G2.5 SFF i7-4790S 16GB RAM 500GB SSD + DVD-RW 😎😍

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7 months

This one is super hard, what is your all time favourite SCUMM game? For me it will always be The Secret of Monkey Island, with Fate of Atlantis being a very close 2nd!

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7 months

A game intro you can hear, even when it's silent!

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18 days

My youngest son saved all his birthday money to buy some PC parts, I showed how to do a little impromptu Ryzen PC build. All I keep hearing from his room is: "Woooooaaaahhhhh this is so good", "Wow it's so good" bless him! ☺️👍

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9 months

Unreal (1998) - PC Big Box [UK Variant]

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7 months

Windows 95 Startup Screen (logo.sys bitmap)

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4 months

The Whole Internet User's Guide and Catalo, published in September 1992. I first ventured onto the world wide web in 92' amazing times and memories, what an adventure!

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5 months

WiFi card with MS-DOS Packet drivers, yes please! 👍

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