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  • 8100, part three

    8100, part three

    Some of the parts I ordered for the 8100 came in today, so it was time to take the machine apart… To get to this part requires some careful fiddling…

  • 8100, part two

    Signs you may be taking this whole retro computer thing too seriously: you have a guy in Ohio hand-making custom high-speed VRAM for a very unique PDS video card that…

  • 1995

    1995

    Back in early 1995 my living room / computer lab looked a bit like this: In the above photo you can see my IBM Model 330-P75 on the left, which…

  • OS v.old

    OS v.old

    Welp, today Microsoft announced that Windows Server 2012 and 2012 r2 will be EoS (End of Support) on October 10th. These EoS announcements always make me feel my age, because…

  • HVAC

    HVAC

    Like the t-shirt says: “That’s what I do: I fix stuff and I know things”… My time in the USN was on a submarine, and on a submarine you’re expected…

  • The good old days…

    The good old days…

    … of 2020. I decided to get out of the house for a bit and get some fast food for lunch / dinner, and the place of choice was Taco…