Recent content by seaken

I think the term "Vintage" gets misused a lot, in the same way as "Antique" gets misused. Vintage is really more about representing an era that has passed but can be remembered for it's unique contribution to what came next. In the case of computers I always thought of Vintage Computing as "Big...

Ahh, this is an easy one! The WOW! computer, of course! :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

Yes, I have made boxes out of wood. But if you have a couple of Wine stores near you can ask for some old wooden wine boxes. They work great for disks and CDs. Not sure about 8" disks. They may be a little short for those. Seaken P.S. I also have a few desk drawers that I have used for...

@doshea said: "pfs:First Choice was pretty basic, but I think it fit the whole suite on a 360KB floppy. I don't recall what support it had for other file formats though." Yes, it was pretty basic and small. But it did require two disks for the full suite if you had a 360k or 720k setup. It...

What does everyone think about local apps on your phone for selling? Like Offerup or Letgo? Seaken

I had a few pens like that back in the day but nothing branded with a company logo. I used to work for a local printer and we sold merchandise that were like those pens. Companies would order a bunch of items with the logo and pass them out as gifts. Never thought to look for such pens when I go...

Hello @MCollins , From the 70s - Commodore PET Because it was the first computer I actually got my hands on, in ninth grade. I would follow Commodores in the stores for years after hoping to be able to buy one. I never did gather up the money to buy one. From the 80s - Two computers, the...

Hi @igh , welcome to the forum. Sorry, no pens.

Nice 5150. Is that a standup desk?

Yes, A4 was a great tool. I still use Alpha Five (It's Windows cousin) to this day on Windows 11. I once used Alpha Four on my old 386sx to convert my bosses data set that was on a proprietary UNIX system that was running his whole small job print shop. He was ecstatic to get it out of the UNIX...

Cool machine! Reminds me of my first PC purchase, my Tandy 1400FD. Yes, I would plan on disassembling the machine and the disk drive and work on it on the bench. After disassembling the disk drive you can give it a good cleaning and lubrication. Then try the eject button while on the bench to...

Welcome to the forum! Yes, there are a lot of us who still use CRT's every day and play around with all sorts of old stuff. A modern computer store will not usually have anyone who appreciates this old stuff. Sometimes, but not usually. Try to seek out your Gateway monitor in an area where you...

I remember I resisted moving on from my PC and the text user interface. I knew compatibility with more advanced office software was going to be a problem eventually. Everyone was moving on to GUI Suites or at least Word and WP. But I stayed with WordStar for a long time and then I used PFS...

Welcome to the Forum @MCollins . That's a nice looking PCjr setup. I do not have a PCjr but I do have a Tandy 1000HD which was designed to be a PCjr compatible. I would like to have several of the systems on your list also. But I will probably never get my most desirable, the Commodore PET with...

Hi Jan, welcome to the Forum. I think I would start by reading everything at the minuszerodegrees.net site linked by @meuer26 . I do not have a 5150 but I recently picked up a 5160 and it is in working condition. I also have a 5162 that was working but is now sick. I will be interested to follow...