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    SGI Indigo2 Power Supply Repair Service

    I have a number of Indigo2 power supplies that need to be repaired. It's certain recapping is required, but some additional debugging may potentially be required. I have not had much luck finding a technician. Might someone here have pointers?
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    WANTED: Sharp PC-6220 286 laptop

    Looking for laptop, battery and charger at least. Other peripherals (num pad, dock, trackball) a plus. Thank you.
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    Linux on their 486 class machines.

    Here are some pics of Desqview/X and Puppy Linux running on the Gateway 486 I restored a couple of years ago: More on the story here: http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?44930-Restoring-a-Gateway-2000-4DX2-50-80486-Desktop-(Warning-Lots-of-images)
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    Apple IIgs woes - unreadable screen, snow

    I started up the IIgs after a few months and was greeted by this: I reseated the memory card, tried again, same result. Any idea what might be happening?
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    7 new systems; AT&T 6300, IBM Powerserver, Libretto, Tandy 1400LT & more

    Wanted to share some recent acquisitions. Pictures now, stories later.
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    Restoring a Gateway 2000 4DX2-50 80486 Desktop (Warning: Lots of images)

    Adventures in alternate OS installs on the Gateway continue... I was able to get RedHat 6.1 to boot and make it into the X-based setup program. Of course, the 1GB drive has just about 120MB left, so I didn't actually go through with the install. That said, at least I've gotten farther with this...
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    A Commodore PET Smartphone?

    http://www.wired.com/2015/07/commodore-smartphone/?mbid=social_twitter The Commodore PET is now an Android smartphone running an emulator. A nod to the name, but a bit of a travesty, really, for vintage buffs.
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    What 70 years of computing sounds like

    Great article with some interesting Soundcloud clips! http://motherboard.vice.com/read/this-is-what-70-years-of-computing-sounds-like
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    Sirius: A tri-processor 8051 handheld computer

    Some additional pictures: The early proto of the dev board - note the keyboard built from scratch from an array of push switches.
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    Picked up a new PCjr in good condition, except that it doesn't boot!

    Got lucky today and found a PCjr still in the original box, with the diskette drive safety card insert still present! The pics will do most of the talking, but I got the IR keyboard, two joysticks, power adaptor and the PCjr system unit itself. No sidecars or other expansions, however. Without...
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    Sirius: A tri-processor 8051 handheld computer

    An interesting project most may not have heard of previously. Demo shows: Battery powered Sirius handheld system based on a tri-processor 8051 design AlephOS Operating System Authentication Forms-based UX library SD Card support/FAT filesystem Bitmapped graphics Multilingual support...
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    WTB NeXT non-ADB sound box, Y cable, HDD and V74 ROM

    Need these items for a NeXTstation Turbo Color. Would you please PM me if you have these items and would like to sell. 1. NeXT non-ADB sound box 2. Y cable 3. HDD - atleast 2GB, ideally with NextStep 3.3 and apps loaded 4. V74 ROM
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    Restoring a Gateway 2000 4DX2-50 80486 Desktop (Warning: Lots of images)

    I wanted to try Linux on the Gateway to see how usable it would be. I didn't want to mess with the HDD which has a single dos partition, so I burned a puppy "wary" live cd and tried to boot. The system now has an IDE CD-ROM. Problems with the Sony CDU-33 have been covered in previous pages so...
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