Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 12/10/2026Upgraded the workbench with some new (to me) test equipment!!! #workbench #electronicsrepair #crt 020 2
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 10/10/2026Big Blue lives again!!!! The IBM 3151 Terminal is up a running and connected to my raspberry pi. Pictures don’t do it justice. That green glow is pure magic. #vintagecomputer #crt #terminal #retrogaming #chicagolandretrotech 060 6
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 05/10/2026🕹️ Shadow Dancer 🎮 Sega System 18 (via MiSTer) 📺 🟥🟩🟦 Commodore 1084 #️⃣ #ScanlineSunday #retrogames 091 9
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 24/09/2026🕹️ 1944 The Loop Master 🎮 Capcom CPS-2 (via MiSTer) 📺 🟥🟩🟦 Commodore 1084s #️⃣ #retrogaming #videogames #shmup #crt Really enjoying MisterZine as a front end for choosing games to play! If you need me, I’ll be in the arcade… 060 6
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Still on the Heathkit today… cleaning and testing some VERY tarnished chips! So far, they all cleaned up and tested good 😊. I ordered the missing RAM, it will take a while to get here, so I’m in wait mode. #vintagecomputer #chicagolandretrotech #vintageelectronics #heathkit 000 0
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Getting set up to work on this Heathkit ET-3400 “trainer”! Should be a good learning project just getting it back up and running… plus a good chance to break out the new Logic Analyzer and start learning how to use that… #vintagecomputer #retro #vintageelectronics #chicagolandretrotech 010 1
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Working on archiving these for the club… a whole batch of OHAUG (The Ol’ Hackers Atari Users Group) public domain disks. You can access these as I finish them on the club FujiNet server… tnfs.scatarians.org #vintagecomputer #physicalmedia #floppydisk #archive 010 1
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I also have a ton of disk archiving to do… Picked up a bunch of both 3.5 and 5.25 Atari disks at VCFMW this weekend! #physicalmedia #floppydisk #atari #vintagecomputer #chicagolandretrotech 010 1
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Picked up an Atari 520ST over the weekend… initial triage shows quite a bit of corrosion. The GLUE socket seems to be the worst with at least one broken pin so far… #vintagecomputer #retrocomputing #Atari 020 2
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 16/09/2026C64s and Ataris are fun, plentiful, and have tons of support… you should jump in! I’ve been using the MiSTer for more esoteric cores like the MSX, Sharp X6800, etc… there’s really no wrong answer! 000 0
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Breaking down my four drive stack after VCFMW… four 1050s is a bit overkill for everyday use so I pulled one to hook up to the MiSTer. The MiSTer recognizes it’s a “Happy” drive, reads the enhanced density and has worked with everything I’ve thrown at it. #retrocomputer #physicalmedia #atari 240 4
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 11/08/20268/10 was a success! I was able to duplicate the “The Chip” mod on the Atari 810 Floppy Drive. This unlocks the power of “The Archiver” software package. Fun times ahead The Atari 800 has a few things under the hood as well 😉. I am displaying the whole system at the S.C.A.T table at VCFMW next month. 030 3
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Getting ready for tomorrow! It’s 8/10 (here in the US) 030 3
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 09/08/2026This thing packs some serious punch! I would be comfortable with a 3 minute cycle if this was my daily driver. As it is, I’m just testing it for a colleague. 010 1
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Got to test out this EPROM eraser this week… Wipe a tray of chips in 90 seconds flat! #workshop 1131 13
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 09/08/2026🕹️ Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon 🎮 Banpresto Arcade (via MiSTer) 📺 🟥🟩🟦 Commodore 1084s #️⃣ #ScanlineSunday #retrogaming 04819 48
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 03/08/2026🕹️ Snake Escape (2NICE) 🎮 Panasonic FS-A1 MSX2 📺 Commodore 1702 (CVBS) #️⃣ #ScanlineSunday #retrogaming #videogames #MSX 0204 20
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 27/07/2026🕹️ Minesweeper 🎮 Windows XP 📺 🟥🟩🟦 Dell VGA / rgbhv #️⃣ #ScanlineSunday #retrogaming #videogames My wife suffers through A LOT of retro computing YouTube videos (not by choice)… I guess a recent video from Adrian’s Digital Basement took hold. She asked if minesweeper was on there! 1225 22
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 15/07/2026🎂43–> July 15, 1983 🎮 Famicon ( via Famiclone) 📺 Commodore 1084 🟥🟩🟦 via Scart #️⃣ #retrogaming #videogames #crt #famicon 020 2
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 12/07/2026🕹️ Night Slashers (Data East) 🎮 MiSTer 📺 🟥🟩🟦 Commodore 1084s #️⃣ #ScanlineSunday #retrogaming 0216 21
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Please don’t tell my Atari groups… but I’ve been absolutely loving the AmigaVision update for the MiSTer!!! It looks simply fantastic on the 1084s monitor (imagine that?) There is a really great demoscene list curated by h0ffman himself… #retrogaming #videogames #demoscene #crt #amiga 🕹️🎮📺🟥🟩🟦 083 8
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 06/07/2026🕹️ Apidya 🎮 Amiga (via MiSTer) 📺 🟥🟩🟦 Commodore 1084s #️⃣ #ScanlineSunday 0143 14
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Both excellent pickups!! I’ve been playing Gradius II (Arcade version) on the MiSTer quit a bit lately… need to get back on the MSX! 000 0
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 28/06/2026🕹️ Demon Front 🎮 PolyGame System (via MiSTer) 📺 🟥🟩🟦 Commodore 1084S #️⃣ #ScanlineSunday #retrogaming 0309 30
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 26/06/2026🕹️ Paprium 🎮 SEGA MegaDrive (via MiSTer) 📺 27” Fast IPS 200Hz Display #️⃣ #retrogaming #sega #videogames 030 3
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 21/06/2026🕹️ Father’s Day Selection 🎮 Panasonic FS-A1 MSX2 + FujiNet (dev) 📺 Commodore 1702 (CVBS) #️⃣ #ScanlineSunday #retrocomputing #retrogaming 1183 18
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 15/06/2026🕹️ Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer 🎮 NeoGeo MVS 📺 🟥🟩🟦 Arcade Monitor #️⃣ #ScanlineSunday #retrogaming #videogames 0379 37
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 07/06/2026🕹️ Andro Dunos 🎮 Neo Geo MVS 📺 🟥🟩🟦 Arcade Monitor #️⃣ #ScanlineSunday 1249 24
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Fun fact… My Micro Center no longer carries IDE cables. You have to make your own. #chicagolandretrotech #vintagecomputer #retrocomputing 000 0
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 03/06/2026More progress on this PC build… #chicagolandretrotech #vintagecomputer #retrocomputing #workbench 020 2
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Finally made some progress on this motherboard!!! Had to break out the microscope, but I found a bent pin in the CPU socket. Fiddled with it several times, gave up but came back one more time… and it finally booted! #chicagolandretrotech #vintagecomputer #retrocomputer #workbench #electronics 📺🕹️🎮 010 1
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 01/06/2026🕹️ Bust-A-Move4️⃣ 🎮 SEGA Dreamcast 📺 Samsung consumer set #️⃣ #ScanlineSunday 1216 21
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Definitely a tate shmup kind of evening… #retrogaming 0143 14
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 24/05/2026The Typing of the Dead on the SEGA Dreamcast for this week’s #scanlinesunday Got it set up for the wife, it’s one of her favorites. Composite output on a consumer Samsung and it still looks great… #retrogaming #crt 0247 24
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Will there be matching memory cards? Me and my transparent blue controller are curious 😂! 130 3
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 18/05/2026🕹️ Return to Blacktooth ✍🏻 Thalamus 💻 Atari STe 📺 Atari SC1224 🟥 🟩 🟦 #️⃣ #scanlinesunday 1166 16
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 08/05/2026The wife is enjoying “Return to Blacktooth” a brand new game for the Atari ST by Thalamus games. It’s a “spiritual successor” to “Head over Heels” It looks great and sounds awesome… music by Hoffman. Really fun isometric puzzler.🕹️🎮📺👾🔥🧩 #retrogaming #scanlines #crt #vintagecomputer #atarist 092 9
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 07/05/2026It’s MSX day!!! (Ⓜ️aySiXth) I ended up soldering all morning so I spent the afternoon on the MSX… such a great platform… so many great games. 🕹️🎮📺👾🔥 #videogame #retrogaming #vintagecomputer #msx #scanlines 090 9
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 28/04/2026🕹️ Cho Ren Sha 68K 🎮 Sharp X68000 (via MiSTer) 📺 Commodore 1084 🟥🟩🟦 #️⃣ #scanlines #crt #shmups 0153 15
Jeffrey Mays @jeffreymays.bsky.social · 10/04/2026A little fun on the 3DO MiSTer core… 🕹️🎮📺⛓️🏍️ #retrogaming #crt 192 9
