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ramblingflan @ramblingflan.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Don't sloppy that floppy

1980s BYTE magazine ad showing a 5.25" floppy disk with a loose seam. Text: "THE SLOPPY FLOPPY: Sealed with a spot here, a spot there. Leaving unsealed seams everywhere."

Source: BYTE Magazine, Sept 1984
https://archive.org/details/198409_byte_magazine_vol_09_10_computer_graphics_pdf__mlib/page/322/mode/2up?view=theater

1980s BYTE magazine ad showing a 5.25" floppy disk with a tight seam. Text: "MEMOREX SOLID-SEAM BONDING: Every inch of every seam is sealt shut. Tight as a drum."

Source: BYTE Magazine, Sept 1984
https://archive.org/details/198409_byte_magazine_vol_09_10_computer_graphics_pdf__mlib/page/322/mode/2up?view=theater

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Testing out and getting my PS/2 Model 95, with a Pentium 66! Everything seems to be working well, and it has 64 MB of memory. I installed Windows 95 on it too. #retrocomputing

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iProgramInCpp @iprogramincpp.com · 02/02/2025

My Discord client, Discord Messenger, now runs on Windows 98! (And also, 95, but you need extra stuff. Win98SE runs it right out of the box.)

Screenshot of Discord Messenger running on Windows 98 SE.

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Custom luggable PC I built, with a Pentium III in a BSI chassis.

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discopawbs @discopawbs.buny.social · 17/12/2024

Introduction to COBOL!

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

My weird SE/30. I got it like this, all mods were done by the original owner. Low persistence green CRT Daystar 68030 50 MHz upgrade 128mb RAM Ethernet card No FDD, two HDDs Running A/UX and NetBSD

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Know someone with diabetes? Check out the first blood glucose meter from 1970! It cost $650! As a Type 1, and someone into retro tech, this is such a cool item to own. #diabetes

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Just finished fixing up this NeXT Computer with the NeXT Dimension color video card. The computer cost $6,500, and when the video card launched, it cost $3,995, and the monitor was at least $2,995. Plus additional RAM, etc.

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Got my VT-100 back together and working. Now need to get the computer it goes to working too

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

My cleaned and working Lear Siegler ADM-3A dumb terminal. When it launched in 1976, it cost $995!

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I saw Lee Felsenstein speak at the System Source computer museum on Saturday. Had a great time there! He designed the SOL-20 and Osborne 1

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Possessed opossum @possessedopossum.bsky.social · 09/11/2024

The Commodore PET 🐇

Vintage style illustrated commission advertising the 1977 Commodore PET computer. A white rabbit sits in a green office chair, reclining with her feet on her work desk, smiling at the viewer, and pointing with her thumb at the Commodore PET on her desk.
The top text reads: "Check out my new PET. It sits. It stays. It even does complex math."
The bottom text reads: "Commodore PET. An animal in the office."

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 31/10/2024

Nothing beats the black Bell and Howell Apple II, it’s strikingly beautiful A lot of these were used in schools, so I was lucky to get this from the original owner in immaculate condition. It also has a unique TransWarp CPU upgrade I added!

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Mmmm I love it when iFixIt says “very difficult 1-2 hours”

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

how to bother a diabetic: ask them their A1C they love it trust me

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 24/10/2024

Commodore PET 2001 from 1977 Finally got it all up and running, just need to finish the tape drive.

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 23/10/2024

The first iPod Touch from 2007! Look at those icons… I miss them #ipod

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Look at this Macintosh Quadra 700 from 1991! You may recognize it from Jurassic park! It has a very powerful CPU upgrade in it, taking it from a 25 MHz Motorola 68040 to a 100 MHz PowerPC!

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Another terminal I fixed up recently Data General Dasher D3 from about 1979

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 22/10/2024

Replaced the battery in this iPod Nano 2nd generation. Was a little annoying but not the worst thing I’ve ever done. I had one like this as a kid, but I accidentally sent it through the wash! I found this one on eBay in really nice shape, but the battery was completely shot, but not swollen.

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

I recently got this Altair 680 (mostly) functional! It’s in really really nice shape, and was assembled in 1976! Yes, you do a lot of your programming via those switches on the front.

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Macintosh SE with an aftermarket video card that gives it a second full page monitor!! It’s so cool #computers

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Ripley the Tech Otter @ripleytech.bsky.social · 21/10/2024

Nice and clean IBM 5251 terminal from 1977

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