Profile avatar
vintageapparatus.com
We are all about old technology, gadgets, toys, systems, mainframes, and fun. Check out our youtube! https://www.youtube.com/@vintageapparatus Other exciting destinations https://vintageapparatus.com/ https://patreon.com/VintageApparatus
141 posts 668 followers 88 following
Regular Contributor
Active Commenter
Posts 22 Comments 28

A friend of mine handed me a box of odds and ends with a "You might like this stuff" - it had a pair of Sony Playstation Portable consoles in it. I'd never had a chance to play around with these, so I gave 'em a shot.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

This should be fun. I got a couple Sony PSP's to noodle around with. They're really amazing little machines. I'll try and have a video up about them soon! #psp #games #sony #videogames

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Mmmm, tasty DEC PDP 11 goodness. Working through an 11/23+. #pdp11 #dec #retrocomputing

submitted 30 days ago • 0 comments

Hey hey hey, new video is up! Old PowerBook g3 tastiness. youtu.be/x3Sv-c0zTCg #apple #retrocomputing #vintagecomputers

submitted 31 days ago • 0 comments

Organization porn, retro style.

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

Kim Komando!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ4o...

submitted 35 days ago • 1 comment

Here's a little tidbit I just learned. The PowerPC architecture is what drives the Perseverance and Curiosity rovers, currently on Mars. (There are also SPARC CPU's on board as well!) #nasa #cpu #risc #mars #oldcomputers #vintagecomputing

submitted 36 days ago • 1 comment

Wait, this was a thing? I've heard of the MacCharlie - which basically docked a classic mac into a PC case. But this appears to create an unholy union between Apple IIe's and PC's. #apple #pc #ibm #vintagecomputers #retrocomputing

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

To be honest, this is how we felt most drives did it. ZING!

submitted 43 days ago • 1 comment

I like this game. I’m so old… I have a 5 character readable account on both yahoo and eBay. And they’re the same word. And speaking of eBay. I was on it before it was eBay. When it was “auctionweb”. I believe eBay was the hosting company.

submitted 45 days ago • 1 comment

This is mighty cool. The 5200's plasma display and good sized keyboard were great to work with. mastodon.fozztexx.com/@fozztexx/11...

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

www.patreon.com/posts/previe...

submitted 51 days ago • 0 comments

HEY! That's a Cambridge Computer Z88! _rummages in display cabinets_. Ah here we go! I wrote a little article about this back when I got it... planet-geek.com/2017/10/16/v...

submitted 53 days ago • 0 comments

A recent post by @sardonic.systems made me think about classic mugs - I found this one when helping a fellow move his collection, and had to grab it for my shelf. Classic mugs are the best.

submitted 53 days ago • 1 comment

www.patreon.com/posts/behind...

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Old full size floppy drives, particularly Apple drives, have a very specific lever action on the door that clamps down the spindle and sets the heads in place. It’s enormously satisfying to then hear the drive spin to life and clatter along doing its job.

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

History channel musclin in on our space. (and that's just fine :)

submitted 58 days ago • 0 comments

Macintosh Powerbook G3 1997 - runs MacOS X with a 267 MHz PowerPC CPU and a whopping 384 meg of RAM. Startup time can be measured in "Number of Futurama episodes watched." But it is pretty!

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

Thinking happy retro Apple memories. The Apple eMate 300. 1997 (27 years ago!). Basically a Newton in laptop form, built for the educational market. Killed by Steve Jobs in 1998 :( For a full video, check out youtu.be/GgQ2gcomoxg

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

Now we’re talkin.

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

My last post made me want to tinker with the Treo more. Here’s a little video. www.youtube.com/shorts/I-LkS...

submitted 68 days ago • 2 comments

The Treo 650. Arguably the greatest step forward in 'smartphone' technology short of the iPhone. If you didn't have a Treo, you were seriously missing out. Introduced in 2004 , Intel XScale CPU at 312Mhz. Was the first handheld I ever read entire books on.

submitted 68 days ago • 0 comments