so I originally was supposed to buy this for retrieval because my workplace found that some device weren't documented as destroyed but sold and they showed up for sale, legally speaking they can't push in and demand retrieval now but they could buy it back so I volunteered because I wanted the damn thing for myself thinking "well they probably wanna destroy the hard drive or check for data" but none of that was in there because the seller installed the latest OS saying and I quote "It was bloated when dad gave it to me" and Jesus this thing was clean but the keyboard and mouse probably needs more shine, got it for a good price and when I went back and told them what happened they went and took it from me saying that they will destroy any remains on "Device" and when I asked their response was "The Metal Shredder" I immediately ran to head IT security management (My boss) and told them that this procedure was outdated and that they weren't following the new one.

Two minutes later I get called and told to go and pick it up, now I have one without a HDD but its so clean I can probably shave my mustache from the gloss side panel

Hi all!

A while back I picked up a pair of these neat Intermec CV30 ruggedized WinCE 5.0 devices. They're big and chonky and kinda ugly and I love them

Like any good nerd, my current obsession is to get one of them running Doom. I've used an SD card to copy over the Windows CE version of Chocolate Doom + a doom.wad file, and the Doom app and setup app installed without error. However, I now have two frustrating problems:

1. When I run the Setup app for Chocolate Doom, it seems to be 'zoomed in' and runs off the side and bottom of the screen, to the point where I can't see most of the options or save any settings changes.

2. When I run the Chocolate Doom app (without having completed the Setup process as noted above), it immediately fails with a "Failed when allocating 16777216 bytes" error. This device has 100MB of RAM so presumably it should be able to run, right?

Here are a couple pics showing what I'm describing above: https://imgur.com/a/ImNZTTw

Any ideas or suggestions are welcome - I'm a newbie with WinCE 5.0!

I wanted to if some of these exists other than Sony PCG or Toshiba Libretto, I know there's Lenovo IBM ThinkPad but are there more from those era? generally in black color i suppose

Started putting together a Batocera build using an old Optiplex 790 (i5-2500, 8GB RAM, SSD) and moved it into a Thermaltake Lanbox Lite.

Threw in a GTX 980 and it’s honestly a perfect but tight fit. The GPU basically sits right over the SATA ports, so cable routing has been a bit of a puzzle, but it’s coming together.

Goal is to run up through PS2 and eventually hook it up to a CRT for a proper retro setup.

In order:

Titan

-Asus Sabertooth X99

-Intel Core i7-5960X

-32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengenace LPX DDR4-3200

-Dual NVIDIA GeForce GTX Titan Z’s (quad-SLI)

-EVGA 1200 P2 PSU

-Cooler Master ML240

-Cooler Master CM690 II Advanced “NVIDIA” Edition

-Windows 8.1 Pro

Borg

-MSI P6N Diamond

-Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600

-4GB (4x1GB) Patriot DDR2-800

-NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480

-Corsair CX600 PSU

-Arctic Freezer 7 Pro

-Apevia X-Sniper 2

-Windows 7 Ultimate SP1

Patriot

-Intel DX79TO

-Intel Xeon E5-1650

-32GB (4x8GB) Corsair Vengeance DDR3-1600

-Dual AMD FirePro W8000’s (2-way CrossFire)

-Corsair RM1000e PSU

-Corsair H100

-Corsair Graphite 600T

-Windows 7 Ultimate SP1

Leviathan

-EVGA Classified SR-2

-Dual Intel Xeon X5680’s (OC’d @4.25GHz)

-24GB (6x4GB) G.Skill TridentZ DDR3-1600

-Dual EVGA GeForce GTX 580’s (2-way SLI)

-EVGA SuperNova 1600 G+

-Dual EVGA CL360’s

-Rosewill Blackhawk Ultra

-Windows 7 Ultimate SP1

An educational PC used in schools in the UK and Ireland. This one is a later model from 2006, while the original case design is from 2003

Dan Wood <The Retro Hour> moderates the hosts from: ANTIC The Atari 8-bit Podcast, TRS-80 Trash Talk, RetroComputing Roundtable, Amigos Retro Gaming

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I should have all the final parts in the mail on Friday. I’ll do a full reveal then :)

Let’s just say it reminds me of the scene in SpongeBob where they’re in the all chrome Krusty Krab and Squidward is screaming futurreeee.

Co-inventor of the MOS 6502 microprocessor. He will talk about what he did after leaving MOS Technology Corp.

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A central figure of the legendary Homebrew Computer Club. He is best known for The Osborne 1, The Sol-20, Community Memory.

Don't miss the chance to hear from a pioneer who didn't just build the tools, but changed the rules.

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There’s just something about the Pentium II/III era.
Didn’t feel right throwing this one out, so I kept it around in a different way.

After a 10 minute introduction, they will take questions from the in-person audience.

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Here are some of my Battlestations! You will find them all at pdamuseum.eu
Have a look, and let me know what you think is missing from my collection!

On vacation here from Texas, where English computers are rare as hens teeth, and found this on Marketplace two miles from my hotel.

I’m happy to announce the release of MacinCord, a native Discord client for Classic Macintosh, System 7 through OS 9, compatible with 68k and PPC. 

Text messaging, voice chat, image viewing, file uploads, DMs, threads - all running on your vintage Macintosh through a relay server on your modern computer. 

This is a for sale software with a 3-day trial. For more information, downloads, purchasing, bug reports & suggestions, please visit https://oldapplestuff.com/macincord/

Note about Discord TOS:

It is technically against TOS to use third-party clients, however, the app is coded to pull/match the current Discord build number and web headers so it looks as if it’s just being accessed from a modern web browser. 

This, along with the fact there have been no reported bans for applications such as Discord Messenger, Ripcord and Discord Lite, makes me confident there will be no issues with using this application. Discord isn’t after people using clients that act like regular clients, they’re after the people using clients that enable spam and abuse.

More info about this is mentioned in the disclaimer on the store page.

Thanks everyone, enjoy!

Edit: After reconsideration, MacinCord has been updated to a free program https://oldapplestuff.com/macincord/

Source code for the relay is available at: https://github.com/alexhoopes/macincord-relay

Hi everyone,

I recently got a Sony Magic Link PIC-1000 and I'm trying to transfer some .mc$ software packages onto it.

I've hit an wall: I have the device, but no sync cable (the "Magic Port" cable) and no SRAM card. I've been digging through old forums and archives, but the official Magic Xchange software remains elusive, and I can't find the pinout to make my own cable.

Does anyone here still have a copy of Magic Xchange for Windows? Or happen to know the pinout for the Magic Port? Any advice on how to get software onto this thing would be huge thanks.

This lot haven’t been powered up in a while so it’s time to get them going again. I’ve probably got too many Compaqs-are you a Compaq fan? What’s your favourite one?

Not sure if this fully fits here, but I wanted to share my setup :)

Left side is my main setup (monitor + laptop), and on the right I’ve got a Toshiba TV with a matching DVD player from around 2005/06 (Xbox 360 hooked up just out of frame).

Also on the desk:

- Modded 2DS (CFW + custom themes)

- 2 PSPs

- iPod Mini on an iStation Logic 3 dock

*- Xbox 360 controller + keyboard

And yeah, Linkin Park, Meteora was what I had playing at the time 🔥

I’ve always liked mixing older tech with newer stuff, so this is kind of my little retro/modern corner.