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@jeffreymays.bsky.socialSep 16, 2026, 6:11 PM

Picked 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

@vintage.computerSep 16, 2026, 12:00 PM

Before Slack, Teams, and company intranets, there was /etc/motd. The Message of the Day greeted users when they logged into a Unix system; perfect for announcements, maintenance warnings, helpful tips, or the sysadmin’s latest joke. 🖥️ #VintageComputer

Retro green-on-black computer terminal graphic titled “Wow That’s Fascinating.” Heading: “The MOTD File: Welcome to the Server.” Text: “The ‘Message of the Day’ (MOTD) file displays text to users on login. It’s where sysadmins shared warnings, tips, or random jokes—like a digital post-it note.” vintage.computer branding appears at the bottom.
@vintage.computerSep 14, 2026, 12:00 PM

On September 14, 2000, Microsoft released Windows Me: the final chapter of the Windows 9x era. Intended for home PCs, its stability issues made it infamous. Love it or hate it, Windows Me earned its place in computing history. 💻 #VintageComputer

“Milestone Monday — September 14th, 2000.” Microsoft Windows Me Millennium Edition logo. Text: “Microsoft released the oft-criticized Windows Me on this day in 2000. The last version of the Windows 9x series of operating systems, it was meant for home users but its stability problems earned it a bad reputation.” Dark starry background with gold text and vintage.computer branding.
@vintage.computerSep 13, 2026, 12:00 PM

🛠️ Maintenance Mode: Sometimes the biggest obstacle to finishing a project is simply getting it started. You don’t need the perfect plan, perfect tools, or perfect moment, just enough momentum to begin. The rest can follow. #VintageComputer

“Maintenance Mode ‘The best way to get a project done faster is to start sooner.’ Jim Highsmith vintage.computer” The quote appears in white text on a translucent blue panel outlined in orange, over a photograph of ocean waves and a beach beneath a dramatic sunset sky.
@vintage.computerSep 12, 2026, 12:00 PM

📸 Snapshot Saturday: A laptop in space! Astronaut John Creighton poses aboard Space Shuttle Discovery with a GRiD Compass in June 1985. Rugged, compact, and unmistakably ’80s, the Compass became one of NASA’s early portable computers. 🚀 #VintageComputer

“SNAPSHOT SATURDAY Astronaut John Creighton onboard Space Shuttle Discovery with a GRiD Compass computer in June, 1985” The photograph shows astronaut John Creighton smiling inside Space Shuttle Discovery beside an open black GRiD Compass portable computer. The computer’s distinctive clamshell display and keyboard are visible amid the equipment and interior panels of the spacecraft. “NASA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons” “vintage.computer” appears at the bottom.
@vintagecomputer.caSep 11, 2026, 4:35 PM

Very excited about my latest acquisition. A Gravis Ultrasound ACE (Audio Card Enhancer) that I don't think has ever been used. Now I need to create a 486 era PC with some interesting audio/video cards in it :)
#vintagecomputer #retrocomputing

This picture shows the Gravis Ultrasound ACE card on the left and the Gravis driver/software CD on the right. The ACE card is sitting on an ESD bag with the short audio cable meant for connection to the sound card of your choice.
@vintage.computerSep 11, 2026, 12:00 PM

🐟 Free Software Friday: Barrelfish! Developed by ETH Zurich and Microsoft Research, this experimental open-source OS rethought how operating systems should manage increasingly multicore hardware. A fascinating OS research project that began in 2009. #OpenSource #VintageComputer

“FREE SOFTWARE FRIDAY Barrelfish Author: ETH Zurich & Microsoft Release Date: September 15th, 2009 Get it: barrelfish.org About: Open source operating system designed to explore large amounts of processor cores. VINTAGE.COMPUTER” The graphic resembles a software CD or DVD, with a large pale silver disc against a gray background and the Barrelfish information printed over it.
@vintage.computerSep 10, 2026, 12:00 PM

🗣️ Throwback Thursday: Speech synthesizers! Long before Siri and modern AI voices, home computers could talk using dedicated speech hardware. The results were unmistakably robotic, but hearing your computer speak in the late ’70s or ’80s felt like the future. #VintageComputer

“Throwback Thursday Speech Synthesizers:” The central image shows a Texas Instruments TI-99/4 home computer with peripherals, including a speech synthesizer module, RF modulator, keyboard overlays, cassette recorder, and documentation. Text at bottom reads: “Before RGB lighting and tempered glass, there was the humble beige box, quietly humming on desks across the world. These chunky machines may have looked bland, but they powered the golden age of home computing.” Vintage.computer branding appears at the bottom. Note: The paragraph printed on the graphic appears to be leftover copy from a different “beige box” post and doesn’t match the speech-synthesizer topic.
@vintage.computerSep 9, 2026, 12:00 PM

📚 Wow, that’s fascinating! In the ’70s and ’80s, the manual could be almost as important as the computer. Schematics, programming tutorials, technical references, sometimes hundreds of pages. Buying a computer meant learning how it worked. #VintageComputer

“Wow That’s Fascinating Computer Manuals Were Epic Tomes In the 70s and 80s, computers came with thick manuals full of instructions, circuit diagrams, and programming tutorials. Reading the manual was part of the experience.” Black graphic with orange retro computer-style text, beige border, and vintage.computer branding at the bottom.
@vintage.computerSep 8, 2026, 12:00 PM

🖥️ Tech Spec Tuesday: The North Star Horizon! Released in 1977, this Z80A-powered S-100 machine ran CP/M, sported distinctive wood cabinetry, and was among the early microcomputers available with a hard drive. Quite a system for the late ’70s! #VintageComputer

“Tech Spec Tuesday — North Star Horizon.” Image of a wood-cased North Star Horizon with specifications: CPU: Zilog Z80A @ 4MHz Memory: 16 KB or more Storage: Two floppy drives with 90 KB each, to start Graphics: None built-in standard Networking: None standard Notes: One of the first microcomputers with a hard drive “About this machine: Released in 1977 by North Star Computers, the Horizon was an 8-bit microcomputer based on the Z80A microprocessor that used the S-100 system bus. It typically ran the CP/M operating system, or North Star’s proprietary ‘NSDOS.’ At first, it had a distinctive wooden enclosure, but later adopted a metal case for safety reasons. It typically had one or two floppy disk drives, and used a serial interface to connect to a terminal. In addition to a version with a full height Hard Disk Drive, North Star also released a S-100 card with on-board memory and additional serial ports so multiple users could connect simultaneously.” The graphic uses a blue-and-white information panel over an electronic schematic background, with vintage.computer branding at the bottom.
@vintage.computerSep 7, 2026, 12:00 PM

On this day in 1981, the ILLIAC IV was decommissioned. A pioneering massively parallel supercomputer with 64 floating-point units, it also made history by connecting to ARPANET, an early glimpse of networked supercomputing. 🖥️ #VintageComputer

“Milestone Monday — September 7th, 1981. The ILLIAC IV Supercomputer was decommissioned on this day in 1981. It was the first massively parallel supercomputer, had 64 64-bit floating-point units, and also was the first network-available supercomputer after it was connected to the ARPANET.” The image shows the ILLIAC IV hardware, including large banks of electronic modules and a control console. A starry background and the vintage.computer logo appear behind and below the text.
@sdforg.bsky.socialSep 7, 2026, 2:34 AM

Thank you for a great Sunday! Labor Day we’ll see you tomorrow #vintagecomputing #retrocomputing #vintagecomputer #retrocomputer

@8bitboyzretro.bsky.socialSep 6, 2026, 5:00 PM

Time to show what RSPOS has so far, much more to come!
#RadioShack #RetroCollectibles #vintagecomputer

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@vintage.computerSep 6, 2026, 12:00 PM

🌿 Maintenance Mode: Faster isn’t always better. In computing, we obsess over clock speeds, benchmarks, bandwidth, and upgrades, but sometimes the best optimization is remembering there’s a world beyond the machine. Take some time to enjoy it today. #VintageComputer

“Maintenance Mode ‘There is more to life than simply increasing its speed.’ Mahatma Gandhi vintage.computer” The quote appears in yellow text on a translucent green panel over a peaceful forest scene, with sunlight filtering through tall trees.
@vintage.computerSep 5, 2026, 12:00 PM

📸 Snapshot Saturday: The Intel Paragon XP/S at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, circa 1994. This massively parallel supercomputer wasn’t just crunching numbers, it helped sequence the human genome. A striking machine doing groundbreaking science. #VintageComputer

@vintage.computerSep 3, 2026, 12:00 PM

🔎 Throwback Thursday: Null modems! Before Ethernet and USB took over, connecting two serial devices directly often meant swapping transmit and receive lines with a null modem cable or adapter. No modem, and technically, that was the point. #VintageComputer