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@vintage.computer Oct 10, 2026, 12:00 PM

📸 Snapshot Saturday: An operator at an IBM System/370 console, circa 1972. Before terminals fit on a desk, interacting with a mainframe meant sitting at a console surrounded by cabinets, switches, printers, and enough hardware to fill a room. #VintageComputer

Snapshot Saturday — “Operator at an IBM System 370 console, circa September 1972.” A black-and-white photograph shows a bearded computer operator seated at the console of an IBM System/370 mainframe. He is surrounded by large computer cabinets, control panels, storage equipment, paperwork, and other hardware in a raised-floor computer room. Photo credit: Laval University, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. The photograph is presented inside a brown filmstrip-style frame with vintage.computer branding at the bottom.

@jeffreymays.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 6:55 AM

Big 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

@sdforg.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:42 AM

Come visit our booth at #prge this weekend!

#portland #retrogaming #vintagecomputer #retrocomputing

@vintage.computer Oct 9, 2026, 2:01 PM

💾 Throwback Thursday: Remember keeping a boot disk handy? When your PC wouldn’t start, a floppy loaded just enough of an operating system to get you running, troubleshoot the problem, or launch an installer. One little disk could save the day. #VintageComputer

Throwback Thursday — Boot Disks or “Startup Floppies.” “Before large storage media was common, computers relied on ‘boot disks’ or ‘startup floppies.’ They were small programs that the computer could load easily off a floppy disk, which would then load the larger programs of the operating system or other software.” The graphic shows a fan of black 3.5-inch floppy disks. The front disk is labeled Microsoft Windows for Workgroups, Diskette 1 - Setup, Windows 3.11. The image has a tan desert-style background with vintage.computer branding at the bottom.

@vintage.computer Oct 9, 2026, 2:01 PM

💾 Free Software Friday: z88dk lets modern developers build software for dozens of classic Z80-based machines. Dating back to 1998, this cross-development kit keeps everything from the ZX Spectrum to the MSX and many other 8-bit systems programmable today. #VintageComputer

Free Software Friday — z88dk. Author: Dominic Morris et al. Release Date: 1998. Notes: A multiplatform cross compiler that targets many Z80 computers. Get it: z88dk.org. Vintage Computer. The information appears on the white label of a large gray 3.5-inch floppy disk, with a blue “FREE SOFTWARE FRIDAY” header and black text.

@vintage.computer Oct 6, 2026, 12:00 PM

🇸🇪 Tech Spec Tuesday: Meet the Luxor ABC 80! Launched in Sweden in 1978, this Z80-powered microcomputer became a familiar sight in Scandinavian schools and offices. Its fast BASIC interpreter and modular design made it remarkably capable. #VintageComputer

Tech Spec Tuesday — Luxor ABC 80. The Luxor ABC 80 (Advanced BASIC Computer 80) was created by Swedish companies in 1978 around the Zilog Z80 processor. Its fast BASIC interpreter helped make it popular in schools and offices, while its modular architecture supported expansion through a CPU bus and peripheral cards. Specifications shown: Zilog Z80 at 3 MHz; 16–32 KB RAM; cassette tape storage; 78 × 72 monochrome display; expandable via cards and serial port. The image shows an ABC 80 computer with beige keyboard, CRT monitor, and cassette unit against a blue panel over a background of electronic schematics, with vintage.computer branding.

@sdforg.bsky.social Oct 6, 2026, 2:05 AM

Hello! It’s 1970! I just saw this awesome game called Spacewar on a PDP-10 at university! How do I make you pay me coins for it? Dime and quarter a #pdp11 ??

WELCOME TO VIDEO GAME COIN-OP

Come see us at Portland Retro Gaming Expo!

#vintagegaming #gaming #prge #vintagecomputer

@sdforg.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 2:51 PM

The PDP-7 uses a destructive read restore cycle which has caused bits to flip in the core. Writing small diagnostics on the front panel is a fun way to zero in on faults while crawling the backplane. #vintagecomputer #boeing #pdp7 #unix #vintagecomputing

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@eigenwereldnl.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 12:51 PM

From Italy with love: Fixing a viewer's childhood Amiga 500 eigenwereld.nl/nieuws.php?i... #commodore #commodoreamiga #a500 #amiga500 #commodoreamiga500 #retrocomputing #homecomputer #retro #vintagecomputer #repair

@vintage.computer Oct 5, 2026, 12:00 PM

💾 Milestone Monday: On Oct. 5, 1959, IBM announced the 1401. This transistorized workhorse brought data processing within reach of thousands of organizations—and became one of the most successful computers of the early 1960s. #VintageComputer

Milestone Monday — October 5th, 1959. On this day in 1959, IBM announced the IBM 1401, the first model in the highly successful 1400 series. The 1401 ran on transistors, was compatible with technologies such as punched paper cards and magnetic tape reels, and was affordable enough for small and medium-sized businesses. The image shows an IBM 1401 computer with an open panel, set against a dark, starry background with yellow text and vintage.computer branding.

@sdforg.bsky.social Oct 4, 2026, 4:05 PM

Booting up Version 7 UNIX on Misspiggy. We’re open 10-4 today!

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#vintagecomputer #retrocomputer #unix #pdp11

@vintage.computer Oct 4, 2026, 1:19 PM

🛠️ Maintenance Mode: Code isn’t just written for computers—it’s written for the people who will read, debug, modify, and maintain it later. Martin Fowler’s reminder is timeless: readability is a feature. #Programming #VintageComputer

Maintenance Mode. Quote by Martin Fowler: “Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.” The quote appears in yellow text on a translucent green panel over a photograph of a lush forest with sunlight filtering through the trees. Vintage.computer branding appears at the bottom.

@eigenwereldnl.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 2:02 PM

Amiga 1200 from where Forrest Gump lives. eigenwereld.nl/nieuws.php?i... #commodore #commodoreamiga #a1200 #amiga1200 #commodoreamiga1200 #retrocomputing #homecomputer #retro #vintagecomputer #repair

@vintage.computer Oct 3, 2026, 12:00 PM

📸 Snapshot Saturday: A Varian Data Machines installation circa 1984, complete with 9-track tape drives. Rooms like this were once the backbone of scientific, industrial, and business computing—and made “data storage” a very physical thing. #VintageComputer

Snapshot Saturday — “Varian Data Machines with 9 track tape drives, circa 1984.” The photograph shows a computer room lined with large Varian Data Machines equipment cabinets and multiple 9-track magnetic tape drives. Tall cabinets occupy much of the room, with windows and additional equipment visible behind them. Photo credit: J R Spigot, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. The photograph is framed in a brown filmstrip design with vintage.computer branding at the bottom.

@vintagecomputer.ca Oct 2, 2026, 3:08 PM

I got my DEC Rainbow 100 running and after a restoration on the unique RX50 dual disk drive. Happy to see my VR201 monitor was fine. I made some floppies and booted up MS-DOS 2.05 and CP/M-86. Here it is booting up MS-DOS. An interesting computer for it's time. #retrocomputing #vintagecomputer

This picture shows a DEC Rainbow 100-B2 running MS-DOS 2.05. Attached is a VR201 monochrome monitor with an LK201 keyboard.

@vintage.computer Oct 2, 2026, 12:00 PM

🎨 Free Software Friday: XPaint brings classic X Window System graphics editing to Unix-like machines. First released in 1993, this lightweight, open-source raster editor is still available today—a great piece of living Unix software history! #VintageComputer

Free Software Friday — XPaint. Author: David Koblas & Torsten Martinsen. Release Date: 1993. Notes: Free and open source raster graphics editor for Unix-like systems. Get it: SourceForge, project “sf-xpaint.” Vintage Computer. The information is presented as the label of a large gray 3.5-inch floppy disk, with a green-and-white header and black text.

@sdforg.bsky.social Oct 1, 2026, 2:10 PM

Don’t fear the RiFA 💨

It’s a rite of passage that perpetuates to the next rite of passage.

#vintagecomputer #magicsmoke #rifa #retrocomputing

@sdforg.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 3:09 PM

When we first powered up the PDP-12 both etch-a-sketch and kaleidoscope persisted in the 8KW core.

#vintage #vintagecomputer #1970s #retrocomputer #graphics

@vintage.computer Sep 30, 2026, 12:00 PM

💡 Wow, That’s Fascinating: The IBM PC wasn’t the first personal computer—or even the most advanced. But its open architecture helped establish a standard that countless manufacturers copied, shaping the PC industry for decades. 🖥️ #VintageComputer

Wow That’s Fascinating — “The IBM PC Wasn’t First—But It Changed Everything.” “When IBM released its PC in 1981, it wasn’t breaking ground—it was standardizing it. Open architecture made it the model everyone else copied.” Orange text appears on a black background framed by a beige border, with vintage.computer branding at the bottom.

@sdforg.bsky.social Sep 29, 2026, 5:28 PM

Thanks to our newest sponsor @rjstar.bsky.social we’ve kicked off the restoration of Galaxy Game just in time for @RetroGamingExpo

Was Galaxy Game really the first coin operated video game?

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#vintagecomputer #retrogaming #gaming #history