New: vintagecomputingAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzanhive-183959hive-180932steemuncommonlabhive-185836photographyhive-166405bitcoinhive-183397hive-144064hive-150122hive-188619hive-145157hive-109690hive-139150lifehive-124908hive-101145krsuccesshive-113376hive-193186TrendingNewHotLikerstim.locke (25)in planar • 6 years agoOld School Planar Graphics And Why They Were A Good IdeaOld School Planar Graphics And Why They Were A Good Ideajustinmsalvato (51)in technology • 6 years agoOriginal Apple Macintosh display died. Fixed then something went POP!I'm not really an Apple product fan. At least not modern day Apple. Their phones? Eh. Their tablets? Eh. Their computers..? Eh, but their vintage computers, well, that's another story. When…jasonrussell (68)in vintage • 6 years agoCheck out this old IBM ‘clone’Hey check out this old "Clone" computer that was brought in for recycle today!! I've not gotten to fully find out what it is exactly yet but i'll get more into that tomorrow! BUT, this thing…justinmsalvato (51)in retrocomputing • 6 years agoThe redone vintage computer collection - VIDEOA few weeks back I discussed wanting to rearrange my collection of old computers by chronologically order; in order in which they hit the market. I had to fix an area of my desk first. The…justinmsalvato (51)in retrocomputing • 6 years agoGoing to redo my computer collection setup, AGAIN!My apologies for not writing in a while. Life has a way of getting hectic. So many things I want to do, so little money. You thought I was going to say time, huh? HA! Really, it's finances…justinmsalvato (51)in technology • 7 years agoCartoon: Calculators are Computers Too!The year is 1988. I went with my father to Milt's house; he was an acquaintance of my father. While we were there, my father mentioned that I am really into computers. I had a Coleco ADAM and a…justinmsalvato (51)in retrocomputing • 7 years agoThis guy is living the dream with ATARI Home Computers.Here's a commercial from 1982 of a family man who works at home thanks to his Atari 800 computer. It appears he's a stock broker and is using a modem to do his job. Of course if it's an Atari…justinmsalvato (51)in retrocomputing • 7 years agoRichard Scarry's Best Electronic WORD BOOK Ever! computer software for the Coleco ADAM - RETROHere is a snippet from Richard Scarry's Best Electronic WORD BOOK Ever! for the Coleco ADAM computer. This is a video I made, in real time, using real hardware (not an emulator). Unfortunately, I…justinmsalvato (51)in retrocomputers • 7 years agoThe IBM 5150 aka the original IBM PCThe IBM 5150 was released in 1981. It set the standard for what a personal computer should be. This device didn't end up in many homes, but in the office. The basic model came with 16 kilobytes…justinmsalvato (51)in retrocomputers • 7 years agoThe Coleco ADAM Blog - A blog about this vintage computer.Unless you're seriously into vintage personal computers, you probably never heard of the ADAM - The ColecoVision Family Computer System. Coleco made quite an impact with the ColecoVision video game…justinmsalvato (51)in retrocomputing • 7 years agoFloppy Disks - A Short HistoryThose born after the year 2000 probably never had to use a floppy disk with their computer. A CD-ROM? Most definitely, but floppy disks are from an era of computing when users were not storing…justinmsalvato (51)in retrocomputing • 7 years agoPowerPad: a drawing tablet that can double as a keyboard... in 1983I'm fascinated by technology, especially computer technology. To see how we got here, to see the evolution of this, interests me. Today I was thinking about tablets, touch-input devices to be more…
