Ripley the Tech Otter
@ripleytech.bsky.social
Main account of an otter | Furry | 27 | Single | pan | collects old computers | DMs open! | This account is SFW only.
Testing out and getting my PS/2 Model 95, with a Pentium 66! Everything seems to be working well, and it has 64 MB of memory. I installed Windows 95 on it too. #retrocomputing
My Discord client, Discord Messenger, now runs on Windows 98! (And also, 95, but you need extra stuff. Win98SE runs it right out of the box.)
Custom luggable PC I built, with a Pentium III in a BSI chassis.
My weird SE/30. I got it like this, all mods were done by the original owner. Low persistence green CRT Daystar 68030 50 MHz upgrade 128mb RAM Ethernet card No FDD, two HDDs Running A/UX and NetBSD
Know someone with diabetes? Check out the first blood glucose meter from 1970! It cost $650! As a Type 1, and someone into retro tech, this is such a cool item to own. #diabetes
Just finished fixing up this NeXT Computer with the NeXT Dimension color video card. The computer cost $6,500, and when the video card launched, it cost $3,995, and the monitor was at least $2,995. Plus additional RAM, etc.
Got my VT-100 back together and working. Now need to get the computer it goes to working too
My cleaned and working Lear Siegler ADM-3A dumb terminal. When it launched in 1976, it cost $995!
I saw Lee Felsenstein speak at the System Source computer museum on Saturday. Had a great time there! He designed the SOL-20 and Osborne 1
Nothing beats the black Bell and Howell Apple II, it’s strikingly beautiful A lot of these were used in schools, so I was lucky to get this from the original owner in immaculate condition. It also has a unique TransWarp CPU upgrade I added!
Mmmm I love it when iFixIt says “very difficult 1-2 hours”
how to bother a diabetic: ask them their A1C they love it trust me
Commodore PET 2001 from 1977 Finally got it all up and running, just need to finish the tape drive.
Look at this Macintosh Quadra 700 from 1991! You may recognize it from Jurassic park! It has a very powerful CPU upgrade in it, taking it from a 25 MHz Motorola 68040 to a 100 MHz PowerPC!
Another terminal I fixed up recently Data General Dasher D3 from about 1979
Replaced the battery in this iPod Nano 2nd generation. Was a little annoying but not the worst thing I’ve ever done. I had one like this as a kid, but I accidentally sent it through the wash! I found this one on eBay in really nice shape, but the battery was completely shot, but not swollen.
I recently got this Altair 680 (mostly) functional! It’s in really really nice shape, and was assembled in 1976! Yes, you do a lot of your programming via those switches on the front.
Macintosh SE with an aftermarket video card that gives it a second full page monitor!! It’s so cool #computers
