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I want to go back to running Windows 7 or 8.1 on my computers, but I want to put a cap on the Windows updates, so there are no updates present after...

Just want to see what's out there. I've been sort of thinking about thinning my collection a bit to keep only the rare stuff. This is my list: ...

I bought some old PC games on eBay and was rewarded with the 'Your PC is stoned!' virus on my IBM PC XT ST212 hard disk. The hard disk will not boot...

Hi! Just wondering what options do I have to get USB port on my 386SX which has just ISA slots. Is there ISA USB card? Or there is another...

So I was extremely stupid two weeks ago and instead of deciding to replace my '92 Geo Tracker with something newer and cheaper (like a $1200 Subaru...

Referring to Al's reply to the OFF Topic Post "Do you have a Pet?" I think it appropriate to raise the following points and question and...

I enjoyed this blog. Many of us came from the days where we wrote SW for resource limited machines. Now it seems the goal is to consume every...

http://www.coolermaster.com/case/mini-tower/masterbox-lite-3-1/ How time changes everything... I guess front panels now have little other use than...

With TRS's out there ..... what are you doing with your unit? Are you actually using it to program? Are you just collecting them? In other words...

Here in California, we are required to have a CO detector in our house by law. These run for about 7 to 10 years, depending on the manufacture and...

Today was the first day I turned on my PDP8E, since spring. OS/8 booted up, but for some reason I could not get any FORTRAN IV programs to compile...

I'm trying to help my friend sell a surplus of old Dell Dimensions, about a dozen or more. Apparently nobody wants them, not even for around $20. I...

I've been cleaning house lately and it seems that everytime I find a box, a bunch of disks fall out of it. This one (.rar file) is interesting. ...

Hi folks, Now that I have a fully working twin-floppy Sorcerer I'm looking at imaging my floppies via RS232 since I don't have anything else that...

Hi all, This post to start is really me thinking out loud:- I am just completing a deal to pay for a Significant CHUNK :gape: of 1960'...

So I am trying to get this 5150 to work, it is a VERY early model, with the '81 BIOS. It acts like it is dead, but as most of us know, this usually...

Hinga Dinga Durgen!!! The one person to discover America, aka, the New World, back in 1001 A.D. on this day (before Christopher Columbus in 1492)....

I notice that modern cpu coolers, both watercoolers and air coolers, use magnets in their design. The Corsair watercoolers have magnetic clips to...

I have just picked up on ebay a 286 motherboard from a WysePC 286 AT clone, WY-2200-01 and its matching power supply (as it has nonstandard power...

I received the floppy drive cable from some Australian guy via ebay. excellent service on that. i have a known working level 2 16k CPU, CPU->EI...

I was wondering if anyone has any info on this IBM-esque PC. It appears to either be a rebadged later IBM xt with no hard drive, or a clone of one....

I've tried using the hacked "Windows 9x Project" for it but I get the feeling that it isn't authentic... and I don't just mean legit/legal. Prices...

I've never played this (NTSC) VHS cart, so I can't say what's on it. It just came with a bunch of other stuff from Sunnyvale's Corporate Systems...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone here knows what type of plastic is used in the IBM 51xx series CRT's? I have a 5153 of which the plastic has become...

So, I've recently come into possession of a generic custom P200MMX box with a 6 disc changer. I was thinking about fitting it with a 1.2mb and 360k...

While browsing the web I read that Caselabs the custom PC case maker has gone out of business blaming the rise in price of steel and other issues....

I have several copies of XP, all legitimate copies, but none will register online, and the phone doesn’t acknowledge XP as a product and says the...

Over the weekend, I was looking after some of the lighting in my home office. It's a large space lit by four 4-T8 tube fluorescent fixtures (the...

I'm trying to repair an AT&T 6300 (Olivetti M24) keyboard where something spilled eons ago corroded the trace. When I tried to clean it, the trace...

I know a guy near where I live who has a 3274 (21C) for sale. Is it worth picking up or saving from the recyclers? I hear that these were used to...