I've put a gallery of photos I took during the INIT HELLO Apple II conference at the System Source Computer Museum this past weekend online for anyone who might like a look at some of the festivities.
What a wonderful time it was! Can't wait for next year!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/albums/72177720328016203/
"Hammurabi" written in #BASIC for the #PDP11 ... with some very funny cursings in the feedback session!
https://pdp-11.trailing-edge.com/rsts11/rsts-11-013/HMRABI.BAS
Decided to display the VAX-11/750 at the @revspace open day yesterday. All the hard work repairing it seems to have paid off, managed to get 18 hours of uptime out of it before shutting it down at the end of the day! #unix #retrocomputing #dec #vax11 #minicomputer #unixhistory #bsd
I've had minicomputers on my mind lately, particularly the old PDP-11. I just came across a special issue of the Bell System Technical Journal about a minicomputer Bell Labs built to shoot down nuclear warheads
I got tired of not finding antennas for this thing so I did what I do best and built some out of LEGO 
(I encased the laptop antennas)
A new module is about to drop. Any idea what it might be?
#Ireland-based #RetroComputing and #VintageComputing folks might be interested in a stash of #IBM, #DEC, #Wyse and other #mainframe and #minicomputer #GreenScreen #terminals, most dating from the 1980s and 1990s (without keyboards, unfortunately), as well as copious sealed #Windows95 CDs ("with USB support"), sealed 3½ inch #FloppyDisks, sealed and unsealed memory modules in the tens of megabytes range, sealed IBM branded PS/2 ball mice, vintage toner cartridges and ink ribbons. There's a single #Amstrad monitor for use with the #CPC454, an intriguing #Apricot-branded machine and some VGA-era monitors. Many of them will need work. There's a functioning #Windows98 machine.
The stash is located in a shed in the village of Rathdowney. You can contact the seller via adverts to arrange to see it: https://touch.adverts.ie/monitors/vintage-monitors-mobile-phones-etc/33899224
The seller is prepared to power on devices for you. I left with only a few handfuls of floppies as I already have more DEC terminals than I need.
[edit: 3¼ to 3½]
Raspberry Pi Does its Best Retro PC Impression - The Raspberry Pi is a popular choice if you’re looking to put together a simple em... - https://hackaday.com/2023/12/28/raspberry-pi-does-its-best-retro-pc-impression/ #miniaturecomputer #minicomputer #raspberrypi #emulation #games
An insigthful analysis on why there are no minicomputers anymore. More specifically it discusses why the minicomputer form factor, architecture, and vendors disappeared.
https://thechipletter.substack.com/p/why-are-there-no-minicomputers-any
Well folks, it's finally here. After 9 months, Part 3 of my PDP 11/73 project is online. Lots of juicy DEC minicomputer details in here - please like, boost, share, all that stuff.
How should this guy back up this #wren hard disk (sort of) running on his #Centurion #minicomputer?
Asus takes over everything about Intel’s current and future NUC mini PCs - Enlarge / Intel's NUC 12 Extreme kit. (credit: Andrew Cunningham)
... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1955004 #minicomputer #minidesktop #intelnuc #minipc #intel #tech #asus
Intel is apparently winding down its NUC mini PCs after more than a decade - Enlarge / A stack of Intel's NUC mini PCs. (credit: Andrew Cunningham) ... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=1952999 #minicomputer #windows11 #intelnuc #macmini #minipc #intel #tech #nuc
The nearly finished #MiniComputer room in the Oldenburger Computermuseum with running #PDP8 and #PDP11 machines.
A week or two ago, we got Kaleidoscope to run on the PDP-12! We haven't found and repaired any broken flip chips. So, either all the "percussive maintenance" we've been doing in the process of testing flip chips has paid dividends, or -- more likely -- I tried to run it in 8-mode last time... it is a LINC program. Anyway, enjoy these GIFs. #umdpdp12 #pdp #pdp12 #dec #retrocomputing #vintagecomputing #minicomputer
"A600 REVEALED": the A1200 Mini 
'#HELLORLD!' - When your #BuggyCode is so bad it's funny.
https://github-wiki-see.page/m/Nakazoto/CenturionComputer/wiki/Hellorld%21
#RetroComputing #Retro #Computing #MiniSystem #MiniSystems #MiniComputer #MiniComputers #Wang #WangWriter #SWTPC #Nakazoto #Centurion #CenturionComputer #Cactus #SEL810A #BBZ80 #PIX80 #PJ5 #Zolatron64 #RC2014Pro #RC2014 #Magi #MagiB #MagiB2015 #SegaSG1000 #6502 #Z80 #6800 #RISC #RISC8x8 #8Bit
1/ I fondly remember that evening in the early 1980’s when my dad, a research engineer at the Insititute of Physics (later “Teknikum”, later „Angstrom Lab“) in #Uppsala brought home a trailer or two with a DEC PDP 7/9 #server aka #minicomputer consisting of 5 x 19” full size racks plus a bunch of terminals (several of those TTY’s) and a *large* 117VAC transformer. All of it just shy of a metric ton in weight. Image by Tore Sinding Bekkedal of a PDP 7. #retrocomputing
