Category Archives: Antique Computers

Using the HolliDance benchmark: http://www.futuretech.blinkenlights.nl/hollibench.html The 24 bit system ran at about 1.55 FPS vs the XZ at 1.1FPS. Pretty miserable all around, but the R5000’s faster with the Newport 24 bit graphics vs the trick XZ system.

A friend of mine gave me a couple boxes of vintage Commodore 64 floppy disks. None worked, I was probably the 10th owner, but the hand drawn label art on some of them was great. Whoever pirated this software went … Continue reading →

It took me a while to figure this out. Like it’s some kind of secret. After installing the best OS and all the patches you have, run the command: /sbin/flashinst -T -y /usr/cpu/firmware/ip32prom.image Running that command after installing 6.5.30 with … Continue reading →

I went down to the local RE-PC store to see what kind of computer junk they had that I really didn’t need but really wanted and ran across this Indigo2 Impact 10000. I need another Indigo2 like I need a … Continue reading →

The Ultra Enterprise is a Dual 300 and 768MB Ram. The Sparcstation 20’s got dual 390Z50 and 128MB Ram.

It came with a working install of NextStep 3.3 and I was able to guess the root password. The best part is that it included some fun software and a hidden directory with some 1990s adult pictures. They’re pretty nice … Continue reading →

Called Mark at support and he claims every thing’s hunky dory. There were no outages in my area. Made some ‘changes’ to my account and would not tell me what they were.

Gotta like free. This was a good one which, of course, makes up for all the less than optimal trades found on Craigslist. I haven’t booted it up yet but it’s got three 2GB drives, one 18GB, a bunch of … Continue reading →

Every shed needs SGIs, a MythTV server, NeXT Cubes, Playboys, Commodore, and Apple computers, Here’s some annotated images of a dream storage shed:

I’m a collector of fine antique computers and game systems that I spent most of my childhood playing with. This include Vic-20’s, Commodore 64’s, Apple II’s, and Amiga’s. The collection has expanded to other machines that I really would have … Continue reading →