I’m amazed how well my older computers function years after their release.

I have a #MSI GS43VR 6RE Phantom Pro from 2016 (7 years!) that’s STILL a powerhouse. I don’t know if this shows how poweful this machine was when it came out, how little progress has been made in machines since its release, or how software has improved over time. Maybe it’s a combination of the three.

I’ve installed #NixOS on it with #Gnome44 and it simply screams.

#Impressed #OldHardware #Linux #GamingLaptop

Can anyone suggest me a very lightweight and old hardware compatible enterprise Linux distro??

#Linux #selfhosting #distro #opensource #oldhardware #lightweight

When the children were young, just after the turn of the century, we had a couple of WinX systems for them to access that new fangled technology; the Internet. (We knew it was a fad, wouldn't catch on.)

Oh great keepers of the ancient tech here is my ask...

Please name (and picture if possible) the "black box" MODEM we had that would respond to ethernet requests on port 80 and dial-up our ISP.

Yep, kids would open a browser and the box would dialup.

#vintagecomputing #oldhardware

I just noticed, while installing a new BIOS update (the previous installed update was installed 7 years ago), that this crappy old laptop at work has a USB-C port.

USB-C doesn't feel that old yet, but I guess it is...

#usb #usbc #oldhardware #pc #laptop

Got an old Toshiba tablet, Atom Z8300 CPU, 4GB of RAM. Win10 is creeping. Looking for a small, lightweight Linux distro (so not KDE/Gnome) that supports the hardware and actually has some sort of usable touchscreen interface (I know).

Preferably one that I can download, slap on and give to my sick wife to browse web and watch videos in bed. So recompiling kernels and playing NDISwrapper to make Wifi work is probably not on.

Suggestions?

#AskFedi #Linux #Distro #OldHardware

Awwww yisssss #retrocompting #oldhardware #atkeyboard

Well it looks like my old laptop will be staying on Windows 10. WiFi is unreliable under Ubuntu and I haven't the stomach any more to figure it out

#Ubuntu #laptop #OldHardware

Preparing a pen drive to install Ubuntu 22.10 Desktop on my old laptop.

My only worry is that it won't recognise the wireless adapter, ethernet isn't an option and I don't want too much faffing around making things work.

#Ubuntu #laptop #OldHardware

My #selfhosted Mastodon instance (2009 iMac 3Ghz Core2Duo 4GB RAM) is running fine. Just two users on it. However, I have noticed in the past day that the fan on the iMac has started to run consistently now.

I suspect it’s the amount of HDD access needed. I may need to swap though HDD over to an SDD sooner rather than later.

#selfhosting #mastodon #iMac #oldhardware

Equaciono (mas não muito seriamente) a opção de controlador SAS, uma vez que já possuo algumas unidades, mas o consumo energético aumenta consideravelmente.
Fico limitado aos 3Gb/s SATA da motherboard, mas tendo em conta que não é para uso intensivo, deve corresponder às necessidades e está já integrado.

#oldhardware #amd64

¡Santa cachucha!

Yo tuve este teléfono en la universidad temprana hace poco más de 20 años.

Lo recuerdo con muchísimo cariño. Lástima que no era GSM. No me acuerdo del modelo pero lo vi a la venta y debo dejarlo pasar.

#Nokia #Hardware #Oldhardware

Managed to get it ripped now, by firing up my old desktop computer from 2007 with a proper full sized DVD/CD reader/writer that's even older than that. Worked first time on that.

#oldHardware #CompactDisc

Alte Hardware wieder Flott machen: Dell Bios Update ohne Akku durchführen am Beispiel Dell Latitude 14 E5470

https://www.dev-crowd.com/2022/11/30/alte-hardware-wieder-flott-machen-dell-bios-update-ohne-akku-durchfuehren-am-beispiel-dell-latitude-14-e5470/
#AlteHardware #Dell #Thinkpad #debian #Dell.Thinkpad #linux #Manjaro #oldhardware #Q4OS

This old Macbook Pro was collecting dust on a shelf. A cheap SSD upgrade later, it’s now rocking a perfectly working #archlinux install. I will use it for all things #hamradio, since my main laptop with macOS is giving me too many headaches for that. Will post the results later. #oldhardware

Managed to recover most of the data off a 5.25" quantum bigfoot hdd this morning (bottom). Last booted in 2007. Has some heft! [ #quantumbigfoot #oldhardware #vintagepc ]

Creative music video editing for @suetszu using

Reaper, Pure Data (PD) , MXWendler's Stage Designer (SD) & Syphon
- on a Macbook Pro mid 2012 / OS 10.9.

Workflow

Prepare 1 big footage.mov of all filmed footage, note it's total frame number ->
• Reaper creates MIDI triggers synced to original audio.
• PD takes MIDI triggers and generates random start frame number within total frames range, to OSC
• SD plays footage.mov, receives start frames from OSC/PD - incl. real tm compositing, color correction etc.
• Syphon records SD's monitor signal to file, uncompressed or at various professional cmpression rates (422 HQ etc.)

Benefit

This workflow generates a load of music-synced random generated cutting sequences at professional resolution, which can be used for final video cut or just for inspiration.
Working in simple Full HD. An old Macbook Pro flawlessly processes all that data at once. We don't have to always upgrade everything to newest hard- and software, despite devs telling us so -> artists have no cash left for that, do we?

*Enjoy

#video #creative #editing #puredata #reaper #mxwendler #syphon #inspirational #oldhardware #random #oldsoftware #sustainable #computing @puredata@a.gup.pe @supercollider@a.gup.pe

Retrocomputing, Time To Hang Up The Original Hardware?

https://hackaday.com/2022/06/28/retrocomputing-time-to-hang-up-the-original-hardware/

#originalhardware #Retrocomputing #retrocomputer #oldhardware #amiga

Well, I've done it. PS/2 port for my mouse, and USB-C port for my keyboard.

Please report any singularities ASAP.

#OldHardware #HaHaNoSerious

I'm curious. Would the universe shatter if I used BOTH the PS/2 port AND the USB-C port on my motherboard at the same time?

#OldHardware #HaHaNoSerious

There are two #uxn #varvara implementations I would like for my #OldHardware :

- classic #Amiga #AmigaOS (e.g. Kickstart 1.3 OCS A500 with 512kB RAM) booting from double-density #FloppyDisk (880kB) interoperable with the OS (no custom disk format), with mouse, keyboard and joystick support (2 mice could be fun, or 2 sticks, depending on the rom). Bonus points if it's portable enough to work on #AROS #x86 with a simple recompile (i.e, uses OS calls instead of custom chip pokes)

- bare metal #i386 (no FPU, 4MB RAM) bootable from double-density floppy (720kB) but maybe also supporting high density (1.44MB), with mouse + keyboard support - probably sensible to start with a DOS version first?

ideally they would persist data back to the boot disk if desired, and/or use a ram disk

is anyone working on these yet? otherwise I may have enough time next summer...