Notices by uᴉʇᴉɯɯɐפ💾 (gammitin@mastodon.social)

Another laptop refurb done and dusted🪛
Epson PC-386 Note A
エプソン PC-386 ノート A
A Japanese PC-98 compatible notebook computer, made in 1990.
▶️ i386SX 16MHz
▶️ 640k (+8MB)
▶️ 40MB HDD
▶️ Side Lit FTN white LCD
▶️ 1.2M/640K (Custom Gotek Drive)
▶️ MS-DOS 2.11 (ROM) & 5.0 HDD

Which 1999 OS should I try on my Pentium II?

Feeling like some Commodore Amiga fun tonight, I have a few things to add/swap/upgrade on my Amiga 600.

StarCraft [1998]

Sid Meier's Civilization [1991]

Netboot xyz:
A really neat tool, this is similar to Ventoy, but no need to download the ISO's, you can literally boot up from the built in menu over the internet, worth a look!
You can also self host on your local network as well:
https://github.com/netbootxyz/netboot.xyz

Unboxing, let's go.....

Carpet underlay, that's an interesting choice of packing material! 😃

IBM PS/2 Model 30 (8086)

IBM 😍

What do we have here.......

Clunk!

*disclaimer before I post, as I know I'll get a million comments:
1) Yes the floppy is missing
2) Yes, the PSU is weird with no connectors
3) Yes, it's a weird ESDI interface
4) Yes, I know it needs repair work, that's what I do for fun! ☺️

I've not yet picked these up, but have reserved them, I'll get some better pictures, once I have them.
The Official Doom Survivor's Strategies & Secrets (1994), it was developed with assistance from id Software.

@cr0n0s thank you. I've been after a case this big for about a year, finally bagged one. The pearlised gold on the bottom is pretty fancy 😍

Well the Big Beige Chonker has arrived, hand delivered by the seller, so none of those courier damage issues. Standing next to a normal sized ATX case for scale, the case even came with a free working P4 XP system as a bonus. Gonna fun building a retro rig out of this! 👍

New Big Box game for my collection: Sim City 2000 (MS-DOS 3.5" floppy version). Absolutely love this game too bits, it's a classic!
*Bonus - original 1994 purchase receipt and 90's save disks.*
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