Notices by uᴉʇᴉɯɯɐפ💾 (gammitin@mastodon.social)

Analog Dreams, Digital Nights.......

IBM ThinkPad 390E + IBM OS/2 Warp 4

IBM OS/2 Warp ☺️

25+ years ago, when we had to pay to send SMS messages, along came this amazing messaging platform that let you send them for free as well as online chat:
ICQ - "Uh Oh"

Linux for Playstation 2 Kit (2002)

IBM ThinkPad 390E from 1999 (Pentium II 300Mhz - 128MB RAM) running modern GUI Linux - AntiX, chilling using only 44.6MB RAM.

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.