Oh noooo!! 💻💻🤦🏻‍♂️ Make that *2* #Apple #PowerBook 5300c notebooks.

Cleaning up and reassembling the IBM 5150 and “discovered” an Apple #PowerBook5300c in an archaeological dig in the basement. 😬 🦖 💻

Apple Store. Lego Store. I think this F1 set would have been cooler if it came with Craig Federighi an Eddy Cue mini figures!! #Apple #AppleTV #Lego 🤣🧱🍏🏎️

For the final day of #DOScember 2025 here is part 4 of my #IBM5150 restore series. With lots of help from the community, I try to trace down what IC(s) are keeping the board from booting. Happy Janky New Year! IBM 5150 will return! youtu.be/p_PW85AOUFg #RetroComputing #VintageeComputing #IBMPC

Something seems off with the AMD 8088 CPU at U3 on my #IBM5150 that I am trying to restore for #DOScember. Pin 22 Ready should go HIGH when the CPU is ready to start executing code. The view on the oscilloscope shows high then low. Not good. #IBMPC #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

New video is out! Watch as I re-discover the joys of flex cables and somehow restore a Game Boy DMG in the process. Huge thanks to @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social for the guest-appearance, and @mac84.bsky.social for the guest-guest-appearance! youtu.be/9dEZEnxdiOQ?... #retrogaming #restoration

One final #DOScember 2025 video in the works. Stay tuned. 🎄🎁 www.datasheetbank.com/preview/8088... #IBMPC #IBM5150 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

Can you guess what Saturday's video will be about? #vintagecomputing #retrogaming #retrocomputing

As a Trek fan who was also into computers, I always thought this scene was funny. 🖖

On Saturday's noon EST stream, the main goal is to put un-fake cache chips on a PCCHIPS 486 motherboard. I also have another 486 board of dubious origin and some potentially fake 287 chips to check out. Plus, a parallel to SD adapter that @i80386sx.bsky.social sent me! youtube.com/live/A-o4Oqt...

Merry Jankmas! I'm trying to have a little #DOScember fun working on my #IBM5150 motherboard. I keep getting an error from my T48 EPROM programmer that I need to install an adapter. What the heck am I doing wrong? #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #VintageRepair

I’ve said this before but realize that it’s not the flu, just the vaccine and my immune system doing their job.

Merry Christmas! 🎁🎄 😁 #C64 #Christmas #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #VintageComputing @commodoreofficial.bsky.social

🎥 New #IBM5150 Video Drop 🎞️ In Part 3 of my IBM 5150 restoration series for #DOScember, I check for the 4.77MHz clock signal on the motherboard and give it a ultrasonic bath. (Sorry about the choppy audio, not sure what went wrong.) youtu.be/pedaVnDbGm0 #IBMPC #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

You can also download it from Archive.org (for now) here archive.org/details/60-m... I recommend people do this, and keep a local copy just in case it goes missing from there.

Hey folks. I just got case and parts in to build a computer for a client. Come find out if I can get it to work or will it catch fire. The stream starts tonight at 5:20pm eastern youtube.com/live/Y5w5ZG1...

Tuesday at 2:30PM EST we're going to finish up the FM Towns II UG20 saga so I can get it back to its owner. There's still one floppy drive to service and I'll show how I modified a 72pin SIMM and got a BlueSCSI to work with the machine. youtube.com/live/FW9Mjpo...

i would pay disgusting amounts of money for a floppy quilt

if by any chance you are wondering "why 14.3181818Mhz" that's a fun story

Christmas came a little bit early this year. 🥰🎄🎁🎅🏻 Thank you @commodoreofficial.bsky.social #Commodore #C64Ultimate

My #IBM5150 motherboard is looking much better after an ultrasonic cleaning. Follow my #DOScember playlist for more Big blue #IBMPC shenanigans all month long! youtube.com/playlist?lis... 🎄Merry Jankmas 🎁 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing #VintageRepair

#BTS #DOScember #IBM5150 video teaser trailer 🎄 Merry Jankmas! 🎁 youtube.com/shorts/k3Bee... #IBMPC #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

#DOScember Video Drop As a surprise follow up to my #IBM5150 restore series Part 2, I made a short video of a power on test waiting for a few minutes to see if Big Blue makes a beep. Thanks to @gloriouscow.bsky.social for the suggestion. youtu.be/SUOv-bVXvqo #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

📣 New Video Drop 🎞️ Who has time for #SNF?! It's #DOScember! In Part 2 #IBM5150 series I start poking around the motherboard looking for trouble. Check out the full video in the link below! 🎅🏼 Merry Jankmass! 🎄☕️🍪 #IBMPC #VintageComputing #VintageRepair #RetroComputing youtu.be/L1uPVhXUP-8

Some behind the scenes #DOScember Holiday Hijinks photos to share while working on the next #IBM5150 video. #IBMPC #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

Since you have a scope, check out the clock lines, pin 19 of the 8088 should be ticking away at 4.77MHz. If you've got nothing there, go back to the 8284 clock generator (to the left of the top dip switch). Pin 11 should be HIGH. That's the power good signal from the PSU.

modem7, the curator of minuszerodegrees, often helps people with broken 5150's if you make a thread on the VCF forums: forum.vcfed.org/index.php?fo...

and if you need a handy reference to what's what on the motherboard, you might like my 5150 illustration: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

We have clock!! Maybe there is some hope for this #IBM5150 after all. Wouldn't that be a Jankmass miracle! #DOScember #IBMPC #VintageComputing #RetroComputing youtube.com/shorts/6by_b...

Working on an #IBM5150 for #DOScember. Using MinusZeroDegrees.net for tips. PSU is good (stays on when plugged into board), no beep from speaker. No obvious damage, no exploding caps, & voltages look good coming off PSU at P8 & P9 connectors. Is T1 trimmer ok? #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

🎄🎅🏼🎥 #DOScember Video Drop 🎞️ This year for DOScember I give you the gift of me fumbling around inside an #IBM5150 PC as I try to restore it to working condition all month long. youtu.be/Jlaypmy0PyY #IBM #VintageComputing #RetroComputing

The DOS Game Jam has half a day left, and the response so far has been incredible. Regardless of whether you end up submitting a project, thanks to everyone who even thought about creating something. Exercising your creative muscles, no matter how dormant, can truly make the world a better place.

It’s almost time for #DOScember … I’ll be working on my first #IBM5150. Actually, I don’t know what I’m doing, so maybe I should call it: #TheMostJanktasticTimeOfTheYear or #DOSJankember or #ADOScemberToRemeber 🤔🎄☃️👨🏻‍💻

The #Thanksgiving after party starts…RIGHT NOW! 🍗🥳🎉🍸

Them: Are you getting ready for the holidays? Me: Yup. #DOScember #RetroComputing #VintageComputing #IBM #IBM5150 #MSDOS

📣 New Video Drop!! 🎥 youtu.be/WGiXOMFhBzY After procrasting, I finally dove into recapping the Mac Classic that was a $30 FB Marketplace rescue. Watch me attempt to remove old capacitors from a 1990 Classic board. #RetroMac #MacClassic #VintageComputing #VintageRepair #RetroComputing #Recap

In a world of Luthors, be like Superman.

Archie is working hard on this particular #Caturday.

📣 New Video Drop 🎥 Looking more closely at my seemingly fine $30 FB MP Mac Classic. Let's find out how much trouble I'm really in and the spare parts that I've been purchasing. #VintageMac #RetroMac #ClassicMac #MacClassic #VintageComputing #VintageComputing youtu.be/HiLgAUNqfKI?...

So a thing happened today! I removed leaky caps from a #MacClassic system board! This was my first attempt at removing caps from a board. Not too bad. Dealing with C2 and C8 are going to be “fu”n. 🤣😇 #VintageMac #RetroMac #VintageComputing #RetroComputing #VintageApple

📣 New Blog Post IBM PC Model 5150 Retrospective and Unboxing #IBM #IBM5150 #VintageComputing #RetroComputing blog.smartphonefanatics.com/ibm-pc-model...

The VCF East video is now up for early access on Patreon! Assuming no obvious flaws it'll go live to the public on Friday. www.patreon.com/posts/vcf-ea...

New Video Drop! 🎥 It’s never too early to start getting ready for #DOScember! Join me as I unbox and check out the latest addition to my #VintageComputing collection, an #IBM 5150 and it’s glorious Model F keyboard! #RetroComputing #VintageIBM #IBM5150 youtu.be/rNfgc6QRZLg

Another totally killer video from @iiidiy.bsky.social !

On Saturday's (May 3rd) noon eastern stream, I'll be finishing work on a couple 68030 Macintoshes: a really beautiful SE/30 and a somewhat-less-beautiful Performa 550. A whole lot of #vintagemac action for one stream! youtube.com/live/ELGz_B7...

Updated my #DogCow Moof! app for #Newton again. Now v2.5. Check out the included Read Me for more info and the changelog. Enjoy! 🙂👍 tinyurl.com/ClarusTheDog... 🐶 🐮 #apple #messagepad #pda #vintagecomputing #AppleNewton #newtonmessagepad #RetroComputing #Marchintosh

I registered for the inaugural @init-hello.org event this July in MD. Who else is going? #VintageApple #Apple2Forever Details at: init-hello.org

Registration for INIT HELLO is now open through June 30! Capacity is limited, so register soon! init-hello.org/2025/05/regi...

New Video Drop!! 🎥 Over the weekend, I picked up a $30 Mac Classic on FB Marketplace. Now the hard work begins! Let’s see how much work this little guy will need to get working again! youtu.be/diG6M_mfPp4 #VintageComputing #GetTheBatteryOut #RetroComputing #VintageMac #VintageApple #MacClassic

@ladyailuros.bsky.social showing us the joys of working with old plotters at VCF East today :)