The VintNerd
@thevintnerd.bsky.social
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Retro computer fun on YouTube :)
https://youtube.com/TheVintNerd
Picked up this interesting data logger for the Atari Portfolio from IBP Elektronik: Portalog DVM/Logger Interface 🧐
#Atari
#AtariPortfolio
#Portalog
#HPC004
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
3 months ago
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Found in a box of parts. Don't know what happened... but I can Hear & Smell what it must've been like! 😆
#Oops
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
4 months ago
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My YouTube'ing, piano teaching daughter surprised me with a fav I played at home when they were growing up. So Pretty 😭 ❤️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcE4...
#CristoforisDream
#DavidLanz
#PianoCover
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
5 months ago
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Had fun a few years back w this. Fireplace on for Hours. ALL the windows open in the middle of the night. 😂 -Cheers from Micki & Steve 😎
youtube.com/watch?v=NTJ4...
#Atari
#Atari8Bit
#Christmas
#Holidays
#SantaClaus
#YuleLog
#ChristmasLog
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#TheVintNerd
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A Very Retro Computer Yule Log with Atari 8-Bits - Music w/Crackling Fire
YouTube video by The VintNerd
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NTJ4Gu-ETKE
6 months ago
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We're all going to have to play Modoom! Chris might have to organize some friendly competitions during the weekend. 😎
add a skeleton here at some point
8 months ago
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Shopping Fry's Like It's 1999 🛒😆
9 months ago
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Check out the Atari Projects .org book & website 😀
#Atari
#Atari8Bit
#AtariProjects
#AtariProjectsDotOrg
#JasonMoore
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
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9 months ago
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"The new phone book's here!" No, sorry Steve. But, this is the kind of spontaneous publicity this rad retro T-shirt needs! 😎
#TerminallyOnline
#DrawingsByNicole
#TShirt
#ASCIIArt
#TerminalResearch
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
10 months ago
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New Vid: Geeking on the FujiNet for RS-232 🤓
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVnT...
#FujiNet
#FujiNetRS232
#MSDOS
#PCCompatible
#WiFiModem
#Atari
#CherryKeyboard
#MouseBoard
#G803500
#G803500HAU
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
10 months ago
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Announcing the existence of FujiNet for RS-232 - A Game Changer from the FujiNet Team!
#FujiNet
#FujiNetRS232
#MSDOS
#PCCompatible
#AtariPC
#AtariPortfolio
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
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10 months ago
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FujiNet for RS-232 is in the house! Currently supports MS-DOS/PC Compatible systems (like these Atari DOS World beauties). Video veeeeery soon 😎
#FujiNet
#FujiNetRS232
#MSDOS
#PCCompatible
#AtariPC
#AtariPortfolio
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#TheVintNerd
10 months ago
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Here's a fun retro article that Micki (VCF SoCal) & I (The VintNerd) are mentioned 🗞️ -Steve
www.theregister.com/2025/08/25/s...
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Why the UK is falling back in love with retro 90s tech
: It was a simpler time
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/25/straight_outta_1996_why_were/
10 months ago
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Last Tile out of 72! The 3D printed Multiboard tiles are looking great on the Wall Of Retro Expansion Pack 😎
#WallOfRetroExpansionPack
#Multiboard
#Atari
#Atari8Bit
#GameCartridges
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
10 months ago
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The Bambu Lab H2S is a printing Beast! ❤️ (bottom of GutBomb's re-mixed Macintosh case)
#Bambu
#BambuLab
#H2S
#Mac
#Macintosh
#Printables
#GutBomb
#3DPrinting
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
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10 months ago
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Not conclusive, but it seeeeeems to fit on the build plate 🤔 Would be a Lot of Supports!
#Bambu
#BambuLab
#H2S
#Atari
#Atari8Bit
#Atari800
#3DPrinting
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
10 months ago
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If It Fits, It Prints 🤓
#Bambu
#BambuLab
#H2S
#Atari
#Atari8Bit
#Atari400
#3DPrinting
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
10 months ago
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The Wall Of Retro Expansion Pack is taking shape! Got a bunch more 3D printing of wall tiles and cartridge brackets to get done still.
#WallOfRetroExpansionPack
#Multiboard
#Atari
#Atari8Bit
#GameCartridges
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
10 months ago
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Catch me at Maker Faire OC next month (Orange County, California). I'll be in the VCF SoCal booth 😎
add a skeleton here at some point
10 months ago
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3D printed some fun new cases for my old FujiNets 😎
#FujiNet
#Atari
#Atari8Bit
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
11 months ago
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I've got an idea for the blank studio wall. Definitely gonna need more filament! 🤓
#WallOfRetroExpansionPack
#Multiboard
#Atari
#Atari8Bit
#AtariXL
#AtariXE
#GameCartridges
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
11 months ago
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One oversized, pricey 1980s Radio Shack Cable Switcher! 🤑
#Tandy
#RadioShack
#TRS80
#RS232
#261499
#The80s
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
#RetroToKnow
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11 months ago
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New Vid: A Wire Wrapped CPU built from Chips! 😎
www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7k9...
#WireWrapping
#WireWrap
#WireWrapOdyssey
#7400Series
#VCFSoCal
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
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Paul Krizak and his Wire Wrap Odyssey
YouTube video by The VintNerd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7k9V1qbLZ8
12 months ago
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Studio Changes Looking Good! Cables off floor. Gear mounted off-floor to get rid of stands. Everything wired for doing Live streams. Bonus: My guitar & Korg have room in the studio now. 🤩
#StudioSetup
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
12 months ago
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There are FOUR Different Atari XE Computers 🤯
#Atari
#Atari8Bit
#AtariXE
#Atari65XE
#Atari130XE
#Atari800
#Atari800XE
#AtariXEGS
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
#RetroToKnow
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12 months ago
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COMPUTE!'s Gazette is get'n rebooted 😎 Physical copies are going to have a limited-run, so heads-up to get yours!
www.computesgazette.com/the-gazette-...
about 1 year ago
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Shoebox 👎 - PS wrapped-up next to unit 👎 - Front Display of RARE tech unscathed?!! 🤩🤩🤩 (Partial refund also good)
#Hayes
#HayesChronograph
#eBayProblem
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
about 1 year ago
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Continuing down my vintage Roland rabbit hole... It receives MIDI SysEx Messages for Karaoke Lyrics Display 🤠 🎶
#Roland
#LVC1N
#MIDILyrics
#MIDIKaraoke
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
about 1 year ago
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New Vid: I now have an Atari Mega ST Keyboard ...with an identity crisis 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🤓
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdHq...
#Atari
#AtariST
#AtariMegaST
#Atari16Bit
#Keyboard
#IBoughtItOnEbay
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
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Swapping Atari Mega ST Keyboard Internals
YouTube video by The VintNerd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdHqpt2M-Xk
about 1 year ago
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Media Format upgrade changes going on in the studio today 😎 💾 🎶
#Roland
#MT300s
#MT300
#MIDIPlayer
#Gotek
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
about 1 year ago
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Some Late Night Vintage Fun 😎
about 1 year ago
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Here are photos inside the TRS-80 RS-232 switcher (previously posted). C2 certainly needs some attention 🧐
#Tandy
#RadioShack
#TRS80
#RS232
#261499
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
about 1 year ago
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Picked-up this beefy, oversized RS-232 switcher from the 80s that costs over $400 when adjusted for inflation! 🤑
#Tandy
#RadioShack
#TRS80
#RS232
#261499
#BatteryCard
#The80s
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
about 1 year ago
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Recently got the Atari XE PBI Tester CA026033. Good thing the label is still attached! 😜
#Atari
#AtariXE
#Atari65XE
#Atari130XE
#Atari800XE
#Atari8Bit
#CA026033
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
about 1 year ago
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New Vid: Is this the Rarest Atari Computer ?!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7jp...
#Atari
#AtariPortfolio
#Portfolio
#Portfolio512
#HPC004512
#HPC004
#HPC005
#RareAtari
#RarestAtari
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
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The Atari Portfolio 512 EXISTS!
YouTube video by The VintNerd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7jp3VnlqmM
about 1 year ago
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New Vid: Q*bert fun at VCF SoCal 2025 🕹️
www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-ot...
#Qbert
#VCFSoCal
#VCF
#VCFed
#Atari
#Atari2600
#Atari8Bit
#AtariXL
#Atari800XL
#TI99
#Commodore
#C64
#Replicade
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
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Different Q*bert Fun & VCF SoCal 2025 Quick Look 🕹️
YouTube video by The VintNerd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-otwyqBX8Y
about 1 year ago
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Standards? Who needs standards?! 😆
over 1 year ago
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How the @!#?@! do you hold the stick???
#Qbert
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
over 1 year ago
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reposted by
The VintNerd
Steve Fulton
over 1 year ago
The
@thevintnerd.bsky.social
graciously gave us a sealed copy of Pitstop 2 for the Atari 400/800/XL/XE at VCF So. Cal. 2025, and we promised to CRACK THE SEAL and set the contents free while giving The Vintnerd a shout out. So here we go!
youtu.be/vHpb8DwxaT4
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Crack The Seal! : Pitstop 2 for The Atari 400/800/XL/XE
YouTube video by Into The Vertical Blank
https://youtu.be/vHpb8DwxaT4
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Came across a fun sample pack of National Semiconductor Gate Array High Density Packages. Call me a Nerd 🤓
#NationalSemiconductor
#GateArray
#HighDensityPackages
#Samples
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
over 1 year ago
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reposted by
The VintNerd
Jason Moore
over 1 year ago
The
@thevintnerd.bsky.social
team organizes & runs VCF SoCal (huge thank you!). Here is their Q*Bert exhibit featuring the game running on a variety of retro systems.
#vcfsocal
#qbert
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reposted by
The VintNerd
Steve Fulton
over 1 year ago
Last weekend was Vintage Computer Festival So. Cal. 2025. We were invited by
@thevintnerd.bsky.social
to be on youtuber/streamer panel. This is the story of that day and the people we met.
youtu.be/de3DJvaaJow
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Finding My Story at Vintage Computer Fest So. Cal. 2025
YouTube video by Into The Vertical Blank
https://youtu.be/de3DJvaaJow
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The VintNerd Q*bert exhibit for VCF SoCal is all up and running! 😀
#Qbert
#VCFSoCal
#VCF
#VCFed
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#FUN
#TheVintNerd
over 1 year ago
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Latest Addition: The Writer's Tool from OSS. Always loved these orange cartridge cases 🧡
#Atari
#Atari8Bit
#Atari800XL
#AtariOSS
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
over 1 year ago
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Up late working on another Q*bert setup for my VCF SoCal Valentine to Mrs VintNerd 🕹️
#Qbert
#Atari2600
#RFCompositeMod
#TinyCOMP
#VCFSoCal
#VCF
#VCFed
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#FUN
#TheVintNerd
over 1 year ago
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Commodore ⚡️ Powered by Atari! 👾 😂
#Atari
#Commodore
#mozzwald
#Qbert
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
over 1 year ago
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New Vid: Learn-To-Solder the fun VCF SoCal Electronic Badge! 😎
#LearnToSolder
#SolderingKits
#VCFSoCal
#VCF
#VCFed
#FVResearch
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#FUN
#TheVintNerd
over 1 year ago
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Could VCF SoCal Showrunner (Mrs VintNerd) go back further in time for the right jacket for me to groove in? 🎶 😆
#MembersOnly
#VCFSoCal
#VCF
#VCFed
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#FUN
#MT300s
#TheVintNerd
over 1 year ago
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The latest FujiNet video up on the Tube has been a hit. Thank You to everyone enjoying it!
over 1 year ago
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I've got FujiNets, but didn't have these USB-C power adapters from mozzwald 😎 Last new retro for the year! HNY! 🥳
#FujiNet
#mozzwald
#Atari
#AppleIIc
#Commodore
#USBC
#VintageComputing
#RetroComputers
#RetroGaming
#WallOfRetro
#NerdsOfVintage
#HappyNerding
#TheVintNerd
over 1 year ago
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