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A purple Silicon Graphics workstation cube that's a *lot* bigger than I thought it would be.

Most of Hollywood's '90s CGI special effects were created on SGI machines like this...

On display at acms.org.au/

#SiliconGraphics #SGI #computerhistory #retrocomputing #retrocomputer

A very blue Silicon Graphics computer under a beige monitor, that's next to a massive purple cube workstation.

Home - Australian Computer Museum Society

β€œWe can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.” Alan Turing (computer scientist)
ACMS
#retrocomputing #sgi #retrocomputer #computerhistory #silicongraphics

Back in 1979 Sharp made this 'RaTeCaPuter' - Radio, Television, Cassette "Boombox" and, most excitingly, comPuter!

Details in Alt Text, or link in Japanese πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅!
retropc.net/ohishi/museum/rate…

#retrocomputing #sharp

The Sharp Rateca Puter. Up top, left to right: a collapsable TV/radio antenna, brightness and contrast dials, a giant speaker, a smaller speaker, and input for the tapedeck, with the play counters that were more common on the day. Face, left to right: A 4.5 inch CRT (behind a plastic guard), VHF/UHF and radio dials, channel and band selectors (TV/COMP, FM, Shortwave, and Middlewave), the "RATECA PUTER' logo on the battery gauge, AFC switch, mode selector, tape deck controls, audio controls for balance, bass, treble, and volume, and a mollyguard to prevent dials and switches from being mashed (the mollyguard being a signature of Sharp's boomboxes of the time). Face, low: the collapsable carrying handle that doubles as a stand; computer power button; slide-out chiclet keyboard based on Sharp calculators of the day, with number pad; an LED clock, clock controls, alarm controls. Right side: mic jacks, earphone jacks in two different sizes, beat cut switch, fan exhaust, DC and AC power plugs, and a printer port (!).

ラテカピγƒ₯γƒΌγ‚Ώ

retropc.net
#retrocomputing #sharp

Have you ever wished you could create a StuffIt archive on your modern Unix-based Mac with a native open source tool, so you could more easily transfer files to your retro Macs? Well... have fun.

github.com/thecloudexpanse/sit

#retrocomputing #VintageApple #VintageMac #VintageMacintosh

A Terminal window is showing the results of the command `sit -v test`. This is creating a StuffIt archive from a folder named "test", with verbose output. The output shows a series of files and subfolders being archived. At the end, the last line says `Wrote 337830 bytes to "archive.sit"`

GitHub - thecloudexpanse/sit: Create StuffIt archives on Unix systems

Create StuffIt archives on Unix systems. Contribute to thecloudexpanse/sit development by creating an account on GitHub.
GitHub
#retrocomputing #vintageapple #vintagemac #VintageMacintosh

I miss when software contained stuff like this.

(LaserWriter Pro installer app)

#rsrcSpelunking #retrocomputing

A screenshot of a classic Mac dialog box being edited in ResEdit. The text reads "Installer 3.4. The hottest installation technology anywhere! Bobby Carp, Kevin Aitken, et al.".
A screenshot of a classic Mac dialog box being edited in ResEdit. The text reads "Quality. The best testing ever! Guaranteed by: Rob "lunatic" Moore and thousands of wily Beta testers.".
A screenshot of a classic Mac dialog box being edited in ResEdit. The text reads "Friends. Thanks for your ideas, support, and patience: Phac Le Tuan, Ron Lichty, Bruce Jones, Rich Kubota, Wayne Correia, Owen Rubin, Chris Derossi Cindy Frost, and Francis Stanbach.".
#retrocomputing #rsrcspelunking

Recently, I visited the Australian Computer Museum in Sydney: acms.org.au/

In the coming days, I'll post photos of some of the old computers on display.

I'll start with the Amiga 500.

#Commodore #Amiga #Amiga500 #retrocomputers #retrocomputing #retrogaming #computer #computers #tech

A promotional poster for the Amiga 500 and some of its accessories.
The Amiga 500, a beige computer-in-a-keyboard from 1987. This machine had a mouse-driven GUI, colour graphics, multitasking, and did sampled audio.

Home - Australian Computer Museum Society

β€œWe can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done.” Alan Turing (computer scientist)
ACMS
#retrocomputing #Commodore #amiga #retrogaming #Amiga500 #retrocomputers

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