#commodorez

[commodorez]

Man, I'd love to find a way to actually insert artwork of myself as the installation wizard into Windows 95's wizard system. That'd be cool, but for now this mock-up artwork will suffice.

#windows 95 #installation wizard #commodorez #microsoft windows #new hardware wizard

[vizreef]

Commodore CBM 3032 (US, 1979)

European market only

#tech #commodorez

[cpm-86]

Do you have a favorite vintage computer?

i'm a huge lover of any computer that stacks its monitor on top of the case, it feels so compact and looks neat. especially models like ibm 5170, apple iie, and amiga 2000 :] i don't know if i could pick one favorite but these are certainly my top favs <3

#asks #commodorez #fav

[jerkfacepink]

Your story is awesome! Photoshop 4.0 was what I started on too.

I know it's 25+ years ago, but do you recall which capture card you used? My guesses are a Snappy or maybe an iomega buz.

Thank you! It’s hard to even realize how far software (and everything) has come since then.

Ahaha, my boyfriend and I were broke high school kids back then and didn’t have the cash for one of these! Part of the reason why it was so physically hard to get that card into my motherboard, and because it didn’t work perfectly was because this was some cobbled together thing from someone who owned a soldering iron and sold this thing from the bottom of a crate of misc. hardware at a computer show. I don’t know where someone would find something like that anymore in this day and age, maybe Etsy? A flea market?

#askbox #commodorez

[puter-boy]

If you haven't heard the Woxy remix of Keeping Up With The Commodore, I highly recommend it. Who knew you could turn a commercial into an absolute banger?

I hadn't! I went and listened to it, and my goodness. I love it. It's amazing. It's going on my playlist. Thankyou so much for the recommendation!

#also went a little bit insane #ive been following you for a while and to get an ask from THE commodorez??? #by god #it's lucky i'm on my laptop because my phone would have gone out the window

[odd-drive]

Do you have a favorite vintage computer?

I do!!! I don't meant to suck up to you or anything since you're commodorez (lol), but my favorite vintage computer is absolutely the Commodore Pet.... it makes my brain tingle with how awesome it is - its such an endearing compute that I spot all the time in media which is really cool. I love the way it opens up, I love the internals. (That main rainbow ribbon cord.... yummy!) I like the idea of owning one, one day, for exclusively word processing or something!! This picture is from a Facebook group and the first comment is about how you could rip out the internals and throw in a raspberry pi..... and yeah you could, but 😒🤯🥺🥺 That hurts my heart and I wouldn't do it.

#Thanks for asking!

[ms-dos5]

Is that really CommodoreZ in the background of your VCF computer photo, or are they just joking around?

That's actually him, we were both at VCF East this year (along with several other people I know mainly online)

#ms dos ask

[techav]

VCF Southwest

This was the first time I've been able to attend a VCF, and it was the first held in the Dallas area in over a decade. I was lucky enough to participate as both event staff, helping to plan and run the show, and as an exhibitor. It was exhausting, it was overwhelming at times, and I nearly lost my voice by the end of the first day ... But it was also an incredible experience and I really enjoyed it.

I brought a few of my projects to show off. First and foremost was my Wrap030-ATX project, which I paired with a Wyse WY-30 terminal I rescued from Computer Reset, and had running a demo program for printing names on my recently-repaired Apple ImageWriter II/L. Next to that was my Wrap030 board stack running a Mandelbrot fractal renderer using its 68882 FPU and video generator cards. Then came the Mac SE from Computer Reset I repaired, with my SE-VGA card driving an external monitor, and running Oregon Trail (always a crowd favorite!). Finally I had my Franken-Plus, which sadly suffered a power supply failure early on the first day and sat dark all weekend.

My exhibit was situated just down the row from @commodorez , who won the show's Best Microcomputer award for his "VICs that aren't 20" exhibit of rare and lesser-known Commodore computers. Across from Commodore-Z was Usagi Electric, who won Best in Show for his exhibit of the Centurion, a PDP-11, and his vacuum tube computer.

I had a great time talking to Commodore-Z, @ms-dos5 , Usagi Electric, Nybbles and Bytes, Macintosh Librarian, Retrotech Chris, Kevin & Michael of the Turbo 9 Team, Al Williams, and so many more wonderful people that I couldn't even begin to catch names for.

I also got to go into deep-dive discussions on very specific details about my projects with people who already knew so much more about the components and the tools that I'm using than I do. It's energizing to be around people that understand the work that goes into these projects and appreciate what I've accomplished.

The show was so much bigger than I anticipated. Including staff, volunteers, sponsors, speakers, exhibitors, and attendees, we saw nearly 900 people come through the main hall over the course of the weekend. Seminars were full, with CuriousMarc's presentation on Restoring the Apollo Guidance Computer forming an imposing line for entry well ahead of the scheduled start of the talk. We had incredible community turnout; it was great to see entire families come through with awestruck small children in tow.

There was so much to see and do, so many people to talk to. The entire weekend is just a blur. My brain is still trying to process everything from the show.

One thing does stand out though — an unbelievably generous act from someone I spoke to on Saturday about my homebrew builds and my methods for testing and debugging. This kind soul was so impressed by what I have accomplished without an oscilloscope that he bought one from the VCFSW charity auction and gave it to me on Sunday. I was so surprised I didn't think to even get his name before he disappeared into the crowd. I can't wait to put it to good use, and I hope that what I build with it lives up to his expectations.

Following VCF East earlier this year, Bil Herd said something about riding that high from VCFE, and that prompted him to agree to come out to join us at VCFSW this year. Now that I've experienced it for myself, I understand what he meant. I've been looking though all the pictures and blog posts everyone has been sharing, and catching up on recordings of the presentations I missed. Interest in some of my projects has me thinking about what I can do with them next. It's exciting.

I can't wait until next year.

#vcf southwest #vcf #vcfsw #vcfsw 2023 #vintage computer festival #vintage computing #retro computing #wrap030 atx #SE-VGA

[cherrie01]

(edited and used a higher quality image, sent my commodorez :3 og post by spinneretsystems )

#computers #old computers #old windows #tech #techcore #technology #mourning the loss of my account #u dont understand #cool tech #nostagiacore

[martyrofacrimescene]

hey objectums who go. a little bit crazy in tags

are you blocked by tumblr user commodorez

[aperture-in-the-multiverse]

Anyone who’s been to a Vintage Computer Festival recently can probably relate.

Thanks to @commodorez for the idea and acting.

#vcf #vintage computer festival #retrotech #Retro #vcfe

[commodorez]

Celebrating 10 years on tumblr!

Here's a cool picture of me with my car, and my favorite computer: the Commodore VIC-20

#commodorez #commodore #vic-20 #10 year tumblrversary

[traceamountsoftimetravel]

“A.S.E. certified technician? More like A.S.S. certified technician.”

- @commodorez helping me make sense of bad auto repair work

[lonestarflight]

Can y'all do me a favor and tell @commodorez his computers are very cool?

#he deserves the love

[os2warp]

I got OS/2 running on my new old desktop, but haven't really gotten anything installed yet. @commodorez's website is one of the only ones I know of that renders almost correctly in IBM Web explorer

[riflesaregood]

hii! can you recommend some of your fav old-tech blogs?

@never-obsolete @centralbunnyunit @vidibit @iplaycomputer @oldcomputerhardware @commodorez @vizreef @desktopfriend are definitely my favorites :]