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Nov 8 • 15 tweets • 12 min read • Read on X
Time for the System Source Swap Meet pics I took... in no particular order. Let's goooo! 🧵 time.

First we have an Amiga with some Macs, etc. Also, tons of interface cards. Some cool Apple stuff. And some IBM PCs! Image
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More PCs, macs, laptops, and some software! The boxed copy of StuffIt Deluxe caught my eye! Image
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One seller impressively had the original boxes for most of his stuff! Image
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More PCs, macs, laptops, and some software! The boxed copy of StuffIt Deluxe caught my eye! Image
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This commercial ISA card in the foreground is pretty neat, though I don't know much about it! Image
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It just keeps going and going! I found this briefcase tester(?) system to be neat. Apple IIC. And Atari Home Computer in box! Image
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Memory, opticals, more laptops Image
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This was one cool table... I am not a Commodore guy, but Amigas are cool, as is the SX-64 Image
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Bin of cards, some more opticals, A beige box hiding under the table too. LOL Image
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So, I dug through this box of $1 cards and bought most of them šŸ˜‚ Image
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This guy had some RARE cards. An original Sound Blaster. An ATI Mach64 VLB card too. And a SCSI VLB card (I should have bought it, but $40 was a little steep). Image
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We're almost done, I PROMISE. Here are the last of the swap meet pictures I too. The guy selling the Mac setup literally wanted single digits for it. Someone should have taken it home!!! Image
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Alright, now back to the warehouse sale. Just a few pics I took of things I liked, most things I saw were in the videos... you did see them, right? Image
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Tons of Mac laptops, and this Newton was cute! Image
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I got to see my friends too! I didn't get nearly enough pics with them though. But we do have @veeb0rg, @wrljet , @techknight2 and @torbar here!

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Nov 8
I've cleaned and tested three of my $10 laptops so far. And they are flawless!! Image
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The fourth one I cleaned is a little rough (bad screen bezel, failing HDD, battery was taped in, and mouse pointer is bad) but hey it at least powers on! Image
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Nov 2
It's always fun to install "older" OSes on systems not designed for them. Given that, how about we install Windows '98 SE on this Dell Latitude D600 with a Pentium M processor? Let's have a look at it in a 🧵 here! Image
So, first and foremost, this site is AWESOME! There is a bundle of drivers that you can download, and inside the bundle is a readme file with some very clear instructions on what to do! retrosystemsrevival.blogspot.com/2018/05/dell-l…Image
I kicked off the install, and not far into the process, we ran into an issue since this system has more than 512MB of memory. I had to add a line to system dot ini under the [386enh] section as you see here (MaxPhysPage=20000). After that change, install proceeded! Image
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Oct 21
Okay, time to explore the Compaq Presario 2200 that I brought back from Dallas! Like all of these, this one is a bit of a mixed bag. Let's have a look in a 🧵 here! Image
So, first, like 100% of these I have seen, the plastics in the front are very brittle. This front panel has previously been glued on, you can see some glue residue here and there! Image
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Here's the back of the PC. Nope, these systems do not have PCI expansion, and have one "weird" 8 bit ISA expansion slot for a modem! Image
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Oct 21
Let's test a few things that I picked up at the DFW swap meet this weekend! We'll use the trusty Dell Precision 220 Workstation as the test rig, along with Windows 2000. Time for a 🧵 Image
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So, first we'll test the Diamond AGP card. It's an OEM card, and after some searching, I THINK it is a Diamond Speedstar A200, with the S3 Savage4 PRO chipset. In it goes! And I lied, I used Windows XP to test this one, I forgot šŸ˜‚. Anyway, it checks out āœ… Image
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Next, we have this card here, I think it's an Nvidia card. Foolishly, I thought it was PCI, but it's PCI Express. I have no use for this! It'll go on the free table at the next event I attend, whatever that is! Image
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Oct 19
Stopped by the Time Rift Arcade before heading to the airport. I'll show some of the games I played in a 🧵 Image
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First game was California Speed, at which I am terrible. Played a few boards of tetris too. I didn't play the NES or SNES but did grab a picture of the setup! Image
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I played Elvira pinball, because, well, of course šŸ˜‚. Also Burgertime, Berserk and Mr. Do Image
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Oct 18
Some other pictures. Someone selling a complete Atari 5200 for $250.. tempted šŸ˜‚ Image
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Virtual Boy. Homebrew system too! Image
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Macs for sale. PCs too. And look at that nice PC case! Image
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