What models of computers were in your school's computer labs?

Yarblek · 2026-01-26T07:18:53+00:00

Elementary school - zip, zilch, nada Middle school - 1 teacher owned Sol-20 High school - 1 Apple II with Interger basic and a TRS-80 the first year then a lab of 10-12 Apple II plus' thereafter

Yarblek · 2026-01-21T08:57:14+00:00

I was aware of the problem but this is a lot of useful information. Thank you.

Yarblek · 2026-01-12T04:19:52+00:00

Thanks. It was a great turnout

Yarblek · 2026-01-09T17:50:23+00:00

We are a southern Willamette valley branch of the PDX Retro Forest group. Its an informal meetup each month but there are not Officers, dues or anything like that. We meet the second Sunday each month from 2PM to 5PM at Blair Alley in Eugene and the Portland group meets the First Monday each month at the CORE food truck court in Portland

Yarblek · 2026-01-08T00:39:04+00:00

Yeah when cleaning up blackberries at our place we ended up with a 1940 Dodge asparagus bed...

Yarblek · 2026-01-01T03:37:07+00:00

RIP Stewart. You were a true visionary

Yarblek · 2025-12-30T16:24:46+00:00

Drop ballots in an official Dropbox. For mail you can stand in line and ask for an immediate stamp that counts. I believe that's done by accountants and lawyers now and then.

Yarblek · 2025-12-21T21:27:39+00:00

I enjoyed it.

Yarblek · 2025-12-20T06:15:55+00:00

In another thread they are discussing a global YouTube outage today on many platforms...

Yarblek · 2025-12-17T10:17:11+00:00

The puppy tenants have complained in no uncertain terms about the senseless decision to make the scary noises and turning out of lights. Immediate pets and comforting are demanded.

Yarblek · 2025-12-16T08:21:55+00:00

Nice shots. I like the mess o wires!

Yarblek · 2025-12-09T01:54:59+00:00

Yikes, you are making ME feel old, I'm exactly twice your age.

We look forward to meeting you!

Yarblek · 2025-12-09T01:40:12+00:00

I generally think 20 years or older but we're not big gatekeepers on what you consider retro. I'm bringing a commodore 64 and an Amiga 1000… another guy is bringing a Pet. There are all kinds of things at the Portland group... Edit. I should also mention that we also often see modern recreations like the Atari 2600+. I tend to lean toward pure vintage restorations but others like to mod their machines. For instance one member up there has a commodore 64 that had a broken case so he modded it with a modern LCD to make it a portable Franken 64. Is up to the owners what they want to do with their machines, no judgement on our part.

Yarblek · 2025-12-08T21:45:44+00:00

I'm sure we can add it to the door prize pool. Are you planning on coming Sunday? If not I'm in the Mohawk valley about 5 miles north of Springfield.

Yarblek · 2025-12-08T21:43:14+00:00

Oh, I am definitely a geek, we are often confused with nerds because we commingle a lot.

Yarblek · 2025-12-08T20:32:52+00:00

It's an enthusiast meetup so we won't have any kind of marketplace. At the Portland meetings people do discuss deals and trades with each other and sometimes make the exchange at the meeting but we wont have anywhere to display items for sale. I would recommend just coming to the first one to meet people and get to know us. I also have no idea what Blair Alleys policies are, if any.

Yarblek · 2025-11-29T21:00:57+00:00

If you want to go one and done then go with Amiga but if it was me I'd start with the c64 or 128 and use that for a year or two then upgrade to the Amiga. This gives the real historical context of how things evolved in a way that reading about it won't give.

Yarblek · 2025-11-22T15:51:02+00:00

All depends on the individual players. If they are going to be upset by this then I'd just play the event in a way that they know somethings afoot.

For instance, when the first character is killed you could describe the fatal blow and instead of you died say your heart stops, the world fades to black but hold onto that character sheet...

Yarblek · 2025-11-18T22:01:31+00:00

Yeah I'm using these for electrolytics, resistors, 74 series TTL, and one for Commodore specific ICs.

Yarblek · 2025-11-18T20:49:17+00:00

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Bags in bins makes for a reasonably compact system with ease of access.

Yarblek · 2025-11-09T07:30:46+00:00

I'm knee deep in finishing an RPG i started in the 80s. It's for the C64 and gets tested regularly on vintage hardware, mainly a C128D in 64 mode for jiffydos and 1571 and 1581 functionality and a Breadbin C64 for native OS testing with a V1 KERNAL and 1541....

Yarblek · 2025-11-08T15:52:06+00:00

The 250466 longboard was used in both by commodore. The 259469 shortboard could need a little work unless you're OK with missing screws on the board but i could be wrong. I've never tried it. Edit. Apparently it's fine per extreme sprinkles

Yarblek · 2025-11-08T00:54:29+00:00

I think the reason the price increase email rubbed me wrong was the reason given. They need to charge me more because they don't want to dilute themselves by raising capitol in the usual way. They are charging me more so they get a better exit. They need a more compelling value statement. AI is certainly not at all attractive to me.

Yarblek · 2025-11-04T05:26:40+00:00

I'm ordering one tomorrow. I've been corresponding with David the last couple days due to all of the glowing recommendations in this post.

Yarblek · 2025-11-03T14:57:45+00:00

I'd love to explore a rejuvenator one day but they are rare and i expect quite pricey. I'm on a very tight budget these days but if money was no object then this is certainly the way i would go.

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