My Vintage Computer Virtual Museum and blog page.
I finished my workshop/museum space, here are some of the first systems to go on display.
I am setting up a workshop space where I can display and work on my collection, This space is in a detached building on my property. So far I have the space cleaned out, insulated, and heated. Next, I will be building some display shelving, I am planning on 3 levels of display shelving down the length of the room, and a work bench at the end. There will be outlets all along the display shelving so the computers can all be powered on and used where they sit on display.
I have been neglecting this site lately, It’s been a while since I have added any new content, I have created a few new categories on the right hand side of the page, check out my Vintage Printers and Vintage Peripherals categories now!
I have created a Vintage PC Enthusiasts group on facebook, anyone who’s interested in IBM PC’s and the many clones may join.
Since my spring cleaning in June and hosing off my Apple II, I finally got it all put back together and it works GREAT! I hosed off the keyboard and exercised the keys too, all but the number 2 seem to work perfectly, so I will probably have to replace that keyswitch (there’s a few others that don’t spring all the way back up that will also probably be replaced, but they work fine with no bounce or repeating, so not critical).
Had some issues with the site today, appears my security went haywire and messed up the handling of PHP files. In my quest to find the issue, I restored the Database and files to an older version, so a few posts and pages have been lost here, my apologies.
I have been working on some spring cleaning today:
Photos will be posted later once everything has dried out and is reassembled.
I have made some updates which should speed up page loads significantly. Anyone sees any problems, please reply and let me know 😉
I have updated image handling in the photo galleries making browsing of photos a little more user friendly, should have done this ages ago 🙂
I’ve also added pages for a few new additions to my collection, Please Check out my Compaq Portable and Toshiba T1600 pages, the pages are a bit generic for now, I do plan some upgrades, and proper photo shoots of them at a later date.
Regular viewers of my site may have noticed I have added some subtle advertising to my site, I am not looking to get rich off it by any means, I am just wanting to help offset the hosting costs for this hobby site of mine.
I am keeping them minimally intrusive and small so not to detract from my site, if anyone believes the ads are hurting this site, PLEASE comment and let me know.
Thanks,
-Ryan