Lydie.cc - Retro Computing

I'm an elder millennial.  I grew up with IBM PCs thanks to my grandfather being an IBMer.  My favorite hobby to this day, and I'm 43 y/o, is 80s and 90s PCs.  If I ever write a book, it'll be on my IBM XT !

where it all started, I got this 486SX-33 Packard Bell for Christmas 1993

one of the best games ever made - The Incredible Machine

it's a tiny x86 PC that runs DOSBOX.  In a pencil sharpener case.   3.5" screen !

IBM PCJr with jrHotShot II & SD card boot cart

IBM PCJr with Racore/Rapport MFM hard drive expansion and st-225

Apple IIe with memory expansion and CF drive

portable, battery powered industrial 486 powered hackintosh

FreeDOS/WinXP machine with SBAWE32 sound card and P4

this is how you multiplayer in the early 90s.  serial cable !!

IBM 5155 sleeper.  battery powered, celeron 500MHz, FreeDOS, floppy emulator, DVD burner.  Still with CRT.

My TurboXT (with working 10mb MFM HDD) and PCjr running DOOM8088

I build retro PCs based off industrial platforms.  These are some of my rigs.

various other vintage PCs

my spare working 10MB MFM hard drives

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