Retrocomputaria

Study, explore, and repurpose vintage computing machinery with an emphasis on platforms which allow us to port and run Free Software and Unix-derivative systems. What the corporate IT market renders 'obsolete', we embrace for the fun and challenge of reusing various platforms for new purposes.

List of Machines

• Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer 1, 32kB RAM, 2 joysticks, disk drive interface -- potential for RapidOS

• IBM PS/2 i8086 @8MHz, 640kB RAM, 10MB hard disk, B/W CGA monitor -- running ELKS

• Osbourne (model unknown)

• Homebrew 68k

• Powermac G5-dual

• Webpal, Cirrus Logic CLPS7500FE ARM @40Mhz, 4MB RAM, 1MB Flash, VGA video port, ISA slots for modem/ethernet card -- potential for NetBSD or Linux

• Powerbook 145B, m68030 @ 25 MHz, 4MB of RAM, 10MB hard disk, B/W passive matrix screen -- running OS 7.1

People Involved

unixjazz

Related groups at Noisebridge

Post-Waste Nexus