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The news/media account for the Wisconsin Computer Club. Serving the entire state of Wisconsin, with events every month. Join the club (it's free!) and join the fun! Check out our website at https://wisconsincomputerclub.com!

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Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 34m

It's hard work, but it has some beautiful results. Props to those that save battery bombed systems!

CelGen Studios @celgen.org · 56m

Watching Adrian begin to scope the amount of work he's got going on that Lisa's I/O board reminds me of the job I had to do a few years back where it was easier to just strip that corner of the board, remove the failing masking and replace traces and sockets as per the schematic.

Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 6h

If you need help or are in a position to help your friends, neighbors, and community during the impending SNAP cut, it is tremendously appreciated. One tool to help find your local food banks is at www.feedingamerica.org and if you can, please get involved. Together, we can make a difference!

U.S. Hunger Relief Organization | Feeding America

Feeding America is a nonprofit network of 200 food banks leading the fight against hunger in the United States. Learn how you can help end hunger in America.

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Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 1d

I love it when that one random thing finally comes in clutch!

techknight @thetechknight.bsky.social · 1d

Repair of the century right here. The one part in my stash I've had since a kid has finally proved useful... Fixed the Macintosh portable inverter with a transformer from a scanner

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Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 1d

The next administration should sell bits of the rubble as souvenirs when they inevitably tear it down. 😏

Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 3d

We're off to Janesville on Saturday, November 8th! We'll be at the Hedberg Public Library at 11AM onward in the big room- stop on by for some retro tech fun with us!

A poster displaying the Wisconsin Computer Club event on Saturday, November 8th, 2025 at 11Am at the Hedberg Public Library in Janesville, Wisconsin. The picture at the bottom features a row of old computers that I couldn't get the refresh rates to sync with my camera, but that's some of the machines from last time.

Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 7d

Yep

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Free Geek of Chicago 💾📀👾 @freegeekchicago.bsky.social · 7d

This is peak retro home media tech. My HDDVD player is running through my BetaMax player.

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Retro Computers @retrocomps.bsky.social · 7d

Commodore Amiga CD32

The Amiga CD32, an early 32-bit console. The grey box has a CD drive on the left (with a transparent beveled bubble reimescent of late 90s design) and the usual ports on the right, including a volume rocker, on the right (with faux louvres reminscent of late 80s design).

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Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 7d

You love to see it!

A meme from Metalocalypse with the word "BRUTAL" in bold.

Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 7d

We knew this game was "bad" before giving it a whirl but wow, it really is an atrocious thing to suffer through. Condolences to the kids who had this to play with.

A Nintendo 64 plays "Superman 64" at LincCon 2025.

Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 10d

Imagine explaining the present day to the dystopian fiction writers of yesteryear. They'd say you were a hack, and that nothing so bleak would ever be believed.

Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 12d

If you're looking to do some retro gaming, LincCon in Merrill Wisconsin is the place to be! #linccon

A row of video retro video game systems are lined up for play at LincCon 2025.

Sonic 2 on the JVC Xeye, a licensed copy of the Sega Genesis and Sega CD in one combined unit. To the right, a Super Nintendo plays Mario 3.

The rare NEC SuperGrafx makes an appearance.

Two Neo Geo machines do their thing at LincCon 2025.

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Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 13d

I was never a fan of those "team meetings" at work; but I am immensely thankful that none of them that I ever attended were ever led by Malcolm Reed. Poor MACOs. 😟

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Dave’s Vintage Apple Tech @davesvinappletech.bsky.social · 13d

youtu.be/FIVm85PNO1c?...

How to Install RAM in Your Vintage Macintosh - 1991 MacWarehouse Instructional Video

YouTube video by Timothy Colegrove

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Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 13d

It's one thing to fight rubber aliens, it's another to fight aliens that aren't even there and will be added in post. That they sold this at all is indeed a triumph of both the effects people and Bakula's weirdly broad range of acting abilities.

Hoping Adam is feeling better soon!

Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 13d

I always wonder how the design meetings for the Xindi weapon went. Surely someone had to have said "Don't make it look too much like the Death Star. I mean, that's obviously what we're going for, but don't overdo it!" 😆

Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 13d

By Cuomo's logic, the billionaires would be sending checks to Mamdani too, as he's a New Yorker and if you've even glanced at the news over the last few months, they'd "know" him well enough.

Really looking forward to election night.

Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 14d

All Bolton has to do is run for President, and the prosecution can't touch him then, apparently.

Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 14d

We recently did a demo on RCA CED SelectaVision, and it worked... bizarrely good? Like, these disks are physically deteriorating year on year, but somehow this ancient press of the Rankin Bass "Hobbit" looked and sounded great... not at all the usual CED experience! 😅

A CED player, a machine that plays electrified video disks like a record player, operates with the lid off to demonstrate the technology. On the TV beside it, the Rankin Bass animated "The Hobbit" (1977) movie plays surprisingly well to demo what the playback looks like on this obscure old tech.

Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 14d

The obsessive hunt for literally any more information on the elusive Canon VP 3000 word processor continues! We have a new lead with a new weird Japanese machine that sheds a bit more light on the lost history of Canon's word processor era. All on the WCC forums!

Canon VP 3000 Word Processor

Got an email from eBay that was pretty exciting. Someone is selling the manual for our mystery machine HERE. I was excited for a moment thinking it "might" have disks, but it doesn't appear to- and...

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Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 14d

A big question at the WCC forums, what's the LAST piece of retro tech you'd ever consider taking out to a public event? Our members have some answers, and we'd love to hear yours!

Worst Machine for a Show?

I've been looking over some of the hardware I still have, and I've been trying to figure out what I've got that would be the "last pick" so to speak for a show. Like in a hypothetical "deploy EVERYTHI...

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Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 14d

TIL that my email to @nerdmysteries.bsky.social about the haunted monorail didn't get there.

Dr. Claw shouts "NEXT TIME" in this meme.

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Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 15d

Battery by law enforcement, infringement of 1st amendment rights, and the list goes on. The gestapo looks foolish to boot.

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Joe's Computer Museum @museumjoe.bsky.social · 17d

Working on More Cool Things™ for jcm-1.com

How about a JCM special version of the MiniPerformer+ for the Mac Plus, that clips over the CPU?

No soldering required. No permanent mods.

Interested? Sound off in the comments.

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Wisconsin Computer Club @wiscomputerclub.bsky.social · 17d

Sounds very interesting!