Gammitin (Ben) 💾
@gammitin.bsky.social
Vintage & Retro Tech! I collect & tinker with classic laptops, desktops, consoles, & other unique tech 💾. I'm also an avid gamer 🎮 and a cat enthusiast 🐱
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Social Media Links🔗👇
https://linktr.ee/gammitin
Enq: [email protected]
Yeah, I should have done a disk image as I just broke it, I'm sure this fsck -y is going to take a very long time! 😢
AHH well, it's all good fun - may try a different, more compatible video card anyway.
AHH well, it's all good fun - may try a different, more compatible video card anyway.
November 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Yeah, I should have done a disk image as I just broke it, I'm sure this fsck -y is going to take a very long time! 😢
AHH well, it's all good fun - may try a different, more compatible video card anyway.
AHH well, it's all good fun - may try a different, more compatible video card anyway.
It worked, but Video drivers are not working. Let's see if I can sort it.
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
It worked, but Video drivers are not working. Let's see if I can sort it.
15mins to do 2% of the software install, I may be a while!
November 8, 2025 at 3:18 PM
15mins to do 2% of the software install, I may be a while!
Final phase, now we wait, once again......
November 8, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Final phase, now we wait, once again......
Will it work and boot, we'll have to wait and see!
November 8, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Will it work and boot, we'll have to wait and see!
Got further than I have so far.....
November 8, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Got further than I have so far.....
Using my HenryFlops for the driver disk images.
November 8, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Using my HenryFlops for the driver disk images.
Prepping the HDD! 👍
November 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Prepping the HDD! 👍
Well, I've managed to get the ATAPI CD-ROM to be recognised.....
November 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Well, I've managed to get the ATAPI CD-ROM to be recognised.....
Attempting to install Openstep 4.2 on real hardware today, it's not going well do far 😔
November 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Attempting to install Openstep 4.2 on real hardware today, it's not going well do far 😔
Never thought I'd turn into a "Beanie" collector, but I'm on a roll this week! 😂
November 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Never thought I'd turn into a "Beanie" collector, but I'm on a roll this week! 😂
This was a tricky one to find, welcome to the family!
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This was a tricky one to find, welcome to the family!
Sunsonic 986-II - Famicom with a built-in CRT.
November 7, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Sunsonic 986-II - Famicom with a built-in CRT.
This is what they took from us! 😭
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
This is what they took from us! 😭
"it's a Unix system, I know this!"
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
"it's a Unix system, I know this!"
Very nice, awesome!
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Very nice, awesome!
Let's try the latest Haiku on this 25 year old hardware......
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Let's try the latest Haiku on this 25 year old hardware......
Booting and shutting down Sun Solaris 8 x86, on an AMD Athlon K7 1Ghz with 512MB RAM, installed on an SSD.
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Booting and shutting down Sun Solaris 8 x86, on an AMD Athlon K7 1Ghz with 512MB RAM, installed on an SSD.
Networking all working and damn it's fast, I thought my Ultra 1 was quick, but wow!
November 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Networking all working and damn it's fast, I thought my Ultra 1 was quick, but wow!
Oh yes, here we go it took a long time to get working, in fact I had quite a few hiccups, but we're at the login screen. So bizarre to see this running on an x86 with these Sun machines next to me. ☺️
November 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Oh yes, here we go it took a long time to get working, in fact I had quite a few hiccups, but we're at the login screen. So bizarre to see this running on an x86 with these Sun machines next to me. ☺️
Let's try to install Sun Solaris 8 x86 on the Athlon 1Ghz machine! I've stuck a PCI S3 Trio64V2/DX in for compatibility I've got it running at 1024x768, looking positive! 👍
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Let's try to install Sun Solaris 8 x86 on the Athlon 1Ghz machine! I've stuck a PCI S3 Trio64V2/DX in for compatibility I've got it running at 1024x768, looking positive! 👍