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#retrotech

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Fedi.Video

"More Fun Making It" creates fun videos about repairing and restoring classic computers and other tech, especially the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga etc. You can follow at:

➡️ @morefunmakingit

There are already over a hundred videos uploaded. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at makertube.net/a/morefunmakingi

MakerTubeMore Fun Making ItJoin me as I fumble around the innards of 40-year-old tech. Relax, put your feet up and watch me build and fix stuff.
#FeaturedPeerTube#RetroComputing#ComputingHistory
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Bartek Miciński
PC building, acrylic on canvas, 160 × 90cm, 2023.

This painting is based on a photo I took while my dad and brother were assembling my new computer. For many years, I used computers that had previously belonged to my brother. The computer depicted in this painting was my first brand-new one. It was meant to help me focus on digital art, video editing, and rendering 3D scenes. This purchase significantly improved both my artistic work and my daily comfort. It's no longer just an object; it's a portal.

#malarstwo #painting #acrylicpainting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #art #postdigitalart #computer #malarstwopolskie #digital #cyber #virtual #nostalgia #retroelectronics #retrotech #pixelart #portrait
#portrait
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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi

I recently posted a video of Stern's painted light bulbs and mentioned the bulb condoms Williams used. Naturally I was asked to show the condoms!

So here's the difference. Williams put these silicone filters over theirs to change the color. While I'm pretty hardcore Williams fan, I somehow always liked how the painted incandescent bulbs look like.

#pinball#retrotech#arcade
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Bartek Miciński
Ekrany (Screens), akryl na płótnie, 120 × 100 cm, 2022.

In this painting, I wanted to explore two themes. On one hand, I aimed to juxtapose three types of "framed images" - in the background, there's a window revealing an overexposed image, next to it, an actual painting on canvas in darkness, and in the foreground, two glowing screens. Through this composition, I wanted to highlight the distinct characteristics of these three image types (a meta-painting commentary).

The second theme I wanted to address is the presence of technology in everyday life. In my paintings, I have explored the visual representation of life with computers and in the virtual world. I concluded that the best way to illustrate this was by showing technology's impact on our surroundings and bodies. The painting depicts my brother's computer setup from a few years ago. I remember it with nostalgia. Back then, my brother used two refurbished monitors and a computer that he later gave me when he upgraded to a better one. On the desk, there’s a pair of headphones - the same model we kept buying for years out of habit until they stopped making them. All of those headphones met the same fate - ending up with a broken plug that we couldn't fix because, after replacing it, only one side would work. My brother cut off all those cables and kept them "for later." "Later" came a few years ago when I started exploring technology-related themes in my art. I began attending events with a few of my favorite (headphones) cables tied around my waist as a belt.


#malarstwo #painting #acrylicpainting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #art #postdigitalart #computer #malarstwopolskie #digital #cyber #virtual #nostalgia #retroelectronics #retrotech #headphones #system #screens
#screens
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Koniec torów i buraki

Skład złomu w komplecie. Od lewej:

- Nokia 6150 (1997), którą już wcześniej pokazywałem. Do ideału potrzebuje wymiany gumki przewodzącej na wyświetlaczu (jakieś 5 zł) i może lepszej baterii. Udało się bezpiecznie zdemontować jedną ze starych, będę się do Was zwracał po pewne sugestie;

- Nokia 1100 (2004), podobno najlepiej sprzedający się model w całej historii firmy. Skromna i niezniszczalna. Tę kupiłem w Anglii za chyba 5 funtów w charity shopie.

- Nokia 5210 (2002) - jeden z pierwszych modeli o podwyższonej wytrzymałości. Oryginalne silikonowe elementy na obudowie tak się zdegradowały z czasem, że odchodzą pod paznokciem. Jednak za 9 zł nabyłem dwie skrajnie szczurowate obudowy, jedną doczyściłem do gołego plastiku, a drugą chyba zostawię w takim śmieciowym stylu. I tak znalezienie ich graniczy z cudem.
#nokia #retrotech #gsm #phone #telefon

Trzy opisywane telefony leżące na biurku pośród narzędzi i ogólnego warsztatowego pierdolnika.
Nokia 5210 w doczyszczonej obudowie, obok zapasowa obudowa w oryginalnym, zużytym stanie.
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Texan_Reverend

I finally assembled a racking setup that allowed me to get all the CRT TVs organized - except for the two in the house for active use.

All of them are rescues, and many still need more thorough testing or calibration, but they're all shelved and accessible now.

One day, I'm hoping to do an interesting combined display with it, like Matrix-style raining text or something kinda spooky for Halloween trick-or-treaters.

Photo of a set of metal shelves filled with different sizes of CRT televisions as viewed from just outside a raised garage door. The shelving rack takes up most of a wall inside this garage, with only enough remaining space for a trash can at one end and a water heater tank at the other. More to the center of the garage, a CRT computer monitor sits on a dolly and a wooden pallet supports three stacks of media players - DVD, VHS, 8 Track, etc.
Photo of the same set of metal shelves filled with various sizes of CRT televisions, but this time, they are viewed straight-on from the opposite wall of the garage. There are 22 TV sets varying in screen size from 9 inches to 36 inches, and some of them have built-in DVD players or VCR units.
#CRTTV#CRTGaming#RetroGaming
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Ari [APz] Sovijärvi

Early Stern White Star games (2000...) had often these colorful miniatyre bulbs. In a lot of Williams games they used normal clear ones with a silicone hood (which we promptly named bulb condoms) to change the color. Stern instead used painted lamps. I have a good collection of all the colors to keep these early 2000s games looking original. I also kinda like how the painted bulbs look.

#pinball#arcade#pinrepair
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