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Brings obsolete technology back to life.

mac os x 10.0: apple’s risky transition from classic mac os to unix

made a pc a mac? executor on dos, os/2 and windows!

daydream & darkmatter – when a next truly became a macintosh [part 6]

executor on nextstep – when a next tried to be a macintosh [part 5]

tpc's retro tech year 2025, and what's coming in 2026

tpc's christmas retro special: lego game boy + light boy fix

a pc emulating a next… emulating a pc? meet previous & softpc [part 4]

mo disks on next - the idea was brilliant. the reality… not so much [part 3]

exploring nextstep: the unix system that became macos [part 2]

restoring the nextstation color: the true origins of mac os x [part 1]

inside the swiss vintage computer festival 2025 [#vcfso25 main episode]

reviving a 2014 zim: from cloud-bricked to printing again

reviving the apple quicktake 100: a 1994 digital relic

toshiba’s $9,000 t5200 luggable pc — back to life in 2025

inside apple’s rhapsody — mac os x server 1.0 to 1.2 (part 2)

apple’s rhapsody era — mac os x server 1.0 on powermac g3 (part 1)

apple mae: the macintosh environment for unix workstations

a/ux 2.0 exploration: apple’s forgotten unix (pt. 2 of 2)

apple’s lost unix: installing a/ux 2.0 on the mac se/30 (pt. 1 of 2)

fixing a dead "simasimac" se/30 – caps, bad ram, scsi faults and a dishwasher

emulating windows on a 68k mac: was softpc actually usable?

softwindows 2.0 - running windows on solaris

installing netbsd on a macintosh lc iii — what could go wrong?

200mb over floppies? nope. ethernet upgrade for 90s mac performa

the capacitor chronicles: classic mac lc ii and performa 450 revival

the elusive winview for networks: how citrix escaped collapse in the ’90s

citrix multiuser – the forgotten ms os/2 terminal server

remote desktops in 1998: the story of nt 4.0 terminal server edition

the ultimate 1993 doom experience: triple monitors, retro hardware & multiplayer!

windows nt 4.0: the hidden plug & play you missed

windows flp - a secret windows xp built to keep old pcs alive

home lab makeover: ditching cisco for power-efficient ubiquiti [tpc special behind-the-scenes]

before windows 3.0 took off: a look at windows/286

sgi inperson: the ’90s tried video chat ... on irix workstations!

silicon graphics: moosecam & the o2’s forgotten a/v capabilities

silicon graphics or imposter? dds or dat? the mystery of this tape drive!

logitech c7 (1985) – alive & clicking after 40 years! (... and a bit of pc at restoration)

seagate st-4026 hard drive troubles & a big mistake - restoring my ibm pc at 5170 (pt 2/2)

dust, repairs & memories – restoring my ibm pc at 5170 (pt 1/2)

inside windows xp embedded – creating a custom install from zero

running windows on solaris? exploring wabi 2.2

sunpci: a hidden x86 pc inside your sun workstation!

micropolis 1558 esdi drive: will it still work after decades?

the quantum bigfoot: when a 1gb hard drive crashed windows 3.11!

rediscovering sgi’s scsi floppy drive

silicon graphics indigo 2: a first look & irix root password reset

reviving the sunray: sun microsystems’ forgotten terminal server & thin client

power outage chaos: my nas overhaul and energy-saving journey [tpc behind-the-scenes]

connecting my retro pc network: powerline vs. wifi bridge [new year's 2025 special]

living on the edge with ms-dos: not for the faint of heart! [#tpcxmas24 part 24] #doscember

unlocking the pandora console: gaming, linux, and nostalgia in one [#tpcxmas24 part 22]

new battery life for gpd pocket 1 [#tpcxmas24 part 21]

a gaming classic - lemmings for the macintosh [#tpcxmas24 part 19]

apple ibook g3: how to replace a cd-rom drive [#tpcxmas24 part 17]

make a cd-rom drive become a cd-recorder (april fools!) [#tpcxmas24 part 16] #doscember

from analog to digital: cassette tape archiving with an sgi o2 and audacity [#tpcxmas24 part 15]

how to get long filenames in 16-bit applications on windows 95 [#tpcxmas24 part 14]

enhancing the window 3.1 shell: plug-in for program manager [#tpcxmas24 part 12]

space bermuda: the sci-fi adventure game by vobis, once europe’s retail giant [#tpcxmas24 part 11]

internet explorer on solaris: microsoft’s bold unix move during the browser wars

breathing new life into an old sunfire v120 rack server

revisiting the ibm p70: tackling the micro channel, option disks, and a sneaky ethernet card

restoring the ibm p70: breathing new life into a vintage portable pc

mp/m & cp/net networking uncovered #cp7mber

commodore c64 & cp/m: hands-on! (part 2/2) #cp7mber

commodore’s cp/m cartridge: the story behind (part 1/2) #cp7mber

whatever happened to cp/m: becoming dr dos (part 2/2) #cp7mber

whatever happened to cp/m? (part 1/2) #cp7mber

introducing channel memberships on the phintage collector

into retro networks: network cards & packet drivers on dos (part 2)

rewinding the network: 10base-2 ethernet basics - part 1

crafting tcp/ip dos boot disks for retro networking adventures

mastering dos memory, part 2: 960k conventional memory for dos!

mastering dos memory, part 1: into memory managers, resource conserving drivers and tsrs

building a classic windows for workgroups network

unlock virtual networking on macos: pcap capturing with 86box & vde2 #tpckb

netgear sc101: was a storage area network at home a bad idea?

reviving windows home server 2011: microsoft's attempt on consumer servers

microsoft bob - cutest windows shell alternative

unveiling rooms & tabworks: xerox' take on windows 3.x shells!

broken first gen c64 326298 rev. a & how i repaired it

calmira & windows 3.x: win95-lookalike total conversion with long filenames

win 95 vs dos/win 3.11: which one's faster to install on a 386?

central point's desktop for windows - better than norton desktop?

how the norton desktop made windows 3.x more usable!

os/2 workplace shell ... for windows!?