(This was originally a Twitter thread from March 24, 2020) March 24, 2020 The Epson HX-20 is on the bench for some TLC like a new battery, new capacitors, cassette tape belt, and possibly more. Maybe I’ll eventually dial a BBS with it.
Tag Archives: vintagecomputing
Recapping the Apple PowerBook 160 LCD Display
(This was originally a Twitter thread from May 26, 2022) May 26, 2022 Today I’m going to recap the LCD display on this PowerBook 160. It has a passive matrix LCD display capable of displaying 4-bit grayscale (16 shades of gray). The display was dim before with some severe artifacts (after adjusting the contrast slider) […]
Welcoming (back) a LaserWriter II
July 31, 2022 Welcoming a new (old) printer (back) into my fleet: a LaserWriter II. It’s a workhorse of a printer from 1988 dressed in Snow White design language. #RetroComputing (This is an experimental post to attempt to convert a Twitter thread into a WordPress post).