Let's do this refurb; a new thread 🧵 Wincor Nixdorf Beetle - Socket 370 (Pentium III era) based ePOS Computer. This project will involve a lot of cleaning, fixing the plastic shipping damage, some upgrades and changes, it's going to be fun! Let's go....
Here's the back, lots of interesting things on here: -PLINK-TFT, touchscreen Monitor connector. -4xCOM ports -24v DC output -Cashdrawer ports -LPT -USB -LAN -Multi-serial PCI card -Monitor main power connector
Here's the top cover off, showing the front damage, that'll I'll have to rebuild, won't be perfect, but I have most of the right hand side. Unless I can find a new shell (long shot). Ohh, you might have noticed too, this has no VGA video output (optional upgrade).
I'll be leaving the board and riser to properly dry out for a day or two, in the meantime I decided to see if I could service the 40x20mm fan, 'waste not want not' and all that. This thing was terrible before, after taking it apart, cleaning and greasing it, it's great! 👍
It's test time, as the bios is reset it will only post with an ISA card as default, let's see if it works and then change the post video device to PCI:
So, I found a PS/2 breakout for a mouse port, but I'll need to determine the pinout first. Secondly I think the bios has a feature where it can make a USB mouse appear to the system as a PS/2 mouse, so I may not need to, we'll see.
The IDE connectors are small, laptop sized connectors, there's a small laptop to desktop sized IDE cable. I need another to connect up a DVD drive to have some fun testing OS's, I found another cable in my stash, should do the job:
All the drivers have installed properly (some searching around was needed), decided to celebrate by testing the midi out on the Labway XWave 5000 card, I'm impressed and also happy that it works👍
There's something pretty funky about playing a game on a Shop Till/Cash Register, the forbidden beige box under the counter that I always wondered about. 🤔 A little test of Quake II 😍
Driving past the protesters on the sidewalk next to the main protest area. I was confused at one point by a few people yelling "Fuck you," no idea what their issue was but it's a free country?
Fortunately this thing is built like a Tank! A very small piece of plastic cracked off the top, which I fixed and isn't visible, no other problems. What a cool retro 15" 4:3 screen, it's really crisp and 75Hz too! 👍
europesays.com/2163199/ Traian Băsescu, operat la inimă într-un spital din Paris. Ultima dată a fost văzut la București, la ceremonia de învestire a președintelui Nicușor Dan • ȘTIRI #romania
The #NoKings protests today throughout the US, with insane numbers of spirited, brave and fed-up protesters, is in such an extreme and unbelievable contrast with the uncritical and cowardly tech-billionaires applauding like fan-boys from the front row seats during the inauguration. canada.masto.host/@Byrnejmf/11…
I've not posted much this week, honestly I've had a bad one, mentally not great at the moment and feeling really low, but hey things will get better. Back 25 years ago this was my Friday evening: Beige box, CRT, MPEG2 decoder card, DVD-ROM and a👌movie Have a great weekend peeps
I get woken up early on a Saturday morning by a courier, excitedly I answer the door and take delivery. Open the package and instead of a small CRT TV the seller has accidentally sent me a typewriter. FFS 😂 Well, that was worth waiting a week for! 😞
IBM ThinkPad T42 with giant extended battery + USB FreeDOS Install + SBEMU + USB Logitech Trackball 🖲️ = Perfect Mobile Dos gaming platform and hours of fun👍
SEATTLE — Attorney General Nick Brown today filed an amicus brief with attorneys general from 18 states including Nevada in support of Job Corps, a national program that offers career training and housing to young Americans from low-income background…
New Thread 🧵 A lovely, but in need of a good service: 1988 - Olivetti Prodest PC1 (80188-compatible) based computer and accompany Olivetti Prodest MM-1012 12" Monochrome CRT
#Ostmoderne – nicht nur gebaut, sondern auch geträumt
Die Ausstellung "Pläne und Träume – Gezeichnet in der DDR" (Tchoban Foundation, Berlin) zeigt, was nie gebaut wurde – und gerade darin liegt die Kraft:
Rund 140 Entwürfe, oft fern der Norm, entziehen sich dem technisierten Baualltag der DDR.
Sie sind visuelle Fluchten, stille Kritiken – und zugleich Gegenbilder zu den bekannten Betonrealitäten im Plattenbau.
Was hier zu sehen ist, ist Ostmoderne jenseits des politischen Auftrags: zart, utopisch, persönlich. Architektur als gezeichneter Widerspruch.
TCHOBAN VOSS Architekten sind zusammen mit thomas betonbauteile und GROHE Partner der Ausstellung „Pläne und Träume. Gezeichnet in der DDR“, die am 23.05.2025 im Museum für Architekturzeichnung in Berlin eröffnet wird.
So between me and two friends that’s three #NoKings protests; me at the less-than-local, friend 1 at the local one, friend 2 at one in the UK (called a “No Tyrants” protest because they HAVE a king lol; maybe should still be a No Kings event? Just saying?).
Seeing SO. MANY. #NoKings clusters, almost one at every corner. I’m literally tearing up like the La Marseilles scene in Casablanca. #SicSemperTyrannus
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-Cashdrawer ports
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-LAN
-Multi-serial PCI card
-Monitor main power connector
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