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My goal in getting vintage & retro-style computers is to restore and then give away as many
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This can help reduce earth's pollution and save vintage and retro-style computers for you to enjoy.
Of course, I need to cover costs, so I also upgrade modern computers to post at a very low prices to
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My website can be your contact for my exclusive tech deals and Special Giveaways,
but if anyone doubts my sincerity, please read my Facebook response.
Now see what I restored and then sent to the lucky winner in Japan before Christmastime!
For this Special Collectible and Retro Style Computer, the lucky winner paid shipping,
but my "Gold Planet Saving Patreon Members" pay no shipping to 48 United States.
My mission is collecting and restoring vintage computers and making videos about them.
I think too many owners do not know how to keep vintage computers working or they
simply just throw out all old technology. But I would rather restore and give away old
collectible computers than see unique vintage and retro items end up in a landfill.
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Yes, I'm a geek, but now I'm retired so I don't have to work for big business anymore!
But wait, I enjoy computers, so I made this fun site to read like a baby boomer tech blog.
It's OK if you are not a geek and don't understand computers yet.
I can show you how computers do compute with RAM
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The boomer generation was the first to grow up in a technology-dominated world, and us
boomers have seen it all happen, from LPs to DVDs and from Happy Days to BluRays.
It's a matter of history that in the 1970s & 80s, geeks like me gathered
together in User's Groups to have fun helping each other out with tech projects!
Just like the Good Ol' Days, enjoy fun and exciting tech projects and even modern computers too!
I found a modern use for the Apple Cinema Displays, (especially the 30" model and version
similar to the picture below). These use Dual Link DVI, and the Apple Dual-DVI Video Card
will drive these monitors in machines the way Apple intended. But did you know you can get the
display to work with many modern Computers? This includes PCs when you use an Active Adapter
like the Club 3D CAC-1510 USB Type C to DVI-D DUAL LINK Active Adapter. It has to be an Active
Adapter like a Club 3D to process the DVI-D DUAL LINK video signal correctly.
Note: I have the Club 3D and have connected the Apple Cinema Display via USB C to send the
correct signals even from my Samsung Galaxy Book2 (with SnapDragon 8x CPU and Windows 10).
A pretty cool use for an older Apple product and of course it works with newer MacBooks too.
Also, to teach Mac Seminars in over 70 US Cities, my Bondi Blue iMac G3 was used to make
my PowerPoint Presentations. This needed my Apple History Pics from my old SCSI drives.
I had to upgrade my iMac with an SCSI add-in that I put in the secret mezzanine slot, (this mezzaniene slot was a Molex 52760-1609 connector hidden inside on the motherboard).
Here is just one example of what that strange slot was for. I purchased an SCSI card from a
company in Germany called Formac. They called the card, "Formac iProRAID Ultra Wide SCSI"
It cost me almost $200 USD plus shipping costs. I had a lot of backup files and old software,
so it was very useful to get all my 68030 stuff into the G3 from my older Mac SCSI drives!
Do you have a fun or crazy upgrade story you would want to share?
I could choose to use your story to go along with a sponsored giveaway!
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I may choose to use your ideas and/or donations in a future post and, unless you choose to be anonymous, I'll post your name in the credits.
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Since computers are my hobby, after I repair and upgrade them I post them here and on
eBay for far less cost than normal and some I give away whenever I can because...
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Happy new owner gets a free giveaway of a Commodore 128K with Floppy Drive & Printer all in the original boxes!
(That's cool, now )
The lucky new owner in this giveaway took ownership of a classic Commodore system and
did not even have to pay for shipping, (like my Gold Planet Saving Patreon Members).
Wait! Did you actually give a vintage Commodore 128 Computer System away?
Yes and here is why I'll do it again.
I don't like that too many old computers end up in landfills because their
owners do not know how to keep them working or they consider them obsolete.
You'll find more retro posts in my RANDOM ACCESS FILE:
My Retro Time Machine takes you back to cool things in the tech world... there and back again!
Thanks to Mac fans in Japan who made a helpful SE/30 repair guide long ago.
See how I saved the same helpful retro post from the now defunct Japanese Website!
Hobby News! ComputerHobbyShop has a brand new recreated SE/30 Logic Board.
Update: The boards are now here and more details + a rebuild video can be posted soon on my
Counting cores and straining to max CPU speeds is the familiar task for anyone needing more power at less cost. The good news is, the AMD Ryzen can check off all the boxes for the serious power user while staying far away from the higher cost of a Threadripper Workstation. You can save with compatible motherboards & the latest BIOS.
What specific CPU do I recommend? I give a 5 Star Score to the AMD Ryzen 7 3800X. It is simply the best CPU this side of an expensive workstation. You'll get the most bang for your buck while still seeing shorter compile times and faster project completions, especially when matched with an X570 ASROCK Steel Legend. A 2700 with a B450M motherboard from htcgo worked great and a 3800X and X570 Motherboard gave us an added speed bump.
If this posted review sounds like a commercial for AMD, they do deserve all this praise.
All my tests made me happy to endorse the Ryzen 3800X. AMD has a real winning CPU here.
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My Intel Core i7, 12M Cache, up to 4.00 GHz CPU Gaming PC,
actually has an upgraded AMD 8GB Discrete Graphics Video Card.
The image below is a summary, click it to load the very long full image.
I spent the money shown above to make a better MacBook Pro for you.
Here's your chance to help the planet by buying a Green Earth & Eco-Friendly Laptop
Installing and updating Catalina went fast with the upgraded 16GB RAM.
Ports shown left to right are, 1 Magesafe Power Jack, 1 Ethernet, 1 Firewire 800,
1 Thunderbolt 2, 2 USB 3.0, a Camera Card Reader, & Headphone Jack
There is plenty of space left in this Brand New Western Digital 480GB SSD.
You'll love using the working DVD Drive for movies + moving music CDs to iTunes.
After getting the message below, I finished installing all current updates.
It lid opens and closes easy & hinges work great.
In almost every review regarding the best laptops, this Macbook Pro is always the main challenger.
Supported by an Intel i5 processor with a speed of 3 GHz Boost and 2.5 GHz base, [upgraded with 16 GB] DDR3 RAM,
Intel HD Graphics 4000, and support for up to 2TB of hard disk memory this laptop is one of the best laptops of all time.
(Tech Reviews, Oct 29, 2020).
This MacBook Pro comes with a brand new Magsafe charger as shown below.
Besides coming with iTunes you also get Pages,
(Apple's app like MS Word)
Plus Keynote, another Apple app, (like MS PowerPoint)
And Apple's Numbers app, (a program like MS Excel).
You can use a power saving 4K TV,
or you might want to use any standard HDTV,
but you don't need it for the Mac laptop to work.
Refurbished for Richard's ComputerHobbyShop.com by
The seller is licensed.
See my great feedback below.
Fast & Free! Ships by USPS Priority Mail
(International buyers see eBay Global Shipping)
See the password info below for the buyer.
eBay item pricing does not consider upgrades and values fluctuate wildly on eBay & cannot be guaranteed.
In preparing ad, eBay posted this chart.
Below is an eBay search to compare price & value of 3 similar sold Laptops.
I'm rebelling against trends with my favorite way to surf the net. My PC connects to a large screen 4K TV and I didn't have to spend large on a second screen with a previous model 50" Vizio Family Home Theater/Game Room HDTV. It even supports a max of 1080p resolution. Surprisingly, it is as much fun to use as my newer 4K TV.
It also has VGA & Composite Video ports for older game machines. I've also used it on a Mac mini and
Mac Pro plus an Apple TV and my Gaming PC too. It has 1080P resolution and a newer Vizio has 4K.
(Shout out to Vizio! Sponsor a review here of your TVs to increase TVs sold as PC monitors).
Details are posted for my
MacBook Air that sold very fast for $300 less than normal...
Not to rub it in, but the savings missed was on a pretty 2015 Custom Apple Core i7 shown below.
ComputerPro2000
sold it very fast where eBay & PayPal also offer a 30 day money-back guarantee.
Wow, that last post for a green earth PC finished at 44 bids! When we work hard we'll want to take a break to play a few games too! Here is a nice DSi XL.
Honorable mention goes to naymare-7, who just purchased this on eBay. For him or anyone else interested, here's good news about this DSi XL. If you want to install a lot more fun stuff, I found a video with links to websites, that shows you how to mod it for root access. It seems a lot of people are doing that and you can essentially jail break it to load more games and unlock a lot more of it's features than was previously possible when softmodding this DSi XL console. Although I have not done this yet, it sounds like a lot of fun, which is why I built this hobby website to begin with. I'll see you next time. Won't that be fun!
In case anyone else wants to know, I received a question on my Dell Intel Core i5 with Fast SSD Drive.
eBayer kevigadsde_0 wanted to know, ... 'will your computer be able to hook up to my hdmi tv or [does it have to] be a computer montior?' I replied, 'No problem, you just need a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter. You could also adapt DVI to HDMI, but trust me, DisplayPort to HDMI is better ... the adapters are cheap, as found on eBay...' I have converted this PC from "BuyItNow" to an auction and it is at $9.95 at the time of this post.
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I grew up on a farm & fought for the preservation of wild life. This attitude of a green earth was new to many people, but I followed it into my future work with computers and I just made a Green Earth PC Project for 2020.
12/30/2019: My last post on eBay for 2019 is where I upgraded a Dell Intel Core i5 with a Fast SSD Drive. It now boots faster into Windows using less power! I also has a new WD Black 1 TB Hard Drive for website graphics, data backups & maybe even a games library too. It was a lot of fun to refurbish. Click the image for more details. Happy New Year!
I think you would have liked how fast I made it.
So you won't miss out again, subscribe below and you can be among the 1st to know. This was my last carefully refurbished project from my last post in 2019. See you in 2020!
12/11/2019: Here's feedback from one I helped on the December 4th post, 'Refurbished Intel Core i7s'. (I think he meant to say, "transaction", but his main point is still clear)....
He bought 3 of my PCs from my post last week and he's very happy!
I'm glad, but so more people get a chance, in the future I'd ask followers to only buy once per post.
12/4/2019: On this date, I've been refurbishing used PCs & Macs just for the fun of it and
I've just finished 4 PCs and 1 Mac. See the Refurbished Intel Core i7s listed below.
Here an entire PC can sell for less than just the CPU might sell for alone.
What IBM geeks used to gather in User's Groups to help each other out with mainframe issues?
ANSWER ... SHARE was a 1955 group of aerospace industry users of IBM mainframes and is the oldest group still active. Most all of those once popular user's groups & club meetings have long since moved to the Internet as 'THE' source of help.
When I taught tech seminars, it was with all expenses paid as I had traved to teach a thousand + clients in the lower 48 states, Alaska, Hawaii + Canada. Traveling trainers get served by a lot of flight attendants.
I always enjoyed traveling, especially to share my best tech ideas. My success helping people has encouraged me to post on this site and share my expert skills!
Eventually, live seminars became less popular than the Internet and times changed.
More and more IT work was local and I'd get reviews like past and present ones posted below.
There, the real challenge seemed to be getting people to beleive in what they can do!
It was shut down when Covid-19 hit in early 2020.
For a future post, is there any retro Gamer's machine you'd like to hear about? Let me know by email.
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