IBM PS/2 model 30 for spare parts, package found, good or bad luck, cover

Reappeared! IBM PS/2 model 30 for spare parts

Welcome to ValorosoIT, the blog where we explore the fascinating world of retrocomputers and vintage electronics. Today I'll tell you the story of a lost package, then found, of questionable packaging and of the unpleasant surprises encountered with one of my purchases: an IBM [...]

Transfer old computer files, FastLynx 3.3, MSDOS Windows, Cover

FastLynx to transfer files between old and new PCs

If you're passionate about vintage computers and have ever wondered how to transfer files between old and new PCs, between MS DOS and Windows 10 or 11, then FastLynx might be the solution you're looking for! In this article, [...]

Midi music, vintage keyboards, Atari Mega ST, Michel Mammoliti, 80's and 90's recording studio simulation

MIDI music with Atari Mega ST

Welcome to ValorosoIT, your portal dedicated to the exciting exploration of the world of retro computers and vintage electronics! In this video, Michel Mammoliti takes us on a journey into the universe of MIDI Music, exploring the details of vintage systems connected to an icon [...]

DS1287 replacement nwX287 by Necroware, IBM PS/2 model 30 286, article cover

IBM PS/2, DS1287 โ€“ nwX287

Welcome! Let's tackle a fundamental repair on the IBM PS/2 Model 30 286: the replacement of the Real Time Clock (RTC), specifically the Dallas DS1287, with a modern alternative, the nwX287 by Necroware. IBM Computer Configuration Errors The Dallas DS1287, also present [...]

New Electronics, Z80 computers, magazines, article cover

Z80 Computer by Nuova Elettronica

Welcome to ValorosoIT, your portal dedicated to vintage electronics and retro computers! In this video interview, we will dive into the fascinating universe of Nuova Elettronica, a magazine well known among electronics enthusiasts of the past. Today, NE magazine is unfortunately [...]

Varese Retrocomputing 2023, interview 6, article cover, Francesco Sblendorio, ValorosoIT

BBS, Minitel and Videotel in 2023?

Today we explore, with Francesco Sblendorio of RetroCampus, the timeless charm of Minitels and Videotels. Let's find out how these objects, aesthetically fascinating, were used to connect to services, book trips, and much more, anticipating some functions that we carry out today on [...]

Commodore Amiga, RGB - SCART adapter converter, RGB to SCART, RGB-SCART, adapter, cable, cover

RGB โ€“ SCART Video Adapter for Commodore Amiga

If you are one of the fans of vintage computers, surely you know the Commodore Amiga: true masterpieces of computer history. These machines, launched in the late 80s and during the 90s, have won the hearts of numerous [...]

Ctrl Alt Museum, Amedeo Valoroso, Davide Fornasiero, Alberto Fornasiero, Dino Baldi, cover, vintage computer museum in Pavia, Italy, typewriters, calculators, robots, comPVter

Ctrl+Alt Museum

Hello friends! Today I take you on a short but exciting journey to the Ctrl+Alt Museum in Pavia. Together with Davide and Alberto Fornasiero of the HistoryBit museum, we ventured into an unforgettable experience. From the moment I crossed the [...]

How to clean 3.5" floppy disks, 3.5, 3 and a half floppy cleaners, 3" 1/2, RetroManiak, magnetic disk, floppy disks, mini floppy disks, micro floppy disks

How to clean 3.5-inch floppies

I know... you have the doubt that a dirty floppy disk could dirty or even ruin your drive. And you are right! Here's how to clean 3.5" floppies. Using this tool that RetroManiak gave me, we can control both sides [โ€ฆ]

Commodore 64 web server, Contiki v3.0

Commodore 64 web server

I'm browsing a website... generated by an original Commodore 64! Unbelievable: the Commodore 64 is now a web server! Daniel Nagy has created a web server with the Commodore 64.

Creative Sound Blaster Live, year 2001, PCI connector

Sound and network cards for IBM 300GL

Do you remember the IBM 300GL I bought some time ago? I talked about it in this article. Now, I decided to upgrade the computer a bit and upgrade it with a few cards: a sound card and a network card. I also [...]

ChatGPT on Commodore 64, OpenAI, BBS RetroCampus, Francesco Sblendorio

ChatGPT on the Commodore 64?

Francesco Sblendorio has integrated ChatGPT, OpenAI's artificial intelligence, at the RetroCampus BBS. Here's how to use ChatGPT on the Commodore 64! To connect, you can use the Commodore 64 with a WiFi modem, or, alternatively, you can use your computer, opening [...]

Vintage computer shelves. Displays in the office, shelves.

Vintage computer shelves

Finally I finished assembling the vintage computer shelves I bought on Amazon! ๐Ÿ™‚ I mounted them in the office. I'm filling them with the back computers I have in the collection, but also with devices and cards [...]

Philips NMS 8280, MSX 2, retro computer vintage, unboxing e prova, copertina, ValorosoIT

Philips NMS 8280, unboxing and testing

Today we talk about this Philips NMS 8280: a vintage computer that I bought back in 2021, when I went away to buy a huge batch of computers! The Philips NMS 8280 computer The Philips NMS8280 is a computer of the [...]

Visit HistoryBit (Davide Fornasiero, Alberto Fornasiero) from ValorosoIT, computer collection, Apple, IBM, Commodore, Atari

HistoryBit visit

I had the pleasure of hosting Davide Fornasiero and Alberto Fornasiero, from the HistoryBit Museum in Cerro Maggiore (MI), at my collection of vintage computers. It was a pleasure to meet two retro computer enthusiasts and share our passion. [...]

BASIC language programming course, episode 9: MSX BASIC, Philips, cover

BASIC course episode 9: MSX BASIC

In this episode of the video course on the BASIC language of retro computers, we introduce MSX BASIC. It is a very powerful language, with many commands. In the same video, we see how to save and load the program in BASIC on tape. You don't have a computer [...]

OpenAI's ChatGPT, artificial intelligence writes an article on the history of the Commodore 64

The history of the Commodore 64 written by ChatGPT

Is OpenAI's ChatGPT AI able to write an entire article, describing the history of the Commodore 64? I asked ChatGPT, OpenAI's artificial intelligence, to write the history of the Commodore 64. Let's read it together! The photos were [...]

OpenAI ChatGPT, artificial intelligence to write programs in Basic of the Commodore 64, C64, cover

BASIC program written by artificial intelligence

Can OpenAI's ChatGPT AI write a program in BASIC for the Commodore 64? Try! In this short video, I recorded the first attempts. I requested two programs in BASIC for the Commodore 64: a cycle [...]

Games and RAM for Commodore VIC20, cartridges

6 cartridges for my Commodore Vic20

Here is the video of the unboxing and testing of 6 cartridges for Commodore Vic20. Finally, my Commodore Vic-20 will have more cartridges with games and a RAM expansion. Beware of scams! In the video, we also do an in-depth analysis of the possible scams to which [...]

Commodore SX-64, SX64, reloaded return unboxing and test, cover, retro computer repaired

The return of the Commodore SX-64

The Commodore SX-64 is back! The one that, as I showed you in this article, had arrived damaged, destroyed during transport. The story of my Commodore SX-64 When I received the damaged Commodore SX-64, I must admit, I had stayed there a lot [...]

Philips VG 8010, retro computer vintage

Philips VG 8010 MSX, unboxing and test

I found on eBay the listing of this computer: it is a Philips VG 8010 MSX, which I missed in the collection. It was priced, all in all, quite interesting, because other offers that I had found on the same computer, in fact, were more expensive. [...]

Power on and Test Commodore 128D, German keyboard

Commodore 128D 100% NOT tested, does it work?

I present to you my โ€œnewโ€ 100% NOT tested Commodore 128D, which I purchased on eBay. Shall we try it? In your opinion, will it work? Purchase of the Commodore 128D 100% NOT tested I happen, from time to time, to buy some vintage computers for [โ€ฆ]

Test Commodore Amiga 1200, AmigaTestKit 1.20, GitHub, WorkBench

Amiga 1200 test with AmigaTestKit

Good morning and welcome back to the blog and the ValorosoIT channel. If you like retrocomputers and vintage electronics, you've come to the right place! Today we do the test of the Commodore Amiga 1200, which I just got from eBay, through the AmigaTestKit utility. It was [...]

ASMR Retro Computer Vintage Keyboards Sound, IBM Commodore Atari Olivetti MSX Philips Amstrad

ASMR Computer Vintage Keyboards Sound

Do you know what ASMR videos are? They are those videos in which you record only the sound of some objects, rather than the sound of people while eating... So here is an ASMR video on the sound of all the keyboards of the back [...]

Commodore Plus4 Plus 4, 3 plus 1, TED CPU PLA repair, ValorosoIT

Commodore Plus/4 repair: TED, CPU and PLA

Today we talk about the repair of the Commodore Plus/4, which I had ordered on eBay. Do you remember? I had arrived with an inadequate packaging and, above all, not working ... Repair of the Commodore Plus/4, diagnosis of the fault In this first article of the repair of the Commodore [...]