Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-08-01, 06:11

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After a few weeks of frustration, I suddenly have a working light sixer. Filename IMG_0183.jpg File size 1.12 MiB Views 1428 views It's time for me to now play some not-that-great-at-best games on this classic. Filename IMG_0186.jpg File size 1.15 MiB Views 1428 views

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-27, 02:48

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appiah4 wrote on 2022-07-26, 06:22: I don't mean to second guess your choice but why would you buy that for that price when the RX 6800XT is on sale for even less than that on Amazon? Local availability was the driving factor, really. I was able to get a new card without having to worry about …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-07-26, 05:26

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I finally have a modern GPU tot talk about, though I had to make a deal with the devil. Actually, it just managed to cost $666 after tax. Filename IMG_0143.jpg File size 1.2 MiB Views 1356 views

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-07-23, 15:02

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I spent yesterday trying to get an Atari 2600 up and running, but for whatever reason, I am stuck with zero voltage actually reaching the Voltage regulator. I don't know what I'm doing wrong.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-07-11, 11:11

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And the SE/30 is done, at least for now. It’s usually running 7.1, but I have 8.1 running well for the sake of it. Because I can, really. Filename 5DE49A99-F2E6-4A22-B370-47026C2BB6B7.jpeg File size 1.89 MiB Views 1546 views

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-07-07, 13:25

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I played Oblivion for a while on PC and after the initial graphics wow was over it felt like the game felt like walking around on a procedurally generated generic fantasy world with random procedurally generated dungeons and level scaling foes. And after five or so hours in I realized that it was …

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Re: Table Fog & 8-bit Paletted Textures

Posted on 2022-07-07, 00:38

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More table fog testing. Graphics cards tested: 3DFX Voodoo3 2000, using 3DFX reference drivers version 1.07.00 Nvidia GeForce4 Ti4200 using Nvidia reference drivers version 45.23 ATi Radeon 9250 using ATi Catalyst reference drivers version 6.2 Games tested: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-07-06, 21:27

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I upgraded myself to having a nice 32 bit clean ROM, and some other nice things, on my SE/30. AA8B0A3D-FC90-4377-9621-F5A2100E8F0C.jpg That is a lovely looking bit of kit right there ! Does it have that lovely old electronic smell to it ? Yeah, what's nice is that it's such an early motherboard …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-07-06, 21:03

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I upgraded myself to having a nice 32 bit clean ROM, and some other nice things, on my SE/30. Filename AA8B0A3D-FC90-4377-9621-F5A2100E8F0C.jpg File size 1.16 MiB Views 1122 views

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2022-07-06, 21:02

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I played Oblivion for a while on PC and after the initial graphics wow was over it felt like the game felt like walking around on a procedurally generated generic fantasy world with random procedurally generated dungeons and level scaling foes. And after five or so hours in I realized that it was …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-07-04, 22:56

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Today I managed to fix the right ADB port in my AEK II, which means that the weird issues that I was having with my mice has gone away. I guess that, over the course of 30 years, the solder got weak enough that transporting the keyboard would break it. Luckily, that is the only problem this keyboard …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-28, 23:25

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I finally gave in and got myself an Apple Silicon Mac, which, naturally means I needed to play a PC exclusive on it using an ADB keyboard. IMG_0778.jpg Can the power button on the keyboard be used as an additional macro key or for sleeping the machine without having to reach for the mbp's touchid …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-25, 21:11

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I finally gave in and got myself an Apple Silicon Mac, which, naturally means I needed to play a PC exclusive on it using an ADB keyboard. Filename IMG_0778.jpg File size 1.78 MiB Views 1154 views

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Re: Members of Vogons, what shows do you currently watch?

Posted on 2022-06-24, 05:39

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Strange New World and the Orville are the only shows that I am actively keeping up with nowadays, though I have been forced to watch NBC's Primetime programming and Dr Phil for months thanks to work. Outside of the first episode having connections to Discovery, SNW otherwise unconnected to it, and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-19, 05:26

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I have a tremendous respect for Mac collectors, because of how nightmarish it is to collect and configure and ROMs and hardware-specific OS install disks! I used a Mac as a child in libraries and school environments, back when it was still a very posh thing. I have no desire to collect these …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-06-19, 02:08

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As for me, I bought a few things, nothing really special so no pictures.... Never the less I wanted (needed) them, and so I bought them. Two adaptor cables for Mac Mini Late 2009. One MiniDVI-to-HDMI and one MiniDisplayPort-to-HDMI. And then a PiStorm Rev.B in order to switch from Rev.A that I have …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-06-16, 07:24

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I’m continuing to slide in to 90s dad mode. CBE2C664-8AD9-4367-AA46-566014BB6C73.jpeg My laserdisc collection has officially grown past 25 thanks to these three, and I really can’t complain about it. Someday I’ll even find a player that has optical out to properly play the DTS track. Laser Disc, …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-06-16, 03:06

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I’m continuing to slide in to 90s dad mode. Filename CBE2C664-8AD9-4367-AA46-566014BB6C73.jpeg File size 866.29 KiB Views 1246 views My laserdisc collection has officially grown past 25 thanks to these three, and I really can’t complain about it. Someday I’ll even find a player that has optical out …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-06-13, 07:11

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I spent the better part of like four house digging in to my Apple Extended Keyboard II, which has been in internally rough shape since I bought it. It's taken so long to start, and taken a while to do, because you have to disassemble each switch to get the dust out of them, and they can be picky …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-06-10, 06:42

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After some less than professional soldering, and some cannibalizing of the 486 build that I might just sell off due to a lack of interest after it failed to work completely, I have an SE/30 running with sound and 32MB of RAM. Filename 4FE43AE3-D217-4535-8F86-4FB3E91A1C5C.jpeg File size 1.53 MiB …

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