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Re: what cool retro thing would mean little to you?

Posted on 2020-12-02, 15:03

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Model M / clicky "proper" keyboards is another one. Again about 10 years ago, I got lucky and obtained a couple of dusty but perfect examples of these from a tip shop for pocket change. Did not like. I can type a perfectly fine 50-100 wpm on any reasonable brand keyboard without really caring …

Re: what cool retro thing would mean little to you?

Posted on 2020-12-02, 08:47

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on sound cards like GUS I'm in the same mind set - some cards may improve some games, and some soundcards are really good - but do they represent such a massive advance over fairly basic alternatives? It's one of those things that one can appreciate while not really intending to ever spend lots of …

what cool retro thing would mean little to you?

Posted on 2020-11-30, 08:59

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There are retro PC things, and indeed PCs, that are considered collectable and cool by many in the retro scene that you may think nothing much of for me two things jump to mind early voodoo cards : really there are a handful of games that benefit and the majority of games that do will get more from …

Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2020-11-18, 11:22

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a few confessions: - I don't miss CRTs either - Lots of old games that people get nostalgic over are not really that engaging (but some are really great!) - I didn't really believe the games you never tire of thread, "don't tire easily of provided I get a few weeks/months of not playing it" is …

Re: Windows XP on SD card

Posted on 2020-10-28, 09:46

it's nice to have these options I wonder if, not so many years from now, there would be 1TB of ram on a computer such that you can have a whole XP machine emulated - HDD included - in a 100gb portion of ram ! I can imagine it happening

Re: what will you do when your last hardware fails?

Posted on 2020-10-14, 08:21

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all interesting views, I'd concur with the view that hardware lasts longer than expert expectations (but we don't run it that hard 24/7 it's true) and that for our lifetimes it's likely to be available in enough quantity it's true that retro pc enthusiasts are relatively small in number and probably …

what will you do when your last hardware fails?

Posted on 2020-10-13, 09:45

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I was reading about CPUs life expectancy being around 20 years due to tiny but cumulative use-wear stresses. I hadn't really though about that - I've never known a CPU to be the failing component. It's usually hard discs, PSUs and even motherboards (though I've known surprisingly few failures even …

Re: Crystal Caves HD!?

Posted on 2020-10-13, 09:35

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Because computational power has become (more) cheap and abundant, programmers got lazy and lost the ability to optimize in favor of feature creep and ease of use. So we keep buying and spending to be able to run software that would have worked as well on what we had. So we keep creating e-waste and …

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