Re: How did people draw on their PCs in the 80s and the 90s?

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My mother drew/designed power lines and transformer stations on Dos based machines, from around the late 80's to the use of WinNT systems around 1994'ish and finally on Win2000, WinXP and then Win7. She used autocad as her tool. She retired from work, around 2008/10.

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2020-03-27, 17:41

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pewpewpew wrote on 2020-02-22, 00:18: I'm listening to the Descent II soundtrack. Fun fact. It is made by Type O Negative. 10 years ago, RIP Petrus. May the Dus Briver get you safe into Valhalla. (Jack Daniels and pizza awaits you)

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Re: What music are you listening to?

Posted on 2020-03-27, 17:35

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Listened to a lot of The Cure, Black Sabbath and strangely enough, some 80's pop in the last couple of weeks.

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-03-27, 17:17

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Anybody watched Trevor Noah's interview with Dr. Fauci? It is really enlightening. EDIT: It is this one here... That doctor know a thing or two, and explains in simple terms, what to do and what not to do. https://youtu.be/8A3jiM2FNR8

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-03-27, 17:14

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Hmmm, some people are worried about the government not wanting to relinquish their control after this crisis is over... you do realize that the Chinese government likely imposed drastic measures to get things under control? I can only imagine what people worried about government control in the USA …

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-03-27, 17:09

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xtgold wrote on 2020-03-27, 16:59: Now you can't bring your own shopping bags to the store. We are back to using store supplied plastic bags. Dang... At least use paper bags, way better for the earth. On the other hand, if you are left with tons on storage, then offer them to the customer and then …

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-03-27, 15:12

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It will change the world fundamentally and for good, anyone who doesn't see that coming will be in for quite a shock. That’s a big statement to make. What sort of fundamental changes are you thinking of? I'm expecting to be shocked, precisely because I'm counting with the possibility of fundamental …

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-03-27, 15:05

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Interestingly, South Korea didn't. Well, medicine in SK is universal right for all citizens. They probably prevented serious pandemic explosion by early testing and screening. Since they are so close to China, it was major concern. Small size of the country also helps here, but only if you keep …

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-03-27, 15:00

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Well... It is official now. USA have the highest number of infections to date. China have it more or less under control now. Looking at how many people that are in China, versus how many there are in USA. I see a grim future for Americans these days. China population: 1,437,873,959 USA population: …

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-03-27, 10:17

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Well... It is official now. USA have the highest number of infections to date. China have it more or less under control now. Looking at how many people that are in China, versus how many there are in USA. I see a grim future for Americans these days. China population: 1,437,873,959 USA population: …

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-03-27, 10:02

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I'm getting over the worst of COVID19 - just beat day 10, the pneumonia / lung damage I got is pretty minimal, but it gave me a heart scare & I've still got some pain in my sides around my lungs. There were an article in the news, were someone recovered from covid-19, said that his entire body felt …

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-03-22, 22:19

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I'm getting over the worst of COVID19 - just beat day 10, the pneumonia / lung damage I got is pretty minimal, but it gave me a heart scare & I've still got some pain in my sides around my lungs. I'm in London and everyone I know has it, I'm really hoping my parents get through this unscathed. I …

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-03-21, 22:52

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Now that is some sad commentary. If this is the case then there are way too many people who are together for all the wrong reasons. Yeah I know but it's pretty logical. A lot of people only see and communicate with the person they're living with for 2-3 hours in the evening after work. 24h is …

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Re: Coronavirus chatter

Posted on 2020-03-21, 21:10

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Keep safe from Covid-19 friends....

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

Posted on 2020-03-21, 18:04

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Installing Sparkle-Linux on an old IBM Thinkpad R52. The machine have 1 gigabyte of memory. Sparkle-Linux can be installed on a machines with no more than 256mb Ram and with a GUI. The command line version only need 128mb. And it can run on Pentium-M processors. The best thing, is that Sparkle-Linux …

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

Posted on 2020-03-20, 13:13

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Not possible, because it has no hard drive. And it has no hard drive because it has no network adapter. ;) It's a backup PS2 only anyway, the main one has everything and can use SMB, USB, HDD, and burned discs. There are also the option, of converting the Ps2-DVD-Backup ISO to an DVD movie ISO, and …

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

Posted on 2020-03-16, 09:44

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The screwholes for mounting the keyboard inside my C64 case were worn out. So I cut off some of the plastic, and glued in some brass standoff's, using epoxy glue and covering the both the plastic and the brass standoff's with some more epoxy glue. Now I have to wait at least 24 hours, before I can …

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Re: What is the latest Ideas on Whiting Plastics ?

Posted on 2020-03-15, 20:54

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Just search YouTube. There are always some new idea on how to fix up plastic. The question is. Do you dare do what they have done?

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

Posted on 2020-03-15, 20:52

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I took a break from the machines on two wheels to fix some machines. So over a few days I have repaired and cleaned two Amiga 500s, one regular and one plusmodel. VartakillerIMG_4321.JPG SavedIMG_4997.JPG And this morning I replaced a RAM-chip on an early VIC-20, and then the same fix on an C64 …

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

Posted on 2020-03-15, 20:45

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The screwholes for mounting the keyboard inside my C64 case were worn out. So I cut off some of the plastic, and glued in some brass standoff's, using epoxy glue and covering the both the plastic and the brass standoff's with some more epoxy glue. Now I have to wait at least 24 hours, before I can …

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