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

Posted on Yesterday, 15:47

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I have one thanks to my man liqmat :wink: but these seem to be much harder to find than the black ones. It's in this tower at the moment but the RLL drive behind it doesn't work unfortunately 20210913_212533.jpg Nice! You know. These would be prime candidates for a 3D print design. I would imagine …

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

Posted on Yesterday, 13:34

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Do any of you have one? lol MMaximus: it's an ST-251 Used to have a bunch. New old stock even, but MMaximus got my last one. He would have had extras, but my first shipment got lost in Europe somewhere when France closed its borders abruptly towards the beginning of the brexit + covid crap. That …

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

Posted on 2021-10-15, 23:40

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Now you just need a beige drive bay faceplate :smile: wink Do any of you have one? lol MMaximus: it's an ST-251 Used to have a bunch. New old stock even, but MMaximus got my last one. He would have had extras, but my first shipment got lost in Europe somewhere when France closed its borders …

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

Posted on 2021-10-15, 19:41

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MMaximus wrote on 2021-10-15, 19:38: Now you just need a beige drive bay faceplate 😄 wink

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Re: Commodore 64 video problems

Posted on 2021-10-13, 20:51

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These photos are back in 2015 when I was restoring a slew of C64 and VIC-20s. As you can see, the image on that LCD TV is crystal clear with no modifications made on the Commodore systems themselves. Used a composite A/V cable I bought on Ebay. Filename c64_basic.jpg File size 124.19 KiB Views 149 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-12, 17:19

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I got myself a new, unopened still in wrapper Hercules 3D Prophet 9800 PRO Red Edition 1.jpg 2.jpg 3.jpg Sweet, can we see some benchmarks please? You know I'm not sure I want to open it really. I mean we know how it performs and I think I want to keep it unopened. Yeah. That's a shelf piece. Rare …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-12, 13:16

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Old_Jelly wrote on 2021-10-12, 11:38: I got myself a new, unopened still in wrapper Hercules 3D Prophet 9800 PRO Red Edition That box. Just in time for Halloween.

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Re: Windows 11 has been released

Posted on 2021-10-10, 15:45

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Bruninho wrote on 2021-10-10, 15:22: It’s a bit contradictory to say that and then say you liked Vista 👀 🤣

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Re: Windows 11 has been released

Posted on 2021-10-10, 15:01

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Personally I think the Workbench UI on the Amiga is inferior to the Atari ST GEM UI. Atari's iteration of GEM has a cleaner design and easier to navigate imho. Yeah, Amiga has slightly better graphics and sound, but is that really all you're after in life? More ear & eye candy? I personally think …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-05, 13:07

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NIB precision Instruments CARDVLB-C caching VLB IDE controller. Nice. I archived that card over at -0° awhile back. I'd be curious if you have slightly different drivers that need archiving. BIOS revision 2.05 Driver disk for SCO Unix 3.2, AT&T Unix 4.0 Revision 1.2 Driver disk for WFW, NT, OS/2, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-10-04, 21:54

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Unknown_K wrote on 2021-10-04, 20:35: NIB precision Instruments CARDVLB-C caching VLB IDE controller. Nice. I archived that card over at -0° awhile back. I'd be curious if you have slightly different drivers that need archiving.

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Re: List of Currently Free Games

Posted on 2021-10-03, 18:06

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GigAHerZ wrote on 2021-10-03, 14:47: kolderman wrote on 2021-10-02, 19:51: Ghostrunner is $50AUD on GOG. That's a pretty good freebee. 50$ is not free! Yes it is. $30 USD normally so I grabbed a free 30-day Amazon Prime trial, got the game code for GOG at no cost to me = awesome. I will check out …

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Re: EISA configuration .CFG files. Does anyone have any?

Posted on 2021-09-25, 22:36

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You can find some in the DPT PM2012B/90 EISA controller archive images over @ -0° and of course the ALR 6x6 archive @ Vogonsdrivers a few of us cobbled together.

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2021-09-21, 14:47

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Since we're headed for Autumn here in central Europe, I'm eating seasonally appropriate Aachener Printen . This is a type of gingerbread seasoned with "a variety of ingredients including cinnamon, aniseed, clove, cardamom, coriander, allspice and also ginger", however, the English Wikipedia article …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2021-09-18, 13:52

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Couldn't resist another retro purchase, this time an Intellivision - 0INTELLIVISION.jpg A console I never owned back in the day, but was curious about. Bought the console itself as "untested" from eBay for a reasonable price, taking another gamble. I didn't have any games, so bought the cheapest …

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Re: How generally reliable is Gateway/Gateway 2000 as a brand?

Posted on 2021-09-16, 17:01

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The P-II and P-III models I have come across all have worked on power up like this one I cleaned up and gave away over at vcfed.org. Many used rebranded Intel motherboards which were good quality for the most part.

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2021-09-15, 14:52

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Hmmm... thanks, that makes a lot of sense. I do love anchovies but I use whole filets and I spend a bit more on them because I think that the expensive ones somehow taste better. But they definitely are a concentrate or flavouring rather than something you eat straight (except on pizza, obviously). …

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2021-09-15, 13:39

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Oof.. I wish I could get proper crab where I live. When we where visiting my wife's grandmother in California some years ago we went up the coast and ended up at a place called Barbara's Fish Trap in Half Moon Bay. Had a great blue crab sandwich there. The only way to get crab here is by ordering …

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Re: Internet is slow on one computer yet fine on the other

Posted on 2021-09-15, 08:38

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KCompRoom2000 wrote on 2021-09-15, 00:57: Unfortunately, that is easier said than done for me as I despise Windows 10 (and 11) with a burning passion. You and me both. Haven’t tried 11 yet.

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2021-09-14, 20:50

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That looks delicious. I love crab. Unfortunately I am terrible at cooking. Can just about use the microwave, am scared of the stove/oven. Had too many mishaps with forgetting things are in it. Even cooking something like a steak I seem to under or over do it. Had frogs legs the other day, get them …

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