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

Posted on 2020-04-22, 02:08

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So after successfully making disk images of a copy of Deluxe Paint II Enhanced that I bought a few months back which required spending a bunch of time cleaning the disks with Q-tips and alcohol, making an attempt, cleaning some more, making another attempt, etc until both disks finally read …

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

Posted on 2020-04-13, 15:17

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Last November I bought a "for parts" Thinkpad A21m off eBay that the seller said was otherwise working fine, but that the LAN network didn't work. I figured it was just a driver issue or something and didn't give it a second thought. When it arrived I quickly checked it over and put it away to come …

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

Posted on 2020-04-08, 23:36

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Getting TCP/IP networking going on Windows 3.11 (not Windows for Workgroups) with my Thinkpad 760ED and 3Com 3C589D PCMCIA card. https://i.imgur.com/FBJ8hvkm.jpg Oh my. The last time I had anything to do with Windows 3.x and the internet was 1994 or 1995 and it was dialup and my dad had configured …

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Re: My Tyan-based Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2020-03-18, 12:40

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I ended up with the same problem as you with regards to cable management in my build that uses this same motherboard. I really like the motherboard, but I decided that as long as I was using a baby AT case, that using the AGP slot was maybe not the best idea due to how all the ribbon cables plug in …

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Re: [Pics are welcome] What are the rarest or the most obscure games in your possession?

Posted on 2020-03-15, 22:42

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I don't collect for rarity or obscurity, but instead, I collect stuff that I want to play or use. So, I apparently don't have an eye for rare/obscure things on the whole, since I don't have too many games that fit that description. :) https://i.imgur.com/B5dlLDom.jpg?1 These two games certainly …

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Re: What’s in your Garage ?

Posted on 2020-02-19, 22:24

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I mean there are a few BVMs for sale here right now... in the range from €700 to €3000 so yeah... no, hence why they are still for sale ^^ I pretty much already asked all people I know in production environments and they made the switch away from CRTs ages ago, I really went into this too late. …

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2020-02-19, 15:19

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It depends entirely what project you are working on. If you're writing some low-level code that is interfacing with hardware, or really trying to eke out every last ounce of performance for older hardware, then you probably will need to fall back to assembly often. The projects that I currently work …

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2020-02-19, 13:57

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I wonder if there is someone who is part of both worlds. Someone who is coding new apps in modern language like C#,Java, Python, PHP, Ruby on professional level (to exclude some simple webpages) etc.. and still is using low level C on Dos for some other work or hobby? Because such persons ideas …

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Re: What’s in your Garage ?

Posted on 2020-02-19, 11:12

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I also horde PVMs (though mine are not as nice as some of yours!). Except I don't have a garage, I instead live in a ~700sq ft apartment downtown in a city. My other not-in-current-use computer stuff is kinda spread out here and there (couple closets, and a couple small overflow piles here and …

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Re: Windows 2000 20th Anniversary Client/server build

Posted on 2020-02-19, 01:30

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Yeah come to think of it, that might have been our problem too and why we would occasionally switch back to Win98 for a little bit. I remember we had an AMD Duron 800MHz and 128MB in 2001 (upgraded to 256MB by 2003). I think that might have been fine-ish with Windows 2000, but I'm having a hard time …

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Re: Windows 2000 20th Anniversary Client/server build

Posted on 2020-02-19, 00:24

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This is awesome! I love that you're networking them together. Windows 2000 is probably my favourite version of the Windows operating system. My brother and I had it installed on our shared computer from 2001-2003. Occasionally we'd switch back to Win98 for some reason (I think it might have been for …

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

Posted on 2020-02-10, 23:52

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It suddenly occurred to me that I had not really spent any time at all fiddling with Mod players/trackers on either of the two retro PCs I have built that both has GUS cards in them. What a travesty. This was not something I had delved into at all back in the day, so I was kinda approaching it fresh …

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2020-01-28, 02:13

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My copy of DeluxePaint II Enhanced (DOS version) arrived today. https://i.imgur.com/Vkt65WFm.jpg?1 Unfortunately, I could tell, even from the sellers photos that there was probably a good chance that the disks would not work. Some of the inside packaging and the papers included showed signs of …

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Re: The quest for the perfect retro laptop: a saga

Posted on 2020-01-11, 16:29

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A lot of them have a sort of charcoal grey rubbery coating on the lids (of those that I have... 600E, T41, all modern Thinkpads, but not the older ones). This rubs off over time, but it doesn't become sticky. lol. This coating absolutely becomes sticky over time. The 600X I got last year was …

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Re: New forum suggestions/Feedback

Posted on 2019-12-28, 02:00

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Some additional styling / colouring would seem to go a long way to help aid readability and the separation of posts and different elements on the page. Everything (text mainly) is all far too similar to each other. Scrolling through a topic, everything just seems to blend together... in stark …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-14, 12:18

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Got one of these PC ProPAD 4's. Box had been opened but the controller itself has never been used. Not sure how they hold up against the Gravis Game Pad, will give it a test run over the holidays. I also got one of these somewhat recently. Love it. To me it feels way better then the original Gravis …

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Re: Old software you miss the most

Posted on 2019-12-08, 21:00

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But, to be fair, in 2019 going mobile first is the RIGHT path to go because it not only makes web design for desktop easier, also helps with older browsers compatibility when you know that you can't go too fancy with jQuery (Bootstrap is ditching it already). In an ideal world, I would agree with …

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Re: Old software you miss the most

Posted on 2019-12-08, 17:13

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I do NOT miss ICQ..... OH-OH! OH-OH! OH-OH! Going on the whole day when receiving messages :dead: The ICQ "OH-OH!" sound has been my phone's notification sound for years now. I like seeing people's faces light up when they recognize the sound and get all nostalgic, haha. Where can I get that …

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Re: Old software you miss the most

Posted on 2019-12-08, 14:34

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meljor wrote: I do NOT miss ICQ..... OH-OH! OH-OH! OH-OH! Going on the whole day when receiving messages 😵 The ICQ "OH-OH!" sound has been my phone's notification sound for years now. I like seeing people's faces light up when they recognize the sound and get all nostalgic, haha.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-12-07, 19:31

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Just picked this up locally today. After going through 5 used broken attempts to get another 9800pro I'm going to assume this one is likely to work. 20191207_105337.jpg I remember being so happy, Boxing Day 2004, when I grabbed one of these on sale at Future Shop. Went into my Pentium 4 computer at …

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