Re: I recently found this hardware, AKA the Dumpster find thread.

Posted on 2023-10-10, 15:47

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So these poor buggers, which I wasn't even looking for, have been orphaned at the back of the shed for more than a decade. I would definitely have had them out 5 years ago or so had I known/remembered them. Then the roof fell on them and the crappy chipboard furniture sagged over and rotted on them …

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Re: Reverse dumpster find thread, AKA what did you finally throw away after years of hoarding?

Posted on 2023-10-10, 15:40

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I have been working for a while on narrowing things down. I have eliminated all the CRT monitors, and and all of the socket 7 stuff. Sometimes I think, maybe I should have not got rid of that. Then I think, what would I really being doing with it. Cheap thought - maybe there's a difference between …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-10-10, 15:37

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IDT Winchip 2A sold for $160. Wow. Is the high selling point the large IDT logo, that is, rather than the more common (I think) WinChip logo? Or are the W2A chips with the giant WinChip logo just as expensive now? Winchip_2A.png wow as in "that seems low" or wow as in "still not actually worth it" …

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Re: Which old programming languages do you still use/play with today->

Posted on 2023-10-10, 15:34

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I guess the closest thing that I've actually used would be 6502 asm, but that's not exactly a programming language Personally, I think it's a language unless you're just typing hex or octal into S-records or a hex editor or something, and Wikipedia calls assembly a language too. So my answer to the …

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Re: declining utility of older systems

Posted on 2023-10-10, 15:31

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By the way, systems of the XP era, overspec 9x machines, everything over a ghz and with 2GB of RAM, might be able to dual boot Raspberry Pi OS for PC to get modern conveniences and protections while grabbing stuff off the web. thats a good way to keep older stuff into the modern era, some light …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-10-06, 08:33

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Got this nice late 286 machine - Olivetti M290-20. No HDD, dead battery, corrosion marks but it can boot :) In addition got a box with the lot of unknown 5.25 floppies (around 100pcs.) Seagate ST-157A HDD. looks good, a little work and it is ready for use! there was a time i used to enjoy going …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-10-06, 07:57

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i gave up on NOLF in the mission where you're aboard an aircraft, it breaks up and you have to catch up with someone mid air while fending off attackers after a few attempts i realised i just wasn't enjoying it and rather than memorise the sequence of turn/shoot/turn/shoot etc and try again i'd had …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-10-05, 07:08

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Depends how implemented. I had a buddy who got his hands on a 10 year old at the time 6 disk 4x speed CD changer for SCSI, the way that one worked was to assign a drive letter to each disk. So E, F, G, H, I, J and most multi CD installs, if you start on drive E, it'll be stubborn and go "Please put …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-10-04, 15:19

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choosing to play something next is tricky, i kind of want to avoid gta 5 (which i played a bit before) for now and maybe will go back in time to something late 90s, maybe one of the fps games i never completed - Sin, Kingpin, Unreal First i tried to pick up from a save game in NOLF and giving up …

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Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

Posted on 2023-10-04, 15:14

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i remember cd changers being a thing in cars more than in computers - but they existed and they cost plenty! i've never seen one in person though, wonder how they deal with multi-cd installs for example, possibly make it easy!

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Re: declining utility of older systems

Posted on 2023-10-04, 15:11

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i know what you mean - if you have a system without usb it is laborious enough transferring things, never mind that hdd size is likely to be small networks may be best but it is still a good idea to have as large an hd (or sd to ide) capacity as practical and at least one usb 2 if possible. windows …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-29, 08:22

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after playing for so long i, ironically, came to appreciate the driving mechanics more while still frustrated by the oft silly camera. helicopters are trickier, but then its a city full of skyscrapers! I actually really liked the GTA4 driving mechanics back then. They were the most realistic of any …

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Re: Reverse dumpster find thread, AKA what did you finally throw away after years of hoarding?

Posted on 2023-09-28, 13:19

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"most of these don't even work" - thats a key point having said that i 'd guess that over the next 5 years you will encounter some problem or think of something you'd like to do that would have been answered by something in that collection - but its difficult to guess at which pieces in that pile …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-28, 10:49

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i finished gta 4, and both episodes 'tlad' and 'tbogt' after playing for so long i, ironically, came to appreciate the driving mechanics more while still frustrated by the oft silly camera. helicopters are trickier, but then its a city full of skyscrapers! in terms of story gta4 was most satisfying, …

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Re: Which old programming languages do you still use/play with today->

Posted on 2023-09-26, 10:21

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what do we feel is the value of all these old development tools outside of nostalgia / preservation and so on? Aside from the stuff already mentioned, it can be fun to change things up. If you work in one language and os all the time, it can be a lot of fun to do something totally different in a …

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Re: Which old programming languages do you still use/play with today->

Posted on 2023-09-26, 10:19

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what do we feel is the value of all these old development tools outside of nostalgia / preservation and so on? Little selection of alternatives? 😔 Turbo Pascal/QB had fine, tidy IDEs with both an integrated interpreter/compiler and help system. On Linux, everything is very crude by contrast. They …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-26, 10:15

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Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2023-09-25, 17:15: gerry wrote on 2023-09-25, 16:45: what would be different about it though? kinda intrigued! See this thread: List of Windows games which look best when using 3DFX Glide thanks, interesting too see those screenshots for direct comparsion

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-09-25, 16:45

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Started playing Unreal (1998) . I'm enjoying it: really good level design, graphics and overall fun and challenging, mostly on enemy combat. I'm playing it on a P2 400MHz and a 3Dfx Voodoo2, 640x480 resolution: runs ok, with frame drops on big areas or when a lot of things/particles are on screen. …

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Re: C64 fans seem to me more passionate and committed than retro-computing fans

Posted on 2023-09-25, 16:44

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I must admit, I find myself frequently and repeatedly impressed at how passionate, committed, effective, and persistent c64 fans/people are! I mean, let's be blunt: C64 is just 1 product. It's just it: the Commodore 64. maybe that's why - 1 product experienced by millions around the world creating …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2023-09-25, 16:24

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STX wrote on 2023-09-25, 03:39: I'm making fun of myself. search-ebay-for-more-used-games.jpg i complete less games the more i have, so that's kinda true!

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