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Bought and paid for Astroneer ( http://store.steampowered.com/app/361420/ ) Very thin game at the moment, but for whatever reason, it REALLY scratches an itch for me.

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

Posted on 2016-12-27, 07:18

by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Thanks to a few gifts from family, I'm now the proud owner of a 1080p digital camcorder. My family found out about my desire to educate you people about dual-cpu systems and were appalled when they found out I got the old VHS out of storage. Still got to get some accessories, like a proper tripod. …

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

Posted on 2016-12-27, 05:37

by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

UGG. my father had that exact HP machine. A crap system, for a time when the internet was just taking off. It had a 400mhz celeron and I could not talk my father into getting a "real" pentium 3. He kept that system for years. All that, it was a decent system. Before the end I did manage to cram in a …

Re: IBM PS/1 486 2155a-e32 - replace floppy

Posted on 2016-12-26, 05:40

by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

enterprise was okay. What really turned me off were the common moments where the show disappears up its own ass trying to "clever" by foreshadowing tos and tng.

Re: IBM PS/1 486 2155a-e32 - replace floppy

Posted on 2016-12-26, 05:27

by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I liked voyager as a kid, but now all I see is "gilligan's island in space"

Re: IBM PS/1 486 2155a-e32 - replace floppy

Posted on 2016-12-26, 05:18

by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

I really like S06E19 and S01E19.

Re: IBM PS/1 486 2155a-e32 - replace floppy

Posted on 2016-12-26, 04:50

by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Ampera wrote: Messed around with a screwdriver shorting random jumpers to see what would happen. I got the VGA card to make funny colours until the machine never worked again.

Re: IBM PS/1 486 2155a-e32 - replace floppy

Posted on 2016-12-26, 04:10

by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

if the floppy has only one cable, and no power. the short answer is no. if it looks like a standard floppy connection, it likely is. The ps/2 systems were the special snowflakes when it comes to parts.

Re: KIDS: DON'T SELL OLD PCS WITHOUT PARENT'S PERMISSION

Posted on 2016-12-25, 23:47

by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

Those things were total junk. My dad had one with a 400mhz celeron. Total garbage, but it did work. mrau wrote: he's not interested in you anymore, you're probably of legal age now umm ok.

Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2016-12-25, 23:43

by luckybob

in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

@frankmonk that is a neat case! Also, dont use the IMG tags for an album, you can see it is borked, but if you open in a new windows you get the album. So just paste the link and it will work better.

Re: Merry X-Mas 2016 everyone....

Posted on 2016-12-24, 23:38

by luckybob

in Milliways

YES. Tomorrow is the time to reveal the mystery cubes from beneath the festive cone, and tell tales of a obese red intruder. http://youtu.be/HYFQQB9vqPw