It's a "Can you remember this game?" thread!!

Posted on 2014-11-16, 09:21

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Yep, I hate to do this, but I need help remembering a PC game I played as a youngster. Here are some points I can recall: - Point n Click Adventure - Scifi/space setting - You die easily - Not from Sierra, not "Beneath a Steel Sky". - Some time in the period 1989-1994 - Was on the cover floppy of …

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Re: [retro swim] - An episodic video tour of SquallStrife's retro junk

Posted on 2014-11-16, 05:45

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Episode 29 is live! http://youtu.be/HD_jRujv_ZY A look at some gear I've procured over the last few weeks.

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Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2014-11-15, 10:14

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Ah Wonder Boy, my favourite series! Yeah,the Wonder Boy series is a cluster-chuckle of minced names and numbering. Did you know "Adventure Island" is the name of the NES game, AND of the version of Dragon's Trap for the PC Engine? *eyeroll*

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-11, 01:12

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My LJ5M has developed a fault where the corona wire that discharges the drum is no longer effective. I need to look in to a repair, should be self-serviceable.

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Re: What is it with technical support nowadays???

Posted on 2014-11-10, 23:56

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request: I recently upgraded my sx-somenumber motherboard, and am now receiving a beep code of one long and 2 short beeps. I cannot find the chart of beep codes for this mb/bios (bios is award rev x73.) Could you please point me to the beep code table to get this answer? Hasn't long-short-short …

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Re: Modern mouse on 486

Posted on 2014-11-10, 00:03

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There is this: PS/2 to Serial Mouse protocol converter I bet the design could be adapted to work with a USB mouse.

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-09, 23:55

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King_Corduroy wrote: I think my professors would look at me a little odd if I gave them something printed on a dot matrix printer. 😜 Pfft. It'd be as much of a flashback for them as it is for you! Volumes of text in OEM dot-matrix font on green-bar, fan-fold, continuous-feed paper. Brilliant.

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Re: Best Printers for 90's computers.

Posted on 2014-11-09, 22:06

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Hello all. I was just looking over at my retro computer desk and a thought struck me: I'm missing a retro printer! Back when I was a kid we had a Lexmark Z12 inkjet printer and it was extremely loud, slow and burned through ink like there was no tomorrow. So since I've basically decided I should …

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Re: What are you using as a Wallpaper on your vintage system?

Posted on 2014-11-06, 21:37

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I mean this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8UvDRc_rdo I just played it at 720p and did a screen capture at the right moment.

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Re: What are you using as a Wallpaper on your vintage system?

Posted on 2014-11-06, 21:28

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vetz wrote: SquallStrife wrote: On my P3, the older 3Dfx logo (high res capture from RetroCompaqGuy's video). I can give you the original? 😉 Ooooh! Yes please!!

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Re: What are you using as a Wallpaper on your vintage system?

Posted on 2014-11-06, 21:11

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On my 486, CHESS.BMP from Windows 3.0. On my 233MMX, plain teal background. On my P3, the older 3Dfx logo (high res capture from RetroCompaqGuy's video).

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Re: YouTube Randomly Cracking Down on Monetized Video Game Footage

Posted on 2014-11-06, 04:39

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The fact that thousands of others are doing it doesn't change the fact that his videos are clearly against the policy. These other people are likely getting issues as well. LGR does show a lot more "real footage". Be it showing hardware, booklets, box art... By percentage, most of it is game …

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Re: YouTube Randomly Cracking Down on Monetized Video Game Footage

Posted on 2014-11-06, 04:25

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The thing is I mentioned this to you already but you keep ignoring it and wondering why your videos get flagged. Except there are thousands of channels that mainly/only use gameplay footage, and aren't just riffing to that footage. LGR and AVGN for example. The issue isn't the content that people …

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Re: Ancient DOS Games Webshow

Posted on 2014-11-05, 20:58

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I think he just means his ISP is crap, rather than that they're doing anything insidious.

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Re: Never Lock Your Phone With A Fingerprint

Posted on 2014-11-05, 20:55

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Alternatively, lock your phone with your fingerprint, but don't strangle your girlfriend.

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2014-11-04, 03:12

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OK, page flipping thing is gone. ODwilly, of course it's welcome! Image those disks and upload away! (Or put them on Dropbox/Onedrive/etc and I'll upload them for you) 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-04, 02:28

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🙁 Many disappoint.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-11-04, 00:55

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jwt27 wrote: And that Logitech PS/2 card, didn't even know these existed! It's probably a MousePort card, not PS/2. (Like this? Bought a Logitech 270120 8bit ISA Mouse port card, any info? ) If it IS a PS/2 card, then we really need to reverse-engineer it pronto.

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2014-11-04, 00:44

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Does anybody else have any thoughts on this? If people aren't hot on the idea I can just change it back, no big deal.

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Re: Do you guys collect other things?

Posted on 2014-11-03, 22:05

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Oh yes, Star Wars 1.0 would be an essential part of the collection They did eventually put them on DVD (if you just want those 3); otherwise you're looking for the CAV box set ($$$) or the faces LDs. :blush: While not "faces" level of purist, the Special Widescreen Edition is an extremely good …

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