Re: Thrift store finds? (Software)

Posted on 2014-07-03, 14:56

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Very cool! Yeah that's where I found the monopoly game I posted. It seems goodwill employees don't know the difference between big box computer games and board games. Sometimes you can find other cool stuff too, I just recently found a Tournament 2000 game console (1977) by Unisonic (Basically Pong …

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Re: If you could let it all go

Posted on 2014-07-03, 14:32

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Nice 486 posts btw snorg, funny coincidence for this forum. 😜

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Thrift store finds? (Software)

Posted on 2014-07-03, 13:23

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I've been finding a lot of awesome things at goodwill lately and I've been wondering what kind of neat stuff you guys must be finding. Pics would be cool, especially if it's in the original box. Personally I've found a few things over the last two weeks. http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2014/184 …

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Re: If you could let it all go

Posted on 2014-07-03, 12:47

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Yeah probably, I have a bunch of crap I don't need and that blasted PCjr is like a boat anchor. It just sits in storage since I don't have room to keep it set up all the time. 🤣

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Re: Youtube series about PCjr software compatibility.

Posted on 2014-07-03, 12:32

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This thread just reminds me of how I'm still missing a PCjr for my collection. I should have bought one years ago before they became collectible. :lol: Haha, I actually bought mine from an old man who sold me the computer, the monitor, a LOT of software, all the manuals and a joystick all in the …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2014-07-03, 12:18

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I've been getting into a lot of click to adventures lately, mainly because I've found a ton at goodwill. lol I've been juggling playing Starship Titanic, The Dig and Beyond Atlantis when it comes to adventure games. However I've also been playing a lot of "Close Combat 2 : A Bridge Too Far" also now …

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Re: What TV shows are you watching now?

Posted on 2014-07-03, 12:05

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Lol. Very nice, I think I'm going to have to start watching that. Recently I started watching The Greatest American Hero on youtube. It's campy but pretty good. lol In the past I never gave the series a chance because of the level of sillyness, glad I finally did. :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v= …

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Re: The Death Throes of Radio Shack

Posted on 2014-07-03, 11:58

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Yeah, the Radio Shack in my town has absolutely nothing in it anymore, there is one little dark and dust covered corner in the back where no employees dare venture and a tiny selection of components are kept. But other than that the whole thing is all taken over by baubels and mobile phone junk. I …

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Re: windows 98 and windows 8 host folder shareing?

Posted on 2014-07-03, 11:49

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GOOOOOOOOOD LUCK BUD. I've been networking computers since Windows 95 and let me tell you seting up a LAN on Windows 95 computers or even mixed computers using 95 - XP is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY easier than networking Windows 7 and 8 with anything (even each other), I mean maybe it's just me but I can't …

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Re: Youtube series about PCjr software compatibility.

Posted on 2014-07-01, 22:34

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I like your ideas! Thank you very much for the advice I will certainly use it, I'll probably be removing this episode and redoing it then after I fully write out everything and plan it better. I was very annoyed that the camera auto adjusted for light levels, and on the more recent footage I found a …

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Youtube series about PCjr software compatibility.

Posted on 2014-07-01, 20:01

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I wanted to put this up here, hope this is the right spot and I'm not violating any rules but I thought I'd throw this out there. I'm going to be doing a series of youtube videos showing me attempting to run various games and software from the 80's on my IBM PCjr with 640k of RAM. So far I have one …

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Re: What is your age?

Posted on 2014-07-01, 19:47

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I'm 23, I grew up watching my father mess with DOS and early windows versions. I started networking computers in grade school with windows 95 (god was that a pain!) and since then I've always kinda loved older DOS and 90's computers. :) Ironically I can't seem to get windows 7 to network for the …

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Re: What does this dream mean?

Posted on 2014-07-01, 19:39

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When I had 2 hours night sleep and, as a result, fell asleep next evening watching Shakespear's Richard the Third in the cinema with my girlfriend, I fell asleep and wispered "Intel went with 440FX as their first chip set for PII. They should not have left Socket 7, 430 TX and HX were way more …

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Re: Anyone have bad luck with Linux?

Posted on 2014-07-01, 19:33

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Yeah I was going to say, a lot of linux distro's are pretty easy to use these days. Personally I use Fedora 20 with the MATE desktop environment, it's extremely nice. That is not to say I haven't run into a few pot holes along the way but for some reason I really prefer it to windows (which these …

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Re: Yamaha DS-XG PCI sound card DOS problems

Posted on 2014-05-01, 12:42

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It really is a shame I can't get it to work right, the midi is amazing when I play it from windows. At the moment it's resting on a shelf of computer parts. 🙁

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Re: Looking for a old game.

Posted on 2014-05-01, 12:36

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@sliderider I don't particularly like steam either. Although I must admit they are doing wonders in bringing more attention to linux as a gaming platform with the new steam OS including improving open graphics drivers, or so I've heard. I prefer to buy the original physical copies of a game if I can …

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Re: Earth 2140 runs choppy in DOSbox

Posted on 2014-05-01, 12:30

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Cool thanks I'll give it a try! I really love that game, I even tried rebuilding the computer I had as a kid but the game is so picky I can't get the soundcard to work with it. 🤣 Hope this works! thanks! 😁

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Packard Bell PB2400PLUS Modem help.

Posted on 2014-04-03, 22:05

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Hi all I was hoping one of you might have one of these or be able to tell me where to learn more about it. You see I just purchased one from a local thrift store and it did not come with the PSU unfortunately. It also isn't marked on the port what the power requirements are so I am a bit hesitant to …

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Re: Yamaha DS-XG PCI sound card DOS problems

Posted on 2014-03-22, 02:33

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DAmnit. lol I used to have this exact computer all set up nice when I was a kid. It used a PCI 128 sound card then. unfortunately that computer was tossed years ago and I bought the exact same model just last month, a pc store had it ready to be scrapped in their basement. Also the yamaha XG has …

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Re: Yamaha DS-XG PCI sound card DOS problems

Posted on 2014-03-22, 02:09

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Yeah that's what people keep saying but these PCI cards should work shouldn't they? Earth 2140 is a DOS / win95 game. I'm running it from windows 98SE. I have booted into dos and checked but I can't get it to work in that either.

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