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Re: Your old CD-ROMs are probably rotting

Posted on 2017-03-12, 16:39

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The first generation of backup and data CDs I burned myself from 1996-2000 is 90% dead. Discolorations on the suface is a problem. Top-layer detaching from the disc itself is another. DVDs are rotting too, but at a slower pace and I had more time to prepare and copy everything on other media. As …

Re: Interview with AdLib employees! [done on 17/12/2016]

Posted on 2017-02-20, 06:13

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Just checking in - I'm not dead, just work is a bit hectic since December. Employer keeps sending me to another country each month, and preparation for each trip is taking most of my free time. Delay in the post production ? Apart from having trouble finding free time, keep in mind that the raw data …

Re: Whats the most you've paid for retro tech you had to have?

Posted on 2017-02-14, 06:27

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Hmmmm. I paid overwhelming prices for a couple of things computer-related. Here's the sound card list that's a testament to my weeping wallet. Top 5 : 106€ for an AdLib Multimedia ASC 32/64, no box, no drivers. 168$ for two Covox Speech Thing, no box. 198€ for a Roland SCC-1, no box, no software. …

Re: Spam, spam, spam

Posted on 2017-01-17, 13:30

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MrEWhite wrote: keenmaster486 wrote: The title was "Learn how to be rotten like me" We are number one! 🤣 Was about to reply this, HA!

Re: Does you're women share the same interest as all of us?

Posted on 2017-01-11, 22:46

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Tetrium wrote: Many choose to not to mention their sex though because they don't feel like being harassed all the time. Definitely this. Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote: I wonder how many women enjoy Call of Duty or Total Air War. Concerning CoD, female players make up between 25 and 30% of the …

Re: Does you're women share the same interest as all of us?

Posted on 2017-01-10, 05:04

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My ex is a much bigger gamer than I can ever be. I have shown her how to assemble her own PC, and while she wasn't thrilled on the experience, she told me she learned much and was able to do small repairs/diagnostics/upgrades herself from then on. We tried old adventure games together and she was …

Re: Mmmm... CGA still lives in spirit via HTML5

Posted on 2017-01-06, 19:59

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It's cool and mysterious. I like twine games. They bring the adventure game genre to a newer, younger audience. Also it reminds me when I programmed an adventure game on my TI-80 calculator. Good times. I hope twine is easier to use though! 😁

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