Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-07, 20:35

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by brostenen

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Amiga 1200 arrived! Pretty good given the seller feedback was 0 and the listing mentioned that it was powered but not otherwise tested. Pleasantly surprised to have received a mouse and more manuals than expected. Also some personal files on the floppy disks if the labels are to be believed. Aside …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-07, 20:16

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by brostenen

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Amiga 1200 arrived! Pretty good given the seller feedback was 0 and the listing mentioned that it was powered but not otherwise tested. Pleasantly surprised to have received a mouse and more manuals than expected. Also some personal files on the floppy disks if the labels are to be believed. Aside …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-06, 22:06

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Later, I was able to score a large lot of cheap NOS PS/2 mice based on the OM02 chip. These work on the Amiga by simply rewire them - you can even use the wheel as a 3rd button if you use a 9-wire cable. Wait, just to make sure i have a correct understanding: The 9 pin connector for those amigas …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-05, 09:46

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by brostenen

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28 Euro for this optical.... I think it is fair. https://amigakit.amiga.store/product_info.php?products_id=1328 That's £, not Euro. And you pay for shipping as well. I use cheap optical ps/2 mice that I converted to be Amiga-compatible. Sorry. My mistake. Yes. Pounds. I just think it is a good …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-04, 21:37

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I am assuming you got a mouse with the thing correct? My first Amiga was an A500 with 512K trapdoor RAM/RTC, an external Amiga 1011 floppy drive plus a Workbench 1.3 disk allowing me to use Amiga Explorer to make working game disks using a PC and serial cable. Fun little gaming machine that started …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-04, 21:34

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Bought this Vibra 16 last week, but it arrived today - https://i.imgur.com/0PwIeeFl.jpg To be honest it was originally a mistaken purchase. By the time I'd noticed my error, I'd already purchased it. But I'm not going to resell it as it will be a nice fit should I ever get around to building a DX4 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-04, 21:27

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by brostenen

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The Amiga came today.. just waiting on my power supply, video cable, and external floppy adapter to convert to an external Gotek for the boot drive. :) Not gonna lie, I really dig the dust cover. Is it a thick plastic or some sort of faux/real leather? I also finally won an auction for an Amiga …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-04, 21:23

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The Amiga came today.. just waiting on my power supply, video cable, and external floppy adapter to convert to an external Gotek for the boot drive. :) https://imgur.com/nPZ5BxGh.jpg https://imgur.com/Cang6j5h.jpg https://imgur.com/063Ya69h.jpg Congrats... It is a fine looking old lady you got …

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Re: TNT2 M64 on Super 7 system - Worth it?

Posted on 2020-03-03, 23:44

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by brostenen

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From my memories the TNT2 had better graphics than the Voodoo. I am going to put a TNT2 in my future build. You get more fun from a TNT2-Ultra on a P3, than you get on a K6-2-450/500. On K6-2's and 3's, you better stick to Voodoo3-3500 or Voodoo2-SLI. Games that does not need faster CPU, tends to …

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Re: Best computer for Vogons interaction ?

Posted on 2020-03-03, 23:38

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by brostenen

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Probably something that runs linux if you want to use a retro computer. With linux you can compile a modern browser on most older computers even if it runs slowly. That is a good candidate.... However, retro and vintage software is not a feature of Vogons. We talk about it here, not using it on the …

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Re: Best computer for Vogons interaction ?

Posted on 2020-03-03, 23:32

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by brostenen

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All the other spam bots and trolls like you trust on the iPad. Ever tried? I thought this was a spambot too, because it doesn't make the least bit of sense otherwise. (gzip? wtf?) It is a referance to the OP have previously praised the iPad as the universal-can-do-it-all-only-computer-you-ever-need …

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Re: Best computer for Vogons interaction ?

Posted on 2020-03-03, 23:27

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by brostenen

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Best computer to interact with a forum website? That is easy to answer..... A modern machine. Because.... Opening Dos files, playing music, playing Dos/Win98/WinXP-games and so on are not a feature of Vogons.

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Re: TNT2 M64 on Super 7 system - Worth it?

Posted on 2020-03-03, 19:00

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by brostenen

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Geforce4-MX440 seems to be cheap these days.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-03, 17:32

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One game and some hardware.... 45 Danish Kroners in total (That is 6,70 USD or 6 Euro) I bought the Mario kart bundle (complete in box with game and wheel), then a second wheel and finally (not in photo) I bought an Wii-HDMI adaptor/converter. Filename MarioKart.jpg File size 98.03 KiB Views 1905 …

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

Posted on 2020-03-03, 07:01

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by brostenen

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I added a new piece of hardware to my Amiga600 today. Tested it this evening. The CF2IDE+ adaptor that I ordered some time ago. Arived in the mail today, and I have installed it. Amazing little space saving thing. The best thing is that it is a tight solution, and nothing rattle around. I am going …

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

Posted on 2020-03-02, 21:33

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by brostenen

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I added a new piece of hardware to my Amiga600 today. Tested it this evening. The CF2IDE+ adaptor that I ordered some time ago. Arived in the mail today, and I have installed it. Amazing little space saving thing. The best thing is that it is a tight solution, and nothing rattle around. I am going …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-02, 21:20

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I bought one of these DB9-Joystick to USB converter's. The reason is that the new "TheC64" machine, can use old 80's digital joysticks with the use of an adaptor. And I can use the keyboard for navigating the menu. Aaaand.... I always hated ZIP-Stick and Competition PRO sticks. Basically. It is …

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

Posted on 2020-03-02, 15:40

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by brostenen

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I revel in small victories. Just had Madden 97 delivered for some dos football nonsense but one of the cd's was scratched to the point it wouldn't complete the install. Bummer, so headed to all knowing google for a cheap fix and the "toothpaste" solution came up. Never tried this before, and it …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-02, 15:34

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I have a set of swapmagic and slide card in my collection. Yup, me too. Though I moved to using PC emulation to play PS1 backups. ... I haven't updated my mods for ages. I've been presuming by now, surely the PS2 scene would have figured out how to play PS1 games from the HDD. Still not yet? …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-03-02, 14:10

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by brostenen

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And yup. Every Ps2 can do Ps1 games. And does a generally better job than a Ps1 at that. Few games are incompatible and you get a better video output signal. Heck... Even a Ps3 does Ps1 games. Good morning. I think PTherapist was only being specific about the backups being fiddly. What I read, was …

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