First pic was 35e shipped (local collector). The second was 10e from a flea market. 😎

Thrift store 1e. One of the many versions of the ALS100. Interesting to hear what it sounds like.

Yay! I still have the following: A500 (4) A500+ A600 A1200 (3, one with 1230 Blizzard Turbo) CD32 I'd like to have all the "real" computer versions though (1000, 2000 etc.), but they were very rare even then and these days almost impossible to find at a right price.

I bought a a new P90 with 8 Megs of RAM in early -95 and only upgraded to Cyrix and 12 Megs in -96. That setup ran every game and Win95 Beta just fine until -97.

Flight Sim Toolkit by Domark. It was so broken that it was almost impossible to get anything done. Random crashes, object explosion kept repeating until the PC froze etc. If I recall, it required several patches to keep it stable. Unfortunately I only had the game for a few days as I traded it for …

Oh yes. 30e ($35) from a local auction site. 😎

Swedish vinyl/retro etc. store. They used to have tons of great games, but these were the last good ones I could find. 🙁

Yes, despite that it says "Studio Standard", Fisher (past 70's) is one of the worst BPC (Black Plastic C**P) brands out there. Stay away!

MSI K7 mainboard died within a year of purchase, the replacement still works. Other than that I might have two HDD's die on me in the past 20 years. I think static electricity is not to be feared as much as people think. My friend worked as a network admin for years and did all the repairs wearing a …

http://i59.tinypic.com/qy9zjp.jpg Top: Asus AGP-V 3000 (Riva 128) - Diamond Viper 770 32 AGP (Riva TNT2) - Creative 3D Blaster Banshee (CT6750) Middle: ATI Rage II + DVD - 3Dfx Banshee Bottom: ATI Rage Pro Turbo AGP - TNT 2 32 AGP Best part? 2e from a flea market! Last 2 were free (recycling center …

Funny thing, I just spotted a bag of PC gamepads in a flea market for 3e. There were at least two Gravis Gamepads and a Sidewinder gamepad. And no, I didn't grab them. 😈

Both versions have a little brass screw hole in the middle of the d-pad that was made for a little plastic stick to screw into it and make it feel like a mini joystick. These little plastic sticks are kinda rare nowdays as they did not come with the game pads and had to be ordered by the customer. …

When you absolutely, positively have to remove every dust particle in your machine, accept no substitue.

Flea market 1.5e.

My bias against MS since Win95 is rooted rather deep as you can see. But it's a bias so anyone other reading this thread please do not let it make you overlook MS-DOS 7.1. It's just not my choice. You shouldn't feel too bad about it. I hated Win 3.1/95 with a passion and only used the beta-version …

I also encountered a similar problem just now. I tried two different sound cards (SB32/YMF724) with MT-32/SC-55 and got nothing out of them. Finally tested the game port-to-midi -cable and noticed the wiring was way off, so shop carefully. Only problem is to tell which of the cables are crap and …