Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2020-08-27, 22:25

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This took forever to arrive, but it finally did. Everything coming out of the U.S. has been super slow to arrive for me (still waiting on a couple things since May), but anything coming from any other part of the world seems to still arrive within a reasonable amount of time. Meh. Oh well. https:// …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-08-27, 15:29

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Haha, thanks. Love the FDS. Even though it was released in Japan only, many, many games are very playable often even with lots of English text in them, which is great for someone like me that cannot read Japanese. Cannot say the same about the 64DD. I have no regrets for buying one (I always wanted …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-08-27, 14:39

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Don't think I had ever posted pics in this thread either, but I've shared pics of my "computing area" before in other threads. Meh. Here is a current pic showing typical work-from-home stuff running, plus another of my retro console gaming set up too, because why not. https://i.imgur.com/1ph66IOm. …

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2020-08-27, 12:44

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I guess I've never posted in this thread yet, despite the fact that I have many CRTs. Current set up with Samsung SyncMaster 763MB. Fantastic monitor, original owner apparently barely used it before upgrading to an LCD. And it shows, as it is by far the brightest monitor I own. https://i.imgur.com/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-08-21, 23:38

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Not today, but within the past week or two. https://i.imgur.com/skJ2HuBm.jpg?1 https://i.imgur.com/zMpPDWXm.jpg?1 And yes, the Lexmark one is buckling spring, not to worry. That Lexmark one was a local pickup (5 minute drive, not bad!) and was in fantastic condition. Apparently had sat in the guy's …

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2020-08-19, 20:24

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Ohh, haha, welp, that is significantly less interesting than I had hoped. 🤣. I guess I was just kinda shocked that they were shipping 20 CDs in MSDN at that point. Thanks for listing them out! 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2020-08-18, 01:07

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20 discs? Wow, that's awesome. 😀 If you have the time to list them out, I'd love to know all the discs are that are included in that pack.

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Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT

Posted on 2020-07-09, 21:20

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This is so especially important with laptops because a lot of them are intricately put together. Not quite true, I disassembled more than 50 laptops and in only one case I needed a service manual. Laptops are no more complicated than desktop computers. I should have probably indicated that what I …

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Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT

Posted on 2020-07-09, 13:03

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Definitely, if you do a repair/disassembly of that Dell P150ST, write up a detailed account of it. :) A lot of the service manual's for laptops are quite good, but I do find often that they do not show enough pictures (or if they have pictures, they are not nearly detailed enough), or other written …

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2020-06-23, 23:40

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Yeah it is definitely on there. That archive is the only reason I actually knew such a CD existed in the first place. But I want the real thing, in my hands, haha. 😀

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2020-06-23, 22:09

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Nice! Old Linux distro's are something I've not yet explored, and feel like I probably should. Also that Walnut Creek CD-ROM ... heh... reminds me that there was apparently a Walnut Creek CD-ROM with the DJGPP toolchain and a bunch of related tools (NASM, RHIDE, etc), libraries (Allegro) and …

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Re: Bought these (retro) software/OS today

Posted on 2020-06-15, 01:14

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lol, damn, how many full editions of Microsoft productivity suites are you going for? :P Very awesome! Hope you get that copy of MS Access. For how poorly it is regarded in IT these days (and deservedly so, given how people "abused" it to create ad-hoc databases and such things running on "servers" …

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

Posted on 2020-04-22, 02:08

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So after successfully making disk images of a copy of Deluxe Paint II Enhanced that I bought a few months back which required spending a bunch of time cleaning the disks with Q-tips and alcohol, making an attempt, cleaning some more, making another attempt, etc until both disks finally read …

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

Posted on 2020-04-13, 15:17

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Last November I bought a "for parts" Thinkpad A21m off eBay that the seller said was otherwise working fine, but that the LAN network didn't work. I figured it was just a driver issue or something and didn't give it a second thought. When it arrived I quickly checked it over and put it away to come …

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

Posted on 2020-04-08, 23:36

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Getting TCP/IP networking going on Windows 3.11 (not Windows for Workgroups) with my Thinkpad 760ED and 3Com 3C589D PCMCIA card. https://i.imgur.com/FBJ8hvkm.jpg Oh my. The last time I had anything to do with Windows 3.x and the internet was 1994 or 1995 and it was dialup and my dad had configured …

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Re: My Tyan-based Super Socket 7 build

Posted on 2020-03-18, 12:40

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I ended up with the same problem as you with regards to cable management in my build that uses this same motherboard. I really like the motherboard, but I decided that as long as I was using a baby AT case, that using the AGP slot was maybe not the best idea due to how all the ribbon cables plug in …

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Re: [Pics are welcome] What are the rarest or the most obscure games in your possession?

Posted on 2020-03-15, 22:42

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I don't collect for rarity or obscurity, but instead, I collect stuff that I want to play or use. So, I apparently don't have an eye for rare/obscure things on the whole, since I don't have too many games that fit that description. :) https://i.imgur.com/B5dlLDom.jpg?1 These two games certainly …

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Re: What’s in your Garage ?

Posted on 2020-02-19, 22:24

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I mean there are a few BVMs for sale here right now... in the range from €700 to €3000 so yeah... no, hence why they are still for sale ^^ I pretty much already asked all people I know in production environments and they made the switch away from CRTs ages ago, I really went into this too late. …

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2020-02-19, 15:19

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It depends entirely what project you are working on. If you're writing some low-level code that is interfacing with hardware, or really trying to eke out every last ounce of performance for older hardware, then you probably will need to fall back to assembly often. The projects that I currently work …

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Re: Most user friendly Programming Language, Tools and IDE for developing software for DOS in 2019?

Posted on 2020-02-19, 13:57

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I wonder if there is someone who is part of both worlds. Someone who is coding new apps in modern language like C#,Java, Python, PHP, Ruby on professional level (to exclude some simple webpages) etc.. and still is using low level C on Dos for some other work or hobby? Because such persons ideas …

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