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

Posted on 2023-12-28, 06:52

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Today I spent the better part of two hours trying to figure out why a nubus card in a macintosh was giving me a green screen on my dell CRT. The answer ended up being the CRT not liking anything but regular vga. Apparently it is that picky.

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

Posted on 2023-12-25, 02:21

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Me and the missus put on a compendium of crackin' tunes and finally finished the three ginormous puzzles we've been working on since August or September. We actually received the puzzles for Christmas last year and figured, well shit, we'd better finish them before the gift giver comes over again …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2023-12-19, 22:17

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I spent $160 today. $150 was on a gently crushed but otherwise complete Battlespire. IMG_2735.jpg IMG_2738.jpg I really can't complain too much, as some moisture and weight has partially straightened out the front cover already. The other $10 was spent on a completely new yet still opened F-22 …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-12-13, 18:08

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What started out as an AST Advantage! Adventure 486 machine turned in to just this card and CD drive combo. IMG_2719.jpg I can't complain too much about having a PAS 16, even if it came at the expense of lugging around a heavy yet small 486 system that inevitably revealed that it had FUBAR CMOS that …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2023-11-10, 06:25

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Well, Christmas came early for me. I also have a T-Rated copy of Oblivion Collector's edition coming in in a few days to complete the collection, but this is far more spectacular. IMG_2557.jpg IMG_2558.jpg IMG_2559.jpg It's mostly complete, and only has some minor damage to the box. I really can't …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-11-08, 08:15

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Testing some games on M1 Max Mac Studio before I even try a G29 steering wheel on it. Automobilista 2 through Game Porting Toolkit, and Assetto Corsa through Windows 11 ARM64 Parallels Desktop VM. Screenshot_2023-10-30_at_21.png Screenshot_2023-10-30_at_11.png It's kind of funny how well GPTK alone …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2023-11-06, 07:31

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Bruninho wrote on 2023-11-06, 05:26: How do I make a small thumbnail, like Demetrio did, so I dont keep posting gigantic screenshots of a game? I believe it's just having the image as an attachment and inserting said attachment as an image.

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2023-10-25, 22:56

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I feel like I spent a good $10 today. IMG_2494.jpg Both seem to be mostly complete, which is rather nice. Absolutely underrated games, I thoroughly enjoyed finishing both. Yeah, I enjoyed them last time I made my way through them. Though I think my most recent pickup will be more universally …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2023-10-25, 04:55

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I feel like I spent a good $10 today. Filename IMG_2494.jpg File size 1.56 MiB Views 1109 views Both seem to be mostly complete, which is rather nice.

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

Posted on 2023-10-25, 04:44

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I've been thinking about putting my win 98 machine back together and leaving it in a mostly static state for a while. I'd have to tear down my DOS machine, as I only have one case for my intel hardware, but that's not too big an issue. The problem I am having with going through with this is …

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2023-10-06, 07:54

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In preparation for the Final Fantasy VII remake's second part coming out next year, and the probably impending rush to get them for christmas, I finally bought a PS5. Naturally, I immediately played Ace Combat 5 on it. Probably too much to ask of modern hardware, you know. Running an almost 20 year …

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

Posted on 2023-10-04, 23:22

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Welp, after taking out my DOS system to eventually get back in to TIE Fighter I found out my SC-55’s screen has decided to die. I don’t even know where I could start for trying to fix it, or replace it. Music still plays without issue, and none of the caps look bad. Luckily, you don't need the …

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

Posted on 2023-10-03, 07:45

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Welp, after taking out my DOS system to eventually get back in to TIE Fighter I found out my SC-55’s screen has decided to die. I don’t even know where I could start for trying to fix it, or replace it. Music still plays without issue, and none of the caps look bad.

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

Posted on 2023-09-26, 05:46

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Posting about this now because it took me a week to get things going mostly right. I even replaced terrible old fans in the case and power supply with Noctua ones. vgnF.jpg Yeah, I've been working inside my new-to-me Power Computing mac clone. One of those clones from the company that was getting …

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Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2023-09-13, 20:07

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Well, that was an unexpected but very welcome find. It contains the players guide and the install instructions for both the floppy and Cd versions. No map, no codex, but who am I to complain? Filename IMG_2267.jpeg File size 1.68 MiB Views 1245 views Filename IMG_2269.jpeg File size 1.54 MiB Views …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-04, 05:42

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Managed to snag myself a project, and one of those weird cases that apple had right before they went with the G3/G4 style case. IMG_2228.jpg It's a Beige G3 Minitower, complete with mostly functional everything, and seemingly only a bad CD and Zip drive. Very cool! That screw through the front …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-09-04, 04:23

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Managed to snag myself a project, and one of those weird cases that apple had right before they went with the G3/G4 style case. Filename IMG_2228.jpg File size 1.08 MiB Views 1408 views It's a Beige G3 Minitower, complete with mostly functional everything, and seemingly only a bad CD and Zip drive. …

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

Posted on 2023-08-29, 07:02

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Today I got my Macintosh Clone set back up because the DOS games I was thinking about playing all kind of fell by the wayside as I got back in to a modern game. At the same time, I'm prepping for potentially finding something of note in the next few days, as I will stop by the free geek in the Twin …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2023-08-02, 02:33

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Today I spent a good $6. Filename IMG_2088.jpg File size 1.58 MiB Views 1384 views Filename IMG_2089.jpg File size 1.32 MiB Views 1384 views It's even an early model.

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

Posted on 2023-06-27, 03:44

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Today I managed to replace the speakers in my iMac G3. The old ones were so rotted out that they were rattling cones more than anything else. I mean, just look at them. IMG_1979.jpg I was able to put modern speakers that looked incredibly similar in to them without issue, leaving it sounding mostly …

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