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Re: Gatekeeping in the retro hobby

in Milliways
And tips have been shared a LOT here including where to find stuff cheaper. Unfortunately these sources will eventually run out. Same thing with people selling off their collections. ^this... also the argument is kinda weird to come from a person that apparently deleted almost all of their old …

Re: Gatekeeping in the retro hobby

in Milliways
I don't think there's any gate keeping in retro, just people making snarky comments trying to feel superior over others. (and I don't mean the sarcasm and jokes ^^) I guess a lot of people spend money to feel superior, it's the classic trope of having to have a better house, a better car than your …

Re: What’s you Favorite ISA Sound Card ?

in Milliways
SB16 CT17xx, because a) it has the old DSP (no hanging-note bug) b) uses jumpers/needs no Creative software c) has that fat, bassy Noise Blaster sound (like old Genesis/Mega Drive) 🥲 ^this the "fat" sound is really enjoyable, I'll take that over less noise on newer cards any day. and for OPL2 I …

Re: VGA Capture Thread

in Marvin \ Video
analog signals don't have "pixels" per se, 320x200 is output line-doubled in VGA cards hence why it gets recognized as 720x400 usually because it has 400 active lines, now the horizontal resolution is just a matter of sampling hence why you have to sometimes fiddle with the settings to get a pixel- …

Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

in Milliways
yeah, I saw a scrap lot with a barely visible adlib gold in it sell for over €2000 without the condition of the card even being clearly visible. Reminds me of this $40 "assorted electronics" listing I grabbed off kijiji in 2020. assd_stuff.png Where's waldo? yeah that's how about I got mine …

Re: Market value for popular or rare classic computer hardware

in Milliways
8 days left with 47 bids ..already at $575 AUD..yeaaaa that sumbitch is gonna break some ones bank. adlib_gold.png Now that's some broken bank. Never really understood the desire for these when other cards such as the audiotrix pro are both better and rarer. amusing note: if the image is named " …

Re: ebay enters the ashbin of history

in Milliways
DosFreak wrote on 2022-08-28, 10:36: Yay another ebay complaint thread. Thinking about setting up one thread for these instead of multiple annoying ones. how about a complaint thread about ebay complaint threads? 😁

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