Zup wrote:I've been disposing of some stuff lately, and I've found a T with two terminators still attached. So I was wondering if someone […]
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I've been disposing of some stuff lately, and I've found a T with two terminators still attached. So I was wondering if someone still collects/uses retro stuff not directly related to gaming like...
- Retro networking: using stuff like 10base2 instead of RJ45, or token ring networks (BTW, the terminators were for a Realtek 8029AS PCI network card).
- Retro printing: like using daisy wheel printers or dot matrix printers (instead of inkjet or laser printers, and excluding those who use them actively in business). A good question would be if someone still uses a colour dot matrix printer.
- Retro UI devices: like those old graphic tablets used with AutoCAD in 386 systems, braille terminals and the like.
- I still have a long enough coax cable with BNC ends, T's, and terminators, a small pack of all kinds of BNC connectors , and a couple of ISA 10Base2 NICs, just in case, but I really have no idea which will be the "case" anymore 😊 In addition, my PCI NICs are almost always COMBO models, which are BNC ready. They look "cool" that way... 🤣
- I sold my Citizen 24pin dot matrix printer (was in very very good condition) with color option for next to nothing like 3-4 years ago, just beacuse I don't wanted to throw it away for recycling. I was literally out of space to preserve it anymore.
- I don't have and never had tablets or the other devices you mentioned, but I have a couple of tape backup units, a few external and PCI modems, and some external SCSI stuff.
GA-6VTXE PIII 1.4+512MB
Geforce4 Ti 4200 64MB
Diamond Monster 3D 12MB SLI
SB AWE64 PNP+32MB
120GB IDE Samsung/80GB IDE Seagate/146GB SCSI Compaq/73GB SCSI IBM
Adaptec AHA29160
3com 3C905B-TX
Gotek+CF Reader
MSDOS 6.22+Win 3.11/95 OSR2.1/98SE/ME/2000