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Post by SimSim on Apr 22, 2009 19:13:01 GMT -5
I pulled this out of my parents attic.  Oh yeah, my childhood computer. While all my other friend's computers ran DOS, I had a multi-tasking OS with a graphical user interface. Should still be working, unless the dustbunnies got inside and went feral. But I've got the Holy Hand Gernade of Antioch on hand to deal with them. Only reason it got put away was because the mouse died and couldn't find one for it. Now there is hardware and peripherals and such for them now thanks to a hobbiest movement. Can't wait until the mouse gets here and I can fire it up. |
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Post by Zabimaru on Apr 22, 2009 19:47:37 GMT -5
Oh the memories, and so forth. One can get quite nostalgic at the sight of old beauties.
My first computer was a Commodore 128. That was a really sexy machine - much more professional and modern looking than the classic C64, and it had a massive 128KB of RAM.
I never did have an Amiga, though many of my friends did. And my brother had both a 1200 and later a 3000.
Nowadays I satisfy my nostalgic nerdery by collecting vintage video game consoles.
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Post by SimSim on Apr 22, 2009 19:50:44 GMT -5
Sweet, vintage consoles. I managed to keep my Sega Genesis. I actually did have a C64, before the Amiga, but it was borrowed from a relative.
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Post by Zabimaru on Apr 22, 2009 20:00:33 GMT -5
I have a couple of pretty old consoles, but I guess that this is my favorite among my more nerdy possessions:  I used to have a bigger and better picture of it, but I don't know where it went. It's an old arcade game from 1982. It used to contain "Cook Race" up until a few months ago, when the electronics in it finally broke down. Since the game was pretty boring from the beginning I didn't feel that it was worth repairing it. So I've cleaned out the cabinet, planning to make it into a combination HTPC and MAME-emulator arcade machine, if I don't come up with some more original idea  And, yes, that's an old top hat on top of it. |
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Post by SimSim on Apr 22, 2009 20:11:31 GMT -5
That is damn cool. Good luck with reworking the cabinet.
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Post by Zabimaru on Apr 22, 2009 20:21:35 GMT -5
That is damn cool. Good luck with reworking the cabinet. Thanks Just cleaning out the old stuff proved to be surprisingly much work. Even though it's a cheap, generic cabinet they really didn't plan on the electronics in it to be changeable, and everything was nailed and stapled down from every which way. But now it's empty, and I'm kind of hesitating in beginning to do more with it. My plans just feel so standard. It's a nice looking cabinet, so I want to keep it, but it would be fun to do something a bit different with it. I don't really have any ideas though, other than people telling me to make it dispense booze of some sort. Do you have any ideas about what one might do with it? |
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Post by SimSim on Apr 22, 2009 20:27:08 GMT -5
Not a clue, not much of the creative type. But I'm sure no matter what you do with it, it will be interesting.
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Post by DrKilljoy on Apr 28, 2009 12:36:01 GMT -5
Nice find - I wish I had old electronic stuff like that laying around. I'll keep checking back to see if you end up getting it up and running.
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Post by szaleniec on Apr 30, 2009 21:07:56 GMT -5
Sweet, vintage consoles. I managed to keep my Sega Genesis. I still have mine somewhere, along with my Master System and an extensive library of games for both. I really moved more towards PC gaming after that generation (not coincidentally, this was about the time I first got a PC of my own) so they're actually the most recent consoles I have.  Also got a Sinclair Spectrum 128, but don't have any games for it because I used to get those books that had the BASIC source code for 20 games in them. It probably took less time to input this than for a game to load off the tape. |
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Post by SimSim on May 1, 2009 14:49:24 GMT -5
Oh man. I can remember entering pages and pages of BASIC as a kid in to my C64, just to get a stupid little game. Looked up the Spectrum 128, looks like it was a good comp back in the day.
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Post by The_L on May 7, 2009 12:24:34 GMT -5
I still remember my first 3 computers: The original Macintosh in all its floppy-based glory The Performa 600 (You mean--they come in COLOR now?) And a Packard Bell that ran the brand-new Win 3.1--I remember this primarily because my dad bought some new games to go with it, and one of them was Kings Quest VI (Remember Kings Quest?) Sweet, vintage consoles. I managed to keep my Sega Genesis. I actually did have a C64, before the Amiga, but it was borrowed from a relative. I kept my Genesis for YEARS. Never really stopped playing it until it suddenly broke down in '01. I kept it in storage for years hoping to learn enough EE to get it fixed, but I finally let go last summer. All the games I used to play on it are on Wii's Virtual Console now, so I don't have the excuse of playing the games anymore. But there's just something nice about the feel of a vintage controller in your hand, playing games from their original cartridges. |
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Post by SimSim on May 7, 2009 15:15:04 GMT -5
I always liked Kings Quest, but much preferred Space Quest. Those games had some awesome humor. Yes, there is something good about feeling old controllers in your hands.
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Post by The_L on May 7, 2009 16:42:32 GMT -5
I never played Space Quest. I was 8 at the time, so my game purchases were pretty much limited to what caught my parents' eyes.
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Post by SimSim on May 7, 2009 16:55:56 GMT -5
A shame, the last one was very funny. If you ever are really bored and have a while to kill, someone uploaded all of Space Quest 6 to Youtube.
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Also got a Sinclair Spectrum 128, but don't have any games for it because I used to get those books that had the BASIC source code for 20 games in them. It probably took less time to input this than for a game to load off the tape.
