Wow, so ya all have room for those old computers? This summer I threw away my first PC which I bought in 1985 at the computer shop in Groningen, Telec. It was a 8086 with 256kb and two 5" floppy-disks cased in a metal box wheighting about 20kg's.
The gemae I must enjoyed on my amber monochrome monitor was Gato, a 3d submarine game. Unfortunatly I don't have the space anymore to set the lot up so at present there are 2 PC's left out of four. And still I can't play Blood which mega sucks.
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Retro computing is fab
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I'm still trying to get hold of a Spectrum+ and a Spectrum 128K.
But not everything is retro: my IBM compatible has got fairly recent components, and only yesterday I bought a Gameboy Advance SP.
Some of my all-time favourites on different platforms are:
C64 - Lords of Midnight, Pirates! and Elite
MSX - Knightmare, Ping Pong, Metal Gear
ZXSpectrum - Saboteur, Starquake, Jet Set Willy
But not everything is retro: my IBM compatible has got fairly recent components, and only yesterday I bought a Gameboy Advance SP.
Some of my all-time favourites on different platforms are:
C64 - Lords of Midnight, Pirates! and Elite
MSX - Knightmare, Ping Pong, Metal Gear
ZXSpectrum - Saboteur, Starquake, Jet Set Willy
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SO, I have earned higher Geekdom by a recent purchase of an ancient computer, making the list of my computers a little longer.
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3 Commodore 64's
1 Commodore 64 (Boxed)
1 Commodore 128 (Boxed)
1 Commodore Amiga 600 (500, but smaller)
1 Commodore Amiga 500 (Boxed)
1 Commodore VIC20 (Boxed)
1 MSX2 NMS8250
1 MSX VG8020 (Boxed)
1 Sinclair ZX Spectrum 16K
1 Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K (Broken)
1 Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48K (Boxed)
1 Amstrad ZX Spectrum +2 128k (Boxed)
1 Atari 800XL
+ a truckload of peripherals and software such as diskdrives, tapedecks and cartridges
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OMG this is so awesome. I've got my MMC Replay and RR-Net add on. Now I have one of my c64s hooked to my own LAN and can transfer whole disks in 35 seconds from my PC (and back). Full client compatibility. I can even run my own C64 Webserver if I wish!
Many many more features!!
http://www.vesalia.de/e_mmcreplay.htm
http://www.vesalia.de/e_rrnet.htm
I have a 1 GB flash card in there, so I can store a huge number of c64 programs that are available in split second with the MMC Replay.
Here's a snapshot of the beauty.
Many many more features!!
http://www.vesalia.de/e_mmcreplay.htm
http://www.vesalia.de/e_rrnet.htm
I have a 1 GB flash card in there, so I can store a huge number of c64 programs that are available in split second with the MMC Replay.
Here's a snapshot of the beauty.
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lol, that's pretty cool.
I'm sure the memory errors aren't too annoying :P
I'm sure the memory errors aren't too annoying :P
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http://ediusforum.grassvalley.com/forum ... php?t=7292
Finally succeeded in capturing a proper PAL C64 signal and making a decent video of it.
Finally succeeded in capturing a proper PAL C64 signal and making a decent video of it.