Is anyone into "retro-computing"?

[manimal]

I have that game on floppy and it still works.

omg im coming over!



I tried to emulate it a while back but gave up since I have a grand total of 20 minutes free time any given day...

 

[IndyColtsFan]

omg im coming over!



I tried to emulate it a while back but gave up since I have a grand total of 20 minutes free time any given day...

My C128 is connected to a 42" plasma TV. Beats the heck out of the old 13" and 14" monitors. I may have to fire that game up....

 

[Homerboy]

My C128 is connected to a 42" plasma TV. Beats the heck out of the old 13" and 14" monitors. I may have to fire that game up....

Monitor!?!? Look at the fancy boy with a "Monitor"! We just hooked em up to the old TV

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Monitor!?!? Look at the fancy boy with a "Monitor"! We just hooked em up to the old TV

I still have this monitor:

And this one for the Amiga:

 

[Iron Woode]

I remember losing my life to the game montezuma's revenge on the C64



I was just telling the wife I wish we still had dot matrix printers in the house for kids projects..

I didn't like that game much; I preferred Pharaoh's Curse.

 

[zzuupp]

Ruhro!

I am missing a part. The Atari has an RCA out, but it's RF modulated to chan 3 or 4.

I'm missing the switchbox, or another box o' stuff that contains it.

one more stop tomorrow will be radio shack

 

[Vic Vega]

I've been trying to get rid of old, junk computer parts for years. I've been collecting them for decades, although not on purpose.

 

[adlep]

Bump for Amiga stuff. I've used to dream to own one - Amiga 500 back in 91/92/93
Then PCs came along - XWing and UFO games were the shit!

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Ruhro!

I am missing a part. The Atari has an RCA out, but it's RF modulated to chan 3 or 4.

I'm missing the switchbox, or another box o' stuff that contains it.

one more stop tomorrow will be radio shack

Which Atari?

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Bump for Amiga stuff. I've used to dream to own one - Amiga 500 back in 91/92/93
Then PCs came along - XWing and UFO games were the shit!

Funny you should mention that. While I loved the Amiga and Commodore products in general, I was getting frustrated in the early 90s and when X-Wing and then Tie Fighter were finally released, that was the straw that broke the camel's back. I'd give anything for Lucas to release an updated version of the game, even if it were on a console. I loved those games and I still have the original, boxed versions sitting on my bookshelf of X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter, Tie Fighter, and X-Wing Alliance.

(FYI for all you X-Wing fans -- there is an active project to update the last game in the series, X-Wing Alliance, here. If you have the game and are having trouble getting it working on an x64 OS, go here).

 

[zzuupp]

Which Atari?

an 800

 

[zanejohnson]

does this count?

 

[IndyColtsFan]

does this count?

No.

Retrocomputing (a portmanteau of retro and computing) is the use of early computer hardware and software today. Retrocomputing is usually classed as a hobby and recreation rather than a practical application of technology; enthusiasts often collect rare and valuable hardware and software for sentimental reasons. However some do make use of it.[1] Retrocomputing often gets its start when a computer user realizes that formerly expensive fantasy systems like IBM Mainframes, DEC Superminis, SGI workstations and Cray Supercomputers have become affordable on the used computer market, usually in a relatively short time after the computers' era of use.

Many people have personal computer museums, with collections of working vintage computers such as Apple IIs, IBM PCs, ZX Spectrums, Atari, Commodore, Amigas and BBC Micros. Early personal computers based on the S-100 bus are also very popular among collectors, as well as a wide variety of machines running the CP/M operating system, such as Kaypros and Osbornes. However, many users use emulation software on more modern computers rather than using real hardware, in order to enjoy the experience, while preserving the aging electronics of the original. This is not considered to be retrocomputing by some, as it is rather an application of modern computer hardware. A third option is the use of home computer remakes, dedicated appliances, which do the emulation using dedicated hardware.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

For example:

I think the next time I am in California, I am going to go to the Computer History Museum. Anyone been there? Good/bad?

 

[Iron Woode]

some pics I posted before of my C128 in the original box:

 

[gophins72]

also had an atari 400, yes the one with the crappy keyboard.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

some pics I posted before of my C128 in the original box:

I have the original box in my garage, and much to my dismay, it has a Star Micronics dot matrix printer in it. I thought I put my Vic 20 in there, meaning it is in another box in the attic or someone trashed it.

 

[zzuupp]

Woot!

The 800 still works. Many thanks to the extremely helpful employees at Radio Shack. They didn't just point to the connector wall-o-stuff. They found the parts for me.


However, I am definitely missing a box. There's an old disk drive in my house somewhere.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

Woot!

The 800 still works. Many thanks to the extremely helpful employees at Radio Shack. They didn't just point to the connector wall-o-stuff. They found the parts for me.


However, I am definitely missing a box. There's an old disk drive in my house somewhere.

I know the feeling. I have hardware in a box somewhere, but it might take me quite some time to find it. Congrats on the 800!

 

[zzuupp]

I know the feeling. I have hardware in a box somewhere, but it might take me quite some time to find it. Congrats on the 800!

Thanks.

I'm hoping it's in the storage "attic" with the unblocked door.

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I just bought a Flickerfixer for the A2000. I am spending way too much on this hobby!

 

[Homerboy]

I'll just leave this here....

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/04/commodore-usas-all-new-c64-shown-looking-more-real-than-ever/

 

[JulesMaximus]

I'm into retro porn...does that count? :awe:

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I'll just leave this here....

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/04/commodore-usas-all-new-c64-shown-looking-more-real-than-ever/

Yeah, I have seriously thought about that.

 

[Matthiasa]

Where does just having a project checked off that would make the CPUs of that era seem fast count as?