Classic Computing Discussion

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1. The technical history of the PC. Any good books? 1 2

   By Keatah, April 13, 2018
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   • Keatah
   • April 9, 2019

2. Gateway2000 - Classic computing of sorts! 1 2

   By Zafinn Books, March 23, 2019
   • 34 replies
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   • Keatah
   • March 31, 2019

3. Article on French Classic Computer Collectors

   By jhd, March 26, 2019
   • 3 replies
   • 339 views
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   • carlsson
   • March 27, 2019

4. Why was the IBM PC so successful? 1 2 3 4 6

   By toptenmaterial, May 1, 2013
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   • thetick1
   • March 27, 2019

5. Is it amazing that a 25 year old computer still works? 1 2 3

   By Keatah, March 14, 2019
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   • OLD CS1
   • March 25, 2019

6. A bunch of PC ads from December 6, 1994 1 2

   By Flojomojo, July 19, 2018
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   • Keatah
   • March 23, 2019

7. Mame and Echo emulation with Apple IIgs

   By jenorton, March 23, 2019
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   • jenorton
   • March 23, 2019

8. What were your first PC upgrades? 1 2

   By Keatah, February 16, 2019
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   • ClausB
   • March 22, 2019

9. Jobs and Woz talk about the beginnings of Apple

   By JamesD, March 18, 2019
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   • JamesD
   • March 19, 2019

10. David Murray (8-Bit Guy) new 8/16-bit computer project

    By deepthaw, February 19, 2019
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    • tschak909
    • March 15, 2019

11. Emulation and Preservation: Beyond Games

    By jhd, March 14, 2019
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    • jhd
    • March 14, 2019

12. Fairchild Channel F burned power supply

    By Alesmukler, May 2, 2012   

    • Fairchild
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    • e5frog
    • February 28, 2019

13. IRATA.ONLINE celebrates 600 users!

    By tschak909, February 23, 2019
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    • tschak909
    • February 23, 2019

14. Framemeister MSX2 RGB output unstable response times

    By 256 colors, February 17, 2019
    • 1 reply
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    • jedimatt42
    • February 22, 2019

15. Not a classic pc collector myself

    By maxdrive, February 20, 2019
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    • 430 views
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    • rpiguy9907
    • February 21, 2019

16. Comments on the CBMSTUFF WiModem?

    By Keatah, October 26, 2018
    • 18 replies
    • 871 views
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    • JimDrew
    • February 19, 2019

17. Logitech Wireless Action Controller for the PS2 Problem

    By Games Retrospect, February 18, 2019   

    • PlayStation
    • PlayStation 2
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • PlayStation
      • PlayStation 2
      • Logitech
    • 0 replies
    • 680 views
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    • Games Retrospect
    • February 18, 2019

18. Public Brand Software catalog / disks

    By bjbest60, February 21, 2018
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    • doomeyes
    • February 18, 2019

19. What retro computer pleasantly surprised you? 1 2

    By rpiguy9907, November 15, 2018
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    • Arnuphis
    • February 14, 2019

20. Retrochallenge: RC2019/03

    By linville, February 4, 2019
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    • 386 views
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    • FarmerPotato
    • February 13, 2019

21. MSX Mega Flash ROM SCC+ trouble

    By VicViper, February 2, 2018
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    • ApolloBoy
    • February 13, 2019

22. Keyboard shortcut history?

    By davidcalgary29, February 8, 2019
    • 14 replies
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    • carlsson
    • February 13, 2019

23. APF Imagination Machine acquired

    By swlovinist, October 21, 2015
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    • davidcalgary29
    • February 8, 2019

24. Vintage Yugoslavian Computer Magazine Cover Girls Of The 1980s-90s

    By san-d-2000, January 28, 2019
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    • adam242
    • February 6, 2019

25. Old computer resources here...

    By Nebulon, February 4, 2019   

    • Unix
    • CPM
    • (and 8 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Unix
      • CPM
      • Univac
      • foonly
      • ferranti
      • Alto
      • SUN
      • iii
      • Apollo
      • DataGeneral
    • 0 replies
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    • Nebulon
    • February 4, 2019

26. New Old Stock TRS-80 Model 4d

    By SleepyBear, January 18, 2019
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    • 1980gamer
    • February 3, 2019

27. What is your latest retro acquisition? Pics please!

    By rpiguy9907, January 29, 2019
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    • rpiguy9907
    • February 1, 2019

28. Vintage Yugoslavian Computer Magazine Cover Girls Of The 1980s-90s

    By san-d-2000, January 28, 2019
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    • san-d-2000
    • January 28, 2019

29. Advanced Mac Substitute -- emulator without the OS

    By Flojomojo, January 23, 2019
    • 1 reply
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    • The Usotsuki
    • January 25, 2019

30. What's the one bit of tech that made you say, YESS! 1 2 3

    By Keatah, December 1, 2018
    • 66 replies
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    • VectorGamer
    • January 24, 2019

31. Printing Volume Catalogs with a Nanopeb

    By Fonzie, January 24, 2019
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    • Fonzie
    • January 24, 2019

32. Compucolor II

    By davidcalgary29, January 18, 2019
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    • carlsson
    • January 23, 2019

33. Macintosh Garden now mirrored at Archive.org

    By Flojomojo, January 21, 2019
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    • Flojomojo
    • January 22, 2019

34. 5150 Memory Errors

    By eebuckeye, January 20, 2019
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    • eebuckeye
    • January 21, 2019

35. Looking for a 2018 Hardware / Software Compo

    By CrazyChris, January 17, 2019
    • 2 replies
    • 356 views
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    • CrazyChris
    • January 18, 2019

36. Upcoming PC Classic

    By Hwlngmad, January 15, 2019   

    • retro computing
    • dos gaming
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • retro computing
      • dos gaming
      • early windows gaming
      • amiga
      • amstrad
      • ZX Spectrum line
    • 16 replies
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    • The Usotsuki
    • January 17, 2019

37. The rise

    By PaDeMoNiuM, January 8, 2019
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    • PaDeMoNiuM
    • January 14, 2019

38. Papercraft computers

    By Flojomojo, December 21, 2018
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    • 573 views
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    • Gemintronic
    • January 10, 2019

39. How much physical memory is on this Mac SE/30?

    By eebuckeye, January 10, 2019
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    • carlsson
    • January 10, 2019

40. Preparing material for programming workshop on IRATA.ONLINE

    By tschak909, January 9, 2019
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    • tschak909
    • January 9, 2019

41. CF2 Compact Floppy Disc - Where to get?

    By Arnuphis, January 2, 2019
    • 1 reply
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    • carlsson
    • January 2, 2019

42. Normal speech to 8bit speech

    By Pixel Toad, January 2, 2019   

    • speech
    • 3 replies
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    • Pixel Toad
    • January 2, 2019

43. Osborne Executive Resurrection

    By KylJoy, January 1, 2019
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    • 546 views
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    • KylJoy
    • January 2, 2019

44. IRATA.ONLINE celebrates 500 users, to end the year!

    By tschak909, December 30, 2018
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    • tschak909
    • December 30, 2018

45. Epson HX-20 Floppy Disk and Screen Simulator

    By norbert_kehrer, December 26, 2018
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    • norbert_kehrer
    • December 26, 2018

46. Ex-SIERRA Game Developer AL LOWE is selling Original Source Code!

    By Metal Jesus, November 30, 2018   

    • Sierra
    • MS-DOS
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Sierra
      • MS-DOS
      • Apple II
      • PC
      • Metal Jesus
    • 17 replies
    • 1.1k views
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    • Keatah
    • December 25, 2018

47. ZX Spectrum upper RAM problem?

    By ubersaurus, December 24, 2018
    • 2 replies
    • 462 views
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    • youxia
    • December 25, 2018

48. Christmas / Holiday demo roundup for 2018

    By blakespot, December 20, 2018   

    • Holidays
    • demo
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Holidays
      • demo
      • music
    • 4 replies
    • 505 views
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    • Opry99er
    • December 24, 2018

49. Proper ac power cord for the Commodore PET 4016

    By Serrameade6, December 21, 2018
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    • Serrameade6
    • December 22, 2018

50. Computer gameing monthly demo disks

    By maxdrive, December 16, 2018
    • 4 replies
    • 363 views
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    • maxdrive
    • December 20, 2018