Classic Computing Discussion

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1. Pocket 386 Computer

   By Forrest, April 3
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   • ianhollis51
   • 5 hours ago

2. Interface Age Magazine

   By ballyalley, March 30, 2011
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   • Don S
   • April 20

3. Digital archive of dozens of full Compute! magazine issues throughout the 80s

   By TampaBay, April 19
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   • TampaBay
   • April 19

4. DOS/Vintage PC discussion

   By Karl G, April 19
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   • Karl G
   • April 19

5. PC/PCI (or) SB-LINK?

   By eightbit, July 4, 2022
   • 5 replies
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   • Mitch1819
   • April 18

6. speccy Which ZX Spectrum emulator do you recommend the most?

   By r_chase, March 31   

   • poll
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   • r_chase
   • April 18

7. Building an Altair 8800 like it's 1975! 1 2

   By tep392, November 14, 2023
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   • tep392
   • April 16

8. Getting into MSX

   By bluejay, January 10
   • 8 replies
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   • CatPix
   • April 15

9. MSX Megaflashrom restoring kernel getting "kernel too big" error

   By palmheads, January 6
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   • palmheads
   • April 15

10. San Francisco still using floppies

    By toddtmw, April 10
    • 12 replies
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    • bent_pin
    • April 13

11. AtariSoft and Parker Brothers Release Timetables?

    By ColecoFan1981, April 12
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    • ColecoFan1981
    • April 12

12. How does one build a PC-15 Axis inverter?

    By tripletopper, April 11
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    • tripletopper
    • April 11

13. Small, all in one form factor like the Tandy 1000?

    By AtariPhreak, April 7
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    • Krebizfan
    • April 8

14. What was Johnny lee Miller wearing in hackers

    By Jim Pez, July 1, 2017
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    • graywest
    • April 4

15. Anyone else love Sierra games (King's Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Gabriel Knight, etc) or games like it?

    By Adam-X, April 11, 2023
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    • DZ-Jay
    • April 4

16. Amstrad PcW 9256 Wordprocessor

    By Ian George Whatton, March 28
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    • Ian George Whatton
    • March 28

17. The 8" (eight inch) floppy drive & disk thread

    By x=usr(1536), January 30, 2023
    • 24 replies
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    • OLD CS1
    • March 17

18. BASIC demoscene?

    By Hakogame 箱亀, August 3, 2023
    • 4 replies
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    • Bodhi
    • March 14

19. PC15 joystick axis inverter

    By tripletopper, March 6
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    • tripletopper
    • March 6

20. Scanned Consumer Reports article from 1983: Home Computers

    By KayBee, February 29
    • 5 replies
    • 246 views
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    • Hwlngmad
    • March 5

21. still looking for Multiplan v.1.0 or 1.1 only on 5.25" floppy for either IBM 5150 or PCJr.

    By newTIboyRob, February 22
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    • newTIboyRob
    • February 22

22. APPLE 1

    By fabrizio, February 18
    • 2 replies
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    • ClausB
    • February 22

23. PCChips M507 BIOS Upgrade

    By dafa_123, February 21
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    • dafa_123
    • February 21

24. A First 8-Bit Computer for the Kids? [C64/128,TI-99/4A,Apple IIe]

    By Boschloo, November 26, 2023
    • 19 replies
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    • Hwlngmad
    • February 20

25. SpyNet BBS and FTP servers are now back online

    By rcamp48, February 20
    • 1 reply
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    • OLD CS1
    • February 20

26. ZX Spectrum/128 games 1 2

    By Prizrak, January 17, 2023
    • 30 replies
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    • Sinyavin
    • February 18

27. Vradark's Revenge for Spectrum Next & PC.

    By Sinyavin, February 11, 2023
    • 7 replies
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    • Sinyavin
    • February 17

28. The Official Soviet Computer Thread

    By Cebus Capucinis, November 26, 2022
    • 24 replies
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    • CatPix
    • February 16

29. After years of searching...I now own an Exidy Sorcerer! 1 2

    By 8BitsNoneTheRicher, December 8, 2022   

    • vintage
    • z80
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • vintage
      • z80
      • cp/m
    • 31 replies
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    • ClausB
    • February 16

30. The Apple Lisa documentary is available

    By classiccomputing, February 13
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    • classiccomputing
    • February 13

31. Cool looking floppy disks

    By KG7PFS, September 14, 2023
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    • OLD CS1
    • February 13

32. ancona / magnavox

    By soufian, February 11
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    • soufian
    • February 11

33. Portable Tatung Einstein Emulation with ColecoDS

    By wavemotion, August 31, 2023
    • 2 replies
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    • wavemotion
    • February 9

34. The Official MSX Community Thread!

    By Boschloo, January 10
    • 8 replies
    • 337 views
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    • Gory-Glory
    • February 5

35. Japanese computer games by Inufuto 1 2

    By carlsson, November 16, 2021   

    • msx
    • nec
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      • nec
      • sharp
      • hitachi
      • casio
      • sord
      • vic-1001
      • toshiba
      • national
      • sega
      • trs-80
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    • carlsson
    • February 3

36. Excellent joysticks for vintage computers (and the price is right!)

    By eightbit, December 25, 2023
    • 24 replies
    • 533 views
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    • eightbit
    • February 2

37. zx spectrum line Any American Speccy fans around?

    By r_chase, January 7
    • 22 replies
    • 437 views
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    • Sinyavin
    • February 1

38. text adventures Today, I have discovered a pretty good text adventure engine...

    By r_chase, January 18   

    • game engines
    • lantern
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • game engines
      • lantern
      • zx spectrum
    • 4 replies
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    • MarkO
    • January 31

39. Network 8bit-Slicks Event

    By MarkO, January 30
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    • MarkO
    • January 30

40. The F18a DIY alternative with HDMI :) 1 2 3 4 17

    By retrocanada76, May 1, 2023
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    • fabrizio
    • January 28

41. help What is the best way to learn a programming language quickly and retain that knowledge?

    By r_chase, January 19   

    • programming
    • basic
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      Tagged with:

      • programming
      • basic
      • lua
      • pico-8
      • zx spectrum
      • general
    • 14 replies
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    • BigO
    • January 22

42. Does anybody have the key?

    By eightbit, January 1
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    • bent_pin
    • January 21

43. What was your Dream Computer as a kid? 1 2

    By OldSchoolRetroGamer, November 17, 2023
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    • Arnuphis
    • January 18

44. Amstrad PCW8256 Repair

    By RetroB1977, December 2, 2021
    • 18 replies
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    • YannAros
    • January 16

45. The Trouble with Floppies: Contamination

    By Boschloo, January 9
    • 23 replies
    • 308 views
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    • nick3092
    • January 12

46. Network 8bit-Slicks Event

    By MarkO, January 2
    • 3 replies
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    • MarkO
    • January 3

47. The oldest-known version of MS-DOS’s predecessor has been discovered and uploaded

    By 0078265317, January 3
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    • 0078265317
    • January 3

48. Would the Acorn Archimedes family have done well in the US by competing with the Amiga as a media and gaming computer? 1 2

    By Leeroy ST, August 28, 2021
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    • leech
    • January 2

49. MSX Community? Thread?

    By Captain Cozmos, November 9, 2023
    • 16 replies
    • 595 views
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    • carlsson
    • December 29, 2023

50. Oldest Christmas-Themed Game?

    By Tanrunomad, December 1, 2015
    • 22 replies
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    • Zap!
    • December 25, 2023