Classic Computing Discussion

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1. Top 10 Best Amiga Games of All Time - Do You Agree?

   By Adriano Arcade, Tuesday at 04:33 PM
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   • phoenixdownita
   • 21 hours ago

2. Possible Origin of the Word ZORK -- Li'l Abner, April 21 1935

   By DavidD, August 19, 2023
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   • cwilkson
   • 21 hours ago

3. Anybody remember Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee (PS1)?

   By Van Halbgott, Wednesday at 01:58 PM   

   • oddworld
   • playstation
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     • playstation
     • ps1
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     • abes oddysee
     • oddworld inhabitants
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   • LiqMatrix
   • Yesterday at 03:52 PM

4. .swf Flash Games

   By Zap!, April 30, 2023
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   • Tanooki
   • May 9

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

   By tep392, November 14, 2023
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   • tep392
   • May 6

6. Power issues for old Viewsonic VP230mb

   By jeff d, May 4   

   • viewsonic
   • vp230mp
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   • jeff d
   • May 5

7. Pocket 386 Computer 1 2

   By Forrest, April 3
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   • AtariPhreak
   • May 3

8. zx spectrum line Any American Speccy fans around?

   By r_chase, January 7
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   • r_chase
   • May 2

9. Digital archive of dozens of full Compute! magazine issues throughout the 80s 1 2

   By TampaBay, April 19
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   • OLD CS1
   • May 2

10. DOS/Vintage PC discussion

    By Karl G, April 19
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    • 82-T/A
    • May 1

11. Interface Age Magazine

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

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

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

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

    By r_chase, March 31   

    • poll
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    • r_chase
    • April 18

14. Getting into MSX

    By bluejay, January 10
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    • CatPix
    • April 15

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

    By palmheads, January 6
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    • palmheads
    • April 15

16. San Francisco still using floppies

    By toddtmw, April 10
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    • bent_pin
    • April 13

17. AtariSoft and Parker Brothers Release Timetables?

    By ColecoFan1981, April 12
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    • ColecoFan1981
    • April 12

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

    By tripletopper, April 11
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    • tripletopper
    • April 11

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

    By AtariPhreak, April 7
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    • Krebizfan
    • April 8

20. What was Johnny lee Miller wearing in hackers

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

21. 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

22. Amstrad PcW 9256 Wordprocessor

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

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

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

24. BASIC demoscene?

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

25. PC15 joystick axis inverter

    By tripletopper, March 6
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    • tripletopper
    • March 6

26. Scanned Consumer Reports article from 1983: Home Computers

    By KayBee, February 29
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    • Hwlngmad
    • March 5

27. 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

28. APPLE 1

    By fabrizio, February 18
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    • ClausB
    • February 22

29. PCChips M507 BIOS Upgrade

    By dafa_123, February 21
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    • dafa_123
    • February 21

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

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

31. SpyNet BBS and FTP servers are now back online

    By rcamp48, February 20
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    • OLD CS1
    • February 20

32. ZX Spectrum/128 games 1 2

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

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

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

34. The Official Soviet Computer Thread

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

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

    By 8BitsNoneTheRicher, December 8, 2022   

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

36. The Apple Lisa documentary is available

    By classiccomputing, February 13
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    • classiccomputing
    • February 13

37. Cool looking floppy disks

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

38. ancona / magnavox

    By soufian, February 11
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    • soufian
    • February 11

39. Portable Tatung Einstein Emulation with ColecoDS

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

40. The Official MSX Community Thread!

    By Boschloo, January 10
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    • Gory-Glory
    • February 5

41. Japanese computer games by Inufuto 1 2

    By carlsson, November 16, 2021   

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    • nec
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    • carlsson
    • February 3

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

    By eightbit, December 25, 2023
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    • eightbit
    • February 2

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

    By r_chase, January 18   

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

44. Network 8bit-Slicks Event

    By MarkO, January 30
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    • MarkO
    • January 30

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

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

46. 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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      • lua
      • pico-8
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    • BigO
    • January 22

47. Does anybody have the key?

    By eightbit, January 1
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    • bent_pin
    • January 21

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

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

49. Amstrad PCW8256 Repair

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

50. The Trouble with Floppies: Contamination

    By Boschloo, January 9
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    • nick3092
    • January 12