Classic Computing Discussion

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

   By TampaBay, April 19
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   • TampaBay
   • April 19

2. DOS/Vintage PC discussion

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

3. AtariSoft and Parker Brothers Release Timetables?

   By ColecoFan1981, April 12
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   • ColecoFan1981
   • April 12

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

   By tripletopper, April 11
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   • tripletopper
   • April 11

5. San Francisco still using floppies

   By toddtmw, April 10
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   • bent_pin
   • April 13

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

   By AtariPhreak, April 7
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   • Krebizfan
   • April 8

7. Pocket 386 Computer

   By Forrest, April 3
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   • ianhollis51
   • April 18

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

   By r_chase, March 31   

   • poll
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   • r_chase
   • April 18

9. Amstrad PcW 9256 Wordprocessor

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

10. PC15 joystick axis inverter

    By tripletopper, March 6
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    • tripletopper
    • March 6

11. Scanned Consumer Reports article from 1983: Home Computers

    By KayBee, February 29
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    • Hwlngmad
    • March 5

12. 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

13. PCChips M507 BIOS Upgrade

    By dafa_123, February 21
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    • dafa_123
    • February 21

14. SpyNet BBS and FTP servers are now back online

    By rcamp48, February 20
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    • OLD CS1
    • February 20

15. APPLE 1

    By fabrizio, February 18
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    • ClausB
    • February 22

16. The Apple Lisa documentary is available

    By classiccomputing, February 13
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    • classiccomputing
    • February 13

17. ancona / magnavox

    By soufian, February 11
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    • soufian
    • February 11

18. Network 8bit-Slicks Event

    By MarkO, January 30
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    • MarkO
    • January 30

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

    By r_chase, January 19   

    • programming
    • basic
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

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

20. 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

21. The Official MSX Community Thread!

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

22. Getting into MSX

    By bluejay, January 10
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    • CatPix
    • April 15

23. The Trouble with Floppies: Contamination

    By Boschloo, January 9
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    • nick3092
    • January 12

24. zx spectrum line Any American Speccy fans around?

    By r_chase, January 7
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    • Sinyavin
    • February 1

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

    By palmheads, January 6
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    • palmheads
    • April 15

26. 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

27. Network 8bit-Slicks Event

    By MarkO, January 2
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    • MarkO
    • January 3

28. Does anybody have the key?

    By eightbit, January 1
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    • bent_pin
    • January 21

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

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

30. What size self-adhesive heat sinks?

    By Boschloo, December 24, 2023
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    • eightbit
    • December 25, 2023

31. Any vintage computer fans in New England?

    By ColorComputerStore, December 20, 2023
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    • ColorComputerStore
    • December 20, 2023

32. Briley Witch Chonicles (c64)

    By Reaperman, December 10, 2023
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    • Reaperman
    • December 10, 2023

33. Need Schematics for an Alspa ACI-1 or ACI-2

    By DistantStar001, December 7, 2023
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    • DistantStar001
    • December 7, 2023

34. 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

35. Olivetti M20 CP/M-86

    By gferluga, November 25, 2023
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    • gferluga
    • November 25, 2023

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

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

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

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

38. MSX Community? Thread?

    By Captain Cozmos, November 9, 2023
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    • carlsson
    • December 29, 2023

39. Zx Spectrum divMMC with ZX Interface 1?

    By Atari2600PAL, October 26, 2023
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    • Atari2600PAL
    • October 26, 2023

40. Unidentified TRS-80 branded tapes

    By ranger_lennier, October 26, 2023
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    • ranger_lennier
    • October 26, 2023

41. ZX81 Video Problems

    By Atari2600PAL, October 18, 2023
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    • Atari2600PAL
    • October 22, 2023

42. ZX81 .P Conversion?

    By Atari2600PAL, October 12, 2023
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    • Atari2600PAL
    • October 28, 2023

43. now looking for Multiplan Version 1.10 on floppy/ies for IBM PC Jr.

    By newTIboyRob, October 3, 2023
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    • Krebizfan
    • October 5, 2023

44. IBM PC Jr. Multiplan floppy disk help drastically needed!

    By newTIboyRob, October 2, 2023
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    • Man42
    • October 23, 2023

45. PK-88 - Homebrew 8088 SBC powered by Ukrainian i8088 clone (KM1810VM88)

    By AndrewDunai, October 1, 2023   

    • sbc
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    • Sinyavin
    • October 2, 2023

46. Windows 95

    By 0078265317, September 28, 2023
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    • OLD CS1
    • September 29, 2023

47. a refresher of 4 carts: TE II, TI Extended Basic and Parsec, TI Invaders

    By newTIboyRob, September 27, 2023
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    • newTIboyRob
    • September 27, 2023

48. literally a "Centronics GLP" printer printing 3 lines of self test then error message

    By newTIboyRob, September 27, 2023
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    • newTIboyRob
    • September 27, 2023

49. Gary Kildall Story

    By ClausB, September 20, 2023
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    • ClausB
    • September 20, 2023

50. Atic Atac for Spectrum Next

    By Sinyavin, September 18, 2023
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    • Sinyavin
    • September 19, 2023