Classic Computing Discussion

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1. Exclusive games for 8 bit computers 1 2 3

   By IntelliMission, September 25, 2020
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   • carlsson
   • August 12, 2021

2. Prestel terminal public domain photo

   By JKK, June 6, 2021
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   • JKK
   • August 9, 2021

3. KISS Games

   By classicgamer74, June 1, 2021   

   • kiss
   • psycho circus
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     • psycho circus
     • kiss my atari
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   • x=usr(1536)
   • August 8, 2021

4. Best DOS Games 1980-1990? 1 2 3 4 5

   By Elizabeth1701, August 19, 2016
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   • newtmonkey
   • August 8, 2021

5. Retrocomputing might be more fun now than BITD!

   By Keatah, August 6, 2021
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   • x=usr(1536)
   • August 7, 2021

6. Help me find this game

   By sn8k, July 28, 2021
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   • Tanooki
   • August 7, 2021

7. Help repairing a Vtech Laser 310

   By Papalapa, August 4, 2021
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   • bluejay
   • August 4, 2021

8. competition: show off your ASM skills

   By gwald, August 11, 2019
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   • OLD CS1
   • August 1, 2021

9. Super Mario Bros Special Sharp x1

   By ElecMan, July 28, 2021
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   • RetroSonicHero
   • July 31, 2021

10. The Black Cauldron

    By classicgamer74, July 2, 2021   

    • the black cauldron
    • 15 replies
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    • classicgamer74
    • July 29, 2021

11. BBC blown PSU

    By Preppie, January 9, 2021
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    • Preppie
    • July 25, 2021

12. Launchball

    By classicgamer74, July 25, 2021   

    • launchball
    • online games
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    • classicgamer74
    • July 25, 2021

13. Trying to reassemble a Atari 400

    By appleiphone4c, July 14, 2021
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    • Ed in SoDak
    • July 22, 2021

14. Can anyone identify this game?

    By StephenJ, January 24, 2021
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    • carlsson
    • July 21, 2021

15. Not buying anymore vintage Apple II hardware.

    By Keatah, April 24, 2021
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    • Keatah
    • July 11, 2021

16. Picked up this IBM 5160 XT lot

    By Zap!, June 13, 2021
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    • Zap!
    • July 9, 2021

17. The truth about Retr0brite – busting myths with science…

    By Jeff_Birt, July 3, 2021
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    • wierd_w
    • July 6, 2021

18. Printing "Merry Christmas" in All Sorts of Obscure Languages...

    By DavidD, July 5, 2021
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    • carlsson
    • July 5, 2021

19. OERI BBS by Dept of Education? (and other BBSs listed in a US Goverment Document from 1997)

    By DavidD, July 3, 2021
    • 1 reply
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    • doctorclu
    • July 3, 2021

20. Trying to find info for a Zenith ZMV-3926-GM

    By ColorComputerStore, June 14, 2021
    • 20 replies
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    • ColorComputerStore
    • June 30, 2021

21. BASIC program in From Beyond

    By Frozone212, June 11, 2021
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    • Frozone212
    • June 29, 2021

22. Tentris, a Tetris in 10 lines of GW-BASIC

    By nanochess, June 23, 2021
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    • OLD CS1
    • June 26, 2021

23. What is this thing?

    By glurk, June 18, 2021
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    • bluejay
    • June 24, 2021

24. Can't get a Game Port to detect on my 5160 XT

    By Zap!, June 22, 2021
    • 1 reply
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    • Zap!
    • June 23, 2021

25. Help identifying this PC/104 VGA card

    By bluejay, June 18, 2021
    • 4 replies
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    • bluejay
    • June 19, 2021

26. >2TB4XP

    By Keatah, June 17, 2021
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    • Keatah
    • June 18, 2021

27. DDO vs BIOS

    By Keatah, June 16, 2021
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    • Keatah
    • June 17, 2021

28. What's a good, basic sample autoexec.bat and config.sys for DOS 3.10 on an XT?

    By Zap!, June 12, 2021
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    • The Usotsuki
    • June 14, 2021

29. Identify this computer trainer/kit

    By Maury Markowitz, June 11, 2021
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    • Maury Markowitz
    • June 11, 2021

30. Pencil II power supply ans écart cable

    By xavierm, June 9, 2021   

    • pencil hanimex power cable scart
    • 8 replies
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    • carlsson
    • June 10, 2021

31. Need help building Pentium MMX VRM module (re: IBM PC)

    By sofakng, June 8, 2021
    • 7 replies
    • 507 views
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    • wierd_w
    • June 10, 2021

32. Looking for some game manuals for my "early wargames" blog (Operation Apocalypse in particular)

    By Wargaming Scribe, June 9, 2021
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    • Wargaming Scribe
    • June 9, 2021

33. Replacing a 40 year old battery :)

    By Rolo, May 17, 2021
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    • JKK
    • June 7, 2021

34. Any MSX love? 1 2 3

    By VicViper, January 20, 2018
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    • jdgabbard
    • June 6, 2021

35. READY! MODEL 100 Portable Computer Kit - Kickstarter

    By Albert, February 25, 2021
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    • READY!
    • June 3, 2021

36. Found a timex sinclair, anyone recognize this mod

    By masschamber, March 22, 2020
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    • factus10
    • June 3, 2021

37. Imagination Machine power supply

    By Judge Mental, May 31, 2021
    • 5 replies
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    • Judge Mental
    • June 1, 2021

38. "Electronic Computer Brain?"

    By pacman000, April 29, 2021
    • 21 replies
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    • carlsson
    • May 31, 2021

39. CRT screen wobbles when in DOS but not Win98

    By Moe, May 24, 2021
    • 22 replies
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    • batari
    • May 26, 2021

40. Epson MX-80 with Dots-Perfect rom upgrade

    By Fierodoug5, May 21, 2021
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    • Fierodoug5
    • May 21, 2021

41. Games Computing magazine

    By Allan, May 20, 2021
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    • IntelliMission
    • May 20, 2021

42. Are modems the most hated peripheral? 1 2

    By Keatah, April 24, 2021
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    • Keatah
    • May 11, 2021

43. Any Sharp MZ-80b users here?

    By Arnuphis, May 11, 2021
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    • Arnuphis
    • May 11, 2021

44. Sun Ultra worstation to VGA LCD monitor

    By ruptwelve, April 26, 2021   

    • sun
    • vga
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      • vga
      • lcd
      • worstation
      • sparc
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    • ruptwelve
    • May 11, 2021

45. Your MS-DOS setup(s) 1 2

    By bluejay, February 12, 2021
    • 49 replies
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    • Keatah
    • May 4, 2021

46. The computer you always wanted to build..

    By Keatah, March 16, 2021
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    • Keatah
    • May 3, 2021

47. Can anyone identify this machine?

    By polyex, May 3, 2021
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    • wierd_w
    • May 3, 2021

48. Heath Zenith Z-100 computers

    By ianoid, April 30, 2021
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    • ianoid
    • May 2, 2021

49. Unreal - 21 years old and still amazing

    By awbacon, April 27, 2021
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    • pixelpedant
    • May 1, 2021

50. digital camera from Apple

    By toptenmaterial, April 26, 2017
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    • Clint Thompson
    • May 1, 2021