Computer style has finally come full circle

[Flojomojo]

Wow -- you must have really low humidity or something. Even back in the day, my NES exhibited some flashing-screen symptoms, though nothing that a good cleaning couldn't fix.

 

No one ever sold contact cleaners for the Atari/INTV/Coleco systems, did they?

[Rockin' Kat]

I have a cleaning kit that I got with a bunch of NES and SNES stuff not that long ago. The box says the kit can be used with the NES, Genesis, SMS, 2600, 7800 and Commodore 64/128.. so yes they did make cleaning kits for systems other than the NES.

 

I've had to clean the contacts on one of my 6 2600 games to get it to work as well.

 

I have a new cartridge port in my NES (installed it myself) and it works great, in fact a good number of my games work with the tray popped up. I got my cartridge port direct from the manufacture...

 

I've heard bad things about buying new ports on e-bay... something about some sellers "correcting" the ports for that nostalgic feeling.

[Jasoco]

CRAP! Not Crap. Not C-rap. Not cRAP. Just CRAP!

 

Apple MAKES the CRAP!

 

(Sorry, couldn't resist!   )

 

WTF? If I wanted to get made fun of for using a certain computer, I would be in a PC forum. And adding that smiley does NOT make it all right. You need to have grounds to justify your standing. Or something..

 

No Mac bashing. I love them for video editing. I would never use a Windoze machine for that.

 

What do you call what you wrote above?

 

I'm sorry. I am sick and tired of people making fun of a person just for waht computer they use. You can use your PC. Let me use what I want.

[Rockin' Kat]

*Smacks I_Love_Circus_Atari in the face*

 

(Sorry, couldn't resist! )

[Flojomojo]

Speaking of the Mac, let's keep an eye out for some new console styles that copy its look. The new Palm Zire looks suspiciously like an iPod (albeit much cheaper!) and the old multicolored N64 machines resembled the candy-colored iMacs.

 

Perhaps you could say the current iMac copied the Dreamcast!

[Jasoco]

Speaking of the Mac, let's keep an eye out for some new console styles that copy its look.  The new Palm Zire looks suspiciously like an iPod (albeit much cheaper!) and the old multicolored N64 machines resembled the candy-colored iMacs.

 

Exactly. Those N64 rereleases do resemble iMac colors. I wanted a Green one but my Black one still works as well as the day I got it... well, the day I actually got a Game for it. Since the whole "Rush of '96" cleared out all N64 games for three whole months before I could play it!

 

Perhaps you could say the current iMac copied the Dreamcast!  

 

Huh? I don't get it. Does the iMac say "It's Thinking"? Does the DreamCast have a Chrome arm and an LCD screen attached to it??

[Flojomojo]

re: iMac copying the Dreamcast. It's small and white. That's all. Dreamcast has no chrome.

 

re: N64. I had the same "problem" until I found a used green N64 with expansion pack for $20. Sold! Gave my old black unit to a game-deprived friend. He still doesn't really understand the machine's capabilities and is always saying "wow, that's a marvel of texture mapping on such an underpowered system." I'm like "dude, that's what ALL the N64 games look like!" and he's like "sweet!"

[Jasoco]

re: iMac copying the Dreamcast.  It's small and white.  That's all.  Dreamcast has no chrome.  

 

Hmm.. Small and White. I still don't see that as "Copying" the Dreamcast. I mean, The DC isn't really "White" like the iMac is White. The iMac is REALLY white. And it's small because it's able to be small. The older ones could have been small too. CRT's do make them big tho. Anyway...

 

re: N64.  I had the same "problem" until I found a used green N64 with expansion pack for $20.  Sold!  Gave my old black unit to a game-deprived friend.  He still doesn't really understand the machine's capabilities and is always saying "wow, that's a marvel of texture mapping on such an underpowered system."  I'm like "dude, that's what ALL the N64 games look like!"  and he's like "sweet!"  

 

We had one at our Toy Store for a while. Have you ever heard of "Family Toy"? We had a unit that was returned. Missing Expansion Pack and box was broken. I kept discouraging people from buying that one as they could get a more reliable used one from the GameStop down the street. But it finally sold.. Hmmm...

[BeerGnome]

Confession time: I haven't owned a real NES for years.  I get my NESatisfaction from emulators,

 

so.. the closest thing you'll have to a real woman in another ten years is a hook... excuse me.. an escort?

and I'm sorry I offended th mac pureists with my misspelling of the imacs name.

hell.. I thought I was giving the computer some cudo's by capitilising the "I" y'know.. proper english and all.

y'know.. like.. this is "my Mac", my, being implied to I, this is is the mac that I own and all

but, I do find it comical that the name was more defended than the computer itself, wich, goes back to me entire thing about the imac being sold more for it's styling than its performance.

and once again, please disreguard my glowing praise for G-4

[Pie]

You have to dig the Commodore PET's looks:

 

http://images.google.com/images?q=commodor...&oe=UTF-8&hl=en

[Flojomojo]

Confession time: I haven't owned a real NES for years.  I get my NESatisfaction from emulators,

so.. the closest thing you'll have to a real woman in another ten years is a hook... excuse me.. an escort?

Your analogy is flawed, but one could make the same "less maintenance" argument in both cases.

Let's leave the Mac users alone. They have it hard enough as it is. Diversity is good.

[AtariLeaf]

? If I wanted to get made fun of for using a certain computer, I would be in a PC forum. And adding that smiley does NOT make it all right. You need to have grounds to justify your standing. Or something..

 

No Mac bashing. I love them for video editing. I would never use a Windoze machine for that.

 

What do you call what you wrote above?

 

I'm sorry. I am sick and tired of people making fun of a person just for waht computer they use. You can use your PC. Let me use what I want.

Touchy subject for you? Lighten up! You weren't being made fun of but to make sure you get it right, I was not commenting on what computer you use, I was commenting on your anal retentive need to correct the spelling of another user.

 

For everyone else, I think I finally found a person to put on my ignore list!

[Happy_Dude]

I'm on my own igrore list

 

On the subject of Mac bashing, speaking as a long time IBM PC

owner/Microsoft user, At least Mac's don't crash every other minute.

[AtariLeaf]

[Happy_Dude]

Well the thread WAS about computer style

[Rockin' Kat]

Well, now, on computer style.....

 

I've allways liked how the Apple IIGS and Commodore 128 looked....

 

That and I liked using the keyboards on the older Apple IIs.... my hands felt better when I was typing on a keyboard that was more sloped.

[George Gray]

I've always liked the sleekish look of the original TRS-80. The el-cheapo monochrome tv w/out tuner is classic. And the computer itself...small, light, silver and black. Very cool. I wish I still had mine.

 

The 'Co-Co' and 'Co-Co 3' were also coolish. Not AS cool looking, but they WERE color.

 

The 'Trash 80' model 100 notebook. Ultra cool. Only now are laptops getting this cool again. Of course, for today, the only real ultra cool laptop is that Apple iBook (or whatever it's called-the 'white' one.)

 

I liked the Pet too. I got (and still do) a kick out of seeing how hollywood would take the Pet and bastardize it for some futuristic piece of hardware. The most visible example: the scene in Admiral Kirk's apartment where he and doctor McCoy are discussing Kirk's desire to be in space again in Star Trek II. Look on the table under the bay window. You'll see it there. I think it showed up in the Regula space station too.

[BeerGnome]

its a shame, I just discovered that the mother person gave The Commodore 128 to the Vets

man.. just imagine shoehorning a top of the line laptop into that critter.

as for Mac's, I love them, however, the only ones I have at the momment are two vintage's performa 630cd, and the original from 1984.

go figure the both still run, and are in fact more stable than any windows PC I've ever had.

right now My computer an I are haveing issues about downgrading the MIE to a non broadband optimised version. It would appear that Verison sold me DSL, but didn't bother to check to see if there were any openings available for me. Now the computer is locking up every five minutes thanks to the crud