Retro Computing - Page 3

andyvand · #21 05-10-2009, 12:59 AM

I wouldn't do that if I were you Dave... lol

naquaada · #22 05-10-2009, 01:03 AM

I've stopped collecting and am even removing some stuff, except my best machines. The only computer I'd like to add would be an FM-Towns. Take a look at the great versions of Shadow of the Beat and Zak MacKracken. This is the greates version of this game, with background sound and everything. Works in ScummVM of course.

naquaada · #23 05-11-2009, 11:11 PM

Here's some Retro Mac software: Quicklook plugins for SID-files, C64 disk images (d.64/.d71/.d81), and here's another Quicklook plugin for real C64 image formats. Some screenshots are below.

naquaada · #24 05-11-2009, 11:14 PM

Here's another interesting page: www.doremac.com combines Commodore & Mac, and at Lallafa's Blog you have some more C64 software, including the portation of MacVICE.

rocksteady · #25 05-13-2009, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by valentine

and the nicest fun part in the early c64 days was typing 4 to 10 pages of hex value listings from a magazine into your machine.
Thank god we later on had checksums.

Quote:

Originally Posted by andyvand

yeah and later on making it into a binary and storing to tape or disk

heh! tapes were hours of fun!

esp when they'd go bad and look like spaghetti giving a ton of errors

nice to see other members in the 30+ years of age range

#26 05-13-2009, 05:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rocksteady

nice to see other members in the 30+ years of age range

At least it adds some sense

rocksteady · #27 05-13-2009, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valentine

At least it adds some sense

true!
I just can't communicate with most of the teenagers @ insanelymac,
kids with gigahertz machines these days...

#28 05-13-2009, 05:54 PM

Beware they are also here

Edit:
Oh, and Andyvand is 24.

naquaada · #29 05-13-2009, 07:22 PM

Age is not the matter, the interests are. I knew a guy who was 13 and interested in old computers - very old computers - in tube radios and a lot of other old stuff. And he could repair things very well. But later he changed totally, I don't have any contact with him anymore.

I'm 33 now, and I used the most common computer systems, C64, Amiga, MacOS 7.5 (on Amiga emulation) MS-DOS, Win98, Win XP and now OS X. But I'm now settling down to C64/C128 and MacOS, and a bit of Amiga if I find time for them.

An important thing is when people are keeping their roots. I never hide my old computers from my history. Without them I wouldn't have made so many experiences in computing. The most kids today start with Windows and a mouse, great. Click, Click, Click and start the game. Older computer geeks had much more to do, and they came earlier in contact with programming, especcially if the computer directly starts with it's integrated programming language - BASIC.