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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9000 on: July 26, 2020, 05:51:54 AM »
Some old license plates for fifty cents each, one from Alaska
Four duck decoys
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9001 on: July 26, 2020, 12:38:13 PM »
Quote from: Lord of the Ales on July 25, 2020, 08:14:22 PM
Amazon, believe it or not. I've been waiting for the fuckers to come back in production.  :zoinks:

Best bit is it comes with a proper old school 'competition pro' style joystick with the clicky microswitches, and you can load ROMs from a usb stick and save shit. Fiddling about with the tape drive I DON'T miss.  :nerdy:

Oooh.

What's next, somebody starting to build Amiga computers again?
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9002 on: July 26, 2020, 12:39:27 PM »
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 25, 2020, 09:18:25 PM
I already have my Win98 gaming PC

:yikes:

Some things are better left dead.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9003 on: July 26, 2020, 01:23:13 PM »
Quote from: odeon on July 26, 2020, 12:39:27 PM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 25, 2020, 09:18:25 PM
I already have my Win98 gaming PC

:yikes:

Some things are better left dead.

I built it as a fun little project a few years ago, mainly so I can play old DOS/windows games without the need to do any tricks or emulation like DOSbox. It's more than fast enough to run up to XP fine, but kept with Win98 for max compatibility. I am thinking of swapping the CPU/mobo so I can use ISA slots for older sound cards though, as some DOS games don't like the current one installed.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9004 on: July 26, 2020, 02:27:32 PM »
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 26, 2020, 01:23:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 26, 2020, 12:39:27 PM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 25, 2020, 09:18:25 PM
I already have my Win98 gaming PC

:yikes:

Some things are better left dead.

I built it as a fun little project a few years ago, mainly so I can play old DOS/windows games without the need to do any tricks or emulation like DOSbox. It's more than fast enough to run up to XP fine, but kept with Win98 for max compatibility. I am thinking of swapping the CPU/mobo so I can use ISA slots for older sound cards though, as some DOS games don't like the current one installed.

Now that's dedication. +
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9005 on: July 26, 2020, 07:33:46 PM »
Power steering fluid
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9006 on: July 27, 2020, 07:04:10 AM »
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 26, 2020, 01:23:13 PM
Quote from: odeon on July 26, 2020, 12:39:27 PM
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 25, 2020, 09:18:25 PM
I already have my Win98 gaming PC

:yikes:

Some things are better left dead.

I built it as a fun little project a few years ago, mainly so I can play old DOS/windows games without the need to do any tricks or emulation like DOSbox. It's more than fast enough to run up to XP fine, but kept with Win98 for max compatibility. I am thinking of swapping the CPU/mobo so I can use ISA slots for older sound cards though, as some DOS games don't like the current one installed.

I like old DOS games too, but not the text only ones. I did that by buying a very cheap old laptop off eBay. Otherwise when playing a game there would be some driver missing with the emulators that only by having Win98 installed would rectify.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9007 on: July 27, 2020, 07:50:47 AM »
Quote from: odeon on July 26, 2020, 12:38:13 PM
Quote from: Lord of the Ales on July 25, 2020, 08:14:22 PM
Amazon, believe it or not. I've been waiting for the fuckers to come back in production.  :zoinks:

Best bit is it comes with a proper old school 'competition pro' style joystick with the clicky microswitches, and you can load ROMs from a usb stick and save shit. Fiddling about with the tape drive I DON'T miss.  :nerdy:

Oooh.

What's next, somebody starting to build Amiga computers again?

You can get modern FPGA implementations like the Minimig, MIST and Vampire V4. They run exactly like the real thing.

Or just do what I did, get an old Amiga 1200, recap it and get a modern accelerator card for it.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9008 on: July 27, 2020, 11:03:45 AM »
Nothing ......surprisingly.   :orly:
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9009 on: July 27, 2020, 11:36:22 AM »
Quote from: wretchmachine on July 27, 2020, 07:50:47 AM
Quote from: odeon on July 26, 2020, 12:38:13 PM
Quote from: Lord of the Ales on July 25, 2020, 08:14:22 PM
Amazon, believe it or not. I've been waiting for the fuckers to come back in production.  :zoinks:

Best bit is it comes with a proper old school 'competition pro' style joystick with the clicky microswitches, and you can load ROMs from a usb stick and save shit. Fiddling about with the tape drive I DON'T miss.  :nerdy:

Oooh.

What's next, somebody starting to build Amiga computers again?

You can get modern FPGA implementations like the Minimig, MIST and Vampire V4. They run exactly like the real thing.

Or just do what I did, get an old Amiga 1200, recap it and get a modern accelerator card for it.

Nah, not that important. I might see if I can boot up my old 500, though.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9010 on: July 31, 2020, 04:36:18 PM »
A box of old tools from facebook market place for $35 that I should at least triple my money on :hyke:
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9011 on: July 31, 2020, 07:38:38 PM »
They seem to have done a decent job on the SID emulation, though I've nothing to compare it with any more, I foolishly got rid of all my vintage computers some years ago as I didn't have space. The SID fucker was a one off, so many classic tunes programmed for it.

Bought some whisky on t'interwebs.  :autism:
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9012 on: July 31, 2020, 07:56:10 PM »
Sigma Art 50mm lens, along with a new tripod and some RGB lights.
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9013 on: August 02, 2020, 11:43:54 AM »
Basic groceries and some tops
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Re: What have you bought lately?
« Reply #9014 on: August 02, 2020, 01:03:48 PM »
23.4 gallons of Gas @ $1.899 a gallon
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