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I remember using one of those on work experience at an IT firm in the mid/late 90s... At the time it was pretty incredible to have a machine that size running the full version of windows!
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Cunning Plan posted:I remember using one of those on work experience at an IT firm in the mid/late 90s... At the time it was pretty incredible to have a machine that size running the full version of windows! This post makes me wish I kept my two way pager. Not just 1.5 way, but two way, with a keyboard and email capability!
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Feb 27, 2015 00:23
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twistedmentat posted:Master of Orion 2 had this as well. Transfer the whole disk to your drive, and then change the ini file to point to the hd path rather than the disk. ... he said, while describing how to commit a crime. I don't know if it's technology, quite, but I found myself thinking the other day about those cheap music compilations mail order companies used to advertise on TV. Totally obsolete in this age of MP3s and YouTube, but the adverts have a certain nostalgia value. "Remember - 50 Golden Grindcore Melodies is not available in the shops!"
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Feb 27, 2015 11:47
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I did the MOO2 disk copy trick to work around a ridiculously finicky CD-ROM that would only recognize it had a disk in it once every ten or so openings and closings.
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Feb 27, 2015 11:53
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Jedit posted:... he said, while describing how to commit a crime. Technically what was described had no actual crime mentioned. They could be doing that with their own legal copy for personal convenience. Humbug Scoolbus posted:I did the MOO2 disk copy trick to work around a ridiculously finicky CD-ROM that would only recognize it had a disk in it once every ten or so openings and closings. Exactly.
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Feb 27, 2015 12:30
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Jedit posted:... he said, while describing how to commit a crime. I saw one of these ads while I was off sick from work recently. For half an hour this strange old couple told me all about an amazing 5 CD collection of golden 1950s/1960s love songs. All your old favourites, so many memories! Only $89.95! Even my parents know how to use iTunes. Is there still an audience for these things?
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Feb 27, 2015 12:41
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Hacker pirates have taken over the thread 
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It's only when you give that copy to someone else that it becomes a crime. Until then it's just a copy you keep for your own purposes. Some EULAs might prohibit that sort of thing but I don't think many of those have actually stood up in court.
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Feb 27, 2015 12:48
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Jerry Cotton posted:Hacker pirates have taken over the thread This is what I used back in the eighties to copy my C64 disks so I guess I really am a hacker pirate! 
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Feb 27, 2015 13:01
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I'm pretty sure I went with Fast Hack'em on the C64. I'm not sure if it was this tool, but I remember having two 1541s hooked up and you could start the copying process and disconnect the C64 and the drives would complete by themselves.
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Feb 27, 2015 13:24
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Creature posted:I saw one of these ads while I was off sick from work recently. For half an hour this strange old couple told me all about an amazing 5 CD collection of golden 1950s/1960s love songs. All your old favourites, so many memories! Only $89.95! I saw one not long ago for Kids Bop where not only was it comically overpriced but the hook was that you would get a second copy FOR FREE. Which like, OK, one for the house, one for the car, an extra for when your kids destroy it, but, really? $10 to download it and burn as many as you want, not an option?
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Feb 27, 2015 16:06
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Gromit posted:I'm pretty sure I went with Fast Hack'em on the C64. I loved c64 pirates. As a 10 y/o I saved up pocket money for years to buy a s/h c64 for $100, it's not like I had cash to buy many $50 games afterwards  I bought some $10 codemaster games, and a few $30 disappointing major titles but when prices went up, I was priced out of the market. Fo3 has a new favorite as of 17:14 on Feb 27, 2015 |
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Feb 27, 2015 17:09
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ElwoodCuse posted:I saw one not long ago for Kids Bop where not only was it comically overpriced but the hook was that you would get a second copy FOR FREE. Which like, OK, one for the house, one for the car, an extra for when your kids destroy it, but, really? $10 to download it and burn as many as you want, not an option? I listen to kids bop...in my minivan... it's horrible. But then I don't really listen to much pop music. It's gotten to the point where I hear the real version of the song and it sounds off to me.
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With Super Hits of Some Decade collections I get the appeal. Maybe it's all on iTunes but what if they can't remember the correct name of the performer, album, or song? Or they remember the name of the band but find that they put out a dozen albums and don't want to sort through them all to find their two big hits? And they can't form a decent google search, they can't figure out an mp3 player, they like physical media, they think burned cds are tacky, they . . .gently caress it. Just buy granddad the cds so he can read the liner notes and rock out to 1910 Fruitgum Company.
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This was my first computer. You people with floppy disks had it better.  I can't find any images or videos of it, but when you loaded a game it would say something like "100 blocks remaining", and it would slowly countdown to zero. If there were any errors it'd ask you to rewind 5 blocks or so, over and over. I played these games a lot: Cobra https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH3GDbzPTXo Tapper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqku3pQGTw0 Zorro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DQnbYkoEQk Popeye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMm4rQQ-O-M Montezuma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zbg9rs5QZY EDIT: My first "proper" PC was an IBM Aptiva (can't remember the model) It came with these games: Pitfall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAv9Y4LB-Fs Cyberia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-3kGq6RKYo My brother and I didn't speak English at all, so we had no idea what it said. Looking back, cute memories. EDIT: PC was LIKE this one (might be a slightly different model though) 
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Jedit posted:... he said, while describing how to commit a crime. Those commercials were so common when I was a kid. There are a few songs that I only think of in snippets because I heard them so often from the commercials. Googling for K-Tel records I immediately found one I bought back then. The K-Tel ones were superior to compilations that were all cover versions by nameless performers. I still have this one but haven't owned a record player in a long time. I bought it around 1974.  EDIT: Haha, the Hudson Brothers are on it. Hoooooly Chucky Margolis! EDIT 2: Holy poo poo I found the TV commercial for it. Seems like it's a thousand years old... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVX3Ddb9pHY Dick Trauma has a new favorite as of 22:05 on Feb 27, 2015 |
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Feb 27, 2015 18:14
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Who can forget this classic commercial, man? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eGWW8KOQio
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Feb 27, 2015 20:14
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well turn it UP MAAAAAAN You remember the good old days? War, protests, going to jail?
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Non Serviam posted:EDIT: Wow, this takes me back. Good times
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Feb 27, 2015 20:35
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Feb 27, 2015 22:00
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Fo3 posted:I loved c64 pirates. Hey man, it's called "computer club" and it's a serious meeting every Tuesday night in the scout clubhouse where we talk about the C64 for about 5 minutes and then start making backups of each others stuff for security purposes!
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Feb 28, 2015 00:33
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Gromit posted:Hey man, it's called "computer club" and it's a serious meeting every Tuesday night in the scout clubhouse where we talk about the C64 for about 5 minutes and then start making backups of each others stuff for security purposes! Hey, it's not safe to keep backups in the same location as the originals, what if there's a flood or a breakin? I'll hold onto those for you.
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Feb 28, 2015 05:44
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I remember having some MS-DOS game where at the end of the installer it prompted you to insert a blank floppy to make a backup copy.
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Feb 28, 2015 14:41
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My grandmother used to tape those types of ads so she could play them back and write down the songs she likes, then give me the song list to download for her.
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Jason Scott did two really good talks about the history of software pirates: (Mostly) Apple ][ focused https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5AceLYWE1Q About an infamous early computer criminal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTzQmhmgLC0 His doc on BBS stuff is also pretty focused on piracy if you want to dive into a few hours of classic computer focused fun.
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And now I'm listening to the Proximus/Adiemus Komodo Mix again - it's been some years since last time. To stay on topic, it was on my car trip/summer holiday minidisc sometime in my teens.
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For the record, It was so I could listen to CDs while playing games. Here's something that would never exist again, the PC Transporter. It was a drive that enabled you to use DOS programs on Apple 2GS computers. I had one and it was the best thing ever because it let me play games that you could get anywhere, until everything went to 3.5 disks. That's kind of like having something that enables you to pay Wii games on a playstation. I think the Colecovision had something like that that enabled you to play Atari games on it.
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Mar 1, 2015 02:39
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The reverse kind of existed in that they released an Apple IIe card for the Pizzabox Mac LC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_IIe_Card
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twistedmentat posted:For the record, It was so I could listen to CDs while playing games. Probably the closest you'll come now is VMWare.
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I currently have a Mac IIfx with a Radius Rocket Stage II Card in it. This was basically a Quadra on a 12" NuBus card with it's own memory and video. http://lowendmac.com/2014/radius-rocket-far-more-than-a-mac-accelerator/ here's a full description. What's it good for? Not much anymore, but it's one of the weirdest pieces of tech I own.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:I currently have a Mac IIfx with a Radius Rocket Stage II Card in it. This was basically a Quadra on a 12" NuBus card with it's own memory and video. Got one here too, and the swiveling paper white display. Useless.
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Did I hear mention of PCMCIA ? This is a PCMCIA / SD card adaptor slot , in a car made in 2011 Reminds me whenever I see my friend who has a 2010 Toyota, in which a cassette deck was still an optional accessory, that car manufacturers don't always use the latest/best technology
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Sappo569 posted:Reminds me whenever I see my friend who has a 2010 Toyota, in which a cassette deck was still an optional accessory, that car manufacturers don't always use the latest/best technology The worst stereos are the ones made after cassette decks, but before AUX/Bluetooth became popular, where your only options are a CD or the radio.
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Coffee And Pie posted:The worst stereos are the ones made after cassette decks, but before AUX/Bluetooth became popular, where your only options are a CD or the radio. I have one of these in my room and haven't even touched it in probably years. e: it takes cassettes too
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Humphreys posted:My grandmother used to tape those types of ads so she could play them back and write down the songs she likes, then give me the song list to download for her. That's awesome, your grandmother had things figured out. I always laugh at the Freedom Rock commercial but I also think it really is a great playlist.
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Sappo569 posted:Reminds me whenever I see my friend who has a 2010 Toyota, in which a cassette deck was still an optional accessory, that car manufacturers don't always use the latest/best technology Some people still have cassettes oddly enough and a collection of them that they switch into their new car when they get rid of their old one. Though speaking of obsolete technology remember those adapter kits that let you plug in a portable CD player into your tape deck? You know, for people too poor to get a read stereo system or that just had an ancient car? I still have one somewhere, makes me kind of nostalgic.
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Sappo569 posted:Did I hear mention of PCMCIA ? What's the port to the left?
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sirbeefalot posted:What's the port to the left? That is a button.
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Coffee And Pie posted:The worst stereos are the ones made after cassette decks, but before AUX/Bluetooth became popular, where your only options are a CD or the radio. The stereo in my car is that type, but luckily it also had a CD changer option, and you can get AUX in adapters for it. So I installed one of those cheap fixed installation MP3 players from DealExtreme in place of the ashtray, and it works great.
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sirbeefalot posted:What's the port to the left? edit: beaten on the fact that it's a button not a port I have a cassette player in my 2007 car, and I still use a cassette to headphone jack adapter to connect phones/ipod to the stereo. I had it laying around and figured why buy something new if I can just plop it into the tape deck and be done? WITCHCRAFT has a new favorite as of 07:54 on Mar 1, 2015 |
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