|
I got a 3 handset home phone system that can connect to two cell phones via bluetooth so you can leave your phone on the counter and just use a home phone if someone calls you. It works great, I used it to help break my phone addiction. I don't use it anymore though.
|
#
?
Oct 16, 2022 21:59
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 28, 2024 23:31 |
|
|
The Sausages posted:One of the things I like about GOG is you can bypass galaxy and just install a game or two and play it until it's done with rather than be confronted with Yet Another List To Scroll Through that does something to my burnt out and possibly undiagnosed ADD brain which leaves me spending more time trying to choose and then just moving on to something else rather than just watching/reading/playing. I just wish someone would make an actual new good tape player like they do new turntables. I havw a hankering to collect physical music but vinyls are so loving expensive & shipping overseas is a nightmare
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2022 07:46
|
|
|
The Sausages posted:Mixxtape Is A MP3 Player Masquerading As The Good’ol Cassette Tape Isn't that pretty much the same trick how you'd connected your car's Good Old Tape Deck in the times before blutooth? At least that's how I've done it with my old '95 Fiat.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2022 10:31
|
|
|
LifeSunDeath posted:I hope they discharged it first That explains her hair.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2022 15:04
|
|
|
Kazy posted:I got one of those from ThinkGeek. I think mine was from ThinkGeek. drat, I spent a lot of money on that site.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2022 18:21
|
|
|
ThinkGeek was one of those things that was like... Kinda lame and passe when we had it, but now that we don't and everything's just some rear end in a top hat selling aliexpress bullshit on Amazon, I miss it. I think I still have an Evil-o-tron around here somewhere....
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2022 19:19
|
|
|
goblin week posted:I just wish someone would make an actual new good tape player like they do new turntables. I havw a hankering to collect physical music but vinyls are so loving expensive & shipping overseas is a nightmare Collect CDs. It's easy and they sound good.
|
|
#
?
Oct 17, 2022 20:07
|
|
|
Has that charming old videotex look to it. https://twitter.com/80snewsscreens/status/1582542407932858369?s=20&t=ZJRqhCkINjfjpnjp3P84sw Dick Trauma has a new favorite as of 02:53 on Oct 19, 2022 |
|
#
?
Oct 19, 2022 02:51
|
|
|
 http://teletext.mb21.co.uk/gallery/
|
|
#
?
Oct 19, 2022 11:55
|
|
|
I highly recommend playing around with teletext editors, it's a fun look into the past. https://edit.tf/ is pretty good.
|
|
#
?
Oct 19, 2022 12:04
|
|
|
Press [REVEAL] to see the real Turner the Worm being sick!
|
|
#
?
Oct 19, 2022 23:37
|
|
|
This thread is for obsolete or failed technology! Teletext still rules!
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2022 07:14
|
|
|
Neito posted:ThinkGeek was one of those things that was like... Kinda lame and passe when we had it, but now that we don't and everything's just some rear end in a top hat selling aliexpress bullshit on Amazon, I miss it. Yeah Technmoan taught me that no good tape players are being made anywhere in the whole world right now, something about the mechanism or whatever. I don't understand it, I can't remember the specifics, but my gentle heart breaks every time I think about it. Thanks Technmoan!
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2022 07:34
|
|
|
Somehow Youtube has unsubbed me from some of my beloved channels and missed some of Sams Organ! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUFwaFRHB_0
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2022 13:46
|
|
|
Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Yeah Technmoan taught me that no good tape players are being made anywhere in the whole world right now, something about the mechanism or whatever. I don't understand it, I can't remember the specifics, but my gentle heart breaks every time I think about it. Thanks Technmoan! He praised one particular unit (Sony CFD-S401) you can still buy on amazon.jp in this video https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7mYoi3uJEi0 I actually bought one after watching this video and it's been great. (sucks that it has no auto reverse though) FIX SIGNS has a new favorite as of 12:50 on Oct 22, 2022 |
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2022 17:22
|
|
|
Dick Trauma posted:Has that charming old videotex look to it. Missile Command was such a great loving game.
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2022 17:55
|
|
|
Dick Trauma posted:Has that charming old videotex look to it. And now I'm back to being 7 and watching bad educational TV on KLCS.
|
|
#
?
Oct 20, 2022 18:37
|
|
|
Went down to the local thrift store, which had plenty to offer for friends of old tech. Could I interest you in: An over-the-shoulder video camera?  A Beovision MX 3500 CRT?  Or perhaps you'd prefer a portable TV?  Or a microfiche reader, small tv or a betamax player?  Or maybe a combination tape deck and turntable?  How about a PowerMac 6800/66 with some kind of drawing digitizer on top?  Or a pile of extremely early-noughts keyboards? They have D-pads! 
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2022 16:05
|
|
|
i have that exact beovision in that color, although i use an mx6000 for actual gaming and keep the other one in the shed, haven't decided what to do with it yet. i wish my local store had that much old tech, it's usually just grandma clothes and board games
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2022 16:17
|
|
|
The Goodwill's in LA all shop out the prime tech stuff to the OC and I'm always disappointed by what the locals carry. I mean, sure, a suitcase 16mm projector is fun but it's no 87 IBM
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2022 16:20
|
|
|
Beovisions are absolutely amazing for retrogaming. I have an MX7000, together with a whole bunch of old B&O stuff.
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2022 18:14
|
|
|
I would love having that microfiche reader, but can you readily find old microfiches, nowadays? Having a bunch of old newspaper fiches would own.
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2022 18:33
|
|
|
lobsterminator posted:This thread is for obsolete or failed technology! Teletext still rules! There's an international teletext art gallery currently up on Finnish YLE to celebrate 41 years of teksti-tv, take a look! https://yle.fi/aihe/tekstitv?P=830 For the uninitiated, choose the number of the artwork you want from the menu, then the button "alasivu" ("subpage") takes you one subpage forward to the artwork. edit: Also where in Finland is that thrift shop? I gotta head there the next time I'm in the country. barbecue at the folks has a new favorite as of 19:36 on Oct 22, 2022 |
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2022 19:33
|
|
|
gently caress yeah Text-TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbqWoAH5nYU (gibberish language) I miss OmaTori in Vaasa, it was like a junk yard with a roof.   His Divine Shadow has a new favorite as of 19:45 on Oct 22, 2022 |
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2022 19:42
|
|
|
I'd probably jump on that Philips turntable/tape/radio combo tbh.
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2022 20:48
|
|
|
this really does look like an AI image to me. can't quite make out what anything is but it's oddly familiar.
|
|
#
?
Oct 22, 2022 21:55
|
|
|
 https://twitter.com/yesterdaysprint/status/1583954098055151616?s=20&t=HadSIHLbb53B_6SzJLEINg EDIT:  https://twitter.com/Siliconinsid/status/1583897725976088576?s=20&t=HadSIHLbb53B_6SzJLEINg Dick Trauma has a new favorite as of 00:16 on Oct 23, 2022 |
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2022 00:10
|
|
|
Dick Trauma posted:
People used to make fun of my typing hat. They still do, but,
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2022 00:13
|
|
|
Dick Trauma posted:
What would be on 1909 GameFAQs? I don't think even Choose Your Own Adventure books and the like existed right?
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2022 00:32
|
|
|
Serperoth posted:What would be on 1909 GameFAQs? I don't think even Choose Your Own Adventure books and the like existed right? https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/board-card/337348-chess quote:Genre: Miscellaneous » Board / Card Game
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2022 00:39
|
|
|
Serperoth posted:What would be on 1909 GameFAQs? I don't think even Choose Your Own Adventure books and the like existed right? pre:__ __ ___ ___ ____ ____ ____ ___ _____ ______ ____ __ __ _ | | | / \ / \ | \ / || \ | \ / ___/| || | / ]| |/ ] | | || || || o ) | o || _ || \ ( \_ | | | | / / | ' / | _ || O || O || _/ | || | || D | \__ ||_| |_| | |/ / | \ | | || || || | | _ || | || | / \ | | | | / \_ | \ | | || || || | | | || | || | \ | | | | \ || . | |__|__| \___/ \___/ |__| |__|__||__|__||_____| \___| |__| |____\____||__|\_|
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2022 00:43
|
|
|
No cheats - Be the first to submit one!
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2022 01:10
|
|
|
Okay, here's one. Only exists in the pre-FIDE unpatched 1800s tournament versions. Illegal move handling had an exploit. Specifically, on your turn, you could claim your opponent had made an illegal move on the immediately previous move. At that point, the arbiter would check, and if it was illegal, he'd give you your time back and penalize the opponent by a couple minutes. But if you made a move in response to the illegal move, it stood. So far, so good - keeps the game moving, and means you can punish your opponent screwing up a move if it gives an advantage. The problem was the 'on your turn' bit. That meant that, by the strict rules, you could get away with an illegal move as long as you cheated your way into checkmate. Because then the game is over. And your opponent doesn't have a turn to claim the illegal move on.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2022 01:56
|
|
|
Tunicate posted:Okay, here's one. Only exists in the pre-FIDE unpatched 1800s tournament versions. Oh that's some MtG level rules lawyering. Excellent.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2022 02:00
|
|
|
That's some Michael Schumacher poo poo.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2022 02:04
|
|
|
Jasper Tin Neck posted:Went down to the local thrift store, which had plenty to offer for friends of old tech. Could I interest you in: Primo stuff. Nearly all of the local thrift stores pick over the good stuff well before it hits shelves, so you end up with all the junk they couldn't toss on eBay or disappear into their own homes. That said, I did find a GTX 570 HD. No clue what I'll do with it aside from gently caress around with it on a spare PC.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2022 02:08
|
|
|
Tunicate posted:Okay, here's one. Only exists in the pre-FIDE unpatched 1800s tournament versions. I was just trying to setup a Niemann joke but this is so much better.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2022 02:09
|
|
|
Serperoth posted:What would be on 1909 GameFAQs? I don't think even Choose Your Own Adventure books and the like existed right? Kriegsspiel.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2022 02:21
|
|
|
Ooh yeah the Prussians had miniature games for planning out hypothetical wars to train their officers.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2022 05:04
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 28, 2024 23:31 |
|
|
90s Solo Cup posted:Primo stuff. Nearly all of the local thrift stores pick over the good stuff well before it hits shelves, so you end up with all the junk they couldn't toss on eBay or disappear into their own homes. Assuming that this place is like the other flea markets I’ve been to here in  , that isn’t really possible. Individuals rent a spot in the store and fill it with whatever crap they want. The store just sells it on their behalf. That’s why you see weird poo poo like piles of old keyboards still in boxes, or a collection of old power cables and computer magazines from 2003. Sometimes there’s some good stuff, but most of the time it’s just trash which someone’s convinced themselves is worth a few €.
|
|
#
?
Oct 23, 2022 05:47
|
|
