Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: đđď¸ Friday, August 9, 2024
mysticgreg@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Did you ever give anything away thinking itâs worthless, or that youâll never use or want it again, and then over a decade later think WHY TF DID I DO THAT IâM A COMPLETE IDIOT?!?!?!?!
Yeah thatâs me.
Missing my old Macintosh 512K from 1984 with second external disk drive, in perfect working condition. That I now want to tinker with bad, especially now that there are great storage/communications options that can be built for them.
Retro-computing is EXPENSIVE now.
/nerdregret
My dad bought a certain brand of keyboard for music, and heâs accumulated many different ones now. I cannot remember the brand/model, but he sold it before I was born and kicks himself for it because 1) itâs worth a lot now, and 2) he said it made the best sound and his current ones donât come close.
My dream if I win the lotto, would be to buy him a moog
70s/80s audio electronics were so much better, completely agree.
I luckily DO have my dadâs old hifi setup, the sound is just -chefâs kiss-
Aw man that sound would be sick as from your dadâs setup! Jelly as
Not gonna lie itâs pretty awesome âşď¸
On the upside, emulators exist any I still can play Dark Castle and Fools Errand.
As fun as retro computing and gaming is, Iâve found emulation to fulfill that itch for a more reasonable price.
I use Qemu/KVM with virt-manager, Iâm currently playing with Windows XP and trying to get games like AOE2, Warcraft3, etc running on it. Eventually I may get an old white LCD 4:3 monitor.
Retro handhelds like the Miyoo Mini Plus, Anbernic RG35XX-H & Trimui Smart Pro are cheap and fun portable retro game handhelds, they are becoming very popular and the firmware mods are getting better.
Yeah Iâm also well into emulation. VICE for commodore stuff, and omg how good is exodos! WinUAE for Amiga. I still long for the actual hardware though, Iâve got an old DOS machine and love it, though even that is still a bit too ânewâ (itâs a PII)
My husband had an IBM Original 286 that he still reminisces about to this day.
Friend of mine had an Amstrad, I remember it being wiiiiide. Nice machine though!
I had 2. Both hand me downs. First one, tape deck. Second one, floppy disk.
Catfish@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
The one thing I wanted back from the past is my Intellivision. It may or or be in a derelict shed. Gone either way.
mysticgreg@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Iâll pour one out for it tonight.
I still wish I had my childhood Commodore 64. Been on the lookout for one for a while now, but even the fixer-uppers are worth heaps. The days of $20 garage-sale specials are long gone!
Eagle@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
I put a commodore 64 on my hard rubbish pile 20 years ago. Not proud of that now.
mysticgreg@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Hindsight is 20/20!
Catfish@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
I do still have 2 Nintendo game&watchđš batteries cost more than the hardware now!