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Yesterday, 08:41 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread And the Lord said unto VCF, "He's your problem now, may I have mercy on your souls" in Introductions

O wow I never knew that Sperry/LE card was interlaced video. I have the techanuals for all that atill, I think. If you get a chance Garrett, I'd...

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Yesterday, 07:08 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread Far Cry 3 in General Off Topic

Oi vay

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Yesterday, 05:53 PM

2icebitn started a thread Far Cry 3 in General Off Topic

I don't even know where I put it. I have this thing up for auction, it is in fact the 3rd time I've owned this very game. Reading the plot it...

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Yesterday, 01:53 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread 80's IBM recommendation in PCs and Clones

I remember getting a kick out of the speed increase in AAoW, whatever I ran it on.

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Yesterday, 01:49 PM

2icebitn started a thread Radio Shack tape recorder in General Vintage Computer Discussions

Found one at a thrift store for 2 bucks! NICE shape. It:s one of those things you love having and keeping, but really don't have a use for. There's a...

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Yesterday, 01:11 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread Wanted Northstar Dimension, Advantage disks, images ... in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

So none of this stuff is specific to the 8088 option? Was it common for the A* to come equipped with one?

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Yesterday, 10:57 AM

2icebitn replied to a thread Wanted Northstar Dimension, Advantage disks, images ... in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Only one Advantage image. Im not even sure what it is.

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December 12th, 2018, 02:41 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread And the Lord said unto VCF, "He's your problem now, may I have mercy on your souls" in Introductions

OK that is the Sperry HT PC, aka Leading Edge model M. Mitsubishi floppy drive. Rare? Likely the Sperry occurrence more then the LE. But both are. O...

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December 12th, 2018, 11:52 AM

2icebitn replied to a thread And the Lord said unto VCF, "He's your problem now, may I have mercy on your souls" in Introductions

I find the preceding offensive. A relative of mine used to do that (perhaps even invented the meme if you will).

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December 12th, 2018, 10:50 AM

2icebitn replied to a thread A new article about x86 processors in PCs and Clones

It didn't support any particularly well :). And it did a big belly flop in the crowded pool. Great machine to tinker with now though. I passed up...

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December 12th, 2018, 10:48 AM

2icebitn replied to a thread A new article about x86 processors in PCs and Clones

Ok tomato, tow ma tow, he likes that, she likes this one. They're both groovy. That ends it. Now someone find me Netware-86, *not* Netware-68. I...

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December 11th, 2018, 10:13 PM

2icebitn started a thread Wanted Northstar Dimension, Advantage disks, images ... in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

And docs. I am in the market for Advantage hardware also. And anything Dimension related.

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December 11th, 2018, 06:19 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread Hunky dory wow in Vintage Computer Auctions

I hadn't noticed. All I know is it's rare, and i personally have never seen one for sale otherwise. But I haven't been looking either.

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December 11th, 2018, 05:03 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread Anyone in Ontario to pick up a Tandy? in Tandy/Radio Shack

There is an alternative when a person won't ship. Not worth it necessarily for the discussed machine, but you can open an account with FedEx, give...

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December 11th, 2018, 12:32 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread Model 100, ground zero in Tandy/Radio Shack

I want one. Wasn't there also a Tandy 200, which iinm was a clamshell? Any relation to the 100? Didn't the 100 have an 8085? I had an instructor...

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December 11th, 2018, 12:01 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread Broken Compaq Portable in Vintage Computer Items Wanted

Yes and to that question what would you do with a keyboard if you had it? Are you the guy that offered 10$ for the one currently on eBay?

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December 10th, 2018, 01:30 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread Why was VGA 640x480 w/256kb ? in Vintage Computer Hardware

Didn't the Hercules Incolor card do 720 X 400? Can't remember if it was text or graphics. Perhaps just the standard mds/hercc text. It was neither...

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December 10th, 2018, 01:11 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread Why was VGA 640x480 w/256kb ? in Vintage Computer Hardware

A video mode can be setup any number of ways, and is partly a function of the bios. Look at all the different modes created with the 6845/6545. Many...

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December 10th, 2018, 11:44 AM

2icebitn started a thread Hunky dory wow in Vintage Computer Auctions

Not mine: ...

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December 10th, 2018, 11:41 AM

2icebitn replied to a thread And the Lord said unto VCF, "He's your problem now, may I have mercy on your souls" in Introductions

What is that Sperry? Is it a portable? Not the HT XT, I think that was what it was called.

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December 10th, 2018, 09:21 AM

2icebitn replied to a thread The Five Generations of PC in General Vintage Computer Discussions

Here we go again

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December 10th, 2018, 12:54 AM

2icebitn replied to a thread What does Caleb look like? in General Off Topic

How fab.

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December 9th, 2018, 10:18 PM

2icebitn started a thread SGI Indy (Was: SGI Imdy in Other

Do you use one regularly? If so (or even irregularly) why? Do you feel you're getting something out of it you're not getting elsewhere? What...

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December 9th, 2018, 09:54 PM

2icebitn started a thread Mac Plus clicking in Later Apple (68000+ based machines - Mac, Lisa, etc.)

Not fast. Perhaps not even regular. Faint clicking. Omgosh.

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December 9th, 2018, 09:47 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread Why was VGA 640x480 w/256kb ? in Vintage Computer Hardware

So plane is synonymous with screen, that is whatever one screen consists of with however many colors in that mode? Planes or bit planes was a term...

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December 9th, 2018, 09:10 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread Why was VGA 640x480 w/256kb ? in Vintage Computer Hardware

640 x 480 was supported by cad packages going back to the NEC APC. Onscreen it may only have been capable of 400 lines but the hardware supported...

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December 9th, 2018, 08:59 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread Why was VGA 640x480 w/256kb ? in Vintage Computer Hardware

Technically isn't a bit plane one bit deep? I'm not sure just asking.

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December 9th, 2018, 08:17 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread Why was VGA 640x480 w/256kb ? in Vintage Computer Hardware

You could fit (4) 320 x 200 x 256 screens inside of 256k.

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December 9th, 2018, 03:53 PM

2icebitn started a thread Micronta 22-214A analog multimeter in Vintage Computer Items For Sale or Trade

I mean like never used. A friend bought it as a gift in I believe 1993. I'm not even sure if it came with probes. Maybe tested out once. Missing...

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December 9th, 2018, 02:42 PM

2icebitn replied to a thread Old hardware has a shelf life in Rants

What's mind boggling is you can't see the difference between selling something, at a price irrespective of who's buying it, and changing the price at...

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