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|    sizeofcat to mrcoffee    |
|    Re: Classic computing    |
|    30 Oct 25 08:51:00    |
      From: sizeofcat@riseup.net              On 2025-10-29 23:42:44 +0000, mrcoffee said:              > Does anyone else have some older/antique computers they enjoy? I've got an       > MSX2 that I do some gaming on. I even made my own Din-8 RGB to SCART cable       > for it because the output on it doesn't match other Din-8 to SCART cable       > types. That was a lot of "fun" because the pin-out chart for that       > particular MSX model on the MSX wiki was wrong.       > I also saved a Thinkpad 380XD (through the magic of buying another one and       > using its parts) and took it from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95. It works       > great, only issue is a bad battery, as it common with them unfortunately.       >       > Anybody else have a favorite older machine they like to play around with?              I've mentioned it before, my main computers are those in the signature,       my main machine is a PowerPC iMac G5 (2004) and as a laptop I use a       PowerPC iBook G4 (2005), both running OS X 10.5.8. For what I am doing       currently, they're doing their job just fine (light web browsing,       Usenet, XCode, gcc15 compiling, git, Lazarus IDE, sending and receiving       email, IRC, old games, etc).              --       PGP ID: 0x4ED4000C90382C23D4178CB9EC61D381F2735495       Website: http://sizeof.cat       Desktop: iMac G5 PowerPC, 2GB RAM, 2004       Laptop: iBook G4 PowerPC, 1.5GB RAM, 2005              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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