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   Message 754 of 1,115   
   Cellphone user to All   
   Re: Classic computing   
   30 Oct 25 07:00:36   
   
   From: user8155@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   mrcoffee  posted:   
      
   > 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 no longer have my older machines but I was experimenting with   
   86box, and it's really really impressive, from bios to the old software quirks   
   If you had a pc that used any of the parts it emulates you'll be amazed like   
   The old SB AWE 64 and it's amazing midi player   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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