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   Message 757 of 1,115   
   Slimes to mrcoffee   
   Re: Classic computing   
   30 Oct 25 07:08:20   
   
   From: jason@slimes.ca   
      
   mrcoffee wrote:   
   > 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?   
      
   Who do you think started this?   
      
   UNISYS ICON/QNX   
   TRS=80 COCO   
   Commodore PET/Super Pet/SpacePET   
   etc etc etc   
      
   the original greybeard (except not, theyre all dead).   see my site, it   
   has a degausse when you visit it. and raster.   
      
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