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1. Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2023 21:29:19 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

   CRT Terminator, an interesting project of capturing vintage PC videocard digital output using a feature connector, and converting it into clean HD image a modern monitor can display
   https://oummg.com/

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2023 22:01:58 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • MudMan

     @MudMan Running on original hardware, but without a CRT is the point. Would help authentic original hardware capture as well.

   • MudMan (mudman@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2023 22:01:59 UTC MudMan

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     @dosnostalgic I'm not sure how much I get the point. I guess there are some specific eras where software is hard to run under emulation or backwards compatibility, but in general there are many ways to run old PC software cleanly on a modern display without taking original VGA hardware output and converting it.

   • MudMan (mudman@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2023 22:28:24 UTC MudMan

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     @dosnostalgic Yeah, but PC original hardware is... you know, PC hardware.

     I don't just mean that you can get the software to run, although there is that, but old PC hardware is a mess of standards, generations and competing technologies. And a bunch of "retro" old PCs, like the one in that picture are not really era-authentic because hard drives suck and it's not practical to cover just one gen of PC tech at a time, so why not just use a modern PC to run old software?

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2023 22:28:24 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • MudMan

     @MudMan As much as I like emulators, and that's what I use 90% of the time, at this very moment in time it's not accurate in relation to many aspects (cpu cycles, sound, video, you name it.) That's a big reason. Yes, eventually it'll get better, but for now it makes sense to reference actual hardware for comparison.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2023 22:40:08 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • MudMan

     @MudMan People are documenting this very thing. The incompatibilities, inconsistencies, quirks, etc. That's where this comes in handy.

   • MudMan (mudman@mas.to)'s status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2023 22:40:09 UTC MudMan

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     @dosnostalgic I mean, point taken, but if we're talking DOS even real hardware is not "accurate". Depending on the specific combo of hardware and software you can get speeds going all over the place or a bunch of hardware incompatibilities.

     That's why I was highlighting it being weird for PCs specifically. On closed platforms I totally get the appeal of original hardware on modern displays (even if I strongly prefer original displays), but PC seems like a worse fit for that.

   • Anatoly Shashkin💾 (dosnostalgic@mastodon.social@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2023 23:01:46 UTC Anatoly Shashkin💾

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     • stdevel

     @stdevel That's not my photo, but a search reveals them to be this:
     https://www.etsy.com/listing/785079997/sam-max-plushies-2-pcs-free-shipping

   • stdevel (stdevel@chaos.social)'s status on Thursday, 09-Feb-2023 23:01:48 UTC stdevel

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     @dosnostalgic Where did you get those cool Sam & Max plushies? Asking for a friend.