Notices tagged with retro, page 6

Matt (psychxr@fosstodon.org)'s status on Sunday, 04-Dec-2022 18:30:05 UTC Matt

Some mechanical typewriters I own. Here are a bunch of Underwood 31X series machines. They're in excellent shape and I have enough spare parts to keep them that way forever. #typewriters #typewriter #retro
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AMIGAworld (amigaworld@rheinneckar.social)'s status on Saturday, 03-Dec-2022 12:50:40 UTC AMIGAworld

Dimitris Panokostas arbeitet derzeit an einem Mastodon Client für Amiga. Es ist noch ein weiter Weg, macht aber jetzt schon Lust auf mehr...
#commodore #amiga #amigaos #amigaworld #mastodon #software #retro
https://blitterstudio.com/
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RETROVULCANO🕹️ (retrovulcano@tkz.one)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 15:10:25 UTC RETROVULCANO🕹️

Estos libros los devoré en mi juventud. Despertaron mi interés por la tecnología que luego pondría en práctica con mi primer Spectrum #libros #retro #nostalgia
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Benjamin (3dbigboxgames@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 17-Nov-2022 03:31:24 UTC Benjamin

Back in August, David Crookes reached out to me about https://bigboxcollection.com. He's working on an article for "PC Pro" magazine about collecting dusty ol' cardboard boxes and asked, if I'd be game for an interview.
Sure thing, I said 🙂
Here's a blog post with the article published in "PC Pro" magazine issue #338 as well as my full interview:
https://bigboxcollection.com/168.blog
Enjoy 😎
#RetroGaming #Gaming #GameCollection #BigBox #retro
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  In the Press: "Retro: Ravers of the lost Art"
  
  David Crookes wrote me a mail back in August 2022 after stumbeling over BigBoxCollection.com and asked if he could shoot me some questions about collecting Big Box games. Two months later, a IMHO very well written article about our hobby was published in PC Pro magazine (issue #338) featuring not only photos, screengrabs and quotes by yours truly but also from a bunch of other fellow collectors. Here's a .pdf of the full article And here's the full interview: What was it about Castle Master that grabbed your attention — you mention the printed manual and cardboard box but what did you think about the art and the presentation? Back then, cassettes in single jewel cases were the norm at the local shops in my area (and throughout Europe). Due to their size, cover artwork was rather limited and there wasn't any space for screenshots or descriptions either. Deciding what game to buy often came down to the cooler sounding title or tagline, a "#1"-sticker and who's the publisher (Codemasters never disappointed, Mastertronic were cheaper but were also often hit & miss). To be honest, most covers weren't that good looking but an attention seeking mess. Seeing the Castle Master box on the shelf was quite a revelation: the ominous cover artwork presented boldly without any tag lines, slogans or stickers, the back listing the game's features and a couple of screenshots. It definitely felt a step up in quality and I'd even say boxes made games looking more mature and en-par with other media like books. Did publishers make the most of the big boxes — what tricks would they pull on the covers (if any) to entice people in? Here in Europe, the big box for PC games was standardized rather quickly within the industry in the early 90s which lead to sturdy two-part boxes with a glossy finish and to be honest, I'm quite happy with those. Sure, it was most likely a simple business decision to cut down production costs but it also allowed those who dared stepping out of line to shine even brighter. The possibilities of creating a unique box are endless, combining all the tricks the printing industry has up their sleeve including different finishes, die cut holes, irregular box shapes, gold letters and so on. In the US, one-piece boxes were more common featuring gate-fold covers and embossing but also resulted in a more flimsy box that required an inner cardboard for stability. What makes a fine box? All you'd need is a stunning cover art and enrich it with a good printing job. The minimalist MDK is as beautiful as the 7th Guest's elaborate "fake book" box. "American McGee's Alice" is a prime example of getting everything right too. They also contained lots of goodies. Which were your favourites; the ones which stuck long in the mind? Being a fan of CRPGs (Computer role-playing games), a game that included a good quality cloth map or coins always made me smile; little artefacts that link the virtual world with your own. Richard Garriott did a wonderful job with his Ultima series. You now have 691 boxed games and you've digitised them? What motivated you to do this and how long has it taken you? They're in 3D too — was this to recreate the feel of the box? Do you only digitise your own games or have people lent some to you? Last things first, bigboxcollection.com only includes games that I physically own, so it's a 1:1 representation of the shelf behind me. I rarely sell boxes, but if I do, I also remove the virtual one as well. The reason for starting this project was two-fold: a) I myself needed a visual catalogue that can be checked anytime anywhere, b) a big part of collecting is sharing what you've collected. The site allows me to link my boxes via social media as well as allowing other interested folks to dig through the whole collection as well. I started out with photographs of my boxes but I wasn't satisfied with the varying quality of my pictures and thus started scanning them. Turning those flat scans into 3D was indeed my approach to recreate the feeling of browsing a shelf full of boxes in contrast to how we're scrolling through our digital purchases on Steam, GOG.com or consoles these days. We've lost the tangible nature of playing computer games, haven't we? It's similar to putting on a vinyl record compared to just hitting that play button on Spotify. What are the biggest threats facing big box collectors? The big box collectors don't face any real threats except scam. The whole "market" has inflated the past couple of years and the trends of "grading everything" coming from the US doesn't do anybody a favour either. The prospect of getting rich quick by selling your old games found in the cellar isn't really true. It's true though that fraud becomes a real possibility the more people are buying into this idea of retro games being a lucrative market. All in all, this isn't limited to games but applies to everything being traded with nostalgia and/or (artificial) rareness to it. To me, it's just a hobby that I don't spend too much money on, so I don't see any threat. I'm not on a quest archiving and preserving computer gaming history nor do I have the money needed to join this club. How can you spot fakes? What would stop someone grabbing recreating a box to sell — I see some people do sell recreated boxes (if it's clear they're doing this, is that ok?)? There have been a handful of scandals in the past and this year's case surrounding Enrico Ricciardi was a big eye-opener for sure. The rarer a game, the harder it is to spot a fake because you can't compare it with verified copies that easily. The best way is reaching out to other collectors; the Big Box PC Game Collectors-group is the right place to start. I love how you pit boxes against each other. Do you retain data showing which of the boxes are most popular? Sure, the collection can be ordered by "Fight Club Ranking". There's also a fights won/lost info for each game viewable via PC (sry, mobile user) when using this ordering. Boxes came in different sizes, didn't they? Which tended to be most common? Despite some YouTube videos trying to give an absolute answer, there isn't really one here. In the past 40+ years, the packaging of computer games changed a lot. At first, every publisher did their own thing, some more stream-lined (e.g. early Infocom titles), some just following the bigger players' lead and others being more adventurous (e.g. Origin). The computer market itself changed a lot too (PC as in Personal Computer does of course not only mean MS-DOS/Windows but also dozens of sometimes region specific 8-bit home computer systems) and the game packaging had to be in line with the various media (cassettes, cartridges, floppy discs, CDs,...) used. To make things even more complicated, worldwide publishing wasn't a thing and therefore the same game had different packaging in different regions of the world.My summary would be: the US had a lot of variations while a big part of the European market informally agreed upon several "standard" sizes for the various computer platforms.
Retrovulcano (retrovulcano@mastodon.online)'s status on Sunday, 06-Nov-2022 16:16:08 UTC Retrovulcano

Se supone que el VHS, los discos de vinilo y la fotografía clásica han muerto pero ahí siguen, cada día con más adeptos 👍 😋 #analogico #retro #nostalgia
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Ms Mad Lemon (msmadlemon@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 29-Oct-2022 21:57:34 UTC Ms Mad Lemon

New Video: After seeing the magic blue smoke from my #ZXSpectrum I fault find and repair it in this week's video.
Watch here and enjoy: https://youtu.be/8YzIYt2rNo4
#Retro
#electronics
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  Website: http://www.msmadlemon.comSupport me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/msmadlemonPCBWay PCB, CNC & 3D printing services: https://www.pcbway.comBand...
RetroVulcano (retrovulcano@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 21-Oct-2022 17:03:45 UTC RetroVulcano

Estos bolígrafos con reloj incorporado eran muy prácticos 😁👍 #boligrafos #vintage #retro
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Santiago (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Monday, 17-Oct-2022 12:59:17 UTC Santiago
- El Mau :archlinux: :python:
Documental sobre las BBS. Fundamental para ver como internet alguna vez fue descentralizada y comunitaria, en la época de las Commodore 64 y las Amiga @elmau https://tube.undernet.uy/w/pGPKYpjoQLkqzuk3eWjSEx #80s #internet #retro #bbs
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  BBS: the Documentary
  
  from Computers
  
  The BBS (bulletin board system) scene of the 80s and 90s was a magical time. Long before the Internet escaped from the lab, connected the planet and redefined what it meant to use a computer there was a brave and pioneering band of computer users ...
FediFollows 👻 (fedifollows@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 26-Sep-2022 15:09:35 UTC FediFollows 👻
- 48kRAM
48kRAM is a retro computing fan who uses and repairs old computers, and hosts a retro computing livestream. You can follow at:
➡️ @48kRAM
The livestream is at https://www.twitch.tv/48kRAM
#48kRAM #RetroComputing #ComputingHistory #Computing #Computers #OldComputers #Electronics #Retro #LiveStreaming #LiveStreamers #Technology #Hardware #RetroGaming #8Bit #16Bit
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  I'm a vintage computer enthusiast and fixer-upper. I grew up with an Atari 8-bit computer but I love discovering other old machines as well. I use and repair old hardware on my stream.
soloojos (Mastodon Uruguay) (jorge@mastodon.uy)'s status on Monday, 19-Sep-2022 00:51:28 UTC soloojos (Mastodon Uruguay)

Los 6 principios de la ética hacker.
Por Steven Levy (1984)
1. El acceso a ordenadores y a cualquier cosa que pueda enseñar algo acerca de la forma en que funciona el mundo, debe ser ilimitado y total.
2. Toda la información debe ser libre.

3. Desconfía de la autoridad, promueve la descentralización.
4. Los hackers deben ser juzgados por su capacidad y no por sus títulos, edad, raza, sexo o posición.
5. Puedes crear arte y belleza en un ordenador.
6. Los ordenadores pueden cambiar tu vida para mejor.
#hacker #hackers #éticahacker #stevenlevy #ordenadores #computadores #retro #principios #historia

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Saphir (Firelion) (firelion@expired.mentality.rip)'s status on Thursday, 15-Sep-2022 09:10:37 UTC Saphir (Firelion)

Seems the #retro and #Amiga #Atari and #C64 fanbase has become a bit limited on Fedi.... that's pretty sad, old computer stuff was and is still the best ❤️
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RetroVulcano (retrovulcano@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 10-Sep-2022 15:07:54 UTC RetroVulcano

Hoy hace 29 años que el agente Mulder y su compañera Scully llegaron a nuestras vidas con sus expedientes x #series #scifi #retro #nostalgia
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FediFollows 👻 (fedifollows@mastodon.online)'s status on Monday, 05-Sep-2022 22:54:45 UTC FediFollows 👻
- Computer Chronicles Revisited
Computer Chronicles Revisited is an unofficial blog that looks at the US television series "Computer Chronicles", which covered computing news from 1983 - 2002.
You can follow at:
➡️ @chronrevisited
The blog itself is at https://www.smoliva.blog
#ComputerChroniclesRevisited #ComputerChronicles #Computing #RetroComputing #ComputingHistory #Computers #OldComputers #Blogs #Blog #Blogging #Bloggers #Retro #1980s #1990s #Technology #TV #Television #Film #PBS
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  A review of the PBS series that aired from 1983 to 2002. Written by S.M. Oliva.
Santiago (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Aug-2022 13:21:27 UTC Santiago

Hoy es la Noche de la Nostalgia en Uruguay, noche de oldies, recuerdos, juegos viejos y unas birras. Salir no se puede, ya que es la noche más cara del año, y el día en que se gasta mas, luego del día de la madre. Pasan cosas como que los canales de TV hacen notas en locales de lencería donde generalmente se agotan los productos como tangas, sungas, portaligas, corset, etc. Los hoteles llenos a full. Es medio imposible salir, hay gente que junta guita todo el año para salir esta noche. #nostalgia #uruguay #oldies #retro

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Santiago (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Wednesday, 24-Aug-2022 13:18:22 UTC Santiago

Hoy es la Noche de la Nostalgia en Uruguay, noche de oldies, recuerdos, juegos viejos y unas birras #nostalgia #uruguay #oldies #retro

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osr (osr@mastodon.art)'s status on Thursday, 23-Jun-2022 20:32:08 UTC osr

Mi hermano con el #AmstradCPC de 128k con sintonizador de TV y teclado doblado de las hostias 😅. En la pantalla un dibujo hecho con Art Studio. Así pasábamos las tardes en 1988.
#RetroComputing #computer #CPC #retrograming #amstrad #retro
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Santiago (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Sunday, 12-Jun-2022 00:50:27 UTC Santiago

Para la billetera #retro #80s #montevideocomics2022
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Santiago (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Saturday, 21-May-2022 03:55:36 UTC Santiago

Le conte a mi hija que con el Pizza Tycoon, podia tener su pizzeria, decorarla, inventar recetas, sabotear pizzerias de la competencia y traficar armas con la mafia... me miro con una cara tipo... queeee??? hace un par de horas que no la puedo sacar de la compu #retrogame #retro #gaming #dos #dosbox
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Santiago (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Monday, 11-Apr-2022 04:09:49 UTC Santiago

Me gustaria el algun momento conseguir una workstation Sun con un ultra spark para ponerle Debian compilado para esa arch, la Sun 100 o algo... #retro #server #sun

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Santiago (santiago@mastodon.uy)'s status on Sunday, 23-Jan-2022 04:47:02 UTC Santiago

This is a tube TV, not transistor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmKua8zW-V4 #tech #technology #retro #old
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  Another cool little TV for Adrian's Analog Basement. This time it's a 9" Panasonic TV with an awesome retro look to it. Also, this set uses a technology I've...

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