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andyvand 05-10-2009 12:59 AM
I wouldn't do that if I were you Dave... lol

naquaada 05-10-2009 01:03 AM
I've stopped collecting and am even removing some stuff, except my best machines. The only computer I'd like to add would be an FM-Towns. Take a look at the great versions of Shadow of the Beat and Zak MacKracken. This is the greates version of this game, with background sound and everything. Works in ScummVM of course.

naquaada 05-11-2009 11:11 PM
Here's some Retro Mac software: Quicklook plugins for SID-files, C64 disk images (d.64/.d71/.d81), and here's another Quicklook plugin for real C64 image formats. Some screenshots are below.

http://naquaada.na.funpic.de/naq/osx...lugin_pics.jpg
http://naquaada.na.funpic.de/naq/osx...plugin_d64.jpg
http://naquaada.na.funpic.de/naq/osx...plugin_sid.jpg

naquaada 05-11-2009 11:14 PM
Here's another interesting page: www.doremac.com combines Commodore & Mac, and at Lallafa's Blog you have some more C64 software, including the portation of MacVICE.

rocksteady 05-13-2009 04:52 PM
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Originally Posted by valentine (Post 26153)
and the nicest fun part in the early c64 days was typing 4 to 10 pages of hex value listings from a magazine into your machine.
Thank god we later on had checksums.
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Originally Posted by andyvand (Post 26154)
yeah and later on making it into a binary and storing to tape or disk
heh! tapes were hours of fun!

esp when they'd go bad and look like spaghetti giving a ton of errors :)

nice to see other members in the 30+ years of age range

Valentine 05-13-2009 05:44 PM
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Originally Posted by rocksteady (Post 26410)
nice to see other members in the 30+ years of age range
At least it adds some sense:D

rocksteady 05-13-2009 05:50 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Valentine (Post 26415)
At least it adds some sense:D
true!
I just can't communicate with most of the teenagers @ insanelymac,
kids with gigahertz machines these days...:p

Valentine 05-13-2009 05:54 PM
Beware they are also here :)

Edit:
Oh, and Andyvand is 24. :D

naquaada 05-13-2009 07:22 PM
Age is not the matter, the interests are. I knew a guy who was 13 and interested in old computers - very old computers - in tube radios and a lot of other old stuff. And he could repair things very well. But later he changed totally, I don't have any contact with him anymore.

I'm 33 now, and I used the most common computer systems, C64, Amiga, MacOS 7.5 (on Amiga emulation) MS-DOS, Win98, Win XP and now OS X. But I'm now settling down to C64/C128 and MacOS, and a bit of Amiga if I find time for them.

An important thing is when people are keeping their roots. I never hide my old computers from my history. Without them I wouldn't have made so many experiences in computing. The most kids today start with Windows and a mouse, great. Click, Click, Click and start the game. Older computer geeks had much more to do, and they came earlier in contact with programming, especcially if the computer directly starts with it's integrated programming language - BASIC.

rocksteady 05-13-2009 07:57 PM
merely joking, every generation has its own quirks
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Originally Posted by Valentine (Post 26418)
Oh, and Andyvand is 24. :D
24? not a teenager then...

Quote:
Originally Posted by naquaada (Post 26426)
Age is not the matter, the interests are.
and remembering that everyone has a mind of its own, putting it to use is a good thing.


Quote:
Originally Posted by naquaada (Post 26426)
The most kids today start with Windows and a mouse, great. Click, Click, Click and start the game.
Geekery aside, what bugs me is spoon-feeding, I guess it has to to do with the click-click, start the program way of thinking.