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Sep 21, 2016 18:46
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Hi thread and welcome to your new home in PYF! Please be aware that while chatting/empty-quoting/single emoticon/etc replies are all a-okay here hatespeech, flaming, and the like are not. Thanks and have fun!
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Sep 21, 2016 18:49
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sounds good. i don't think this thread ever had a problem with flaming/hatespeech.
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Sep 21, 2016 19:01
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Cool! 
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Sep 21, 2016 19:03
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Would saying S-Video sucks count as hatespeech in the confines of this thread?
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Sep 21, 2016 19:04
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lmao I think you'll be okay.
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Sep 21, 2016 19:04
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thathonkey posted:sounds good. i don't think this thread ever had a problem with flaming/hatespeech. only when we have to bash amiga faggots (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Sep 21, 2016 19:09
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woah amigas are good
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Sep 21, 2016 19:12
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8 track betamax posted:only when we have to bash amiga faggots lmao
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Sep 21, 2016 19:12
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8 track betamax posted:only when we have to bash amiga faggots 
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Sep 21, 2016 19:13
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Apparently, Radio Shack is going to go back to their old model instead of trying to offload phones. http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/a19703/radioshack-back/
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Sep 21, 2016 19:16
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Skoll posted:Apparently, Radio Shack is going to go back to their old model instead of trying to offload phones. quote:One of the revamped RadioShack stores on the outskirts of Fort Worth, Texas—where the company was headquartered for decades—has an aisle full of remote-control cars and boats that could have been featured in Saturday morning cartoon commercials 30 years ago. Gone are the TVs and laptops and kiosks from competing cell carriers that once turned the stores into run-down phone purveyors secretly wanting to be Best Buys. Now there are inexpensive soldering irons and a 3D-printing pen capable of "drawing" small plastic sculptures, and RadioShack-brand do-it-yourself starter kits to make water alarms or electronic clocks or a theremin. These kits, which have been around for years, were an important part of the new effort. Michael Tatelman, the new chief marketing officer, says it's an explicit attempt to court a new generation of makers and STEM students—the type who might be buying parts for decades to come. This actually sounds really fun
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Sep 21, 2016 19:22
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I remember Radioshack would have remote control cars sitting out for people to play with in the store. Only problem was that every time you tried to ppay with one of them they'd either have no batteries or be broken.
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Sep 21, 2016 19:31
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Darkman Fanpage posted:I remember Radioshack would have remote control cars sitting out for people to play with in the store. Only problem was that every time you tried to ppay with one of them they'd either have no batteries or be broken. Or a salesman would ask if you wanted to buy one after you've only been playing with it for 20 minutes.
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Sep 21, 2016 19:33
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Skoll posted:Apparently, Radio Shack is going to go back to their old model instead of trying to offload phones. Yeah no that article is BS. It's from April and it's now September and Radio Shacks are still exactly the same as they were before the bankruptcy. If anything they're even worse. I don't equate hiring Nick Cannon as Chief Creative Officer or whatever to design yet another line of overpriced headphones with "going back to their old model." quote:One of the revamped RadioShack stores on the outskirts of Fort Worth, Texas—where the company was headquartered for decades—has an aisle full of remote-control cars and boats that could have been featured in Saturday morning cartoon commercials 30 years ago. Gone are the TVs and laptops and kiosks from competing cell carriers that once turned the stores into run-down phone purveyors secretly wanting to be Best Buys. Now there are inexpensive soldering irons and a 3D-printing pen capable of "drawing" small plastic sculptures, and RadioShack-brand do-it-yourself starter kits to make water alarms or electronic clocks or a theremin. These kits, which have been around for years, were an important part of the new effort. Michael Tatelman, the new chief marketing officer, says it's an explicit attempt to court a new generation of makers and STEM students—the type who might be buying parts for decades to come. -lovely RC cars and drones have been there for years, and "an aisle full of cars and boats" just means they still haven't gotten over their bad habit of severely overstocking lovely low-margin products. -TVs and laptops are gone because nobody will give RS credit for product anymore (even before the bankruptcy they only carried Toshiba laptops and low-end Samsung and lovely Chinese-brand TVs) -Most cell carriers are gone because Sprint bailed them out and obviously won't let them sell Verizon or AT&T. -Inexpensive soldering irons have been there forever, too bad inexpensive in this case means really lovely. Their mid-range models are OK, but "Radio Shack carries soldering irons" has always been a thing. -Those DIY kits are meh. Almost all of them are either a decent assortment of resistors/LEDs/whatever, which is OK, but they're overpriced for what they are. The actual "make a water alarm!" kits are really basic stuff, and the money would be much better spent on one of those MAKE books and a grab bag of components. They at least carry some decent Arduino shields and a few random things from better-known brands like MAKE or Adafruit, but it's extremely hit-or-miss. For example, if you want to buy a Raspberry Pi, your only option at Radio Shack is the 1st-gen board, and even that is only sold as part of an overpriced kit. That whole article sounds like it was written by one of Radio Shack's PR people.
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Sep 21, 2016 19:51
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Hi thread and welcome to your new home in PYF! Please be aware that while chatting/empty-quoting/single emoticon/etc replies are all a-okay here hatespeech, flaming, and the like are not. Thanks and have fun! Is requesting that a fellow poster "suck your drat balls" considered hate speech? asking for a friend 
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Sep 21, 2016 19:57
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Skoll posted:Apparently, Radio Shack is going to go back to their old model instead of trying to offload phones. YESSSSS that rules Also welcome back thread, and: LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Please be aware that while chatting/empty-quoting/single emoticon/etc replies are all a-okay here hatespeech, flaming, and the like are not. Awesome. However, what if I do said flaming using a piece of old technology? 10 PRINT "gently caress YOU NOONER" 20 GOTO 10 I've been looking for a reason to buy one of those C64 ethernet adapters. 
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Sep 21, 2016 20:11
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Nooner posted:Is requesting that a fellow poster "suck your drat balls" considered hate speech? asking for a friend Please don't start with this.
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Sep 21, 2016 20:17
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Go back to GBS, nooner. Oh, wait.
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Sep 21, 2016 20:19
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LITERALLY A BIRD posted:Hi thread and welcome to your new home in PYF! Please be aware that while chatting/empty-quoting/single emoticon/etc replies are all a-okay here hatespeech, flaming, and the like are not. Thanks and have fun! Those are dumb rules.
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Sep 21, 2016 21:07
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Humphreys posted:There is Altronics which I have never had experience with, although from memory their part number standards are similar to original Dick Smith. I used to go to jaycar in Perth all the time until it turned into a gimmick/toystore. The last time I needed bits and pieces I went to altronics in Perth which is not far from jaycar. Altronics seem to specialise in professional a/v stuff rather than toys. While I'm not into a/v it's a much nicer store than jaycar is these days. Of course sometimes when I need certain caps I have had to resort to farnell/e14 anyway. RS components sent me a fancy catalog and set me up with an account when I started my business so I went there a few times, but they don't really hold much stock in Perth, (everything was order in for what I wanted), just lots of expensive tools. So often I would try a jaycar or altronics for stock before ordering from RS
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Sep 21, 2016 22:43
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYjgHLFZMa0
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Sep 21, 2016 22:50
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Speaking of Nintendo circa 1991, anyone else ever shop for video games at Toys R' Us? I remember they would have like the box art or something for games/systems, with a little pouch full of cards underneath. Instead of actually picking up the game/system, you'd bring the card for what you wanted to the register, pay for it, and then after the registers, there was a little bodega-looking enclosed counter where someone would check your receipt, then give you the game. I guess that's kind of how Gamestop does it these days, except not as lovely since you still ended up with the sealed game instead of an already-opened copy that's been sitting in a paper sleeve in a drawer.
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Sep 21, 2016 22:54
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drunk asian neighbor posted:Speaking of Nintendo circa 1991, anyone else ever shop for video games at Toys R' Us? I remember they would have like the box art or something for games/systems, with a little pouch full of cards underneath. Instead of actually picking up the game/system, you'd bring the card for what you wanted to the register, pay for it, and then after the registers, there was a little bodega-looking enclosed counter where someone would check your receipt, then give you the game. Yep, that was standard operating procedure for Toys 'R Us videogame stuff at the time. I remember going there once to get Super Metroid, and the pricetag had a typo on it. It said the game was 999 dollars. I was 10 years old at the time and was crestfallen.
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Sep 21, 2016 22:57
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drunk asian neighbor posted:Speaking of Nintendo circa 1991, anyone else ever shop for video games at Toys R' Us? I remember they would have like the box art or something for games/systems, with a little pouch full of cards underneath. Instead of actually picking up the game/system, you'd bring the card for what you wanted to the register, pay for it, and then after the registers, there was a little bodega-looking enclosed counter where someone would check your receipt, then give you the game. Will call style pickup. I remember taking the tickets out and feeling like king of the world. Although I didn't have any consoles as a kid so it was all just a pipe dream 
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Sep 22, 2016 00:00
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drunk asian neighbor posted:Speaking of Nintendo circa 1991, anyone else ever shop for video games at Toys R' Us? I remember they would have like the box art or something for games/systems, with a little pouch full of cards underneath. Instead of actually picking up the game/system, you'd bring the card for what you wanted to the register, pay for it, and then after the registers, there was a little bodega-looking enclosed counter where someone would check your receipt, then give you the game. You'll like this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_96wWKzkp4s I remember rushing to my Toys R Us when A Link to the Past came out in 1991 and the tags were all gone for Zelda I kept arguing with my dad "maybe someone just pulled out all the tags, it doesn't mean they're all sold out!!"
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Sep 22, 2016 00:23
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_E2lh1lgmk
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Sep 22, 2016 00:33
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Speaking of console wars, is the Seth Rogen adaptation ever coming out?
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Sep 22, 2016 00:45
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I am absolutely shocked that the TG16 got a namedrop here [well, referencing "NEC" anyway, so a really roundabout one]. Also, I want that wall of CRTs and the video splitter that's driving them. e. shocked because the TG16 was drat near nonexistent, at least in the northwest. I had a friend of a friend with one and I was utterly fascinated by it
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Sep 22, 2016 00:53
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:You'll like this video: And of course smelling the instruction book on the ride home.
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Sep 22, 2016 01:24
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SLOSifl posted:And of course smelling the instruction book on the ride home. Realtalk: I desperately miss physical instruction books. And yeah, that smell was fantabulous as a child. I understand why they phased out the paper instructions, but memorizing the whole thing while sitting on the toilet used to help me become better at the game.
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Sep 22, 2016 01:35
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console salt started long ago https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTzyz2TgGls
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Sep 22, 2016 01:38
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Lol Howard Phillips.
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Sep 22, 2016 01:43
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SLOSifl posted:
Maaaaaaan that smell when you open up new hardware. I think I can still smell my SNES.  Data Graham posted:Lol Howard Phillips.
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Sep 22, 2016 03:00
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Uncle at Nintendo posted:You'll like this video: Looking at those prices, yeesh. What's the complete opposite of feeling bad for downloading every ROM today you could never have as a kid?
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Sep 22, 2016 03:54
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doctorfrog posted:Looking at those prices, yeesh. What's the complete opposite of feeling bad for downloading every ROM today you could never have as a kid? Keep in mind those were 90s dollars. That $60 is $106.01 with inflation. I didn't realize they were that expensive, I always had the previous Gen consoles growing up and only got used games from pawn shops.
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Sep 22, 2016 04:30
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I distinctly remember saving up the $48 it took to buy Mega Man 2. My brother and I didn't get regular allowances so the money literally came from finding change on the ground and the like. It took like three months. I made up a posterboard "thermometer" fundraising-style progress meter and everything.
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Sep 22, 2016 04:50
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I went to a second-hand shop the other day and there was a CIB copy of Zelda 64 with a AU$350 price tag. I went back today and it's not there anymore.
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Sep 22, 2016 05:10
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Pubic Lair posted:Keep in mind those were 90s dollars. That $60 is $106.01 with inflation. I didn't realize they were that expensive, I always had the previous Gen consoles growing up and only got used games from pawn shops. I counted myself as broke and unlucky that all I had going was an old 2600 and a Game Boy, but I amassed way more $20-30 games of the latter, and around 40 of the former, than I ever would have if I'd had an NES. It's way easier to get a parent to give you five bucks toward a $20-30 game than one that costs $50-60, at least in my house.
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Sep 22, 2016 05:22
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JediTalentAgent posted:I do have to say, though, I get antenna for most my TV and there's a lot of content on there if you have an interest in older TV and movies. One station is even showing reruns of MST3K, and another plays old Johnny Carson Tonight Show episodes. JediTalentAgent is correct about the amount of teevee stuff that's bouncing around the airwaves free for the taking. Ever since analog teevee went dark and digital took over it's only gotten better. It helps perhaps that I live in television market #2 and Los Angeles has a special topography where all of the television towers reside way up high in mostly one place (Mt Wilson). However, there is nothing stopping any of you from simply plugging in a pair of old school rabbit ears and seeing what you can get over the air for FREE. It's not like buying and installing an aerial on your roof is a difficult task either. I'm the most un-handyman in the world and it was dead simple helping my buddy install an antenna with a simple roof mount. We had his garage mancave wired and running over the course of a Saturday and 3 or 4 beers. Of course, your mileage will vary on what you can recieve where you are at. Thankfully, there is a very well put together website that'll clue you in on to what could be out there for you with as little legwork as plugging in rabbit ears to dropping 60 bux on an outdoor antenna. http://www.rabbitears.info/market.php Happy hunting! In LA we have 2 better equivalents to TV Land (Me-TV and Antenna TV), a Game Show Network clone owned by the holders of the entire Mark Goodson/Bill Toddman library, a SyFy clone that shows new and old Outer Limits, one channel that airs Xena and Hercules, NYPD Blue, Hill Street Blues and others. A Western themed channel... the list goes on. It'll work when your cable falls over too! It's win-win. And often, you will be getting the best possible picture quality available since OTA doesn't squeeze and compress the pipe to fit everything through it like cable. Robnoxious has a new favorite as of 05:33 on Sep 22, 2016 |
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