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Mobile TV was a very cool fancy thing, anyway. Sega's Gamegear had a TV receiver module, which I always wanted. No idea what I would have done with it, so I guess my parents were right with not buying it.
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Wipfmetz posted:Mobile TV was a very cool fancy thing, anyway. My buddy had it. The Gamegear's color palette limited how many colors could be on screen, so things always looked slightly off (like the color of a guy's suit would be green instead of blue). It was neat, but the power hungry nature of the Gamegear meant it wasn't exactly a great add-on.
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Nocheez posted:It was neat, but the power hungry nature of the Gamegear meant it wasn't exactly a great add-on.
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Nocheez posted:My buddy had it. The Gamegear's color palette limited how many colors could be on screen, so things always looked slightly off (like the color of a guy's suit would be green instead of blue). I remember my friend lending his TV tuner to me and I used it to watch red heat after I had gone to bed. I was 11 or 12 I think. I still remember how often it needed retuning.
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It was the perfect device to smuggle to school, tune to a day-drunk paid programming channel to prove you could do it, then realize there wasn't anything worth watching during the middle of the day
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I've you watched a long play video on YouTube of gg shinobi. That was a great game.
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I wanted the tv tuner for long road trips. I realized later that there probably wasn't tv reception for most of the trip. There were a few areas where you barely had FM. My Dad also refused to allow any car power adapters to be used, until we got a GPS unit and that would be using up the socket. My friend in college had his parents old custom van. It had a built in vcr and crt for the back seats. I don't think it had an inverter, but I assume you could get a voltage adapter to run a Nintendo off of 12v.
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Y'all talking about color on TVs reminded me of something. Most TVs I had that were CRTs had problems displaying reds. For example, a red coat might appear freakishly and unrealistically red. It would be all overly saturated and uniform in color. All the other colors on the same frame were fine. Any idea what that was about?
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Aug 24, 2023 15:27
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Did the red also have a weird overbleed or noticably shifted from where it should be red? I remember noticing that especially on the old Star Trek with the bright red uniforms.
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barbecue at the folks posted:The ST was incredibly good for making electronic music for a lot longer than one would think. PCs were dogshit at MIDI until the 2000s (and for a while even past then, some grogs would claim that even today), but you boot an ST and it Just Works and comes with zero distractions. poo poo, I would love to have one even now to run my pile of old garbage synths.
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Randalor posted:Did the red also have a weird overbleed or noticably shifted from where it should be red? I remember noticing that especially on the old Star Trek with the bright red uniforms. Yeah it did.
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Guy Axlerod posted:My friend in college had his parents old custom van. It had a built in vcr and crt for the back seats. I don't think it had an inverter, but I assume you could get a voltage adapter to run a Nintendo off of 12v. yeah we had a 12V TV/NES/VCR setup in the Winnebago, that'd operate while driving felt amazing to watch TV and play video games on road trips, in the early 90s
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Unperson_47 posted:Y'all talking about color on TVs reminded me of something. Most TVs I had that were CRTs had problems displaying reds. For example, a red coat might appear freakishly and unrealistically red. It would be all overly saturated and uniform in color. All the other colors on the same frame were fine. Any idea what that was about? 2-Phosphors age differently, e.g. when I was a kid my grandparent’s TV in a fancy wooden box had almost zero reds. 3-Change in response is common in aging phosphors. I’d guess that the curve changed enough on the red that it saturated early. This would be common to many products of the same era, as phosphors changed rarely. 4-you could probably measure with a simple colorimeter and make a shader to fix it. It’s possible turning the gun down but I’d guess that would be trading problems. But don’t play inside CRTs unless you know what you’re doing. I worked with them professionally when I was still in school and won’t muck around inside one.
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^^^^^ I think the human eye is better at seeing different shades of red as well, at least in dark situations. I grabbed some stuff from my mom's house that she was about to throw away, some old TV stuff like VHF converters (I think?). I'll grab a picture if anyone is interested, and am happy to ship to you at cost.
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Wipfmetz posted:Mobile TV was a very cool fancy thing, anyway.
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Typically, the red of a CRT survives the longest. A reddish, dark image with the contrast and brightness turned all the way up is the telltale symptom of a worn out CRT. In good condition, CRT color rendition is excellent. However, from factory the set might be adjusted to give oversaturated colors and too high contrast, to look attractive (which is not the same as good) in a showroom.
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https://twitter.com/ObsoleteSony/status/1695043349634507149?s=20
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Oh yes, I remember those stylish chunks of plastic. Very cyberdeck.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB6FIu2barg
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Groke posted:Oh yes, I remember those stylish chunks of plastic. Very cyberdeck. Didn't William Gibson go on record and say he was explicitly inspired by MSX computers when describing what cyberdecks looked like?
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Those Palit designs are timeless, indeed.
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I want this who do I have to kill to get one? Also, is MSX1 any good or if I actually wanted a MSX machine, would I be better off going with a MSX2 machine?
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ishikabibble posted:Didn't William Gibson go on record and say he was explicitly inspired by MSX computers when describing what cyberdecks looked like? I believe so. Which isn't surprising. In the early 80s, if you're looking for where technology was headed, following the Japanese wasn't a bad bet.
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Randalor posted:I want this who do I have to kill to get one? Also, is MSX1 any good or if I actually wanted a MSX machine, would I be better off going with a MSX2 machine? Proper MSX2 machines are backwards-compatible with original MSX software so that seems to be the way to go.
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Msx2 machines are the way to go if you want one msx to do it all but if you’re into collecting weird neat things you’ll end up with a few over time because there is so much variation in design and capabilities. For my money the Sony hitbit msx2 with built in floppy can’t be beat.
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So THAT'S what was in the briefcase in Pulp Fiction!
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Randalor posted:I want this who do I have to kill to get one? Also, is MSX1 any good or if I actually wanted a MSX machine, would I be better off going with a MSX2 machine?
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Aren't neon signs one of the last things that need to be made by hand by a skilled pro Is there a sign machine or is it still some crazed mad science rear end in a top hat with oxyacetylene tanks I want to believe
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Yeah, I think almost entirely, true neon signs (although some are actually mercury vapor) are still made by hand. Modern LED "Neon" Rope has come pretty far, is relatively cheap, and nearly unbreakable, so it's really taking off as a replacment, particularly in environments where it could get busted. Which is pretty much anywhere people put neon sings anymore (bars, liquor stores, in theatre, etc).
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The Pioneer LaserActive. This is the coolest drat thing ever invented. It plays laserdiscs, Sega Genesis games, Turbografx games, and CDs. It even got some crazy awful but fascinating games that were put on laserdisc just for this thing. I would sell my or anyone else's kidney to get my hands on one. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaserActive
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I have one of those. in the process of selling it to a friend. shipping is gonna be a bitch.
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Light Gun Man posted:I have one of those. in the process of selling it to a friend. shipping is gonna be a bitch. Do they need a kidney or two?
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emSparkly posted:The Pioneer LaserActive. This is the coolest drat thing ever invented. It plays laserdiscs, Sega Genesis games, Turbografx games, and CDs. It even got some crazy awful but fascinating games that were put on laserdisc just for this thing. I would sell my or anyone else's kidney to get my hands on one. I ahve one, but only with the MegaDrive Pak. I don't think I'll ever find a PCEngine one for any sort of reasonable price.
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emSparkly posted:Do they need a kidney or two? it's also gonna need repairs! so we are planning to ship it to the repair person first, and then his place, to save a couple of trips
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Randalor posted:I want this who do I have to kill to get one? Also, is MSX1 any good or if I actually wanted a MSX machine, would I be better off going with a MSX2 machine? There are many Yahoo Japan proxy sites you can order from. You definitely want an MSX2 at a minimum, unless you’re only interested in non-Japanese software (MSX2 and beyond were only in Japan).It’s a good idea to research models on places like MSX.org before buying since some models, including Sonys, are known to have leaky batteries.
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Linux running on a C64. Not very practical though: "The screenshots took VICE a couple hours in "warp mode" (activate it with Alt-W) to generate. So, as is, a real C64 should be able to boot Linux within a week or so." https://github.com/onnokort/semu-c64 
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_and_ it needs memory extension.
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But it CAN load! ...so what can you actually do with it once it's loaded?
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