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You Am I posted:Some pics from a vintage meet I was at today: bet it was loud as hell in there.
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And that guy trusts folding tables a lot more than I do. Those are doing heroic work with those monitors.
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Aug 14, 2022 16:44
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VictualSquid posted:The centre for computing history uploaded some nice talks. Windows™ -- It'll change you from a Horny Librarian into a Funky Grandma.
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Aug 14, 2022 19:48
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Imagined posted:And that guy trusts folding tables a lot more than I do. Those are doing heroic work with those monitors. I was waiting for those two beef HP CRTs to destroy that table but it managed to stay up. It was kinda noisy in there, just mainly due to the place hosting it, being an indoor sports centre
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Aug 15, 2022 00:07
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I really hate that that CRT is balanced on top of that HP.
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Aug 15, 2022 00:11
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VictualSquid posted:The centre for computing history uploaded some nice talks. I can’t stop loving laughing
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Aug 15, 2022 00:32
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I do not know what I would do with a Commodore PET but god drat do I want one Preferably one that's broken beyond repair so I wouldn't have to feel bad gutting it to put in a pi or just leaving it on a shelf and never turning it on
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Aug 15, 2022 00:51
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Cartoon Man posted:I can’t stop loving laughing That video is insane
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Aug 15, 2022 03:28
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Powered Descent posted:Windows™ -- It'll change you from a Horny Librarian into a Funky Grandma. Words to live by.
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Aug 15, 2022 10:13
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You Am I posted:Some pics from a vintage meet I was at today: I bought that exact same HP on the very right back in 2000 with one of my first paychecks from delivering for Pizza Hut. 533mhz with 256mb of ram. I basically daily drove it for the next 3ish years. It came with one of those CRT's that had the speakers that could be notched into the sides, and the first keyboard I ever saw with media keys.
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Aug 15, 2022 12:04
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spookykid posted:I bought that exact same HP on the very right back in 2000 with one of my first paychecks from delivering for Pizza Hut. 533mhz with 256mb of ram. I basically daily drove it for the next 3ish years. It came with one of those CRT's that had the speakers that could be notched into the sides, and the first keyboard I ever saw with media keys. I had a similar HP Pavilion from a couple years before that with a PII at like 250mhz. That was the machine that started my descent into nerddom, as I started tinkering with it to get better gaming performance. Added RAM, changed the GPU, might have added an optical drive of some kind. Was a pain in the rear end to work in that case, but it was the first computer where I messed with the hardware.
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Aug 15, 2022 19:39
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My dad had that pavilion too. I remember him cursing god when he tried to swap parts unit once. I think he cut his hand or something
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Aug 16, 2022 18:40
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Found a picture of my desk circa 2005. Dual 15" CRT screens, ZIPdrive and a Logitech Dual Optical mouse. Also, one of the best cellphones I ever had, the Siemens S55. Battery lasted a week on full charge, it ran Java apps and there was a click-on camera for it too.
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Aug 16, 2022 21:13
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You Am I posted:Some pics from a vintage meet I was at today: No BBC Micro? Econet? ADFS? Oh well.
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Aug 16, 2022 21:59
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Lavinia Spenlow posted:Found a picture of my desk circa 2005. I'm sure that room is covered in Siemens
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Aug 16, 2022 22:14
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Lavinia Spenlow posted:Found a picture of my desk circa 2005. Are those Gundam figures up top?
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Aug 16, 2022 23:00
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They're part of Bandai's Mega Armor line, consisting of Megaman X series figures. There's also a bunch of other Megaman figures in there.
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Aug 16, 2022 23:58
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Lavinia Spenlow posted:They're part of Bandai's Mega Armor line, consisting of Megaman X series figures. There's also a bunch of other Megaman figures in there. that was a very good line
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Aug 17, 2022 00:12
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Lavinia Spenlow posted:Found a picture of my desk circa 2005. I'd have considered dual CRT monitors myself, but at the time I had a DEC 21 inch CRT I'd found at an electronic junk shop for ten bucks. I don't think my desk could have taken the weight of a second one.
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Aug 17, 2022 00:34
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That is the most early-2000s-rear end case and drive combo. Beige, black and silver 
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Aug 17, 2022 00:45
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Bargearse posted:I'd have considered dual CRT monitors myself, but at the time I had a DEC 21 inch CRT I'd found at an electronic junk shop for ten bucks. I don't think my desk could have taken the weight of a second one. I had some spare money I didn't actually earn back in 2001 and I was dumb enough to drop it on a gaming PC including a 21" Samsung Syncmaster monster of a monitor, the one with the blue-colored arc on the top of the monitor. Thing would heat my room pretty decently by itself. Kept it until 2007 or so.
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Aug 17, 2022 00:56
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Lavinia Spenlow posted:Found a picture of my desk circa 2005. I'm sure it's the camera, but that absolutely looks like it's sagging under the weight of the CRTs.
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Aug 17, 2022 01:13
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:I had some spare money I didn't actually earn back in 2001 and I was dumb enough to drop it on a gaming PC including a 21" Samsung Syncmaster monster of a monitor, the one with the blue-colored arc on the top of the monitor. Thing would heat my room pretty decently by itself. Kept it until 2007 or so. I stuck with my CRT monitor until well into the 2010s and only upgraded because by then, the 4:3 aspect ratio was well and truly on the way out.
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Aug 17, 2022 02:14
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I used a Sony GDM-FW900 CRT up until 2010 when it sadly died. That thing was an outstanding monitor - 24" flat screen, 16:9ish and able to do basically 1440p resolution, built-in USB hub. It also weighed 98 pounds. CaptainSarcastic has a new favorite as of 05:15 on Aug 17, 2022 |
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Aug 17, 2022 05:13
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I used a Sony GDM-FW900 CRT up until 2010 when it sadly died. That thing was an outstanding monitor - 24" flat screen, 16:9ish and able to do basically 1440p resolution, built-in USB hub. Someone's trying to sell one for $5000 on eBay lol
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Aug 17, 2022 05:32
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Bargearse posted:Someone's trying to sell one for $5000 on eBay lol They have become almost mythical at this point - they really were awesome.
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Aug 17, 2022 05:33
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CaptainSarcastic posted:They have become almost mythical at this point - they really were awesome. Not even kidding, if I had the money and a desk strong enough to take it I'd be using one as my daily driver.
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Aug 17, 2022 06:29
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I used a Sony GDM-FW900 CRT up until 2010 when it sadly died. That thing was an outstanding monitor - 24" flat screen, 16:9ish and able to do basically 1440p resolution, built-in USB hub. iirc it was 16:10, i.e. 1920x1200. in the garage i have three of the sun equivalent which were not flat but otherwise the same, but they haven't been fired up in like a decade. i wonder if they still work. all three probably pull down as much power as the whole rest of my setup, lol e: i just looked it up and they do indeed do 2304x1440, but only at 75Hz. if you want 85Hz, and surely you do, 2048x1280 is the best it can do. 1920x1200 was a bit more popular of a resolution though
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Raluek posted:iirc it was 16:10, i.e. 1920x1200. in the garage i have three of the sun equivalent which were not flat but otherwise the same, but they haven't been fired up in like a decade. i wonder if they still work. all three probably pull down as much power as the whole rest of my setup, lol I think I might have ran mine at 85hz, but it might have been at 75hz - I considered 75hz minimum on my CRTs. I had more than enough headaches having to use 60hz monitors under fluorescent lights to be averse to it.
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Aug 17, 2022 08:01
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I think I might have ran mine at 85hz, but it might have been at 75hz - I considered 75hz minimum on my CRTs. I had more than enough headaches having to use 60hz monitors under fluorescent lights to be averse to it. yeah 60Hz is intolerable, 75Hz is tolerable, and 85Hz is pleasant. i dont think i could tell the difference between 85Hz and up, at least not at the time. for any prolonged use i would insist on 85 the monitors i wish i could have back were the sony CPD-G400 i had in high school and shortly thereafter. only 19", and did 1600x1200@85Hz and were incredibly sharp with great colors. rip those things
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Aug 17, 2022 08:09
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Raluek posted:yeah 60Hz is intolerable, 75Hz is tolerable, and 85Hz is pleasant. i dont think i could tell the difference between 85Hz and up, at least not at the time. for any prolonged use i would insist on 85 I often keep my Amiga or C64 on the end of my normal work desk with the 1084 CRT monitor that runs at 50Hz. It's fine when you look at it straight on, but when the monitor is in my peripheral vision I see really bad flickering. I think human vision has higher refresh rate in the peripheral vision.
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Aug 17, 2022 08:16
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lobsterminator posted:I often keep my Amiga or C64 on the end of my normal work desk with the 1084 CRT monitor that runs at 50Hz. It's fine when you look at it straight on, but when the monitor is in my peripheral vision I see really bad flickering. I think human vision has higher refresh rate in the peripheral vision. When I took mushrooms I could see the flicker in fluorescent lights. I can't remember if it commonly happened when I took acid, but it might have. I think there is some individual variation, but it wouldn't surprise me if some people can see the flicker even without  .
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Aug 17, 2022 08:20
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lobsterminator posted:I often keep my Amiga or C64 on the end of my normal work desk with the 1084 CRT monitor that runs at 50Hz. It's fine when you look at it straight on, but when the monitor is in my peripheral vision I see really bad flickering. I think human vision has higher refresh rate in the peripheral vision. I don't know about refresh rate, because that's not really a thing for eyes, but I'm pretty sure peripheral vision is much more adept at noticing motion.
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Aug 17, 2022 08:22
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My first experience with mobile phones was some business guy holding a Mobira Cityman in the middle of a department store, having a loud argument with someone about a kid not being allowed to eat candy if they don''t eat their supper first. 
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Aug 17, 2022 09:25
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$3581.59, adjusted for inflation, and I'm sure that was on the cheaper end of the scale.
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Aug 17, 2022 09:52
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...Wait a minute, the base retail price when it was introduced was $1499. Would those bastards at Radio Shack lie to us?? e: Even Use on Your Boat!
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Aug 17, 2022 10:25
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Porfiriato posted:...Wait a minute, the base retail price when it was introduced was $1499. Would those bastards at Radio Shack lie to us?? My parents had a Motorola carphone at one stage. It was in stepdads work ute with a big loudspeaker on the ringer so he could hear it when elsewhere on a construction site. It was always fun to see him jump/fall scramble and gently caress himself up to get to that phonecall that could be a new contract, only for it to be mum wondering when he was bringing me home.
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“ESP Available!” Well, no, I’m buying this to use my hearing senses thank you RadioShack. If I had ESP I could skip buying it in the first place.
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Aug 17, 2022 13:40
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Here's my latest tech relic, it appears to be a 286 motherboard installed in a generic XT clone case with a CGA monitor. It seems to start up just fine but I haven't really had much of a chance to tinker with it just yet Aside from the yellowing on the front panel it's in overall clean condition. 
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Cojawfee posted:I don't know about refresh rate, because that's not really a thing for eyes, but I'm pretty sure peripheral vision is much more adept at noticing motion. Also more light sensitive in the dark, but basically no color perception.
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