Kadesh Vex

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I love old tech and old games and consoles, and still run a classic games-oriented BBS on a vintage 486 computer hosted on OS/2. telnet://sacrebase.mywire.org:486
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Show threadKadesh VexApr 16, 2025
@CatRyan: Flannel in the US means about the same thing as what you describe, but it is most strongly associated with shirts made out of that material, and nearly always has a tartan-esque pattern. In fact, if something made of that material doesn't have that type of pattern, we will refer to it as "flannel material" to clarify. When folks in the US talk about "a flannel" they are specifically referring to a shirt made of that fabric with that pattern.
Kadesh VexMar 11, 2025
@RenewedRebecca I love the convenience of mine and would have a hard time going back. That being said, the following negatives are something to take into account. 1. They aren't terribly fast transitioning, especially from full sun. 2. They don't quite get dark enough to replace sunglasses on, say, a sunny day on a white sand beach. 3. Performance degrades over time and has a life expectancy of about 2 years.
Show threadKadesh VexMar 8, 2025
@Sonic2k: You know, when they announced Windows 11 I was hopeful. The application sandboxing feature that requires the TPM sounded a lot like QubesOS without being, well, QubesOS. But the other "features".. telemetry data out the wazoo, the requirement for a Microsoft account whether I want one or not, ads in the OS!!, etc. I'm not sure what I'm switching to, but I'm about done.
Kadesh VexFeb 11, 2025
@StellaFoxxie: Maaaaaybe. If you become the lead maintainer of an open source project you know for sure that you've crossed the line though! And incidentally you out yourself as a masochist at the same time.
Kadesh VexJan 22, 2025
@StellaFoxxie: You can check the hardware compatibility list here https://www.morphos-team.net/hardware and see if your model supports MorphOS. Then you can have a perfectly fine Amiga-like experience.
MorphOS - Hardware

Show threadKadesh VexJan 11, 2025
@VintageProject: Standardization "happened" rather than being planned for, so a lot transitional period cases came with a combination of mounting holes and longer slots machined in that would fit a variety of screw placements. I don't have any currently, but some even had a combination of slots with larger hole cutouts giving them a serrated look.
Show threadKadesh VexOct 8, 2024
@aperezdc: All good, and I'm curious to see how this turns out if you actually do it. We did try a couple of times to use passive hubs in certain use cases, but if there are any issues at all, from the card to the cabling to the computer bus, you end up with RECONs killing performance. The powered active hubs did some correcting for irregularities that passive hubs couldn't. The standard evolved a little bit after we moved to Ethernet. Later specs may allow for point to point connections.
Show threadKadesh VexOct 7, 2024
@aperezdc: This sounds like a fun project. The limiting factor will be finding a working ARCnet hub since the architecture requires it. If you can find a Thomas Conrad one, they tended to be more reliable and durable than the myriad of cheap ones we used to use at my first IT job.
Kadesh VexSep 19, 2024
@livinglavidaretro: To be fair, this isn't a new problem. People who do not understand computers have been expected to use them as a basic universal tool for their work, whatever that happens to be. Now we have decided that software development is a basic universal skill that all children should learn. Computing devices are basically magic boxes to a large percentage of the population to this day, so we can expect there to be gaps in this education.
Show threadKadesh VexMar 29, 2024
@SinclairSpeccy: Holy smokes, I haven't thought about Yggdrasil in ages. I still have my old LGX installation media laying around here (pre Plug and Play Linux). Might be worthwhile to dig it out and give it a try on some vintage equipment.