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Silly money...

#retrotech #nostalgia

Found another surprising use for the "Scout Mode" of my 11 years old Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZX: clearing up garbled/boxy audio in online-calls/video-conferencing. This killed 90% of the digital "artifacting" from highly compressed audio, making voices that much clearer.
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#soundblaster
About time to upgrade from Windows 98!
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(just kidding... upgrading the Athlon 64 because I'm building another machine with an Athlon XP for Win98 😏)
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#retrocomputing #retrocomputers #retrogaming #pcgaming #windows2000

Having fun like it's Y2K...

Thanks to
@geekenspiel for helping to bring back some good old memories!

#RetroComputing #RetroGaming

Dusting off this treasured box in time for LGR's next video... ⏳

#RetroGaming #SimCity

After a long break, I'm back with another video: https://youtu.be/jtTXFQVu60M This one has been in the works for a loooong time! In this video I share a bit of my history with mechanical keyboards and go about modding the first ever 60% production keyboard to ship with a metal case: the
Vortex KBTalking Pure Limited Edition from 2012.

After years searching for one of these elusive 240MB SuperDisk drives (that didn't cost silly money on eBay)… Finally got lucky! A sealed “Que!” US branded drive (a rebranded Japanese Panasonic) for the same price it cost when it was launched in 2001: $175. Will most definitely test its legendary ability to record 32MB of data on a regular 1.44MB #Floppy

#RetroTech #RetroComputing

Waited literally years for an opportunity to buy a Raspberry Pi 4 (for its actual price, that is). it’s finally here! A Browservice "proxy" server coming up soon: https://github.com/ttalvitie/browservice

#raspberrypi

GitHub - ttalvitie/browservice: Browservice: Browse the modern web on historical browsers

Browservice: Browse the modern web on historical browsers - ttalvitie/browservice

GitHub

Unboxing a sealed #Logitech MX518 and a sealed copy of the original Medal of Honor, and playing on my completely OP #WindowsXP rig (after an exhausting work week)... Saturday's can't get much better than this really! 🤘😎

#RetroGaming

I guess I can finally get organized... (and possibly even help AMC with their "Oppenheimer" IMAX projections 😂👉https://www.theverge.com/23801118/imax-movie-palm-pilot-oppenheimer ) #palm #palmpilot #palmos #pda
Here’s why 70mm IMAX movies like Oppenheimer need a Palm Pilot to work

In IMAX theaters around the world, Oppenheimer will play in its full 70mm glory. In the projection booth, a Palm m130 will help make it happen.

The Verge