The Vintage 8 Bit Collection

@tariusdamon @ID_AA_Carmack I met someone who was hostile to preservation because "we can just make it again. " Why keep anything if we have the ability to recreate it later if we want to?

@ID_AA_Carmack I’ve seen ambivalent but not hostile. Why would someone be hostile to preservation? I’m a big proponent of preserving knowledge. This is especially true in knowledge companies. Seems like… that’d be important. Am I wrong, internet?

Most people just don’t care about preservation, and I occasionally run across people that are actually hostile to it, but I have always been aligned with the Internet Archive’s motto: Save Everything.

@wgoodf It seems a little late for that realisation bud :)

@Lord_Arse Correct answer!

For me, if we're talking pre-Rare Rare, then it's JetPac. If we're talking post-Ultimate Rare, then GoldenEye 007.

When you see the Rare logo, what's the first game that comes to mind?

@blakespot Also available on gog.com gog.com/en/game/llamas…

@romero You only have yourself to blame! ;-)

It does run DOOM.

So, 28 years ago (29 Jan 1996) this happened. This is George Broussard pointing at my computer that is uploading the shareware version of Duke Nukem 3D to Software Creations for the first time. That was my bag then, uploading shareware episodes of games to Software Creations. This one was a big one, unleashing Duke to the world. I spot my trusty USRobotics HST modem on the side there, and my super massive CD burner to the side of the monitor still makes me laugh. One of my Dopefish mugs is to the right of the old CompuServe mouse pad.

@Johan22 @benjedwards AI is nothing without its people AI is people

Ok this is gettin’ weird

CC: @8BitShowAndTell @AgainPlay @ArchivesNZ @arjoll @ausretrogamer @CyndeMoya @FloppyDeepDive @maetl @melswal @ngataonga @NZRetroGamers @ourdigiheritage @OzRetrocomp @publicaddress @vintage8bit The art of joysticks - reinventing the spacies parlour rnz.co.nz/national/progr…

@8BitShowAndTell @kumararepublic @AgainPlay @ArchivesNZ @arjoll @ausretrogamer @CyndeMoya @FloppyDeepDive @maetl @melswal @ngataonga @NZRetroGamers @ourdigiheritage @OzRetrocomp @publicaddress Yes, that's pretty common here :)

@kumararepublic @AgainPlay @ArchivesNZ @arjoll @ausretrogamer @CyndeMoya @FloppyDeepDive @maetl @melswal @ngataonga @NZRetroGamers @ourdigiheritage @OzRetrocomp @publicaddress @vintage8bit So is "spacies" a generic term for arcade machines in New Zealand, derived from Space Invaders?

@Commodork The rated capacity will be at nominal cell voltage, probably 3.7v, and there'll be voltage conversion losses to take into account. Then it's affected by temperature, load and other variables. You'll get less energy delivered at a high discharge rate (e.g. 2A vs 1A). It's messy!

The reason I ask is because I bought a 36,000mAh power bank off of Amazon. I hooked it up to a dummy load with 5v/2a draw and the pack appears to have died after serving about 5,000mAh so either I did something wrong, I'm misunderstanding something, or this thing is doo doo.

Where are my electrician friends at? If I have a USB power bank that holds 10,000mAh, is that number affected by other variables? For example, is it both 10,000mAh at 5v/1a and 5v/2a? I thought it was a constant but I'm second guessing myself.

Ringo-8 is a 64x48 Graphics Library For ZX Spectrum 128KB based on my render engine from Ringo I hope someone will find it useful :) Have fun! github.com/DenisGrachev/R… See ya!

@techknight2 @DosFox1 youtu.be/5LBnMRWeV-E

@DosFox1 whats a corner shop

A bloody sarcophagus has just arrived at my flat After I lugged it from the local corner shop

NZ Retro Magazine is New Zealand's own homegrown retro gaming magazine created by Kiwi legend Karl "After" Burnett (aka "Nick from Shortland Street.") Issue 3 has just been released and it looks great. Available in both print and digital versions. nzretro.com

@burgesst @justJaime2020 @thecomputerclan The one with a notch is an IEC C15 plug/C16 socket and must be rated for higher pin temperatures (120°C). The one without the notch is an IEC C13 plug/C14 socket and is rated for 70°C. They're all rated for the same current, and they're all IEC.

@justJaime2020 @thecomputerclan Don't kettle leads have a notch as they're rated for a higher current than IEC leads?

My fellow tech folk. What do you call this connection? (I know what I call it, but I want to see what others call it…)

I think she misunderstood. They're explaining they had to download the pizza. File. Transfer. Protocol!

@benjedwards My favourite hobby is never getting around to setting up the NTSC-J Dreamcast I picked up last time I was in Japan. And never playing any of the games I bought for it.

My favorite hobby is buying/installing video games and never playing them, apparently

@gedamore @JohnKennedyEsq I loved Turbo Pascal 3.0 and its WordStar style hotkeys. The minimum viable IDE :)

Think back to when you had a 286 or 386 based PC (the rest of you can get back to your avocado toast 😉 ) - what was your favorite development platform / tool / IDE?

With a week out from the con, we wanted to shout out to all our sponsors! 💸 We wouldn't be able to keep tickets cheap and still put on a ✨sparkly show✨without their help - and they really just do it for the renown, acclaim, and warm fuzzies

@RavenWorks @a2_4am My father coined the term "offsite precautionary backup" to describe what me and my mates were doing with games in the 80s.

"unnecessary" quotation marks

We are hosting Born Digital Cultural Heritage, a free online conference, 16-18 Feb 2022, in conjunction with partners @ACMI & @AARNet. Conference program & speakers: playitagainproject.com/conference Register at ow.ly/Cc2j50HG56w #gamehistory #digitalpreservation #digipres