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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: Re: Too many computers...
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:10:03 -0000 (UTC)
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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 23:49 this Sunday (GMT):
> Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
>> On Sun, 19 Jan 2025 10:23:30 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
>> <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> >In the meantime, maybe I should get rid of some of my computer games?
>> >;-)
>
>> Never. I still have all of my  games going back to the C-64 days. The
>> only games I ever owned and don't own anymore are my Atari 2600 games
>> but I am not upset over them. Well, ok, I miss Adventure a little bit.
>> That was my favorite game on the system.
>
>> I did, however, get rid of all the extra computers, monitors and other
>> assorted hardware crap I had lying around a number of years ago. I
>> still don't regret that decision. As Dimensional Traveler pointed out,
>> the games are the reason I kept those computers around. But then
>> DosBox came along and I decided those computers and all the hardware
>> for them weren't necessary anymore.
>
>> The only old hardware I still have and use are my Roland SCC-1 and
>> external midi modules.
>
> Now the question is: Do you all still use these old stuff? ;) I still 
> use my old analog 3.5mm audio speakers, VGA, DVI, Belkin OmniCube KVM 
> from Y2K (how in the world does it still work today?), PS/2 clicky 
> keyboard and mouses, Casio Data Bank 150 calculator watch, etc. At 
> least, those are still useful to me. :)


Oh man, I used to wear one of those calculator watches. I still
technically have it, but the battery has long ceased to work.
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