Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: Too many computers... Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 20:10:03 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <2bmdndSvs88ZEhD6nZ2dnZfqnPWdnZ2d@earthlink.com> Injection-Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2025 21:10:04 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="cbb63589682654cc492502dd0716edfa"; logging-data="1378222"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+Hy+kK70goedIchcHZUAvoMkrrufEUu53e+Smg7dL0jQ==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:GIrupQaiQJLaM8tIi9GoDWUkcfk= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 23:49 this Sunday (GMT): > Mike S. wrote: >> On Sun, 19 Jan 2025 10:23:30 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson >> 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. -- user is generated from /dev/urandom