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qingcharles 759 days ago | parent | on: Boku no Natsuyasumi 2 Gets an English Translation ...
This game looks great! Fantastic job on the translation. I started learning Japanese many years ago just so I could play these untranslated games.
qingcharles 761 days ago | parent | on: IBM Service Training VHS ThinkPad 701C/CS [video]
I wish modern laptops came with a video like this you could watch. Maybe these right-to-repair laws with make it happen.
qingcharles 763 days ago | parent | on: How can Space Invaders Invade Your Space? The Epoc...
I asked GPT-V to translate the box for TV Vader:
The image appears to be the packaging or cover for "EPOCH's TV VADER", which looks like a retro video game. Here's a rough translation of the visible Japanese text:
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EPOCH's TV VADER - The excitement of a space war game now on your TV! - Challenge the formidable enemy formations and achieve the highest score!
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Screen Descriptions:
Leftmost Screen: - You earn 300 points when you defeat the UFO! - The UFO's movements are unpredictable. It's worth 50 to 300 points depending on how you destroy it.
Second from Left: - UFO
Third from Left: - Mystery Score - Shooting down UFOs will reveal mystery scores. - ... (Some text is not fully visible)
Rightmost Screen: - Bonus for shooting down the UFO! - ... (Some text is not fully visible)
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Pink Area at the Bottom: - The enemies change in every round! - Every round, the enemy formations change and become more challenging.
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Score Table: - Round 1: 1 Enemy - Round 2: 2 Enemies - Round 3: 3 Enemies - Round 4: 4 Enemies - ... (the rest is not fully visible)
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Bottom Right: - The button's operation - ... (Some text is not fully visible)
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Barcode Area: - EPOCH CO., LTD - Model Number: DT-30 - ... (Some other details, including what appears to be a patent number)
In the top-right yellow box, I can see a list of features. Here's a translation:
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1. A maximum score of 3480 in one game. 2. 4 levels of enemy formations and a UFO that appears in between. 3. Intense shooting! 21 UFOs! 4. Exciting! When UFOs are shot, mystery scores appear. 5. Challenge mode! Try to achieve the highest score with a 1/5 chance of getting the mystery score. 6. The game gets exciting as the challenge continues.
qingcharles 763 days ago | parent | on: Retro Collectors are Uncovering Hoards of Old Data
In the mid-2000s I had to buy a large quantity of used cellphones from eBay for a test project. 99% of them hadn't been wiped. Most had hundreds of photos on them. A large percentage had nudes and sex tapes of the owners still on them.
- bmonkey325 763 days ago
  kind of like searching IMG_0001.JPG on google. It's kind of crazy what people take as their first photo
qingcharles 765 days ago | parent | on: Columns
I spent manyears playing the Game Gear pack-in version.
You should update the Wikipedia article :)
qingcharles 765 days ago | parent | on: Columns
Non-mobile link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columns_(video_game)
qingcharles 766 days ago | parent | on: Experience should be improved on mobile
On this rule, add some padding-right like this, otherwise the comments bump up against the right-side of the viewport:
```
  @media only screen and (min-width: 390px) and (max-width: 509px)
  .comment {
      max-width: 350px;
      overflow: hidden;
      padding-right: 10px;
  }
```
- jgrahamc 766 days ago
  Added.
qingcharles 766 days ago | parent | on: Apricot Computers
As a kid in England I owned many Sirius 1 and ACT Apricot PCs. I did not actually know until today that the PC and Sirius 1 were compatible. I just knew they were both non-IBM compatible (although a lot of DOS software would just work as long as it didn't try to access the hardware directly).
- jgrahamc 766 days ago
  I actually have an ACT Apricot PC (the one with the LCD softkeys on the keyboard) somewhere...
  - qingcharles 765 days ago
    When I was a kid in the 80s they were a dime-a-dozen at random computer auctions that used to be advertised in Computer Shopper et al. The problem was carrying the damned things home, even with the handle.
    Could never find any software for them, except for hacking up my own.
    Sad to find out recently that Simon Sheppard who was one of the biggest hackers on Sirius 1 / ACT etc and sold almost all the third-party software and hardware in the 80s and 90s turned out to be a little, (how can I put this?) unusual and is currently in prison:
    https://www.heretical.com/
qingcharles 768 days ago | parent | on: Win3mu: emulating 16-bit Windows on modern Windows
We need to add (2016) to the title!
- jgrahamc 768 days ago
  Done!
  - qingcharles 768 days ago
    What's the best way to get your attention when we need fixes like that? You're the new dang now :)
    - jgrahamc 768 days ago
      Well, I am reading all the comments since there aren't that many so far... but if you really, really need to email me then [email protected] works. I'll add that to my profile.
      - ddingus 762 days ago
        Thanks! Also, nice work. I like it here.
qingcharles 768 days ago | parent | on: BlueSCSI Wi-Fi Desk Accessory
That's a great app. We live in crazy times, seeing that screenshot with the Wi-Fi menu option on a classic Mac.
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