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nickt 589 days ago | parent | on: List of Vector arcade video games
After reading the "Star Wars on Vectrex" article [1], I went down a bit of a rabbit hole. I've always loved the look of vector graphics and sent way too much money as a kind on the likes of Lunar Lander, Tempest, Asteroids and we had a sit-down Star Wars machine in the local arcade that was just plain awesome with the audio cranked up to 11.
Anyway, I was surprised to see that there are a bunch of vector arcade machine I've not heard of. Eliminator looks like some great two-player action! [2]
[1] https://twostopbits.com/item?id=2152
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4M7CsMmBF8
- bmonkey325 589 days ago
  Star castle was a favorite from this list a cross between Asteroids and Yars Revenge.
  Also. Rip Off was fun to play with a partner.
nickt 589 days ago | parent | on: Star Wars on Vectrex
That's a neat solution. I spent enough on Tempest as a kid I should've probably just done what you have years ago. Then just a sit-down Star Wars, Asteroids, obviously Battlezone and then my other massive consumer of 10p pieces - Lunar Lander.
I wonder what a vector future would have looked like if raster hadn't won?
nickt 589 days ago | parent | on: Star Wars on Vectrex
That looks awesome. Sounds like it'll work [1] on my PiTrex [2] - which is worth having if you're a Vectrex owner
[1] https://forums.atariage.com/topic/355106-pitrex-star-wars/
[2] http://www.ombertech.com/cnk/pitrex/wiki/index.php
nickt 589 days ago | parent | on: Banyan VINES resurrection
The young'uns today spoiled with their Ethernet and TCP/IP! I have this T-Shirt (this is the one at the CHM), but it reminds me what internetworking was all about in the 90's. I remember listenening to the clicks in the Token Ring MSAU's and learning all about DEC LAT at 0200 on a Friday morning while in the SBC office in London...
https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/networking/19/376...
nickt 590 days ago | parent | on: The working prototype of my cyberdeck is complete.
There’s something I’d not seen before, the Sakhr AX-370. It’s a Kuwaiti MSX, based on the Sanyo PHC-70FD. Very 80’s cybervibes.
https://www.msx.org/wiki/Sakhr_AX-370
https://www.msx.org/wiki/Sanyo_WAVY_PHC-70FD
nickt 635 days ago | parent | on: Papercraft models of vintage computers
Yeah, but the Speccy comes with a tin of beans!
- jgrahamc 635 days ago
  Yes. I saw that. What a nice touch.
nickt 659 days ago | parent | on: Ctrl+Alt Museum retrocomputing museum photos
Olivetti always had a style of their own. I miss that with today’s machines.
Just look at those teletypes - bolt it to the floor lads!
- amoroso 658 days ago
  Commodore machines for businesses were pretty slick too.
nickt 659 days ago | parent | on: Galaga: an Arcade machine emulator for Windows and...
That link isn’t working for me, looks like it got a bit munged at the end. This one works:
https://paoloseverini.wordpress.com/2016/02/13/galaga-an-arc.../
- jgrahamc 658 days ago
  Fixed the link. Thanks!
nickt 661 days ago | parent | on: Raster CRT Typography (According to DEC)
Yes, agreed it’s an amazing piece of work - thanks for sharing. After decades I finally understand why I like those old school terminal fonts so much.
- bmonkey325 661 days ago
  Same. I used to feel highly indulgent for paying for Berkeley Mono but at the end of the day. Need to life with flair
  https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono/
nickt 698 days ago | parent | on: OS/2 Warp, PowerPC Edition
In case you missed it, that whole site is a trove of IBM-esque information.
http://ps-2.kev009.com/
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