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Post #AlGmnCkvSFjLSvtgHY by [email protected] |
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Laptops from System76 and Framework are always advertising that they work well … |
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Post #AlGnP1WTfQWzdCAkpU by [email protected] |
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@foone They went hard on that Serpentine font!Babylon 5, eat your heart out! |
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Post #AlGnaBtnQgMGzuP9FY by [email protected] |
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the funny thing about this computer? it's one of the first ones I've se… |
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Post #AlGoMYCDpeSM3E5CCG by [email protected] |
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@foone ...will you be showing us this beautiful beast?Does it still boot? |
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Post #AlGobXOP6NCDu1vXf6 by [email protected] |
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@foone Full computing functionality <3 |
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Post #AlGouyPor7JnDMrBfE by [email protected] |
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they still left personal info on it, though.I KNOW ABOUT YOUR SPANISH BAND'… |
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Post #AlGp2zlHjanVhriqci by [email protected] |
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@foone it's bandcamp friday |
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Post #AlGpL4LrPLXT9dRs80 by [email protected] |
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This is a brother Personal Digital Notebook. A very dirty one that's missin… |
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Post #AlGpcij4YA8rIQirC4 by [email protected] |
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Inside.It's a GeoBook 10.4" Color! |
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Post #AlGptl84rrbHfmXjmK by [email protected] |
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So this was a computer designed for people who just needed something cheap to d… |
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Post #AlGptnq6n80e4v9vge by [email protected] |
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IT LIVES! |
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Post #AlGq18B3ZeWbBMS4My by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] even with email! |
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Post #AlGq9YFiVkPqMyeA6a by [email protected] |
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@foone Picturing this: |
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Post #AlGqb3YSEpU9GpWhWa by [email protected] |
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@foone With the colorful stickers intact no less :D |
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Post #AlGqtwF7eCoE5yUIT2 by [email protected] |
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Yeah here's our main menu. The obvious office stuff, internet, file manager… |
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Post #AlGqtyuJk0wwMJmDxI by [email protected] |
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hey look, the file manager says there's a command.com on the F:\Does that m… |
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Post #AlGqtzgspRnWmwV0ee by [email protected] |
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Yep it sure is. |
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Post #AlGqu0T5wCMXCT3Vnk by [email protected] |
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made a DOS 6.22 bootdisk. Let's see if it'll boot that. |
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Post #AlGrNshJOSA1mrx15E by [email protected] |
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@foone ripe for geoworks ensembleedit: sweet jesus. i hadn't noticed the st… |
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Post #AlGrRRbG5FdIu5onpY by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] maybe some derivative Windows 3.x? |
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Post #AlGrWGhI2z7OXNwLFA by [email protected] |
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@foone You're clearly not from Barcelona then |
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Post #AlGrd1vdM4YQlCsDGy by [email protected] |
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@fooneI'm waiting! |
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Post #AlGruonGveFVEgRbsG by [email protected] |
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nope. it doesn't seem to boot off floppies. But I was able to use the comma… |
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Post #AlGs40kppQz2wBgiDA by [email protected] |
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@foone weird |
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Post #AlGsNrQAEut5mYU5Oi by [email protected] |
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@foone ante-literam eeePC |
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Post #AlGsWBxfkqHznu88GW by [email protected] |
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@foone of COURSE it’s ROM-DOS |
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Post #AlGskg8MN4PjR62Lb6 by [email protected] |
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@fooneI vaguely remember seeing these in stores like Staples years ago. I think… |
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Post #AlGsw9HULJBD1ImB2O by [email protected] |
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I ran some tests. System Information says it's a 33mhz 386SX. |
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Post #AlGt8yNgBFVUyimqYq by [email protected] |
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GEOS's mouse config says you can switch to an external serial mouse. also l… |
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Post #AlGt8yU3nWbxIVlwVU by [email protected] |
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the first serial mouse I plug in appears to have dead horizontal tracking. god … |
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Post #AlGt8yZNTkrfZ0GBnM by [email protected] |
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@foone oh, bother |
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Post #AlGu7RGBwA6jv97Isi by [email protected] |
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@foone EeePC before the EeePC and its clones just before the 2010’s! °0°Or … |
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Post #AlGuQEh4smpwRtej20 by [email protected] |
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@foone Gotta ask... how is that a mouse? As in, where are the left and right mo… |
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Post #AlGuQEnSV3wOlgdoye by [email protected] |
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@kbkarma it's very uncomfortable to use! and the buttons are his eyebrows |
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Post #AlGuR3PoIkKNl6y9hI by [email protected] |
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@foone INTERNET? OMG WHAT IS THAT |
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Post #AlGuneLJgcBOesdqhU by [email protected] |
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@jordan no, brother. brother made this laptop! |
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Post #AlGvZjG4iKFRns7Ftg by [email protected] |
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@foone how does a PS/2 mouse know a Serial adapter has been plugged in? Do they… |
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Post #AlGwDEWOPbSC3faMq0 by [email protected] |
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okay I got it working with a much more boring mouse.once @gewt gets out of her … |
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Post #AlGwDHDMOp0oPVhi5Y by [email protected] |
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oh hey it still has credentials saved for the previous user's ISP |
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Post #AlGwDI0dRcQYsKl3tQ by [email protected] |
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it's also got a PCMCIA port. so maybe I could shove an ethernet card in the… |
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Post #AlGwDImqYMzZHrJZ2W by [email protected] |
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or a hard drive card big enough to let me run DOOM |
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Post #AlGwDJZPdnq9iU2Ljs by [email protected] |
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OKAY I dug through my PCMCIA box a little.We've got some storage adapters, … |
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Post #AlGwDKMKhuyKACvPzU by [email protected] |
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the manual implies that the PCMCIA slot is only for storage. So far it hasn'… |
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Post #AlGwDL8XofXKZjTv8a by [email protected] |
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and that they'll sell you 4mb or 10mb cards.those fuckers better not have s… |
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Post #AlGwcdeK7kdREMPRMe by [email protected] |
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@foone Motif? |
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Post #AlGwld8NPQdOErko2S by [email protected] |
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@thejpster Something like that, yeah. Or they wire it so that if they're pl… |
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Post #AlGwtc755YibOBxGF6 by [email protected] |
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@crobbler the fun part is that the main reason it can't run doom is a lack … |
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Post #AlGx0dltK0peYjOUkK by [email protected] |
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@foone If memory serves me, PC GEOS UI was based (if not ported) from MOTIF for… |
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Post #AlGxkMGijFPDb1c8G0 by [email protected] |
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@foone seems like it's ergonomically designed. |
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Post #AlGymhl7tmvCmTWExk by [email protected] |
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@foone I just spent far too long reading https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2023/06/o-… |
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Post #AlGyv1NYpufZwoShs0 by [email protected] |
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@gabriel good question! |
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Post #AlGzGmGngxoXSUfr7Y by [email protected] |
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@foone Maybe they opened it to harvest all of the solid states. |
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Post #AlGzgM1NuFr9ZxewHg by [email protected] |
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@foone they know the existence of the Pentium/66 so... 1996 or 1997? |
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Post #AlH07lPDdTRC7ssSoa by [email protected] |
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okay I got a 10mb drive to work. now to install Doom on it |
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Post #AlH07o5TfKQeRWfExc by [email protected] |
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WHAT? 10mb isn't enough for Doom?! |
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Post #AlH07osOjRYotFYJDE by [email protected] |
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I tried to put disk #2 of Doom onto a spare floppy labeled "BIBLE" fo… |
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Post #AlH07pffmEyZM4bf16 by [email protected] |
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HOLY FLORKING SCHNIT THE WEB BROWSER WORKS |
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Post #AlH07qSaqM6jnnUjGi by [email protected] |
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has anyone made a GEOS mastodon client yet? |
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Post #AlH1P1r7pNZa1Rj8Xw by [email protected] |
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@the_turtle This program might be newer than the computer |
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Post #AlH1ZJ4Ggla2Ifm7yC by [email protected] |
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@foone I don't think I ever owned this many. Although I did have a rare pri… |
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Post #AlH1ZJBiF5XEflG4Zc by [email protected] |
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@markemer heh. these are just the ones I pulled out of the box.I have way, way … |
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Post #AlH1vaYULrJsuJXGIy by [email protected] |
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@foone took me a moment to remember why you can't show this in china lol |
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Post #AlH2CXODNIaU0noOhs by [email protected] |
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@foone @gewt Can't do direct PPP over serial with a serial mouse connected.… |
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Post #AlH2OvAcmg35F3MO9I by [email protected] |
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@[email protected] of course it is. it´s the bible. |
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Post #AlH2ehOFmo3r8XG5Am by [email protected] |
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@foone If they did, it's probably the sort that you can defeat with a paper… |
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Post #AlH2sxxayZaYa8amzQ by [email protected] |
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okay I finally got a copy of Doom on there.and it doesn't work! it hangs af… |
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Post #AlH2t0dr0Qa0tmNZ8S by [email protected] |
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I think I accidentally deleted the browser |
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Post #AlH35MOPxhNNpj33QG by [email protected] |
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@foone Is this schnit Schnetscape, Schninternet Explorer or schnomething else e… |
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Post #AlH35MU5cbug7JhaGO by [email protected] |
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@rezmason I'm not sure yet. I'm trying to figure it out. |
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Post #AlH3FNtlDeR1OlULzc by [email protected] |
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@foone aha. DOS 6.22 was summer of 1994... |
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Post #AlH3bUeEnxdshdlodk by [email protected] |
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@foone ah, memories! GEOS was my the first gui environment i had much exposure … |
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Post #AlH3k230VgmIbeQZBw by [email protected] |
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okay I found an article about this thing which includes some disk images:https:… |
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Post #AlH3xLTnZbPQdeJ6zQ by [email protected] |
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some interesting hacking of it here:https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2023/06/o-broth… |
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Post #AlH4wWc6n8n4poMo2i by [email protected] |
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@foone I had one of those! It required a separate driver in order to run on Win… |
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Post #AlH5nRxUpUPZkGbiOe by [email protected] |
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@foone Thanks for introducing me to <www.tim.org>! |
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Post #AlH72TgylZ0zQ5bxj6 by [email protected] |
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@foone is this the same geos brand as on the commodore 64 |
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Post #AlH72Tn0P9primQm7U by [email protected] |
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@Runner yes |
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Post #AlH7D5HXrZdstklwR6 by [email protected] |
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@foone Sweet Simian Zaius! |
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Post #AlH8QV1FaH0ORJ6xEG by [email protected] |
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@foone TFW you are so old but you remember &HB800 and how to do the box sha… |
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Post #AlHFaz7TE4SiMvy2vw by [email protected] |
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@foone clean the ball?... |
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Post #AlHH37owZJWpPxHfVI by [email protected] |
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@foone @thejpster according to us patent 5920734, a prior art system has power … |
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Post #AlHJEKGkpEDD7UlEZ6 by [email protected] |
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@foone If “geoduck” is pronounced “gooey-duck” then “GeoBook” must … |
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Post #AlHRkLGJT6bz6DKdPc by [email protected] |
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@foone Still one of my favourite expansion option for laptops |
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Post #AlHXfqvauL55aOspbk by [email protected] |
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@foone what is this GEOS 3.0? I still remember GeoWorks Ensemble being heralded… |
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Post #AlHglWkdjhoCKmXYX2 by [email protected] |
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@foone I'm not sure if I want to know why that's the "first" … |
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Post #AlHgvXnGiPtmSlXvLU by [email protected] |
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@foone I've used GEOS on the C64 a lot back in the day (2020)! |
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Post #AlHhTamC8GMJYkHNFg by [email protected] |
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@foone That CW tho 😂 |
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Post #AlI84JvULCiqp3ng4O by [email protected] |
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@foone Now it's time for telnet client |
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Post #AlJ5KDit4CilVpkwUq by [email protected] |
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@foone Nokia used Geos on their early Communicator phones too. I think until 92… |
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Post #AlJ8Cqb0xBzjcYFXJw by [email protected] |
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@apzpins yeah, I've got some of those! And an HP omniGo which also uses it |
