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The first two photos were processed in August 1966 and show two kids (siblings?) sitting on a couch. I think one of these must be reversed because they are clearly sitting on opposite ends of the couch and you can still see the leg of the boy in the first picture in the second picture as well. The third photo has no date but was also presumably taken in the mid to late 1960s. It shows the lady featured in many of the photos in this batch with three kids (though none appear to be the same as the kids in the first two). I'm guessing maybe grand-kids. For more info and photos from this set: https://hive.blog/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-ebay-set-1-b73fc4e48609c

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Random Usenet post of the day: --- Subject: Re: XE130 vs. C=128 & CoCo 3 - What Happened? From: "Ronald J. Hall" <dark_lord@charter.net> Date: Mon, 13 Jun 2005 14:20:36 -0400 Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Organization: DarkForce! References: <1118676737.882649.207010@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com> <1118683234.029996.232050@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> User-agent: Pan/0.14.2 (This is not a psychotic episode. It's a cleansing moment of clarity.) Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.sys.atari.8bit:5364 On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:20:34 -0700, stephensheppard wrote: > You know a lot more about the subject than I ever did but by 1985 and > 1986 very few people I know were giving serious looks at Atari 8-bit. > With many models being sold exclusively in department stores/toy stores > they were hard to take seriously. The 520ST and 1040STE were where > many Atari fans were looking but they weren't satisfied with what they > found. Man, I was ecstatic when I got my first 520ST! First time I popped the Starglider floppy in and a digitized song came out - wow. Then came Dungeon Master, and I lost literally months of my life... :-) --- https://www.megalextoria.com/usenet_archive/comp.sys.atari.8bit/msg11056.html

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Random Usenet post of the day: --- Subject: Re: thing desktop the best From: louis@holleman.demon.nl (Louis) Date: 1998/11/29 Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Organization: Demon NL References: <73onus$4v5$1@roch.zetnet.co.uk> <3a236f0c38411@ford-trucks.com> <73q7ik$qdv$8@news.campus.mci.net> <3660E250.DF5446E7@bulli.com> <73roq1$suo$1@roch.zetnet.co.uk> on Sun 29-11-98 15:21 kevin dermott wrote: >> >>Thing is awsome. I still religiously believe Jinnee is better. For magiC users >>that is. > >i have both ,jinnee i find jinnee slow with some of my folders that >contain 100's of files, and one thing i can't live without are the >grp's,also jinnee is about 4x the price of thing >Kevin > Hi Kev, you don't have to live without Groups with Jinnee... :-) Create a directory with appropriate name, press CTL and ALT and drag the file(s) you want in the group to the dir. Hey Presto! and you've got another symbolic link. -- CU NeXT msg, ____________________________________ | | L O U I S | Email: louis@holleman.demon.nl | | http://www.holleman.demon.nl | |____________________________________| --- https://www.megalextoria.com/usenet_archive/comp.sys.atari.st/msg89477.html

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Random Usenet posting of the day: --- Subject: Re: IWD?where to find the switch in the vale of shadows? From: trickle@clara.co.uk (Trickle) Date: 2000/07/28 Newsgroups: alt.games.baldurs-gate Organization: No.1 References: <AjZf5.15174$t%4.125710@typhoon.kc.rr.com> Reply-to: Trickle "Brian Brandos" <tshonkwiler@kscable.com> wrote: >I can't seem th find a way to open the door with all the gears connected to >it. I could use some help... Look beeeehind yoooou! (you also need that +10 hit point amulet to operate the switch - which in turn requires you to have another key to open a door.... which is behind another door etc etc. Just clear out the rooms behind the 4 doors in the gear room and you will get what you need. iirc, 2 doors in the gear room were hard to see due to the angle they were at and in the shadows) --- https://www.megalextoria.com/usenet_archive/alt.games.baldurs-gate/msg154242.html

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Final Fantasy is one of the seminal games for the original NES. It was the game the brought Japanese style RPGs to the North American masses and has spawned countless sequels, spinoffs, ports and remakes as well as plenty of imitators. I've always preferred the more American style D&D type RPGs myself but there can be no doubt of the influence and impact of this game. Read more: https://blurt.blog/retrogaming/@darth-azrael/final-fantasy-nes

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The next two photos were processed in September 1965. They look like they were taken in a park next to a lake or possibly river. The first shows a younger man. I'm not sure if that is his son in the background or just a random photo bomber. You can see cars and canoes in the distance. The second shows an older couple standing behind their car. You can see the water in the distance. I'm not certain this was the same park but it looks like it probably was. For more info and other photos in this set, see https://hive.blog/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-ebay-set-1-298d5523305a6

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Random Usenet posting of the day: --- Subject: Re: Confused !!!#*@!!! From: John Twernbold <jtwernbold@remove-this.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2002 17:55:46 GMT Newsgroups: alt.games.half-life References: <NRUx8.2183$ry2.300370@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <aa9e7v$90j12$1@ID-137943.news.dfncis.de> <aa9f25$8ua3b$1@ID-47035.news.dfncis.de> User-agent: Xnews/L5 Xref: archiver1.google.com alt.games.half-life:75000 CaptFarrell wrote: > I think it was 1.0.0.9 (not too sure) Yep, it was 1009. Up until that point, HL patches were generally only a couple megs in size. The 1009 was a mammoth 20MB, and they've been getting bigger ever since. -- Bold aka John Twernbold jtwernbold (at) yahoo.com

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Random Usenet posting of the day: --- Upgrade to a PB Executive P60 I've been asked by a friend if his PB exec P60 can be upgraded in anyway. Whilst a memory and processor upgrade should by fairly straightforward I'm not too sure about the upgrade from Win3.11 to Win9.x. I encountered problems upgrading a PB P120 (not sure of model) to Win 98 as I couldn't find any drivers for the multi-purpose peripheral card. Any advise will be greatly accepted. Cheers PJ (Please reply through news grp) --- https://www.megalextoria.com/usenet_archive/alt.sys.pc-clone.packardbell/msg29925.html

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The Hewlett Packard p7-1012 is a great example of why you don't want to buy "big box" store computers off the shelf. On the one hand, it looks ok and while it has a fairly low-end CPU even for the time, there is at least a fairly substantial upgrade path. However, on the other hand, it only has a 250 watt power supply and while it can be upgraded from a dual-core cpu to a hexa-core CPU, the top of the range is off limits because of motherboard power restrictions. Worst of all, this computer has no PCI x16 slot. That limits you to something like the nVidia GT 710 if you are thinking about a video card upgrade. Given the pitiful power supply, you couldn't do a whole lot better even if you did have an x16 slot. Read more: https://hive.blog/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-hp-pavilion-p7 #retrocomputing #DigitalArchaeology

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The TRS-80 Color Computer seemed like the black sheep of the 8-bit world. School’s mostly used Apple IIs, Commodore produced the most successful and popular 8-bit computer of all time with the Commodore 64 and Atari was there at the beginning with the best games playing computer of its time (until the Commodore 64 came along anyway). The TRS-80 Color Computer was also there early on and was commercially available almost as long as the Commodore 64. However, outside of Radio Shack, it seems like you never heard anything about it. While Radio Shack supported it well for a long time, third party support was weaker than it was for most other 8-bit computers at the time. It was barely covered in multi-format magazines and dedicated magazines were few and far between, however, Color Computer Magazine was one such magazine. The January 1984 issue of Color Computer Magazine included the following: Read more: https://hive.blog/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/color-computer-magazine-january-1984-3a12c52af8c9e #retrocomputing #ColorComputer #TRS80

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From the program: Traditional Belly Dancing Time: 2:20 PM – 3:10 PM Basic Belly Dance and Movement to Music. This seminar will present basic dance movements that can be used for exercise, entertainment, or for performance in skits. Watch the video here: https://hive.blog/hive-181335/@darth-azrael/ycppelrv #MegaCon #BellyDancing

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There aren't any dates on any of the slides in this set but they all would have been taken in the mid to late 1960s. The first three appear to be from a birthday celebration of the guy featured in the first photo. There was another photo from the same party in the previous set and as mentioned there, his birthday (or at least when he was celebrating it) must have fallen on St. Patrick's Day given the preponderance of the color green, clovers, and other indicators. The first photo features the birthday boy with some of his presents. Not sure if the Excedrin was one of them but maybe it was to help with the hangover that would be induced by the bottle of alcohol. The second photo shows a lady in a walking cast. For more info and photos from this set, see https://hive.blog/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-ebay-set-1-c39b30de3b49b #slides #vintage #photos #film #photography #Kodak #Kodachrome

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The Colonel's Bequest, while perhaps somewhat less well known than some of Sierra's other releases, is a graphics adventure game of a somewhat similar style to the King's Quest series. It was released in 1989 for DOS based computers and then ported to the Amiga and Atari ST in 1990. Compared to other Sierra/Roberta Williams adventure games, this one is a little less puzzle oriented (though there are still puzzles to solve) and a little more focused on solving the mystery of the character. Read more: https://hive.blog/hive-140217/@darth-azrael/the-colonel-s-bequest-dos #retrogaming #retrocomputing #Sierra #RobertaWilliams #gaming

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Electronic Games was really the grandfather of all video gaming magazines. It’s life was cut somewhat short by the video game crash of 1982/83 but the influence of it and its creators carried on throughout the life of video gaming journalism. Of course, in print form at least, that seems to be pretty much over today. The July 1982 issue of Electronic Games includes: Read more: https://hive.blog/retrogaming/@darth-azrael/electronic-games-july-1982-429d58c8ae8b5 #retrogaming

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There aren't any dates on any of the slides in this set but they all would have been taken in the mid to late 1960s. The first photo appears to be a continuation of the last set and features the same dinner/event. The second is a dinner for what is clear another event, this one much fancier...perhaps a wedding reception. For more info and additional photos in this set, see https://hive.blog/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-ebay-set-1-ce832b468e2ab #slides #vintage #photos #film #photography #Kodak #Kodachrome

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Super Princess Peach was released for the Nintendo DS in 2006 (2005 in Japan). As a game obviously aimed at young girls, this is not something I played or would have had an interest in at the time. Having said that, as a platform game, it is more or less on par with similar games featuring Super Mario. Read more: https://hive.blog/hive-140217/@darth-azrael/super-princess-peach-nintendo-ds #retrogaming #NintendoDS #SuperPrincessPeach #gaming

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Maximum PC and its predecessor 'boot' has always been by far my favorite computer related magazine. Maximum PC is still published today which is surprising given the state of magazines in general. I buy an issue occasionally and they seem to have maintained their quality fairly well. Anyway, the August/September 1996 issue was the very first one and featured the first 'Dream Machine' which they've had every year since. At times they have gotten a bit absurd with that with things like multi-thousand dollar custom cases, etc. but I digress. This issue includes: Read more: https://hive.blog/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/boot-august-september-1996 #retrocomputing #DOS #Windows #Pentium