I’ve only met one person I know from RUclips and that was the Macintosh Librarian! I was wondering if I would meet Clint from LGR or the 8-bit Guy but I think they’re at the southwest VC event.
I was there on Saturday. That was one of my favorite parts of the show; using new technology to keep the old technology alive. One of the exhibitors built a board to emulate the floppy drive on an Apple IIc, with a bunch of software on it.
I agree! The retro consoles also are gettinv modern mods too! I love the retro community keeping these things alive! As time goes on, they risk being lost to time.
You're welcome! Back in the day, we didn't go gaga over GPUs. We did that with sound cards and synthesizers. 😅. Even in modern times when I was building my retro PC, I had a hard time finding the "best" sound card because everything had a flaw of some sort (hanging note, ADPCM support, not genuine OPL2/3 etc). I owned an old DX2-66 Packard Bell so your example brought me back in time. ♥️
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It's amusing pulling up a video on retro computers and seeing someone you know behind a table. 🙂
I’ve only met one person I know from RUclips and that was the Macintosh Librarian! I was wondering if I would meet Clint from LGR or the 8-bit Guy but I think they’re at the southwest VC event.
It's amazing all the recent add-ons people have made to keep these things going.
I was there on Saturday. That was one of my favorite parts of the show; using new technology to keep the old technology alive. One of the exhibitors built a board to emulate the floppy drive on an Apple IIc, with a bunch of software on it.
I agree! The retro consoles also are gettinv modern mods too! I love the retro community keeping these things alive! As time goes on, they risk being lost to time.
Thanks for the detailed look at my exhibit (OPL Archive)! I see you noticed my Packard Bell has some unusual mods :)
You're welcome! Back in the day, we didn't go gaga over GPUs. We did that with sound cards and synthesizers. 😅. Even in modern times when I was building my retro PC, I had a hard time finding the "best" sound card because everything had a flaw of some sort (hanging note, ADPCM support, not genuine OPL2/3 etc). I owned an old DX2-66 Packard Bell so your example brought me back in time. ♥️
If you got an old PC you should go for PicoGUS for having decent MIDI sound. (Yamaha XG, Roland GS)
I'll be looking into it when I get a chance to set up and play with my retro computers again.
I bought a PicoGUS at the festival, sound is great!
Can barely hear you due to the music.
That's okay. I'm not saying anything too important. Just narrating for myself. 😅