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arcadeshopper

@arcadeshopper@mastodon.social

insert quarter here - arcade games, pinball, classic technology - BBS online since 1983 https://thekeep.net
Arcade games and classic computer buy sell trade parts and accessories - https://arcadeshopper.com

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MLE_online, to random
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I spent too long this morning trying to figure out why my internet was down, only to find out that it wasn't. My macbook just decided it didn't want to talk to my wireless router anymore. And then it just refused to accept the password I've been using for my wifi for ages -- even though my other computer can log on with that password just fine.

arcadeshopper,
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@MLE_online you need to remove the wireless network and put it back in again. Something is corrupt windows does this too. Actually

arcadeshopper,
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@MLE_online might have to reset your entire network settings then.. https://cleanmymac.com/faq/reset-network-settings-mac

paulrickards, to retrocomputing
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A Hayes appreciation post.

arcadeshopper,
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@paulrickards my recent pickup

MLE_online, to random
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Renaissance faire actors should spice up eclipse days by unexpectedly showing up at viewing parties in full medieval garb at the height of the darkness, screaming about how god has forsaken mankind and tearing at their tunics

arcadeshopper,
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@MLE_online if you could just coordinate the eclipse to happen on faire days.. this would be granted I'm sure..

ifixcoinops, to random
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Got a basement full of water, wheeeee

arcadeshopper,
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@ieure @ifixcoinops basements are bad.. basement arcades are worse

arcadeshopper,
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@ifixcoinops @ieure always put the heavy things at ground level Atari football tried to kill us once on a basement stairway

MLE_online, to random
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Here in LA there's a controversial proposal to build an aerial gondola up the hill to Chavez Ravine where Dodgers stadium is.

The regional transportation board is proposing that in exchange for allowing the construction of the gondola, any housing built over the parking lots at the stadium must be 25 percent affordable housing.

Okay, yes, extorting affordable housing out of wealthy business interests is good, but who the hell is going to want to live on top of an isolated hill with a busy and noisy baseball stadium that's too expensive to attend for people who need affordable housing?

arcadeshopper,
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@MLE_online that and the stadium traffic will kill leaving or going home at times. I lived next to a University stadium for a while.. games and concerts meant I wasn't driving anywhere

mntmn, to random
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PSA: For the upcoming April batch of MNT ZZ9000 (graphics/network/multifunction card for bigbox Amigas and Amiga 500) there are at the moment 48 cards still available to preorder: https://shop.mntre.com/products/zz9000-for-amiga-preorder

arcadeshopper,
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@mntmn one of my better decisions to get one for my 3000 highly recommend

MLE_online, to random
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Do I know anyone on here who has experience adapting a rotary phone to work over modern VOIP?

I know I will need both an adapter from rotary to touch tone and then a VOIP adapter, but there seems to be a variety of options and I can't tell what's good and what's lousy.

arcadeshopper,
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@MLE_online there's two things to consider. first is the ATA as other's have pointed out, some support pulse internally others require a second device to convert to DTMF. The second thing is does your VOIP work with a modem. Vonage will probably not work faster than 300 baud, and unreliably at that. It's best to use a carrier that others have used. I do modem reliably up to 33.6k on my Xfiniity voip line.. for instance

arcadeshopper,
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@MLE_online the codecs used on the VOIP make a difference. the cheapo ones don't support the modem capable codecs. vonage, magicjack etc..

arcadeshopper,
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@MLE_online some cheep carriers or company's don't work with modem

arcadeshopper,
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@MLE_online I guess you're missing the point which is pick a company that can handle modem codecs. Like I said, Xfinity seems to do okay. I had a fiber provider before that had two different kinds of voip. One worked great with the modem and the other did not. There's a number of providers that will connect up to an ATA device for you that will handle the codecs but there's configuration that has to be done on your end with those. I used to use 8x8 back in the day

arcadeshopper,
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@MLE_online that's quitter talk :) anyway if they have a voip line they can always try it.. worst case it won't work well or at all. Best to start at the lowest baud rate (usually 300) and see how it goes.. they can dial my bbs to test

arcadeshopper, to random
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For those of you that don't know I've run a BBS since 1983 or so.. https://thekeep.net or telnet to thekeep.net port 23.. I also have a modem at 503 852-3170 - I have a second BBS running on a TI-99/4A at thekeep.net port 9918

paulrickards, (edited ) to bbs
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So I think got my #AppleLisaClone online as well! It's currently running SubText #BBS on MacWorks/ System 6.0.8 with 2MB of memory over a PPP connection!

Ok so it worked for about 30 minutes, the BBS was packed, all nodes busy! There was a multi user chat!

Then it just stopped responding. Oh well! I'll try again soon. =)

#RetroComputing

arcadeshopper,
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@paulrickards I can add this to my BBS's dialout so if someone wants to connect to my BBS via modem they can then connect to it with dialout telnet

arcadeshopper,
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@paulrickards looks like maybe it crashed?

foone, to random
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It's nice that xubuntu gives you 10 seconds to approve a new monitor configuration, especially considering my new monitors take about 7 seconds to adapt to a new refresh rate/resolution.

arcadeshopper,
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@foone aaand.. GO

ausretrogamer, to random
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PSA: Anyone in the market for an Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K Max, this is the time to buy one - they are $39 (61% OFF)!!

PS: We paid $59 thinking it was a good price.

https://amzn.to/46aPoE2

arcadeshopper,
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@ausretrogamer ugh garbage hw.. get a chromecast when they are on sale.. much more stable

grumpygamer, to random
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Question for Mastodon: I have a bunch of CP/M 5.25 floppy disks that I want to "liberate" a bunch of Z80 code I did as a kid (the world needs to see my Space Invaders clone). Any ideas of a simple/easy to get read them? My CP/M machine is long gone. Tracking down old CP/M machines is outside the scope of easy.

arcadeshopper,
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@grumpygamer I have lots of cpm machines and also a greaseweasle setup here to image the disks if needed lmk

paulrickards, to retrocomputing
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Well, I just placed orders for boards and parts to build a new Lisa 2/5 around my existing Lisa CPU card, the only part of a Lisa I’ve ever owned.

I would never have thought this was possible if it weren’t for the work of @DosFox who recently built the first new Lisa since 1986! Thanks for the inspiration!

I’ll continue this thread as parts roll in. I may ask (beg) if folks have some parts in your bins! 😀

arcadeshopper,
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@paulrickards are these open to be made by anybody?

arcadeshopper,
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@paulrickards can't get on if it's busy does it just not answer? or ?

arcadeshopper,
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@paulrickards still not getting on.. did I get blocked?

arcadeshopper,
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@paulrickards I'm in very laggy tho

MLE_online, to random
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I'm so good at suffering for the sake of my electric bill

arcadeshopper,
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@48kRAM @MLE_online this is one of the reasons I have a heat pump water heater

48kRAM, to random

Finally have 3 displays set up for working from home. I have these vague memories, as if from some previous life, of using a computer productively with only a single display. How... how did we ever do that?

arcadeshopper,
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@48kRAM I moved to a 40-in 4K display so yes it's a single display but most of the time I spend it in quadrants that are about the same as the 1080p screen. So I can have four windows useful pretty much the same time without any seams or frames or anything else

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