Looking for IBM PCjr memory expansion help
r barth
Jim Leonard
and ask your question there, as this group is (was) for people who discuss the
care and feeding of vintage software games and collectibles.
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Is! Not was! 😊
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> Is! Not was! 😊
I think it's safe to say was. Everyone migrated over to Facebook's Big Box PC
Collector's group, I think.
Pedro Quaresma
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Sam O'nella
> I have a PCjr that I use to play PCjr compatible games. I am having a problem
> with my PCjr memory expansion sidecars. At first my PCjr recognized them and
> gave me extra memory, but now my PCjr completely ignores them and will only
> boot up it's internal memory (128k) every single time. I already know about
> the dip switches, so that couldn't be part of the problem. If anyone thinks
> they can help, I can tell you more about what I did before the problem started.
You may want to join the PCjr forums over at http://www.brutman.com/forums/
and ask your question there, as this group is (was) for people who discuss the
care and feeding of vintage software games and collectibles.
Jim Leonard (tri...@oldskool.org)
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Hey!!! 😊
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Precisely. Quality, and the fact that every active member in this list is quite an expert* in an area or other of collecting.
* - except Stuart of course, but we put up with him anyway O:)
On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 10:19 PM, Dan Chisarick <chisa...@mac.com> wrote:
I would agree that this group isn’t dead or moved on or has changed in purpose. Quieter than it was in the past but, quality not quantity.
On Oct 7, 2017, at 5:18 PM, Pedro Quaresma <pedro.q...@gmail.com> wrote:
The Facebook group is an excellent resource and debate center for physical gaming content.
This mail group is an excellent resource for all things related to software collecting, not only the physical side, but also the software, imaging, etc
I don't find either more important than the other. Also, the target of each is very different.
On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 9:58 PM, Jim Leonard <tri...@oldskool.org> wrote:
On 10/7/2017 1:27 AM, pedro.q...@gmail.com wrote:
> Is! Not was! 😊
I think it's safe to say was. Everyone migrated over to Facebook's Big Box PC
Collector's group, I think.
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Stephen S. Lee
If people care, I'm in the process of getting every single physical
package of Sid Meier's Civilization (PC only, as normal for me). I've
never heard of anyone else doing this. Not difficult or expensive as
these things go, which may be why.
I should also get stuff that I was neglecting because it was trivial to
get, but is now merely easy. ("Where did my copy of Space Quest VI go?
*checks catalog* Oh, I never had it. I should probably get games like
that now.")
I also just moved, and my core collection is currently in 7 bookcases.
(It was 6, but I spaced things apart so I don't have to rearrange 100
games every time I add a box.)
-- Stephen
On Sat, 7 Oct 2017, Dan Chisarick wrote:
> I would agree that this group isn?t dead or moved on or has changed in
>
>
> On Oct 7, 2017, at 5:18 PM, Pedro Quaresma
> <pedro.q...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The Facebook group is an excellent resource and debate center for
> physical gaming content.
>
> This mail group is an excellent resource for all things related to
> software collecting, not only the physical side, but also the
> software, imaging, etc
>
> I don't find either more important than the other. Also, the target of
> each is very different.
>
> On Sat, Oct 7, 2017 at 9:58 PM, Jim Leonard <tri...@oldskool.org>
> wrote:
> On 10/7/2017 1:27 AM, pedro.q...@gmail.com wrote:
> I think it's safe to say was. Everyone migrated over to
> Facebook's Big Box PC
> Collector's group, I think.
> --
> Jim Leonard (tri...@oldskool.org)
> Check out some trippy MindCandy:
> http://www.mindcandydvd.com/
> A child borne of the home computer wars:
> http://trixter.oldskool.org/
> You're all insane and trying to steal my magic bag!
>
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Stuart Feldhamer
Stephen S. Lee
The language issue -- I've always passed that up, mostly as a way to keep
my collection under control, and because you normally have to pay extra
for shipping. That's probably a thing I would pursue if I ever ran out of
things to get.
Repackaging and compilations are very much fair game; that's partly
because you often get different game versions and I'm slowly making images
of everything there I have as well. It's not trivial to get the original
release of the first two Civilization games, for instance -- almost all of
what you see is re-releases. (No, I don't have those yet, or more
accurately, I had them when I wasn't collecting, got rid of the original,
and now I'm regretting it.)
Genre: any adventure, RPG, strategy game, or puzzle game is pretty much
always fair game, regardless of era. I do tend to focus on what I've
played intensely, though.
So yeah, that's a lot of stuff. I'm missing a lot of rare stuff (like the
Suspended mask, which is harder to get in IBM form of course), a lot of
common stuff that is getting not as common (I should get around to filling
out that Baldur's Gate/Icewind Dale set), and many of those expansion
packs (hard to get complete copies of ...)
-- Stephen
On Mon, 30 Oct 2017, Dan Chisarick wrote:
> The first version was the only one I actually played all that much.
> Spectacularly enjoyable. So are you getting all the versions up to the
> newest? Different languages? Things like Slash distributions or
> goal and what?s out other than the platform?
Sam O'nella
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Bill Johnson
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I also backed WL2 and while I didn’t finish it I did at least get part way through it. Definitely should go back and finish it already.
Tangential KS semi-rant: Probably the best aspect of Kickstarter is the interaction and (hopefully) regular updates from the devs. The spectrum of expectations vs reality in terms of what they deliver, the attitude of the developers, the openness, all of that is part of the experience. Having backed a few projects, they’re all over the place with respect to delivery. I met the dev of one of the projects I backed at PAX East. Super solid guy, he was easily one of the most sincere people I’ve ever met. Note: He delivered his project despite numerous setbacks.
I remember reading an article for people considering submitting a project to KS. It said to watch existing projects first before submitting your own. Allocate $12, and back a dozen projects for a dollar each. You’re doing it just to get the project updates and watch it evolve (I was always wondering what that bottom tier was for). It seems that projects either deliver relatively close to when they promised, or drag on forever with an endless sea of updates begging you to bear with them. Backers are generally OK with this so long as there is regular feedback.
That said, In(terpla)xile delivers.
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Wasteland 2 was the 2nd Kickstarter I ever backed and I came out of it 100% satisfied with where that money went.
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Jim Leonard
> In terms of preservation, I have no doubt that a way will be found to preserve
> most digital stuff in one form or another. We haven't had a significant
> failure in preservation yet, although I'm sure one is inevitable.
difficult to reproduce the exact experience. The state of PC/DOS emulators in
particular need a lot of work. Even if the emulator is nearly perfect, it's
only good for reproducing the state of the software, not necessarily for
research or reproduction (the speed and noise of disk drives, the display
properties of the native monitor, etc.).
That said, I understand that not everyone needs or wants the burden of
maintaining vintage hardware, so that is why emulators exist and fully satisfy
the needs of millions of people.
Jim Leonard
> The spectrum of
> expectations vs reality in terms of what they deliver, the attitude of the
> developers, the openness, all of that is part of the experience. Having backed
> a few projects, they’re all over the place with respect to delivery.
(once the code matured), Doublefine Adventure, Tex Murphy series finale (Tesla
Effect), Wasteland 2, Project Eternity, Defense Grid 2. Game KS's I've been
very disappointed by: Code Hero, Sentris.
My disappointment for the failures wasn't necessarily the quality of the end
product, but rather how the creators handled themselves. Code Hero simply
never finished (it promised too much, in hindsight), and the Sentris creator
used the project more as a springboard for evangelism of issues important to
them rather than produce the product they were originally pitching.
Some media deliverables have been hit or miss too, but that's the risk. One
double-album CD was completed quickly and delivered quickly and had great
printing and mastering -- unfortunately, the music itself was very
disappointing. One documentary I backed had absolutely outstanding content,
but the experience was severely marred by the filmmakers not releasing the
film to the backers until every other source of profit had been extracted (it
played at festivals, it was sold to a distributor, it was played on BBC 4,
etc. etc. until *FINALLY* the film was given to the people who paid for it (I
had already pirated it from the BBC airing nearly a year earlier)).
So, if you're going to KS, don't be a jerk and your project should do ok.
Communication is the key.
Dan Chisarick
On an unrelated note, SWCollect isn’t dead and people haven’t moved on.
Sam O'nella
Sam O'nella
Christian Bartsch | softpres.org
Does a game need to be patched unless you feel it's broken or something doesn't work? :-)
If there'd be an option to do this manually or a patch archive where you can get all former patches, with changelogs, that'd be something to start from.
Same applies to all console games these days. Day0 patches and when your console dies and the service is discontinued one day, all you have is the very first version to reinstall on a surviving console.
Christian Bartsch
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Who'd be interested in buying a company that just filed for chapter 11 if they'd just given away all their assets. Think that's not going to happen...
Christian Bartsch
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