Oh yeah learning by doing is much more rewarding. I think I need to just familiarize myself with basic electriconics knowledge...like what a capacitor actually does and such. The Velleman kits look cool, again underscoring I need to learn soldering
@Phipli thanks, that's good info for me to digest. I really need to learn more about such things, gonna find a layman's intro YT video on capacitors, the Wiki was over my head :oops:
@Phipli I went by what was recommended on the recap-a-mac site. What's the real world difference between what I bought and the 25Vs? Note I know nothing about this stuff 🙃
Here's an interesting Kickstarter product. LCD in a CRT-inspired case with a wide variety of video inputs supporting many different vintage computer and gaming platforms. Unfortunately doesn't seem like there's a Mac DB15 input available yet, but could be added with an expansion pod...
@SparrowRat awesome! Yeah will be interesting to see what everyone will be using and their ISP/service.
My setup is a G4 AGP/400, IDE hard drive, 9.2 2. I just stole some RAM from the G4 DA and upped to 768MB. Stock Rage 128 Pro video card driving a modern Acer 24" LCD. I also have a...
I installed Quake III Arena for OS9 last night. I most definitely did not play this version back in the day. Was able to handshake with some Quake 3 Internet servers, but seems this install is a lower version than the servers were running, so couldn't connect.
I didn't feel like figuring out...
Seems there are quite a few folks with or building G3 and G4 class gaming machines. Are there any vintage online gaming servers? I remember having a blast playing Quake II online back in the day. Unreal Tournament looks pretty cool too (never played back then).
Would be fun to game online...
Haha well put! We played Duke over than LAN at my 90s ISP while taking tech support calls. Was a very split brain experience showering the playing field with rocket fire while walking an old lady who just bought home her first PC from Best Buy through setting up Dial Up Networking :ROFLMAO...
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