08-18-2011, 11:18 PM | #1 |
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DVD, VHS & Betamax heaven
As they say if you live long enough you get to see everything, and maybe collect everything. Remember the line from comedian George Carlin about a house just being a container with a lid for your stuff? Anyway, which unique or particularly loved items do you have? Charlie Sheen was winning in The Wraith, lol.
The Wraith The Gumball Rally Seven Nights In Japan Hidemi Aoki |
08-19-2011, 12:05 AM | #2 |
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I recently found a stack of floppys containing such things a Hocus Pocus, Bio Menace and Maths Rescue Lol, I'm thinking of making one of these out of them
I also just recently ditched this VHS classic http://serialkillercalendar.com/VHSW...-OVERDRIVE.jpg Last edited by melmac; 08-19-2011 at 12:15 AM. |
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In the 1983 movie Nightmares there's one story where Emilio Estevez plays an obsessed gamer that gets trapped in his fave videogame. Don't think it has ever been released on DVD. Nightmares |
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09-21-2011, 11:43 AM | #4 | |
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09-21-2011, 11:55 AM | #5 |
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The old Atari games - M.U.L.E. and Eastern Front 1941.
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09-21-2011, 04:44 PM | #6 |
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I still have and play with one like this
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09-21-2011, 10:10 PM | #7 |
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Thanks unfortunatly I had to change it due to a request from the artist the current one is not quite as good. When I was in primary school I got the nickname of melmac due to my love for the show and my laugh being like Alfs. When I needed a nick for Usenet/ICQ in the mid 90s it popped into my head and I've been using it ever since, there is still a lot of love out there for the show as I get comments on it all the time.
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09-22-2011, 11:16 AM | #8 |
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11-01-2011, 11:30 AM | #9 |
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A genuine Betamax recorder. They were simpler times, they were better times, lol.
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01-19-2012, 06:18 AM | #11 |
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Im currently listening to Ready Player One talk about nostalgia heaven all those 80s references are constantly making me smile.
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01-19-2012, 05:44 PM | #12 |
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I still have my much loved Atari 800, my second ever computer (my first was an Atari 400). Still has the 810 5.25 inch floppy drive and the a stack of floppy disks too.
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01-20-2012, 08:31 PM | #13 |
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I still have my Brother word processor. It used 3.5 inch double density disks that it formatted for 320kb, and printed with a printwheel.
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I still use 3.5" floppies -- plenty of room for text files and spreadsheets. And they're a pain in the butt for someone looking for unauthorized access.
I still use audio cassettes -- the quickest way to record audio "on the fly." I use them for audio note-taking, not "hi-fi" applications. I have a couple of minidisc recorders -- I'd still be using them if Sony hadn't designed them to be intentionally frustrating. We used our video recorder (VHS, not Betamax) just last week -- my daughter was nostalgic for some old videos. |
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