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    From aLPHA@21:4/158 to All on Mon Jan 3 09:23:11 2022
    Does anyone here have a MiSTer? I just ordered a build--it was my Xmas
    gift to myself, ha--and I'm looking forward to diving in.

    It seems like a large majority of fpga owners are obsessed with
    retro arcade/console game accuracy, that's a key selling prop, but I'm
    equally interested in the "personal computer" cores - C64, Amiga, DOS,
    Apple ][, classic MacOS, etc.

    Can't wait!

    Unfortunately, a by-product of retro tech popularity seems to be a
    shortage of CRT screens--everyone seens to want one--who would have
    thought those old CRT monsters would value now...?


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  • From Ogg@21:4/106.21 to aLPHA on Mon Jan 3 12:56:00 2022
    Hello aLPHA!

    ** On Monday 03.01.22 - 09:23, aLPHA wrote to All:

    Unfortunately, a by-product of retro tech popularity seems
    to be a shortage of CRT screens--everyone seens to want
    ^^^^^^^^

    Everyone? Really? Hmmm.. Ultimately, I collected about 8 crt
    monitors that had stored around the house and took them to
    landfill.

    one--who would have thought those old CRT monsters would
    value now...?

    I had exploding capacitor issues with a couple of otherwise
    fine 20" ones. And, I really don't miss the heat generation
    and high energy consumption of those things. I still have a
    Sony Trinitron 20" TV (purchased circa 1988) which hasn't seen
    the light of day for nearly 20 years - but I don't quite have
    the heart to toss that out.

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  • From sPINOZa@21:1/116 to aLPHA on Fri Jan 7 14:38:49 2022
    Does anyone here have a MiSTer? I just ordered a build--it was my Xmas
    It seems like a large majority of fpga owners are obsessed with
    retro arcade/console game accuracy, that's a key selling prop, but I'm equally interested in the "personal computer" cores - C64, Amiga, DOS, Apple ][, classic MacOS, etc.

    Hiya,

    I own a c-one, its capable of being a c64, vic20, minimig, amstrad/schneider something, zx-one and maybe something else I forgot. Mine has 2 sids on board, it can visit the web and has a HD attached to it. Unfortunately the c64 cores never ended up in a good "final" state. The last updates are from 2011 unfortunately.

    Gtx!

    ... A PC a day keeps the Apple away!

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