Does emulation count? I don't actually collect or restore any old hardware like the guy in this video but do occasionally go back and play super old games from my childhood on emulators (C64/C16,...
Side note, does anyone on Tildes practice retro-computing as a hobby?
Does emulation count? I don't actually collect or restore any old hardware like the guy in this video but do occasionally go back and play super old games from my childhood on emulators (C64/C16, IBM PC, x86 DOS, BBS door games, 8/16/32-bit Consoles, etc).
p.s. I can't believe that C64 actually fully booted up after just replacing the fuse, using some contact cleaner and reseating one of the chips... that's insane!
I'd love to see him keep going and try and do a complete restoration.
Does emulation count? I don't actually collect or restore any old hardware like the guy in this video but do occasionally go back and play super old games from my childhood on emulators (C64/C16, IBM PC, x86 DOS, BBS door games, 8/16/32-bit Consoles, etc).
I am also a pretty huge fan of old Demoscene stuff so went hunting for the demo the guy played on this C64 (since it was awesome)... and apparently someone else who watched the video did too, because it was downloaded on scene.org by someone else on Oct 1st. :P
p.s. I can't believe that C64 actually fully booted up after just replacing the fuse, using some contact cleaner and reseating one of the chips... that's insane!