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  • Re: The Joy of Mags

    From jimmylogan@21:1/137 to Utopian Galt on Fri Oct 31 19:24:16 2025
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    BY: jimmylogan (21:1/137)

    |11j|09> |10I remember buying the 'newspaper' Computer Shopper. :-) Lots|07
    |11j|09> |10of interesting advertisements too!|07
    I remember advertising my bbs in there.

    At the time I bought it, I was either not dialing into BBS's yet,
    or I was only hitting local ones. :-)



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  • From jimmylogan@21:1/137 to Mortar M. on Fri Oct 31 19:24:16 2025
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    Re: Re: The Joy of Mags
    By: jimmylogan to hollowone on Sat Oct 04 2025 16:20:16

    Haven't seen anything NEW in forever... Have an example or three
    you can share?

    computegazette.com

    Nice! Cool looking stuff!



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  • From jimmylogan@21:1/137 to Arelor on Fri Oct 31 19:24:16 2025
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    Re: Re: The Joy of Mags
    By: jimmylogan to hollowone on Sat Oct 04 2025 04:20 pm

    Haven't seen anything NEW in forever... Have an example or three
    you can share?


    It depends on what you are interested about. I think FUSION has lot of
    ZX Spectrum content, ZZAP! has Amiga content, and Retro Gamer has lots
    of retrospective content regarding retro games anr retro platoforms.
    Retro Gamer is a bit too commercial, the others feel like they try to
    be magazines like those back in the day.

    And yes, there is a lot of work done on retro technology by new people, they actually have stuff to write about.

    Nothing in particular - just feeling nostalgic sometimes :-)



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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@21:4/122 to jimmylogan on Sat Nov 1 08:42:00 2025
    jimmylogan wrote to Utopian Galt <=-

    At the time I bought it, I was either not dialing into BBS's yet,
    or I was only hitting local ones. :-)

    I remember looking at $2500 386 desktops and dreaming what it would be
    like to have something that powerful. :)



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  • From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to Poindexter Fortran on Sat Nov 1 13:37:33 2025
    BY: poindexter FORTRAN (21:4/122)

    |11pF|09> |10I remember looking at $2500 386 desktops and dreaming what it would be|07
    |11pF|09> |10like to have something that powerful. :)|07
    I remember my father helping to get me a low end 486 when I was a senior in high school. 486-100 AMD.


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  • From Nightfox@21:1/137 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Nov 1 16:22:10 2025
    Re: Re: The Joy of Mags
    By: poindexter FORTRAN to jimmylogan on Sat Nov 01 2025 08:42 am

    I remember looking at $2500 386 desktops and dreaming what it would be like to have something that powerful. :)

    :) PCs have gotten so much cheaper since then. And I seem to recall RAM being about $100 or so per megabyte in the early 90s(?) - which seems hard to believe now.

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  • From jimmylogan@21:1/137 to poindexter FORTRAN on Sat Nov 1 18:56:48 2025
    poindexter FORTRAN wrote to jimmylogan <=-

    jimmylogan wrote to Utopian Galt <=-

    At the time I bought it, I was either not dialing into BBS's yet,
    or I was only hitting local ones. :-)

    I remember looking at $2500 386 desktops and dreaming what it would be like to have something that powerful. :)

    YES!!! Same here!


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