The Vintage 8 Bit Collection

A private collection located in sunny Wellington, New Zealand. The product of @lizardb0y's obsession, it is looking for a display space in the Wellington area.

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@tariusdamon @ID_AA_Carmack I met someone who was hostile to preservation because "we can just make it again. " Why keep anything if we have the ability to recreate it later if we want to?

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@wgoodf It seems a little late for that realisation bud :)

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@Lord_Arse Correct answer!

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@blakespot Also available on https://t.co/vEK1TYWmng
https://t.co/zGznRDsuJY

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@romero You only have yourself to blame! ;-)

[jᎾᎬ sᎥᎬᎶᏞᎬᏒ @JoeSiegler]

So, 28 years ago (29 Jan 1996) this happened.

This is George Broussard pointing at my computer that is uploading the shareware version of Duke Nukem 3D to Software Creations for the first time. That was my bag then, uploading shareware episodes of games to Software Creations. This one was a big one, unleashing Duke to the world.

I spot my trusty USRobotics HST modem on the side there, and my super massive CD burner to the side of the monitor still makes me laugh. One of my Dopefish mugs is to the right of the old CompuServe mouse pad.

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@Johan22 @benjedwards AI is nothing without its people

AI is people

[💉💉💉Kumara📎Republic↙️↙️↙️ @kumararepublic]

CC: @8BitShowAndTell @AgainPlay @ArchivesNZ @arjoll @ausretrogamer @CyndeMoya @FloppyDeepDive @maetl @melswal @ngataonga @NZRetroGamers @ourdigiheritage @OzRetrocomp @publicaddress @vintage8bit
The art of joysticks - reinventing the spacies parlour https://t.co/K0cH3LqdgR

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@8BitShowAndTell @kumararepublic @AgainPlay @ArchivesNZ @arjoll @ausretrogamer @CyndeMoya @FloppyDeepDive @maetl @melswal @ngataonga @NZRetroGamers @ourdigiheritage @OzRetrocomp @publicaddress Yes, that's pretty common here :)

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@Commodork The rated capacity will be at nominal cell voltage, probably 3.7v, and there'll be voltage conversion losses to take into account. Then it's affected by temperature, load and other variables. You'll get less energy delivered at a high discharge rate (e.g. 2A vs 1A). It's messy!

[Denis Grachev / RetroSouls @RetroSouls]

Ringo-8 is a 64x48 Graphics Library For ZX Spectrum 128KB based on my render engine from Ringo

I hope someone will find it useful :)

Have fun!

https://t.co/L1mleo6Pcm

See ya!

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@techknight2 @DosFox1 https://t.co/Vnt1PsRp2H

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NZ Retro Magazine is New Zealand's own homegrown retro gaming magazine created by Kiwi legend Karl "After" Burnett (aka "Nick from Shortland Street.")

Issue 3 has just been released and it looks great. Available in both print and digital versions.

https://t.co/phPSnH1xyb

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@burgesst @justJaime2020 @thecomputerclan The one with a notch is an IEC C15 plug/C16 socket and must be rated for higher pin temperatures (120°C). The one without the notch is an IEC C13 plug/C14 socket and is rated for 70°C. They're all rated for the same current, and they're all IEC.

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I think she misunderstood. They're explaining they had to download the pizza.

File. Transfer. Protocol!

[Minion Death Cult Podcast @miniondeathcult]

If your husband waited two hours for Little Caesar’s I think you have bigger things going on

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@benjedwards My favourite hobby is never getting around to setting up the NTSC-J Dreamcast I picked up last time I was in Japan. And never playing any of the games I bought for it.

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@gedamore @JohnKennedyEsq I loved Turbo Pascal 3.0 and its WordStar style hotkeys. The minimum viable IDE :)

[kawaiicon @kawaiiconNZ]

With a week out from the con, we wanted to shout out to all our sponsors! 💸

We wouldn't be able to keep tickets cheap and still put on a ✨sparkly show✨without their help - and they really just do it for the renown, acclaim, and warm fuzzies

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@RavenWorks @a2_4am My father coined the term "offsite precautionary backup" to describe what me and my mates were doing with games in the 80s.

[Play It Again @AgainPlay]

We are hosting Born Digital Cultural Heritage, a free online conference, 16-18 Feb 2022, in conjunction with partners @ACMI & @AARNet.

Conference program & speakers: https://t.co/gadfLjlW4y

Register at https://t.co/h6xAekdIYv

#gamehistory #digitalpreservation #digipres