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by MagnumPEI
Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:15 pm
Forum: NABU Repair, Operations and Hacks
Topic: That new NABU smell...
Replies: 5
Views: 6570

Re: That new NABU smell...

I've had the NABU sitting out for a year now and I thought the smell might have disappeared or lessened, but... I just picked up the keyboard and took a whiff. I nearly choked. It's just as smelly as when I took it out of the box. So that prooves it. It's not just the "boxed new comptuer smell&...
by MagnumPEI
Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:57 pm
Forum: Leo's Core Dump
Topic: Another Retro Project - the Osborne 1
Replies: 4
Views: 4401

Re: Another Retro Project - the Osborne 1

I'm surprised they knew what a mouse was. Isn't everything touchscreen and touchpad these days? In a few years, the kids will say, "You mean you actually have to touch the screen? Where's the eye scanner or brain interface?" As for the 5" screen, I've got a 1" CRT that I once con...
by MagnumPEI
Fri Jul 28, 2023 1:50 am
Forum: Leo's Core Dump
Topic: Another Retro Project - the Osborne 1
Replies: 4
Views: 4401

Re: Another Retro Project - the Osborne 1

Anyone around with advice for it? You know what would be really cool - is if you ripped out the guts and made it into a fish tank. I'm kidding, of course. I hate when people do crap like that. That's a small screen - way smaller than on my Kaypros. You should get a Blade Runner-style screen magnifi...
by MagnumPEI
Thu Jun 29, 2023 7:31 pm
Forum: Announcements, News and Updates
Topic: Article on NABU at VICE Motherboard
Replies: 13
Views: 12180

Re: Article on NABU at VICE Motherboard

Lol @ slashdot comments. It’s funny how slashdot commenters think the article was published to sell units haha. Wonder how much tinfoil those ppl go through in a month IMG_2827.png I looked at some of the comments. I think IQ levels have dropped recently. Somebody thinks $59 is too much? $59 is eve...
by MagnumPEI
Tue Jun 13, 2023 1:09 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: NABU at SEA-CCC
Replies: 8
Views: 5018

Re: NABU at SEA-CCC

morpheus.JPG This is your last chance After this, there is no turning back You take the blue gnome The story ends You wake up in your bed and believe what you want to believe You take the red gnome You stay in NABU land and I show you how deep the rabbithole goes. redbluenabu.jpg Remember... All I'...
by MagnumPEI
Sat Jun 03, 2023 8:58 pm
Forum: Welcome
Topic: New Old User
Replies: 6
Views: 5081

Re: New Old User

Rescued our Apple II Plus in the process. Having fun with that in addition to the NABU. My Apple II Plus went "missing in action". It never showed up after a move. The movers tried to claim it was never in the shipment. But... why did I have the Apple II drive and joystick? https://www.yo...
by MagnumPEI
Sat Jun 03, 2023 6:06 pm
Forum: Welcome
Topic: New Old User
Replies: 6
Views: 5081

Re: New Old User

Nice picture. I don't have a single picture of me back then at my computer - maybe because I would have said to anyone who wanted to take my picture, "Get lost! Can't you see I'm busy?" I remember wallpaper like that. It always drove me crazy - as if it's one of those "spot the differ...
by MagnumPEI
Sun May 28, 2023 5:10 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Vintage Computer Festival (Leo, Brian, and DJ)
Replies: 4
Views: 3579

Re: Vintage Computer Festival (Leo, Brian, and DJ)

Funny that you also remember the icon. I really disliked having to use it. Having a pc at home, the icon felt prehistoric! For me, it was primitive, but not prehistoric. It was 1986/87. I'd never used a networked computer before - and never had the thrill of hacking into somebody's account :twisted...
by MagnumPEI
Sun May 28, 2023 1:02 pm
Forum: Events
Topic: Vintage Computer Festival (Leo, Brian, and DJ)
Replies: 4
Views: 3579

Re: Vintage Computer Festival (Leo, Brian, and DJ)

I just watched the whole video. For some reason I kept thinking DJ was on the ISS. Maybe it's the zero-gravity hair. :mrgreen: Nice to hear the Burroughs ICON mentioned. I used the first version ICON in grade 11 computer class. I managed to bypass the primitive security and get access to all the use...
by MagnumPEI
Thu May 18, 2023 8:59 pm
Forum: Cloud CP/M
Topic: FALKEN - Digitized Audio
Replies: 4
Views: 5152

Re: NABUTALK - NABU speaks!

What an odd game. I don't know what the hell is going on there.