Subj : Re: Price Piece in your collection.
To   : claw
From : paulie420
Date : Sat May 07 2022 16:52:28

 cl> Are you a Retro collector?  If you said no and still on a BBS thats
 cl> awesome.  What is your prized piece of your collection?  Do you have any
 cl> emulation projects?  Do you release your work?

I don't have a TON of retro kit, but I do have a few 386/486 machines - and a dozen or so Thinkpads from the early 2000s. Since I just got going, my fav piece of retro gear/collection is my trusty C=128. I have an awesome machine that NUKE [another BBSer] went thru and cleaned up... really happy w/ the purchase and I think he still sells C= hardware on eBay.

I installed JiffyDOS ROMs and a switch for turning it on/off... I have an SD2EIC which lets me easily play with GBs of C= software... I have period-correct joysticks and just all the add-ons that one needs to intereact with retro machines - I particularly love dialing in to C= BBSes using a WiFi Modem card; and I have this oversized Pelican case that holds all the kit perfectly, with documentation on JiffyDos/C= commands and... stuff that I forget after not playing w/ the system in a few months. 

Its a badass collection, and I can throw the huge pelican case in my truck and be up and running at any retro get together in 15 minutes. :P Love my C= gear... yes, I'll be going after an Apple ][e at some point and have my eyes on a NEW MSX/2 build that is calling my name.

 cl> I make a customized Retro Pie image.  I haven't yet.
 cl> Was considering it but its pretty huge for a Pi image. Compressed I
 cl> think its around 128G.  You will need a 256G card to you it.  I would
 cl> put it out there but not sure if any one would want it.

Thats really neat - I love my PiBoy DMG and also play around w/ RetroPie builds, images and software in general. On 2o I've been releasing my game saves w/ ROMs for some of my favorites ; its nice to grab a ZIP, load the saves and be able to bounce around levels if I want...

I <3 the Pi for so much retro-emulation. I hope to get into MiSTeRs soon - IMO thats the way to go, but like you the versatility of a Pi keeps me coming back...



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