Post AsKAC9bcceYpijdY2a by fwaggle@moodoo.org
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(DIR) Post #AsK9yX7IPeoSaGxPay by foone@digipres.club
2025-03-22T20:41:44Z
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So I'm watching a letsplay of Car Dealer Simulator, which seems to be set in America, sometime in the late-2000s to today, and you have a computer in it you can use to sell cars online.But look at the computer. That is a Sharp X68000! WHY ARE YOU BROWSING CARSALES.EGG WITH AN X68000, A JAPAN-ONLY 1980S COMPUTER?
(DIR) Post #AsKA393zGo6PQpbo92 by foone@digipres.club
2025-03-22T20:42:01Z
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where did you even find this model, game developers?
(DIR) Post #AsKA39niWmgLif0KQK by foone@digipres.club
2025-03-22T20:42:16Z
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also you see that floppy disk on the left? that's a 3.5" disk.THE SHARP X68000 USES 5.25" FLOPPY DISKS
(DIR) Post #AsKAC9bcceYpijdY2a by fwaggle@moodoo.org
2025-03-22T20:44:13Z
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@foone I think the real question is why are you not browsing for a new-to-you car using a 1980s microcomputer?
(DIR) Post #AsKAEsArtAZqWhQ4Iq by skaverat@skaverat.net
2025-03-22T20:44:35Z
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@foone wouldn't you?
(DIR) Post #AsKAHg9p1X807qGgpU by neko68k@digipres.club
2025-03-22T20:44:18Z
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@foone some of them do but not that (approximate) model. the keyboard also doesn't have an ALT key as written on the post-it on the monitor.
(DIR) Post #AsKCLdAqG4arwGl1IO by foone@digipres.club
2025-03-22T21:08:18Z
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@ruby no it just takes you to carsales.egg
(DIR) Post #AsKCOP2HHPwUxW4bpI by foone@digipres.club
2025-03-22T21:08:53Z
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(this model, I mean. As @neko68k pointed out, later models use 3.5". But not this model)
(DIR) Post #AsKCQk9jj5472dg75E by foone@digipres.club
2025-03-22T21:09:00Z
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@neko68k good point, I should have said that.
(DIR) Post #AsKCW6US7Eu9l1vLSy by neko68k@digipres.club
2025-03-22T21:10:18Z
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@foone no sweat. compacts are rare and there's not much point owning one over other models since none of the software is on 3.5" disks anyway.
(DIR) Post #AsKCgMp0FbF9IwQjnU by foone@digipres.club
2025-03-22T21:12:08Z
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@neckspike that's the thing, this would never end up in an american car dealership! all the software is in japanese! you can buy more appropriate computers for like 15$ at thrift stores
(DIR) Post #AsKCjIBFxjahmNEZ72 by foone@digipres.club
2025-03-22T21:12:38Z
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@skaverat I'D DO IT ON PURPOSE. I suspect these people didn't.
(DIR) Post #AsKDKbgQPlroyqbcJs by Novyx@mastodon.social
2025-03-22T21:19:23Z
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@foone @neko68k You should set up a consultancy firm for advising media properties on period accurate tech.
(DIR) Post #AsKXszfdjcmqIxuei8 by misty@digipres.club
2025-03-23T01:09:36Z
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@foone A sim game a lot like things a “computer” that was just the monitor. Which I guess to be fair is an accurately 80s/90s mistake to make
(DIR) Post #AsKY604JZBR3Itek4W by foone@digipres.club
2025-03-23T01:12:03Z
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@misty I think Gas Station Simulator does the same!
(DIR) Post #AsKYFwbbIU4rSVy1Tc by misty@digipres.club
2025-03-23T01:13:50Z
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@foone Oh yeah, that’s the one! Just found the post I was thinking of https://www.tumblr.com/3liza/732775740572057600
(DIR) Post #AsM4wnxihR2enOkqLg by foone@digipres.club
2025-03-23T18:54:50Z
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@rasteri why are game developers always asking this? they were doing it back in the 80s when I was just a tiny baby!foone, even!
(DIR) Post #AsMDoEUpZnlC4SEHE8 by wbpeckham@techhub.social
2025-03-23T20:34:08Z
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@foone I am a little confused by your terminology here because late 2000s might mean after 2500, or after 2050. I presume you might mean between 2005 and 2020? In early 2014 I helped service a cash register based on a 1994 computer. By late 2014 it was being replaced, but old computers are EVERYWHERE in business!
(DIR) Post #AsOLmxrf7D2M9FjbEW by jackemled@furry.engineer
2025-03-24T21:12:55Z
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@foone Clearly the player character is a NERD
(DIR) Post #AsOXV2Lwt4z0J47QEC by foone@digipres.club
2025-03-24T23:24:11Z
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@jackemled I mean, but so am I, and I don't use an X68000 regularly to buy & sell cars. I can't believe the protagonist of this random car is game is more of a nerd than me!
(DIR) Post #AsOYtRCGGpGmGJmpMm by jackemled@furry.engineer
2025-03-24T23:39:49Z
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@foone Try harder!! You could always use a relay computer to post to fediverse with a custom build relay USB keyboard.