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  Topic: [Showcase] Coolest old setups thread
VCSMaster

Replies: 15
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PostForum: The Good ol' Days   Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2026 1:36 am   Subject: [Showcase] Coolest old setups thread

i get "No address associated with hostname" from ping, and Firefox doesn't even attempt to load it. is something up with your DNS entries perhaps?

Hmm. The DNS entry in No-IP is pointed ...
  Topic: [Showcase] Coolest old setups thread
VCSMaster

Replies: 15
Views: 858

PostForum: The Good ol' Days   Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2026 11:54 pm   Subject: [Showcase] Coolest old setups thread

These images don't seem to load for me

See, now we're getting the REAL forum experience. They're hosted on my website so if you can access my website, they should embed just fine.

Here are th ...
  Topic: [Showcase] Coolest old setups thread
VCSMaster

Replies: 15
Views: 858

PostForum: The Good ol' Days   Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2026 2:41 am   Subject: [Showcase] Coolest old setups thread
woah!!!
that double tower is super cool, I honestly wonder if it's possible to fit 2 core duo PCs in there

Given that it is literally two standard PC cases welded together, I think there is a good ...
  Topic: Thoughts on Discord alternatives?
VCSMaster

Replies: 22
Views: 1359

PostForum: Messaging   Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2026 2:40 am   Subject: Thoughts on Discord alternatives?
Fuck to "all-in-one" media platforms! Return to the 90's.

I mean, I guess. I've thought about hosting a real small invite-only file sharing thing myself before, but I don't think I have e ...
  Topic: Thoughts on Discord alternatives?
VCSMaster

Replies: 22
Views: 1359

PostForum: Messaging   Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2026 2:38 am   Subject: Thoughts on Discord alternatives?

Well, that's just how pre-Discord was like. :? I used Skype for casual calls, TeamSpeak for clan stuff and forums for guides, media and file share. Decentralized communication has advantages but &q ...
  Topic: Thoughts on Discord alternatives?
VCSMaster

Replies: 22
Views: 1359

PostForum: Messaging   Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2026 5:22 am   Subject: Re: sadly many do not switch
honestly my biggest issue is that not many people are gonna switch. i personally love chatting in quite large communities,
and i feel like some of them just would not be the same without even a few ...
  Topic: [Showcase] Coolest old setups thread
VCSMaster

Replies: 15
Views: 858

PostForum: The Good ol' Days   Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2026 6:33 pm   Subject: [Showcase] Coolest old setups thread
Some of my favorites are the horrendous ISP closets from the early dial-up era.
http://aioinc.ddns.net/HOST/images/EXTERNAL/ISP1.jpg
http://aioinc.ddns.net/HOST/images/EXTERNAL/PORTMASTER2.jpg

Ye ...
  Topic: [Showcase] Coolest old setups thread
VCSMaster

Replies: 15
Views: 858

PostForum: The Good ol' Days   Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2026 6:24 pm   Subject: Re: [Showcase] Coolest old setups thread
I wanted to make a thread for cool old setups I find.
This is one from 2005

Dude, it looks just like the setup from Grandma's Boy
  Topic: Hello, Ahlan, Zdratsi
VCSMaster

Replies: 2
Views: 176

PostForum: General   Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2026 6:22 pm   Subject: Hello, Ahlan, Zdratsi
Welcome!

Interesting, I've never heard of this maymundere thing. Anything good on there?
  Topic: After. A pillar of the 2000s renaissance
VCSMaster

Replies: 3
Views: 400

PostForum: Media   Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2026 6:21 pm   Subject: After. A pillar of the 2000s renaissance
So I get the style is what they're after but it disappoints me that their website uses HTTPS and is so jammed full of scripts that it doesn't actually work on a proper 00s machine.
  Topic: Thoughts on Discord alternatives?
VCSMaster

Replies: 22
Views: 1359

PostForum: Messaging   Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2026 6:14 pm   Subject: Thoughts on Discord alternatives?
IRC and TeamSpeak are reliable alternatives. I actually spend more time on TeamSpeak now than Discord and I have no problems with it. Just like old times... TS6 has p2p screen share too and you can co ...
  Topic: Calculators and Tales of Old
VCSMaster

Replies: 4
Views: 342

PostForum: The Good ol' Days   Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2026 2:40 am   Subject: Calculators and Tales of Old
Sure, here's the ones I've retained. I'll post the TI versions first, then the Casio versions after. There is no equivalent key on the PC keyboard for some of these commands, so things like "sto& ...
  Topic: Calculators and Tales of Old
VCSMaster

Replies: 4
Views: 342

PostForum: The Good ol' Days   Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2026 6:58 am   Subject: Calculators and Tales of Old
...There was a calculator modding community? Sounds like something I would have read about in the first issue of Byte magazine and never again. Are we talking softmods like dumping Lua files on your n ...
  Topic: Thoughts on Discord alternatives?
VCSMaster

Replies: 22
Views: 1359

PostForum: Messaging   Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2026 6:37 am   Subject: Thoughts on Discord alternatives?
My problem with IRC is the beauty of it for most people. The utter lack of multimedia support is pretty damning by itself, but the difficulties regarding chat history are another big knock against it. ...
  Topic: i made a Thing (in .NET 2.0)
VCSMaster

Replies: 2
Views: 363

PostForum: Software and Web Design   Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2026 4:45 am   Subject: i made a Thing (in .NET 2.0)
Oh yeah I definitely got my use out of VS2005. Much of my learning in C++ was done there.

Frankly, I'm ecstatic to never use it again. I don't miss that minute long startup time and the need to re ...
 
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