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 Topic: Daily adventures with a 25 year old computer |
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| nick99nack Replies: 9 Views: 396 |
 Forum: The Good ol' Days Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 6:13 pm Subject: Daily adventures with a 25 year old computer |
| What does the iPhone have to do with anything? iPhones aren't the cause. Computer literacy just isn't being taught. Most people do not know how computers work unless they were taught how they work. Th ... | |
| Topic: CafeNet Project Announcement |
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| nick99nack Replies: 2 Views: 104 |
Forum: The Good ol' Days Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2026 2:33 pm Subject: CafeNet Project Announcement |
| Looking forward to this project! I definitely would like to contribute to it when I have some time. | |
| Topic: Hello, this is an introduction post. |
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| nick99nack Replies: 4 Views: 229 |
Forum: General Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 9:09 pm Subject: Hello, this is an introduction post. |
| Hello, welcome in! Hope you enjoy your stay. | |
| Topic: Your Favorite Theme Parks |
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| nick99nack Replies: 4 Views: 322 |
Forum: General Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 9:06 pm Subject: Your Favorite Theme Parks |
| My favorite ride was Disaster Transport, a bobsled style coaster. It wasn't a fast coaster, only 40mph, but I loved it because of it's sci-fi theme. Then they tore it down in 2012 because they couldn' ... | |
| Topic: Compaq SLT/286 Restoration |
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| nick99nack Replies: 4 Views: 216 |
Forum: Hardware and Electronics Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 9:02 pm Subject: Compaq SLT/286 Restoration |
| That is a beautiful machine. Looking forward to hopefully seeing it up and running! | |
| Topic: Daily adventures with a 25 year old computer |
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| nick99nack Replies: 9 Views: 396 |
Forum: The Good ol' Days Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2026 2:03 pm Subject: Daily adventures with a 25 year old computer |
| Agreed with all of the above. I've used this same example many times in the past, but take spreadsheets for instance. The basics of what people do with spreadsheets has not changed at all in 40+ years ... | |
| Topic: Your Favorite Theme Parks |
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| nick99nack Replies: 4 Views: 322 |
Forum: General Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2026 10:28 pm Subject: Your Favorite Theme Parks |
| I was just down in Florida for two weeks on vacation, going to Walt Disney World and Universal's new Epic Universe, and some other things.
Epic Universe looks like it will be an awesome park eventu ... |
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| Topic: [Showcase] Coolest old setups thread |
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| nick99nack Replies: 15 Views: 839 |
Forum: The Good ol' Days Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2026 11:27 pm Subject: [Showcase] Coolest old setups thread |
| Some of my favorites are the horrendous ISP closets from the early dial-up era.
http://aionc.ddns.net/HOST/images/EXTERNAL/ISP1.jpg http://aioinc.ddns.net/HOST/images/EXTERNAL/PORTMASTER2.jpg Yea ... |
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| Topic: Announcing: Community Slingo (Multiplayer) |
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| nick99nack Replies: 0 Views: 201 |
Forum: Gaming Posted: Wed Feb 25, 2026 3:37 pm Subject: Announcing: Community Slingo (Multiplayer) |
| Remember Slingo, the most popular online game in the world when we all used AOL? Well, now you can play it once again!
We've recreated the game from scratch and added many features from the old sli ... |
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| Topic: The Insane Pricing of Computing Hardware (2026) |
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| nick99nack Replies: 6 Views: 412 |
Forum: Hardware and Electronics Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2026 4:19 am Subject: The Insane Pricing of Computing Hardware (2026) |
| I bought hard drives yesterday. Five 16 TB HDDs. Refurbs, not new. In 2024, 3 of them cost me $464.97. Today, five of them cost me $1,500. What previously cost $154.99 each is now $308.14. And, that's ... | |
| Topic: Thoughts on Discord alternatives? |
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| nick99nack Replies: 22 Views: 1331 |
Forum: Messaging Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2026 6:21 am Subject: Thoughts on Discord alternatives? |
| I'm very interested in Fluxer. I'd love to host something discord-like for my own community to use. Other than that I've been using IRC and matrix a bit. Still not a fan of matrix, so I want to work o ... | |
| Topic: Opinion on sugar cookies |
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| nick99nack Replies: 5 Views: 483 |
Forum: Food and Drink Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2026 6:16 am Subject: Opinion on sugar cookies |
| I love sugar cookies. They have to be on the softer side though, not hard and crunchy. I prefer most cookies that way honestly. | |
| Topic: Favorite burger toppings and builds |
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| nick99nack Replies: 18 Views: 3638 |
Forum: Food and Drink Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2026 12:40 am Subject: Favorite burger toppings and builds |
| Well, I tried to order the new Cheesy Bacon Burger. The cashier seemed to know what I was talking about, but said it wasn't available yet. "Maybe tomorrow", she said.
I'm guessing you hav ... |
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| Topic: Introduction Post |
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| nick99nack Replies: 8 Views: 494 |
Forum: General Posted: Mon Feb 16, 2026 12:34 am Subject: Introduction Post |
| Welcome to ClassicConnect!
Kidding, of course. Happy to have you on board with us! |
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| Topic: Greetings! |
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| nick99nack Replies: 2 Views: 212 |
Forum: General Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2026 4:31 pm Subject: Greetings! |
| Hello and welcome! Hope you enjoy your stay with us! | |
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