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vga256 , vor 3 Tagen an Random Englisch

it took me 30 years to find this again.

way back in 1993, my family's Amstrad XT gave up the ghost, and my folks agreed to make the leap to a brand new IBM PS/1 486 SX-33

the machine was an ass-kicking $3000, and we didn't have the money for it. my parents took out a multi-year loan. my father tried his best to wheel and deal, and convinced the salesperson to throw in a Canon BJ-200e printer, and a bunch of CD-ROMs

for the first year we owned the machine, i did nothing but scour every single directory on the ten CDs that came with it.

i played a LOT of shareware Doom, King's Quest V and Stellar 7, and watched terrible postage stamp-sized videos on a CD called "Media Clips" and "Animation Festival".

i always thought these CDs were just bare discs that store had sitting around that the salesman threw in out of pity. when i'd search for them on ebay, i'd find just individual discs.

it wasn't until a few months ago that i discovered they were all part of a CD compilation called The Sirius Software 5ft10 Pack: a cheesy vinyl wallet of mostly shovelware!

i finally tracked a complete copy of it down a few weeks ago, and it just arrived. my entire childhood is in this six-foot vinyl sleeve 😻

#retroComputing #dosgaming #shareware

CDs hanging in a wallet: Animation Festival: Multi-media, Virtual reality game included! King's Quest V talkie edition Software Toolworks World Atlas Time Magazine: Man of the Year
CD's hanging from a wallet: Classic Oldies: PC Karaoke Stellar 7 by Dynamix CD-ROM of CDROMs: A Consumer's Guide to CD-ROM The Best of MediaClips 2.01
A letter from Sirius Publishing: Dear 5 Foot 10 Pak member, I can hear your question now! How can you sell 10 full version CD-ROM discs | at such a low price? The answer is simple. The sales of CD-ROM drives are skyrocketing! You've Chosgn to empower your PC with this hot new technology. The software : pubhshers. participating in this promotion know that the best way to introduce § Yyou t(? their products is to get them into your CD-ROM drive so you can experience them for yourself. That's why we are proud to present these products in this unique introductory package. We are confident that once you use the titles contained in this special promotional package you will want to expand your CD-ROM collection. We hope that you will consider some of the many fine titles offered by the nine publishers participating in this 5 ft. 10 Pak. Register all ten titles by returning the enclosed postage-paid Master Registration card. We'll let you know about future promotional packages and activate your access to technical support. You'll also find special coupons on your instruction sheet. Use them to easily order additional titles at special discount prices. Chances are you'll save more than your investment in this 5 ft. 10 Pak! We hope you enjoy these CD-ROM titles as much as we enjoy bringing them to you! Cordially, Richard Gnant CEO, Sirius Publishing, Inc. PS. Don't forget to include your birthday on your Master Registration Card. You never know what you might get!

vga256 , vor 13 Tagen an Random Englisch

norton disk doctor 8.0 for windows 3.1 let you play midis in the background while it scanned/repaired your drive 😎

#win31 #msdos #dosgaming #retroComputing

A Norton Disk Doctor preferences dialog for Windows 3.1. It shows an animated doctor wearing a lab coat running their stethoscope over the platter of a spinning hard drive. Below, CANYON.MID has been selected as the background music to play during scans.

foone , vor 15 Tagen (Bearbeitet vor 14 Tagen) an Random Englisch

designing my next keyboard PCB is going well

EDIT: There's a typo in the alt text. It's supposed to read "Some people, when confronted with a problem, think 'I know, I'll design a keyboard.' Now they have two problems"

vga256 , vor 18 Tagen an Random Englisch

did i just drive to the boonies to buy 100 blank floppies because one box contained SkiFree

yes. yes i did

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #dosgaming

foone , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

Alternate universe where Redbox launched in 1994 and didn't rent movies, but PC CD-ROM games

vga256 , vor einem Monat an Random Englisch

oh hell yes. i think i just found the original typeface used: it was LTC Spire by the Lanston Type Company

#fonts

vga256 , vor 2 Monaten an Random Englisch

Exile: Escape from the Pit game is absolutely endearing in win 3.1

#retroGaming #windows311 #shareware

The installer for Exile, showing some pretty gnarly 16 colour vector graphics.