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Lot o points [163012]
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Oculus Spirit [97716]
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I see my old Atari 5200
Jul 8, 2020, 10:02 AM
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Friend had a 2600 I used to play. Parents bought that 5200 for me and I wore it out. Pre-nintendo era.
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Oculus Spirit [81897]
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Apparently MicroCenter is still in business, I remember
Jul 8, 2020, 10:03 AM
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going into the Fairfax store many years ago and nearly had a geekgasm. It was like the full Newegg online store, IN PERSON.
I haven't bought anything from Newegg in ~8 years now, Amazon is always on par with the cost and easier returning.
I've been itching to do a I9-10900K build, but I really don't have a good enough justification yet.
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Oculus Spirit [83625]
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I live an hour from one....
Jul 8, 2020, 10:35 AM
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hahahahaha!!!!
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Oculus Spirit [75717]
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Oculus Spirit [81897]
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Oh, it's definitely a wallet harm, haha.
Jul 8, 2020, 11:01 AM
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I think at this point, saving up for a big European trip instead of dropping $3000 on a new computer build.
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CU Medallion [56069]
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Weird that so many pics from the '70s and '80s are black and
Jul 8, 2020, 10:10 AM
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white. It wasn't THAT long ago.
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All-In [40929]
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The first color photo did not show up until
Jul 8, 2020, 11:18 AM
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CU Medallion [56069]
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Check out 2-XL over here.
Jul 8, 2020, 11:31 AM
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"A peanut is neither a pea nor a nut!"
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CU Medallion [66054]
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Worked at Radio Shack in the late 80s, sold a 286 machine
Jul 8, 2020, 10:34 AM
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with accessories for around $3K. We weren't allowed to sell the 386s, because they were only for businesses, according to our manager.
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Lot o points [155901]
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Man, in 92 my roommate had a 486 DX/66
Jul 8, 2020, 10:45 AM
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That thing was friggin LIGHTSPEED. Still remember the luxury of completing my chemistry lab work in Johnstone and then walking down to Hunter with my 5.25 floppy (inb4 floppy peenus pun) and uploading my work to get graded.
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Re: Boomer geeks, some neat photos from old computer stores
Jul 8, 2020, 5:28 PM
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I don't see a Wang on the shelves
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Legend [16732]
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Re: Boomer geeks, some neat photos from old computer stores
Jul 8, 2020, 5:28 PM
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CU Medallion [60228]
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remember the CompUSA stores?
Jul 8, 2020, 5:42 PM
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bought my first PC from there.
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