My old keyboard served me well, but lately I’m having to replace a broken switch every month so I’m not sure it’s worth it. It’s also noisy as hell and I hate the backlighting with every piece of my heart. So here’s the replacement....
I feel as if I’ve been hanging out at the arse-end of the 80s a lot recently, comparing ports on computers that had no business running them. I’ve long suspected that if you want to see 8-bit micros at their best, you’re better served hanging around in 1986 rather than 1989. Things were so much more achievable back then…...
A friend of mine had an Amstrad CPC 464 with a lot of cassettes, and Bomb Jack was a game that we really enjoyed. The problem with those games is that we have to guess the keyboard keys to use for the games (without having the manual), but it’s a minor issue.
Larion Studios forum stores your passwords in unhashed plaintext. (lemmy.world)
Larion Studios forum stores your passwords in unhashed plaintext. Don’t use a password there that you’ve used anywhere else.
I also had the Nintendo on top of the TV back then. It was where it belonged even with the dangling cable. You learned to accept it. Even, dare I say, love it? (midwest.social)
The design of my new keyboard (lemmygrad.ml)
My old keyboard served me well, but lately I’m having to replace a broken switch every month so I’m not sure it’s worth it. It’s also noisy as hell and I hate the backlighting with every piece of my heart. So here’s the replacement....
Bomb Jack: A Home Port Comparison (lemmy.world)
I feel as if I’ve been hanging out at the arse-end of the 80s a lot recently, comparing ports on computers that had no business running them. I’ve long suspected that if you want to see 8-bit micros at their best, you’re better served hanging around in 1986 rather than 1989. Things were so much more achievable back then…...