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commodore 64 logo on black

Computers, Platforms >

(on Wikipedia)

A legendary platform in its time, it’s not relegated to being an oldschool computer.

This was a major project for a long while, as I made a pilgrimage to this platform and stuck with it as my only computing resource.

  • Often given the shortform “c64”.

See also:

  • C-One, a re-creation with more contemporary hardware.



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Whoops, I broke my HP 200LX.. I’ll have to get it repaired before I can re-open this project.

HP 200LX image

Portable computing, Quiet computing > Oldschool >

(on Wikipedia)
(home page, archive)

An early-1990s

A portable computer.

Clamshell, Full QWERTY-keyboard with a keypad and macro keys, authentic Intel 8086 hardware, true DOS, a task-switching application, and a number of GUI applications and productivity software. It is truly a portable computer.

  • Abandoned — HP decided to switch to the Windows CE-supporting palmtops in their Jordana-series of palmtops, even though the 200LX was still a moneymaking operation.



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I got this some time ago

ASUS GeForce GTX 650 image

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/graphics-cards/geforce-gtx-650/ [ 1 ] was https://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-650

An excellent video card, that can manage nearly-ultra settings for World of Warcraft.

Notable because it is very low power: It only uses motherboard power and no additional cable directly from the power supply.

  • Mine is specifically the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 650



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