Hmmm...that article on the Linux box is cool. I have a pile of older
hardware which might fill the bill. Been meaning to fiddle with Linux
but for one reason or another, haven't.

As for Retro Gamer, awesome. I need to get another Atari 2600.
Sometime ago, one of the cats piddled on mine and killed it. I'll have
to check out the local book dealers to see if they carry it.

- Ed



On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:01:16 -0000, 11011 110111000
<the_illiac@...> wrote:
>
> All--
>
> I'm in the midst of dissertating/searching for a job, so the postings
> have been rather sparse as of late...however, here are a few items of
> interest that my legion of trolling robots have sucked up recently:
>
> It is the 35th anniversity of the Internet. Yay!:
> <http://internetanniversary.cs.ucla.edu/>
>
> I stumbled across a cool new UK-based magazine in B&N the other day
> called _Retro Gamer_, which is all about MAME, restoring old arcade
> cabinets, old home consoles, etc. Print issues include CD-ROMs full
> of goodies. The Web home is here:
> <http://www.livepublishing.co.uk/retro/>
>
> From BoingBoing (via Slashdot): a shopping list for building a Linux
> box on the cheap (around $100).
> <http://www.boingboing.net/2004/10/25/build_a_100_gnulinux.html>
>
> The DIY design/home improvement magazine _ReadyMade_ has an article
> in the latest issue entitled "Recovering Memory: Computer Salvage
> Geeks are Digging up Our Past." It discusses ethical salvaging
> practices, Showcases Silicon Valley's Computer History Museum, and
> mentions the decay rates of data storage media (our floppies are
> close to death).
> Link to ReadyMade site:
> <http://www.readymademag.com/>
> Link mentioned in magazine to TechSoup article on
> restoring/maintaining old hardware:
> <http://techsoup.org/howto/articlepage.cfm?ArticleId=554>
>
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