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Hi, I'm trying to code a roguelike engine on my apple iie in applesoft basic with beagle bros program writer and compiler. My current hurdle is figuring out how to store and load maps. Currently, my program uses string arrays as maps, but it takes a lot of space in my program if I code them...

Hello, Remember the clunky steel monsters computer towers were in the early 90's? Me too. I am looking to build a new gaming PC inside one of the old cases, for space and aesthetic concerns. To be more specific, something that is beige, and mostly square in design. The rounded edge stuff has...

Hello, I’m trying to connect to bbs boards from my Apple iie using pro term 3.1 and a wimodem232. So far I’ve gotten everything to work for the most part, up to the point where I start issuing AT commands to the modem. My main question is how do I configure the WiFi network of my modem in...

Hello, I recently bought an Apple II, and am greatly enjoying it. I would really like to know, are there any card slot cards that could turn the Apple II into a sort of microcontroller? My goal would be to read and send analog voltage through wires connected to the computer, possibly with BASIC...

Hello, My name is Mark, and I just bought a beautiful Northstar Advantage from ebay. It was advertised as not working, and of course it doesn't. The only thing it does do is beep when I switch it on. I can hear the fan running, and the CRT screen makes the high pitched scream. Sometimes when I...

Hello, I don't know if I am posting this in the correct place, but my problem may have something to do with hardware? Anyway, here we go. I recently purchased a "refurbished" Compaq Portable II from a seller on eBay. The seller is good, and has a 100% rating, so I don't think I am being scammed...

Hello, I don’t know how well I can explain this, but I will try. I am fairly new to programming, and I’m making a small text graphics roguelike game. So far I have the movement and stuff set up, but my biggest hurdle is collisions. I had the idea to log the players position into a “memory”...

Hello, I just bought a Dell Optiplex GX1 to mess around with. I am currently working on connecting it to the internet, but when I am able to, I want to participate in the "Old Web". https://wiby.me/ is a website that searches only through early internet websites, mostly html1 stuff, but...

Hello I’m looking for a crappy home computer from the mid 90’s, I’m talking mass produced compaq, dell, etc. It has to have an Ethernet card in it too, I plan on trying to play old school runescape or possibly a text based MUD on it. Monitor and keyboard are not needed, I have all of those...

Hello, I love Windows 95, and sometimes 98. You may call it not “vintage”, but as a 17 year old they definitely are to me! I have a Vaio computer that I am trying to use Ethernet with in order to download and play Old School Runescape, but I’m running into some issues. The big roadblock is...

Hello I know this doesn't really relate to vintage computers, but I'm not very familiar with other forums where it would be relevant. I am 17, and my mother recently bought me a brand new Dodge Challenger. I loved that car and instantly gained a lot of "cool points" with it, until I crashed it...

Hello I have been working a lot with qbasic on my 486 PC, and I am trying to make a roguelike game as practice. I can do most of the other stuff I need to code for the game, but my biggest problem right now is user input. Basically, I need there to be a way where you can press a key, and it...

Hello everyone, I have a sick gateway 2000 PC that can run any MS-DOS game, but i guess the processing power of it doesn't matter very much. It has a later version of ProComm installed, and a networking card that has a telephone line connector and what looks like an ethernet connector. I am...

Hello, I recently watched "The Wolf of Wall Street" and saw all the delicious vintage computers displayed throughout the movie. I have been looking into a lot of websites to find any stock related programs at all, but it seems like nobody is interested in them. So my question is, are there...

Hello, I am working on a project, an old-school dungeon crawler like from the 1980's. Nothing too big or serious, just a fun thing I am doing in my spare time. I am not very good at art, which is why I learned how to code and play the piano. Basically, I need someone who can do good vector...

Hello, I know this is probably in the wrong place, but I have been looking for the manual for THINKpascal 3.0 so i can figure out how to use it on my Mac classic. If anybody has any documentation, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you, Mark Robuck

Hello, I want to do a sort of "retreat" to my cottage in the forest, and I only want to use technology from before the year 2000. The cabin has dial up internet and electricity, but not much else. What are the best programs I can use to email or message people on the outside? Any method of...

Hello, So today I finally got the cord that will connect my apple imagewriter 2, to my Mac classic. I was so excited to try it out! I loaded up a sample spreadsheet on excel, and clicked print, but it locked up. I couldn’t do anything but move the mouse around, and it stayed like this for...

Hello I am working on a project, and I need to capture video from my MS-DOS computer. It has a standard VGA output, 640x480. What is the cheapest way to do this? Ideally I would want to pay less than $50 for this. In case you were wondering, the project is a video game I am developing-...

Hello, I bought a compaq LTE Elite 4/50CX a while ago, and I have been using it more and more for all sorts of stuff. Using it plugged into a wall is great and all, but I would really like to use it on a plane or in the car. Unfortunately, the battery that it came with was completely dead...