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Re:Latest update to my friend's 19 year side project by aavotins on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @03:12AM (#11907649)
Am I the only one who finds it really hard to fathom that it's 19 years? Almost two decades. I don't think I can find a single device that I had 19 years ago, but this takes continuity and dedication to a whole new level.
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Re:Latest update to my friend's 19 year side project by zimpenfish on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @03:42AM (#11907737)
I've still got a Casio QV-10 digital camera from 19 years ago (no idea if it works) but I suspect that's probably the only gadget I've got.

Garmin eMap from 1999 is probably the second closest.

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Re:Latest update to my friend's 19 year side project by toomanybeersies on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @07:22AM (#11908548)
My old man still has his first computer, a ZX-81.

Tried to get it working a few years ago, but couldn't get it to display on the TV. Wasn't sure if it was even powered on because the thing has no lights on it, it was prior to LEDs being commonplace. I didn't have an oscilloscope or the skills to debug it.

Having just finished off 4th year embedded systems I'm probably a bit more qualified to debug it now than I was in high school.

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Re:Latest update to my friend's 19 year side project by zimpenfish on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @11:27AM (#11909886)
> My old man still has his first computer, a ZX-81.

And now I feel old because that was my first computer too.

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Re:Latest update to my friend's 19 year side project by taneq on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @07:16AM (#11908516)
I've got an Atari Lynx somewhere from about 19 years ago. It was a current(ish) console then. I imagine that this game is more the result of a 19-year journey in procedural space games than a game 19 years in development.
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Re:Latest update to my friend's 19 year side project by semi-extrinsic on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @07:22AM (#11908547)
I have an original GameBoy which is about that age. Still works, still fun to play, but I need to replace the savegame batteries inside the cartridges.
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Re:Latest update to my friend's 19 year side project by TeMPOraL on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @08:15AM (#11908799)
> the savegame batteries inside the cartridge

:o. Thanks, I've learned something new today! I didn't knew the cartridges had battery-powered memory.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROM_cartridge#/media/File:Poke...

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