Vaderman
@werratai.bsky.social
Retro gaming and computer enthusiast. Lover of 386, 486 and Pentium computing. Follow me and I'll follow you back if you like retro tech.
When I wrote my own little game engine, the first thing I needed was tools to make the content. They were jank at best. Probably only made sense to me. So I get it when the doom editors of 1994 kind of sucked
November 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
When I wrote my own little game engine, the first thing I needed was tools to make the content. They were jank at best. Probably only made sense to me. So I get it when the doom editors of 1994 kind of sucked
7 was the last good windows. I need to take the time to put 7 back on some 10 machines and get the One Core API stuff set up.
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 AM
7 was the last good windows. I need to take the time to put 7 back on some 10 machines and get the One Core API stuff set up.
Also picked up about 60 episodes of Babylon 5 on VHS, an Intellivision, a game, ISA I/O card and an ISA Video card
October 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Also picked up about 60 episodes of Babylon 5 on VHS, an Intellivision, a game, ISA I/O card and an ISA Video card
30+ years into this windows thing and I think I'm ready to make the switch. Zero desire to run a Microsoft marketing platform as an OS
October 7, 2025 at 3:15 PM
30+ years into this windows thing and I think I'm ready to make the switch. Zero desire to run a Microsoft marketing platform as an OS
This was so ugly I had to switch to Media Player Classic
October 2, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This was so ugly I had to switch to Media Player Classic
I do thermal past in the center and dabs of JB Weld on the corners.
September 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I do thermal past in the center and dabs of JB Weld on the corners.
My non scientific rankings are Awe64 Gold, Awe32, SB Live PCI, Awe64, SB16, SB Pro, SB.
August 24, 2025 at 2:20 AM
My non scientific rankings are Awe64 Gold, Awe32, SB Live PCI, Awe64, SB16, SB Pro, SB.
Oh, they are doing that? LOL, the boogeyman is real for some people.
August 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Oh, they are doing that? LOL, the boogeyman is real for some people.
We have an 80's burger king with the atrium in our town. I recently stopped at a modern BK and I felt like everything about that trash box summed up where we have gone as a country. If they modernized our local BK I'd never eat there again. So I sympathize with the Cracker Barrel fans.
August 22, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We have an 80's burger king with the atrium in our town. I recently stopped at a modern BK and I felt like everything about that trash box summed up where we have gone as a country. If they modernized our local BK I'd never eat there again. So I sympathize with the Cracker Barrel fans.
I took that out of my NES as a kid and it's been working fine since.
August 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I took that out of my NES as a kid and it's been working fine since.
I got redundancied back in April. It's been a good break after 25 years. Enjoyed the summer off with the family. Just starting to look for work again. Make the most of it if you can.
August 5, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I got redundancied back in April. It's been a good break after 25 years. Enjoyed the summer off with the family. Just starting to look for work again. Make the most of it if you can.
Working with no budget for security and ever increasing demands for a workforce of 600 social workers for the mentally disabled community. I often wondered why we were holding ourselves to such high standards while every doctor and dentist office I've ever been in is more or less this at best.
July 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Working with no budget for security and ever increasing demands for a workforce of 600 social workers for the mentally disabled community. I often wondered why we were holding ourselves to such high standards while every doctor and dentist office I've ever been in is more or less this at best.
No, if you are looking for PCI you'd want a Sound Blaster Audigy or Live. They made a bunch of great PCI cards before onboard sound chips became the norm.
June 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
No, if you are looking for PCI you'd want a Sound Blaster Audigy or Live. They made a bunch of great PCI cards before onboard sound chips became the norm.
Sound Blaster 16 is pretty appropriate for a 486 build. Pentiums had been out for a year before the AWE32 came along.
June 26, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Sound Blaster 16 is pretty appropriate for a 486 build. Pentiums had been out for a year before the AWE32 came along.
The only song in Philly that outranks Fly Eagles Fly.
June 25, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The only song in Philly that outranks Fly Eagles Fly.
The shirt button is pretty obvious AI
June 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The shirt button is pretty obvious AI
It was a big mess, but it runs again after sitting in the garage for 3 or 4 years. I got the mess cleaned up and drove it around the neighborhood. Rainy day, so can't do much more. It leaks and the wipers are terrible
June 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It was a big mess, but it runs again after sitting in the garage for 3 or 4 years. I got the mess cleaned up and drove it around the neighborhood. Rainy day, so can't do much more. It leaks and the wipers are terrible