amiga

The Lost Joys of Configuring a 90s PC (repeatedly)

February 15, 2015 by Nostalgia Nerd | Category(ies): ReCollections, Videos | Under Topics: amiga, Atari ST, DMA, DOS, IRQ, Soundblaster, Space Hulk, Windows

Hardware Used:

486, Compaq Prolinear 486

Operating System Used:

MS-DOS, Windows 3.11, Windows 95

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Something is missing from today's society. Something deep. Something primal. Indeed, something I spent a huge chunk of my teen & pre-teen years engaging in. During the early hours of the day, through the afternoon and often through the night. Of course, I'm talking about setting up and configuring PCs. You might say that kids [...]

PD Software

February 8, 2015 by Nostalgia Nerd | Category(ies): ReCollections, Retrospective, Software, Videos | Under Topics: amiga, Amiga Format, Atari, freeware, LAPD, PC, shareware, ST Format

Hardware Used:

Amiga, Atari ST, PC

Operating System Used:

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PD Software... PD Software? What exactly is PD Software? "PD Software is the administration software used by your local Police Department. This includes database software, reception desk interfaces and identi-fit programs...." No, of course it's bloody not. PD Software, as I'm sure you know, stands for Public Domain Software. It was pretty prolific in the [...]