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Pictures from Seattle's Classic Gaming Weekend

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the something-fun-to-check-out dept.

Cyberroach has pictures from last week's Classic Gaming Weekend in Seattle. The pictures include an "Obsolete Media Festival" with a guy who makes music with an Atari 2600, Commodore C64, and a dot-matrix printer; old hardware from the NorthWest Classic Gaming Enthusiasts' Meeting; and the 6th Annual Atari Championship.

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  1. 403.9 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "HTTP 403.9 - Access Forbidden: Too many users are connected Internet Information Services"

    Microsoft IIS: official server platform of Slashdotted sites.

  2. Well, at least get some details on what it was.... by Jason+Scott · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here is the official webpage of the Classic Gaming Weekend.
    This page seems to be working well, occasionally, even under the slashdotting.
    Here is an attendee's web page with some details of the work he did.
    And, of course, you should be aware of how many great people and groups there are out there keeping the memory alive with humor and aplomb, like these good friends.

  3. Music? by AsnFkr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Pictures? I think I'd rather have Mp3's of a guy who makes music with an Atari 2600, Commodore C64, and a dot-matrix printer. .....Well, perhaps not.

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  4. Slashdotted... by coso · · Score: 5, Funny

    They should of used one of the C-64's instead of IIS. It might of stood up to the slashdotting (@ 15 comments???) better. I know my TI-99/4A could handle that many BBS users back in the 85. How Far we've come... *sigh*

  5. My Classic game by ch-chuck · · Score: 5, Interesting

    here is my classic game - Space War on a MITS Altair (8080), two DAC channels, a 'scope, and two 4 switch boxes for CW, CCW, Fire and Thrust and a lot of assembly language. Get the quicktime movie to see it in action.

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  6. Mirror by Powercntrl · · Score: 5, Informative

    The site's acting flakey so I mirrored the 3 thumbnail pages on my box:

    http://snotwad.dyndns.org:8000/cyberroach_mirror/

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  7. The music. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny
    with a guy who makes music with an Atari 2600, Commodore C64, and a dot-matrix printer

    Retro? These seem like the latest techniques in avant-garde electronic music. Maybe this guy should adorn himself in Marc Jacobs clothing and send off a demo to Warp Records.
  8. I recognize that musical printer! by chuckgrosvenor · · Score: 5, Interesting

    An old Epson LQ-500.. all the Epson dot matrix printers were very good quality (for their time), and noisy as hell.. they also seemed to have a much higher pitch in noise than most printers, especially when you'd stick them in a graphics mode, or something funky..

    but listening to one for more than 5 minutes would probably drive me insane once the nostalgia wore off.. I certainly don't miss the jammed paper, the noise, the low dot-pitch which screamed "Done on a computer"..

    actually, I think it would have been more interesting if he sampled a lot of different printers.. like an old VAX line printer.. chunga-chunga-chunga..

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  9. Obsolete? by kaiguy · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wait...Dot Matrix printers are obsolete? When did that happen? Oh man...been too long since I upgraded.

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  10. One on the east coast next weekend by phillymjs · · Score: 4, Informative

    The fourth annual PhillyClassic kicks off on Friday, March 28 and lasts through Sunday evening, March 30.

    ~Philly