<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Posts from @darth-azrael</title><description>RSS feed for @darth-azrael&apos;s blog on Hive</description><link>https://hiverss.com/</link><atom:link href="https://hiverss.com/@darth-azrael.xml?interface=ecency" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><image><url>https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/1851409931/IMG_1412_bigger.jpg</url><title>Posts from @darth-azrael</title><link>https://hiverss.com/</link></image><item><title>Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (485-488)</title><link>https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-485</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-485</guid><description>Several years ago I bought a flatbed scanner with a slide adapter to scan some old film slides that my grandparents had. After I finished scanning those, I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and on eBay out of curiosity. I am not sure why these commonly wind up at such places but I…</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 14:59:57 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Several years ago I bought a flatbed scanner with a slide adapter to scan some old film slides that my grandparents had. After I finished scanning those, I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and on eBay out of curiosity. I am not sure why these commonly wind up at such places but I know that at least some of them have ultimately come from estate sales. Maybe family members just don&apos;t know what to do with them. I&apos;ve seen them advertised as being for arts and crafts but I was more interested in their actual contents. Each slide is literally a snapshot in history. These pictures span from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s. There are thousands of these slides. I will be scanning some from time to time and posting them here as an interesting way to look back at the past.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m using the term &quot;batch&quot; to refer to a group of slides I bought in a single purchase. Usually they are from the same ultimate origin. Typically, a batch will have 100s or even 1000s of slides.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m using the term &quot;set&quot; to refer to a subset of a batch that I scan together. There are normally four slides in one set because that&apos;s how many slides my scanner can scan at once. Likewise, a post will typically have a set of four slides. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This batch contains photos spanning from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. Other than these slides coming from eBay, I have no idea of their ultimate origin other than the clues provided in the photos themselves. The photographer seems to have been from Lansing, Michigan and many of the photos are from there. I think I&apos;ve identified the photographer, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-297&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;All of the photos in this set were taken in the 1960s, probably in the Lansing, Michigan area.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The first photo was processed in May 1963 and is labeled &apos;Tether ball hard surface&apos;. I believe the photographer had some kind of position at the parks and rec department in Lansing.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The second photo was processed in November 1968 and appears to have been taken in an art class.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The third photo was processed in December 1966. It shows a bunch of people having a meal.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The last photo was processed in May 1966 and is labeled &apos;Horse Shoe Tour 66&apos;. I assume they are setting up to play Horse Shoes.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmeBExqzRyVdLFfpTDrLmJcJeNpRQHGWuNLpuyFcJCELY4/slides_lot_06_485a_1963_05b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Tether ball hard surface&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmWEM7YbhB7QG46pCNnytki6kTXH93Mwh1tA4teTZb9VXo/slides_lot_06_486a_1968_11b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Painting 68 - Kipize&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmSmGvmxY3svcmnWNGgeZ8Dg5jHnxXtXgEmdGwGUnWy7JQ/slides_lot_06_487a_1966_12b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmZZkjdpM1gzYGVpRmvvbFpa2shM8JWqCJmsobFF7q3Uop/slides_lot_06_488a_1966_05b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Horse Shoe Tour 66&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;See the previous post in this series &lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-481&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The entire batch that has been scanned and uploaded so far can also be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/slides/index.php?twg_album=Lot_06_eBay&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. This also includes higher resolution versions and versions with postprocessing. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Byte: The Small Systems Journal (November 1980)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/byte-the-small-systems-journal-6b0c028abcad8&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/byte-the-small-systems-journal-6b0c028abcad8&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (481-484)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-481&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-481&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Digital Archaeology: Fujitsu LifeBook N6420&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-fujitsu-lifebook-n6420&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-fujitsu-lifebook-n6420&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (477-480)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-477&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-477&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-485&quot;&gt;Read the full post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><dc:creator>darth-azrael</dc:creator><category>photography</category></item><item><title>Byte: The Small Systems Journal (November 1980)</title><link>https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/byte-the-small-systems-journal-6b0c028abcad8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/byte-the-small-systems-journal-6b0c028abcad8</guid><description>Cover of the November 1980 issue of Byte You had to be pretty hardcore to be computing in 1980. However, Byte was there to help you along. It covered all kinds of systems and much of the content was highly technical. The November 1980 issue includes: Foreground Home In On The Range! An Ultrasonic…</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2026 18:37:15 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress/index.php/2026/10/17/byte-november-1980/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmeDWWXiAu29sA3B5YWqDizF2LjrTBrjrrZjxJGGrt4Loy/byte_1980_11_001.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Cover of the November 1980 issue of Byte&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;You had to be pretty hardcore to be computing in 1980. However, Byte was there to help you along. It covered all kinds of systems and much of the content was highly technical. The November 1980 issue includes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Foreground&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Home In On The Range! An Ultrasonic Ranging System&lt;/b&gt; - Building a range finder based on the hardware used in the Polaroid SX-70 Sonar OneStep Land Camera.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Micrograph, Part 1: Developing An Instruction Set For A Raster-Scan Display&lt;/b&gt; - The first of a three part series on the theory, design, and construction of a low-cost, color-graphics display processor based on the Motorola MC6847 video-display generator.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Graphic Color Slides, Part 1&lt;/b&gt; - Today if you want to create a presentation you can just load up a copy of PowerPoint or equivalent. In 1980, it was a little harder. You would have to write programs to create the graphs, charts and other items you want to display, take a photo of the screen, and literally use film slides and a projector.
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Three-Dimensional Graphics For The Apple II&lt;/b&gt; - Creating 3D graphics on the Apple II visible using red/green glasses.
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;A General Interpolating Graphics Package For The TRS-80&lt;/b&gt; - Software for the TRS-80 that helps you plot graphs.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;An 8088 Processor For The S-100 Bus, Part 3&lt;/b&gt; - Implementing a system monitor for the single-board 8088 processor add-on for the S-100 bus discussed in the first two parts of this series. 
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&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress/index.php/2026/10/17/byte-november-1980/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmTWmivqx9hfifyJCNEmid2bkyDXmrdApRG2zVV13TqstT/byte_1980_11_005.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Table of Contents from the November 1980 issue of Byte&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Background&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Future Of Computer Graphics&lt;/b&gt; - Some speculation on the future of computer graphics, particularly 3D graphics.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Language Control Structures For Easy Electronic Visualization&lt;/b&gt; - A programming language and operating system written in assembly language for the Z80 designed for creating graphics.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;A Simplified Theory of Video Graphics, Part 1&lt;/b&gt; - A discussion of how raster scan displays and graphics work.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Getting To Know Your Monitor&lt;/b&gt; - A detailed look at how CRT monitors work.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Digital Storage of Images&lt;/b&gt; - Methods for capturing and storing images from a video signal.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Machine Problem Solving, Part 3: The Alpha-Beta Procedure&lt;/b&gt; - The third part of this series looks at modeling two decision makers with conflicting goals.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Add Macro Expansion To Your Microcomputer, Part 2&lt;/b&gt; - The second part of a series on creating a macro processor and tying it into your assembler.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Nucleus&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Editorial&lt;/b&gt; - An overview of the importance of computer graphics.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Letters&lt;/b&gt; - Letters from readers on FORTH, STOIC, speeding up programs on a Tektronix 4051, the Video Brain home computer, LISP, computer literacy and public libraries, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Technical Forum&lt;/b&gt; - A small program for generating &apos;kinetic string art&apos; on the Apple II.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Book Reviews&lt;/b&gt; - Reviews of Applied Mathematical Physics With Programmable Pocket Calculators by Robert M. Eisberg, The Little LISPer by Daniel P Friedman, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Programming Quickies&lt;/b&gt; - BASIC subroutines for handling complex numbers and functions including sine, cosine, log, and others.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Byte&apos;s Bits&lt;/b&gt; - Newspapers experiment with electronic delivery, tuition free electrical engineering program for women, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Product Reviews&lt;/b&gt; - Reviews of the Altos ACS8000 Single-Board Computer (Z80 based), VisiCalc, and the MicroAngelo Video Display.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;SIGGRAPH Convention Report&lt;/b&gt; - A report from The Associate for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/byte-the-small-systems-journal-6b0c028abcad8&quot;&gt;Read the full post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><dc:creator>darth-azrael</dc:creator><category>retrocomputing</category></item><item><title>Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (481-484)</title><link>https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-481</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-481</guid><description>Several years ago I bought a flatbed scanner with a slide adapter to scan some old film slides that my grandparents had. After I finished scanning those, I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and on eBay out of curiosity. I am not sure why these commonly wind up at such places but I…</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:42 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Several years ago I bought a flatbed scanner with a slide adapter to scan some old film slides that my grandparents had. After I finished scanning those, I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and on eBay out of curiosity. I am not sure why these commonly wind up at such places but I know that at least some of them have ultimately come from estate sales. Maybe family members just don&apos;t know what to do with them. I&apos;ve seen them advertised as being for arts and crafts but I was more interested in their actual contents. Each slide is literally a snapshot in history. These pictures span from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s. There are thousands of these slides. I will be scanning some from time to time and posting them here as an interesting way to look back at the past.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m using the term &quot;batch&quot; to refer to a group of slides I bought in a single purchase. Usually they are from the same ultimate origin. Typically, a batch will have 100s or even 1000s of slides.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m using the term &quot;set&quot; to refer to a subset of a batch that I scan together. There are normally four slides in one set because that&apos;s how many slides my scanner can scan at once. Likewise, a post will typically have a set of four slides. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This batch contains photos spanning from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. Other than these slides coming from eBay, I have no idea of their ultimate origin other than the clues provided in the photos themselves. The photographer seems to have been from Lansing, Michigan and many of the photos are from there. I think I&apos;ve identified the photographer, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-297&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;All of the photos in this set were take in in the late 1970s or early 1980s.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The first two photos were processed in August 1979 and show people water skiing on a lake or river probably somewhere in Michigan.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The last two photo were processed in January 1980. My guess is that they were probably taken in December 1979 since they show Christmas decorations.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmcw1XzTTwM8B7SF9HZy4WzSJYK7Ukd9FirhhkHBwmJghi/slides_lot_06_481a_1979_08b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmcUopB2R8SZ5d1QbAbMBcTsYmZTfqug6BCU6K1UkLYxDD/slides_lot_06_482a_1979_08b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmSzZBZw7ao6ogSqGPbYh5YMQmwf2W6m3vYugJfG5K34i5/slides_lot_06_483a_1980_01b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmbYGpe1o8jvch5sZ4Z4iiJcfPGF4LT7TpdUwyXLRMrGap/slides_lot_06_484a_1980_01b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;See the previous post in this series &lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-477&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The entire batch that has been scanned and uploaded so far can also be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/slides/index.php?twg_album=Lot_06_eBay&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. This also includes higher resolution versions and versions with postprocessing. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Check out some of my other recent posts:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Digital Archaeology: Fujitsu LifeBook N6420&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-fujitsu-lifebook-n6420&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-fujitsu-lifebook-n6420&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (477-480)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-477&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-477&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Byte (December 1985)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/byte-december-1985&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/byte-december-1985&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (473-476)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-473&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-473&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PC World (September 1986)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/pc-world-september-1986&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/pc-world-september-1986&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-481&quot;&gt;Read the full post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><dc:creator>darth-azrael</dc:creator><category>photography</category></item><item><title>Digital Archaeology: Fujitsu LifeBook N6420</title><link>https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-fujitsu-lifebook-n6420</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-fujitsu-lifebook-n6420</guid><description>The Fujitsu LifeBook N6420 is a Core 2 Duo based laptop that was released circa 2006. In an era when the laptop market was dominated by HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc., the LifeBook line by Fujitsu was somewhat less common. Unlike various Dell and HP models which came in a multitude of configurations, the…</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:35:21 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmXcC1QmPSmHo8DGHH48Fq8ZZSnR2BxgnaQTLJpByj8ySi/n6420_1.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Fujitsu LifeBook N6420 is a Core 2 Duo based laptop that was released circa 2006. In an era when the laptop market was dominated by HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc., the LifeBook line by Fujitsu was somewhat less common. Unlike various Dell and HP models which came in a multitude of configurations, the LifeBook N6420 seems to have only had two basic configurations. Overall, it seems to have been a relatively high end model though not quite rising to the level of professional workstation or gaming powerhouse.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Specs of this particular model include:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;CPU: Core 2 Duo T5600 @ 1.83GHz&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Memory: 4 GB DDR2-333&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Graphics: ATI Mobility Radeon X1400&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Motherboard: Fujitsu FJNB1C3&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Chipset: Mobile Intel 945PM Express Chipset&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Screen: 1440x900&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Hard Drive: ATA FUJITSU MHY2160B (160 GB)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;For more detailed specs, see the report from &lt;a href=&quot;https://megalextoria.blogspot.com/p/lifebook-n6420-hardinfo.html&quot;&gt;HardInfo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmTvumHad6YrpANqEYP9VSF9voWZGrJg7YhYywRjCcpmrU/lifebook1.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Radeon X1400 isn&apos;t he fastest in the world but it is still a big jump over the integrated Intel graphics that seemed to be ubiquitous at the time. The advertised 256MB of &quot;Hypermemory&quot; is a bit misleading though. Hypermemory was ATI&apos;s technology for sharing system memory via the PCI Express bus. The actual onboard memory was less. Techpowerup says it has 128MB of DDR2 but I don&apos;t know if that amount varied. At any rate, it really wasn&apos;t good enough for anything but older games even at the time. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmUY2CCoyA6dmMJo9iNAsx6UtxdH61E1w6ZiSpbkDCY1Hh/lifebook2.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;p&gt;The screen at 1440x900 was also a step above the typical resolutions though there were higher available on other laptops. Both &quot;recommended&quot; configurations included the same screen so I don&apos;t think a higher resolution screen was available on this model. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmdm6pejjpYV8NvMa6jhFLFAzh7HY4rXi16eKUjRkBdNm6/lifebook3.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;p&gt;I suppose that the same can be said for the CPU. The Core 2 T5600 at 1.83 GHz was not the absolute fastest available but it was still on the higher end, outpacing lesser Pentium and Celeron models especially. It would have also been faster and more power efficient that equivalent Turion models that would have been around at the time. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmUfKM8XtE6v7HCg449LuJWThBNs3KPsr6rehNHmMXHSAq/lifebook4.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;p&gt;This laptop also has a few somewhat unique features mainly in the form of a control panel above the keyboard. There is a switch to turn wi-fi on and off as well as a volume button and a visual optimizer button. The visual optimizer button doesn&apos;t seem to do anything in Linux but it supposedly optimizes visual setting somehow. There is also a disc control that can be used to control DVD playback or be set to launch applications (web browser, e-mail, etc.) based on the mode (which is another button).&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmUMr6cEZH7yVaNzXxXr1KtaExyUrSy5J71hgcLi6s3C32/lifebook5.png&quot; /&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;p&gt;A Core 2 Duo can run pretty much any BOINC project and this one has been running &lt;a href=&quot;https://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/show_host_detail.php?hostid=726128&quot;&gt;Asteroids@home&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://einsteinathome.org/host/12842887&quot;&gt;Einstein@home&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://milkyway.cs.rpi.edu/milkyway/show_host_detail.php?hostid=859782&quot;&gt;Milkyway@home&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/show_host_detail.php?hostid=4975528&quot;&gt;Rosetta@home&lt;/a&gt;, Universe@home and World Community Grid which covers all of my normal projects. You can also see statistics for this machine on &lt;a href=&quot;https://stats.free-dc.org/stats.php?page=hostbycpid&amp;amp;cpid=fc6fbd9802c8efa31ec768e8d7cdd71d&quot;&gt;FreeDC&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.boincstats.com/stats/-1/host/detail/fc6fbd9802c8efa31ec768e8d7cdd71d&quot;&gt;BOINCStats&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Check out some of my other recent posts:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (477-480)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-477&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-477&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Byte (December 1985)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/byte-december-1985&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/byte-december-1985&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (473-476)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-473&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-473&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PC World (September 1986)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/pc-world-september-1986&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/pc-world-september-1986&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/digital-archaeology-fujitsu-lifebook-n6420&quot;&gt;Read the full post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><dc:creator>darth-azrael</dc:creator><category>retrocomputing</category></item><item><title>Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (477-480)</title><link>https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-477</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-477</guid><description>Several years ago I bought a flatbed scanner with a slide adapter to scan some old film slides that my grandparents had. After I finished scanning those, I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and on eBay out of curiosity. I am not sure why these commonly wind up at such places but I…</description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2026 21:22:06 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Several years ago I bought a flatbed scanner with a slide adapter to scan some old film slides that my grandparents had. After I finished scanning those, I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and on eBay out of curiosity. I am not sure why these commonly wind up at such places but I know that at least some of them have ultimately come from estate sales. Maybe family members just don&apos;t know what to do with them. I&apos;ve seen them advertised as being for arts and crafts but I was more interested in their actual contents. Each slide is literally a snapshot in history. These pictures span from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s. There are thousands of these slides. I will be scanning some from time to time and posting them here as an interesting way to look back at the past.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m using the term &quot;batch&quot; to refer to a group of slides I bought in a single purchase. Usually they are from the same ultimate origin. Typically, a batch will have 100s or even 1000s of slides.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m using the term &quot;set&quot; to refer to a subset of a batch that I scan together. There are normally four slides in one set because that&apos;s how many slides my scanner can scan at once. Likewise, a post will typically have a set of four slides. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This batch contains photos spanning from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. Other than these slides coming from eBay, I have no idea of their ultimate origin other than the clues provided in the photos themselves. The photographer seems to have been from Lansing, Michigan and many of the photos are from there. I think I&apos;ve identified the photographer, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-297&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Most of the photos in this set were processed in the early 1980s and were likely taken in the Lansing, Michigan area.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The first photo is the exception. It is undated but is labeled &quot;Playground - Marburg&quot;. It looks like it was taken in the 1960s and I&apos;m assuming this is Marburg, Germany.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The second photo was processed in March 1982 and shows four older gentlemen in suits.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The third photo was processed in July 1980 and shows a kid swinging at a baseball. The photo is kind of blurry but it was snapped with pretty impressive timing.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The last photo was processed in March 1982 and shows four women whom I assume are the wives of the men in the second photo. That photo and this one appear to have been taken at the same time and place.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmedSJpq9yWe9EiEPSKsXjVSwtDNe12kk6zR4xZyTsJmMG/slides_lot_06_477ab.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Playground - Marburg&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmRJP5rx53omE5S4F6otBQ783WNBeEMdwDr6zti54EqHnq/slides_lot_06_478a_1982_03b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmUJxSqTRV3spJGeNB7aUzCCwspSg1x3RJocxj3J5YtxJ4/slides_lot_06_479a_1980_07b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmdgCJArp6z9BBNWYtvyvfjTceKJ94rM5HfNcqgQj8ht2r/slides_lot_06_480a_1982_03b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;See the previous post in this series &lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-473&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The entire batch that has been scanned and uploaded so far can also be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/slides/index.php?twg_album=Lot_06_eBay&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. This also includes higher resolution versions and versions with postprocessing. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Check out some of my other recent posts:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Byte (December 1985)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/byte-december-1985&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/byte-december-1985&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (473-476)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-473&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-473&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;PC World (September 1986)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/pc-world-september-1986&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/pc-world-september-1986&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-477&quot;&gt;Read the full post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><dc:creator>darth-azrael</dc:creator><category>photography</category></item><item><title>Byte (December 1985)</title><link>https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/byte-december-1985</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/byte-december-1985</guid><description>Cover of the December 1985 issue of Byte Byte was perhaps the best multi-format computer magazine there was, particularly if you wanted something more technical. Eventually, it mostly just covered the PC but that was just a reflection of the market. The December 1985 issue was huge at over 500 pages…</description><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2026 16:08:27 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress/index.php/2026/10/10/byte-december-1985/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmdNzdB3j4z2b5cNmqo9WgkatU4poXNFRyfP6tMTGkRaYw/byte_1985_12_001.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Cover of the December 1985 issue of Byte&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Byte was perhaps the best multi-format computer magazine there was, particularly if you wanted something more technical. Eventually, it mostly just covered the PC but that was just a reflection of the market. The December 1985 issue was huge at over 500 pages and includes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Features&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ciarcia&apos;s Circuit Cellar: Turnkey Bulleting-Board System&lt;/b&gt; - A project to create a BBS for the SB180 single-board computer.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Programming Project: A SIMPL Compiler, Part I: The Basics&lt;/b&gt; - The first in a three part series on building a compiler for a virtual machine.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Product Description: The Tandy 600 and the Tandy 3000&lt;/b&gt; - A brief look at the new Tandy 600 and the new Tandy 3000. The Tandy 600 is a laptop featuring an 80C88 CPU, built-in 360k 3.5-inch disk drive, and 32K of RAM (upgradeable to 224K). The Tandy 3000 is an IBM AT clone featuring an 8-MHz 80286 CPU, 512K of RAM, 20 MB hard drive, and 1.2 MB 5.25&quot; floppy disk drive for $3599. A two floppy drive version with no hard drive cost $2599.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;English Recognition&lt;/b&gt; - Making computers understand regular English language commands.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scientific Applications Software&lt;/b&gt; - An overview of scientific software. Some of the packages looked at here include Math/Library, MicroSUB MATH, NAG FORTRAN PC50 Library, The Scientific Desk, Linpack, PC-MATLAB, SEOS, TKSolver, The Economic Software Package, MICROBI, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Programming Insight: Virtual Fielding in Microsoft BASIC&lt;/b&gt; - A technique for handling files with record lengths longer than a sector in Microsoft BASIC.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Programming Insight: Travesty with Database&lt;/b&gt; - A program called Breakdown which is a high speed Travesty Generator (I had to look up what that was).&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress/index.php/2026/10/10/byte-december-1985/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmekGv4iFmkG8yLf1hvT7MPGvQrG8jXVVY345YHetiY2QU/byte_1985_12_004.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Table of Contents from the December 1985 issue of Byte&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Themes&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;An Overview of Conferencing Systems&lt;/b&gt; - This article looks at available conferencing systems. The modern equivalents would be things like Zoom, Teams,  etc. (though video wasn&apos;t a thing yet). Software looked at here includes COM, EIES, PARTI, NOTEPAD, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Conferencing Standards&lt;/b&gt; - An article on developing a standard communications protocol for conferencing between multiple computers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Database Structure in PortaCOM&lt;/b&gt; - A look at database structures used in conferencing and in PortaCOM in particular.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Network Applications Manager&lt;/b&gt; - Implementation of a computer conferencing system.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Storage Architectures&lt;/b&gt; - How to store the data needed for a conferencing system.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Common Ground&lt;/b&gt; - A microcomputer based conferencing system built for science teachers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Local Power In A Remote Link&lt;/b&gt; - A two=part software solution to the I/O bottleneck when connecting to a remote system.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Conversations&lt;/b&gt; - An article based on a paper entitled &quot;Conversations: An Alternative to Memos and Conferences&quot;.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cross-System Conferencing With CLACR&lt;/b&gt; - Description of software designed to link disparate systems.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress/index.php/2026/10/10/byte-december-1985/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmTnFc8yvXcwP2uh68rnuoUkWiYaoAFRfX1SGvSoKEK5iA/byte_1985_12_005.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Table of Contents from the December 1985 issue of Byte (continued)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Reviews&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;The AT&amp;amp;T PC 6300&lt;/b&gt; - A PC compatible computer featuring an 8-MHz 8086-2 CPU, a high resolution color display, 128K of RAM and two 360K floppy drives or 256K of RAM wit a 10 MB hard drive and one 360K floppy. Prices range from $2745 to $3975.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Tandy 200 and the NEC PC-8401A&lt;/b&gt; - The Tandy 200 is a laptop featuring a 2.4 MHz 80C85 CPU, 24K RAM (expandable to 74K), 300bps modem, some built-in software (such as a basic word processor and address book), and more for $999. The NEC PC-8401A is a laptop featuring a Z80-compatible CPU, 64K RAM (expandable to 96K), 300bps modem, CP/M, and more for $999.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Golden Common LISP&lt;/b&gt; - A LIST environment for microcomputers.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Norton Utilities&lt;/b&gt; - This collection of tools for managing your hard drive would become indispensable for many users over the years.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/byte-december-1985&quot;&gt;Read the full post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><dc:creator>darth-azrael</dc:creator><category>retrocomputing</category></item><item><title>Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (473-476)</title><link>https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-473</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-473</guid><description>Several years ago I bought a flatbed scanner with a slide adapter to scan some old film slides that my grandparents had. After I finished scanning those, I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and on eBay out of curiosity. I am not sure why these commonly wind up at such places but I…</description><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:30:51 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Several years ago I bought a flatbed scanner with a slide adapter to scan some old film slides that my grandparents had. After I finished scanning those, I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and on eBay out of curiosity. I am not sure why these commonly wind up at such places but I know that at least some of them have ultimately come from estate sales. Maybe family members just don&apos;t know what to do with them. I&apos;ve seen them advertised as being for arts and crafts but I was more interested in their actual contents. Each slide is literally a snapshot in history. These pictures span from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s. There are thousands of these slides. I will be scanning some from time to time and posting them here as an interesting way to look back at the past.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m using the term &quot;batch&quot; to refer to a group of slides I bought in a single purchase. Usually they are from the same ultimate origin. Typically, a batch will have 100s or even 1000s of slides.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m using the term &quot;set&quot; to refer to a subset of a batch that I scan together. There are normally four slides in one set because that&apos;s how many slides my scanner can scan at once. Likewise, a post will typically have a set of four slides. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This batch contains photos spanning from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. Other than these slides coming from eBay, I have no idea of their ultimate origin other than the clues provided in the photos themselves. The photographer seems to have been from Lansing, Michigan and many of the photos are from there. I think I&apos;ve identified the photographer, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-297&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;All of the photos in this set were taken in the 1960s and were all likely taken in the Lansing, Michigan area.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The first three photos were all processed in August 1961 and are all labeled &apos;Bud + Maries 61&apos;. This looks like some kind of a party at the home of who I assume were friends of the photographer. I know there have been other photos from this same event in earlier sets because I recognize the hats...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The last photo was processed in October 1965. It shows a bunch of kids eating but there isn&apos;t a lot of context so I&apos;m not sure if this was a party or special event or something else.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmPJuSr38cPmmitu83ENFXCQVpD7bAbFXzNAuxAqawHKZm/slides_lot_06_473a_1961_08b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Bud + Maries 61&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmXtaomZjWyvn31Fqw38LwTJYigudDVfxA6ceW5u236ew4/slides_lot_06_474a_1961_08b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Bud + Maries 61&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmZxyUhXP9U3HDo3NCxGNndXoYeA6jTzK7gcUxXHrP2Ee9/slides_lot_06_475a_1961_08b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Bud + Maries 61&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmcgXEBkFKwokRcgsdamw6oFQXKJ1whWoDe9Hb8Txx5JYN/slides_lot_06_476a_1965_10b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;See the previous post in this series &lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-469&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The entire batch that has been scanned and uploaded so far can also be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/slides/index.php?twg_album=Lot_06_eBay&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. This also includes higher resolution versions and versions with postprocessing. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;PC World (September 1986)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/pc-world-september-1986&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/pc-world-september-1986&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (469-472)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-469&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-469&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The One (January 1995)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/the-one-january-1995&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/the-one-january-1995&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-473&quot;&gt;Read the full post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><dc:creator>darth-azrael</dc:creator><category>photography</category></item><item><title>PC World (September 1986)</title><link>https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/pc-world-september-1986</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/pc-world-september-1986</guid><description>Cover of the September 1986 issue of PC World If you had an IBM PC or compatible in the 1980s or 1990s, PC World was probably the magazine you wanted. It was certainly one of the most popular and perhaps the best all around PC magazine. The September 1986 issue includes: Close-Up Programmers at Work…</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2026 21:26:15 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress/index.php/2026/10/08/pc-world-september-1986/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmX5K2tfCt2217dzaKyiHkR9GKVNsfZyDjSsYHUqS12GN3/pc_world_1986_09_001.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Cover of the September 1986 issue of PC World&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you had an IBM PC or compatible in the 1980s or 1990s, PC World was probably the magazine you wanted. It was certainly one of the most popular and perhaps the best all around PC magazine. The September 1986 issue includes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;h1&gt;Close-Up&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Programmers at Work&lt;/b&gt; - An interview with some of the best programmers of the time including Gary Kildall, C. Wayne Ratliff, Bob Frankston, and Robert Carr.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Application Development&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Smarter Than the Sum of Its Parts&lt;/b&gt; - A look at Smart System from Innovative Software. a database management system.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fast and BASIC&lt;/b&gt; - Programming techniques to make your BASIC programs faster.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Communications&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Remote Quadrille&lt;/b&gt; - A comparison of remote communications packages including Remote, pcANYWHERE, Carbon Copy, and CloseUp.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress/index.php/2026/10/08/pc-world-september-1986/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmd9EAgfKyxh7Uj2xWFAedAWUAhLztua7iuoJcRxJRJoZ9/pc_world_1986_09_006.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Table of Contents from the September 1986 issue of PC World&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Network Management&lt;/b&gt; - A guide to network management for local area networks.
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Data Analysis&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;FRED Creates a Blip Chart&lt;/b&gt; - Creating a custom stock analysis graph in Framework with FRED, Framework&apos;s programming language.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Supportable Sales&lt;/b&gt; - Keeping sales and working capital in balance with this Lotus 1-2-3 application.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Graphics&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Power Chips Paint Pictures&lt;/b&gt; - A look at new graphics coprocessor chips from Intel and Texas Instruments. The Intel 82786 Graphics Coprocessor and the Texas Instruments 3010 Graphics Subsystem Processor.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;One-Stop Business Graphics&lt;/b&gt; - A look at GraphStation, a combination of presentation and decision-making software.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Word Processing&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;On a Wang and a Prayer&lt;/b&gt; - A look at two formerly dedicate word processing packages for the IBM PC, Wang Word Processing and MultiMate, both of which come with their own keyboards.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress/index.php/2026/10/08/pc-world-september-1986/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmWorKaQLY8GcDv4jwE5kfYG6THBMvtYcyTG98oZinBLz5/pc_world_1986_09_007.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Table of Contents from the September 1986 issue of PC World (continued)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;Departments&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;David Bunnell&lt;/b&gt; - A new bill in Congress that would prohibit software rental.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Letters&lt;/b&gt; - Letters from readers about NEC&apos;s V-series processors, accounting software, computer games, Tandy, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;REMark&lt;/b&gt; - Standards in the computer industry.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;PC World View&lt;/b&gt; - The latest in computer technology including the latest from Microsoft via the second Windows development seminar, on-line communications in journalism, computerized genealogy, the latest in tax software, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;From the Software Shelf&lt;/b&gt; - A brief look at some of the latest software including Microsoft Word 3.0, PopDrop (memory management utility), Quickreport reporting software for dBASE II and III, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;From the Hardware Shelf&lt;/b&gt; - A brief look at recent hardware releases including the Sperry PC/IT (an IBM AT compatible including a 44.6MB hard drive, 8MHZ 286 CPU, 1 MB of RAM, and more for $6834), the Toshiba T1100 (Toshiba&apos;s $2000 portable personal computer featuring a 9x4-inch LCD display, 720K 3.5&quot; disk drive, 512K of RAM, 4.77MHz 80C88 CPU, and more), Mannesmann Tally MT-290 dot matrix printer, and more.&lt;/li&gt; 
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Password: Communicate&lt;/b&gt; - Gateways to 700 on-line databases via EasyLink and CompuServe, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Help Screen&lt;/b&gt; - Questions answered about reducing the cluster size of hard drives, clearing memory resident programs from memory, changing drives in WordStar 3.30, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress/index.php/2026/10/08/pc-world-september-1986/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQman4sRs3JJqEMZVUKFJZDMiwAZPCqAjN4rABoGov4oxnd/pc_world_1986_09_394.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Back cover of the September 1986 issue of PC World (continued)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;...and more!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Check out some of my other recent posts:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (469-472)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-469&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-469&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/retrocomputing/@darth-azrael/pc-world-september-1986&quot;&gt;Read the full post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><dc:creator>darth-azrael</dc:creator><category>retrocomputing</category></item><item><title> Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (469-472)</title><link>https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-469</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-469</guid><description>Several years ago I bought a flatbed scanner with a slide adapter to scan some old film slides that my grandparents had. After I finished scanning those, I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and on eBay out of curiosity. I am not sure why these commonly wind up at such places but I…</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:38:51 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;p&gt;Several years ago I bought a flatbed scanner with a slide adapter to scan some old film slides that my grandparents had. After I finished scanning those, I picked up several batches of slides from Goodwill and on eBay out of curiosity. I am not sure why these commonly wind up at such places but I know that at least some of them have ultimately come from estate sales. Maybe family members just don&apos;t know what to do with them. I&apos;ve seen them advertised as being for arts and crafts but I was more interested in their actual contents. Each slide is literally a snapshot in history. These pictures span from as early as the late 1940s to as late as the early 1990s. There are thousands of these slides. I will be scanning some from time to time and posting them here as an interesting way to look back at the past.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m using the term &quot;batch&quot; to refer to a group of slides I bought in a single purchase. Usually they are from the same ultimate origin. Typically, a batch will have 100s or even 1000s of slides.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I&apos;m using the term &quot;set&quot; to refer to a subset of a batch that I scan together. There are normally four slides in one set because that&apos;s how many slides my scanner can scan at once. Likewise, a post will typically have a set of four slides. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This batch contains photos spanning from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. Other than these slides coming from eBay, I have no idea of their ultimate origin other than the clues provided in the photos themselves. The photographer seems to have been from Lansing, Michigan and many of the photos are from there. I think I&apos;ve identified the photographer, see &lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-297&quot;&gt;this post&lt;/a&gt; for more details.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;These were all scanned with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo scanner.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;All of the photos in this set were taken circa 1974 and were likely taken in the Lansing, Michigan area.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The first photo was processed in February 1974 and was taken at a toddler&apos;s birthday party. Check out the homemade Winnie the Pooh cake.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The second photo was processed in August 1974. It shows an older lady sitting outside (along with some other people).&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;The third photo was processed in February 1974. Given the pile of Christmas presents, I&apos;m guessing this was taken on or near Christmas 1973.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;the last photo was processed in August 1974 and looks like it was taken at the same event as the second photo. Given the large number of people, maybe this was a family reunion.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmacY5tUbt6xYuN5mwBQyVnnXGwupNqhycPiK9v9z1AK7H/slides_lot_06_469a_1974_02b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmc4z9HW2mbokdCd5SNYfBVzdhdBq5nFUiGbaNasqYiSva/slides_lot_06_470a_1974_08b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmWmkj1fM5j59SoiTJkEn5kBEXNW48KCdoNquseyYmXteh/slides_lot_06_471a_1974_02b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmbJsVcFaB4dbH11tCUd4bThvERUAr5m3wiLYs8R6C4BZz/slides_lot_06_472a_1974_08b.jpg&quot; width=&quot;560&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;See the previous post in this series &lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-465&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The entire batch that has been scanned and uploaded so far can also be found &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/slides/index.php?twg_album=Lot_06_eBay&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. This also includes higher resolution versions and versions with postprocessing. &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Check out some of my other recent posts:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The One (January 1995)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/the-one-january-1995&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/the-one-january-1995&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (465-468)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-465&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-465&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Maximum PC (April 2006)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/maximum-pc-april-2006&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/maximum-pc-april-2006&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (461-464)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-461/edit-classic&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-461/edit-classic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/photography/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-469&quot;&gt;Read the full post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content:encoded><dc:creator>darth-azrael</dc:creator><category>photography</category></item><item><title>The One (January 1995)</title><link>https://ecency.com/retrogaming/@darth-azrael/the-one-january-1995</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/retrogaming/@darth-azrael/the-one-january-1995</guid><description>Cover of the January 1995 issue of The One The One is a computer gaming magazine that was published in the U.K. While it originally also covered the PC and Atari ST, by 1995 it was only covering the Amiga. The January 1995 issue includes: Noel&apos;s Boot Sector - The cover disks in this month&apos;s issue…</description><pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 16:33:15 GMT</pubDate><content:encoded>&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress/index.php/2026/10/03/the-one-january-1995/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmTFZPH8QyyrYCfwTJk7e4qv3o1mfZZ16vwEjg5ppC9k35/theone7500001.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Cover of the January 1995 issue of The One&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;The One is a computer gaming magazine that was published in the U.K. While it originally also covered the PC and Atari ST, by 1995 it was only covering the Amiga. The January 1995 issue includes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Noel&apos;s Boot Sector&lt;/b&gt; - The cover disks in this month&apos;s issue include the first level of Jungle Strike plus other demos including Battle Tanks, Holiday Lemmings, Super Skidmarks, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Glad Tidings&lt;/b&gt; - News regarding bidders for Commodore, Rise of the Robots, a re-release of Exile, budget releases of LucasArts games, Worms for the Amiga 1200 and CDTV, Frontier: First Encounters, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress/index.php/2026/10/03/the-one-january-1995/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmZAokeGkWn5gLt8cdsE5eZWtAwgWLEPPx4bEqDeW6PAXa/theone7500004.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Table of Contents from the January 1995 issue of The One&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Letters to Santa&lt;/b&gt; - Letters from readers about Sensible Soccer, Action Replay Cartridge MKIII, War in Middle Earth, Commodore&apos;s future, Mortal Kombat II, Overdrive CD-ROM drive, Sim City 2000, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Wips and Cream&lt;/b&gt; - Previews of upcoming games including The Chaos Engine 2, Pizza Cake, and Ace of Spades.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reviews With Brandy&lt;/b&gt; - Reviews of the latest games including Mortal Kombat II, Shaq Fu, Mr Blobby, Roadkill, Marvin&apos;s Adventure, Dream Web, Base Jumpers, Lemmings 3, Subwar, Powerdrive, SWOS, Whizz, Sim City 2000, Pinball Illusions, Tower Assault, Rise of the Robots, and Overlord.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Behind You, Cinders!&lt;/b&gt; - A brief look back at the games of the last year including UFO: Enemy Unknown, PGA Euro Golf, Benefactor, Putty Squad, Guardian, Pinball Illusions, Aladdin, Roadkill, Theme Park, Banshee, Mortal Kombat II, Reach for the Skies, Jetstrike CD32, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Update Preserves&lt;/b&gt; - A look at the latest games updated for the Amiga 1200 and CD32 including Marvin&apos;s Marvelous Adventure, Bubble and Squeak, Bump &apos;N&apos; Burn, and Vital Light.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress/index.php/2026/10/03/the-one-january-1995/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmbQrn6wWuaCwykoxxCGJW7UUobpYX4MrAP96fo38RzpZT/theone7500005.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Table of Contents from the January 1995 issue of The One (continued)&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Roast Replays&lt;/b&gt; - A look at budget re-releases such as Dogfight, Reach for the Skies, Shuttle, F-117A, Monkey Island 2, PGA Tour Golf Plus, A-Train, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt; - Tips, tricks, strategies, and cheats for Zeewolf, Crystal Dragon, UFO: Enemy Unknown, Championship Manager, Super Stardust, and many others.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lemmings 3&lt;/b&gt; - A detailed review of the latest Lemmings game. I feel like we are long overdue for a new Lemmings game.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;SWOS&lt;/b&gt; - A detailed look at Sensible World of Soccer.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Smoked PD Zone&lt;/b&gt; - A look at some of the latest public domain releases including Beavis &apos;N&apos; Butthead - Breaking The Lawn, Friday the 13th Part X, Erik, Marbles, Alien Attack, and more.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;Recommended Stocking Fillers&lt;/b&gt; - A list of suggested games for Christmas presents including Aladdin, Cannon Fodder, F1, Alien Breed 2, James Pond 3, Jungle Strike, K240, UFO, Uridium 2, Mortal Kombat, Theme Park, Zool 2, and many others.&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;center&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.megalextoria.com/wordpress/index.php/2026/10/03/the-one-january-1995/&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;https://i.ecency.com/DQmUw22YZD4MT1WAFLMsnAP7hCdAm9CaUmEFQnYv9SCAT7K/theone7500116.jpg&quot; /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;sub&gt;Back cover of the January 1995 issue of The One&lt;/sub&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;...and more!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Check out some of my other recent posts:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (465-468)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-465&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-465&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Maximum PC (April 2006)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/maximum-pc-april-2006&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/maximum-pc-april-2006&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Vintage Photos - Lot 6 (461-464)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-461/edit-classic&quot;&gt;https://ecency.com/@darth-azrael/vintage-photos-lot-6-461/edit-classic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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