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235 points andsoitis | 3 comments | 16 Nov 25 15:26 UTC | HN request time: 0.015s | source

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haxxorfreak ◴[16 Nov 25 17:15 UTC] No.45946655[source]▶

I love the hard drive sound emulation! I find that modern restorations of vintage hardware using SD cards to emulate drives are missing an important part of the nostalgic experience when they just start up completely silently.

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1. tverbeure ◴[16 Nov 25 20:15 UTC] No.45948041[source]▶

>>45946655 #

I was about the comment the same. It adds a lot of authenticity to the whole game loading process!

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2. Natsu ◴[17 Nov 25 03:15 UTC] No.45950572[source]▶

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I actually still have an original 8088 sitting in a closet. I need to figure out something to do with it some day.

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3. Damogran6 ◴[17 Nov 25 18:55 UTC] No.45956706[source]▶

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Pull the CMOS battery. Recap before you put power to it...make sure the power supply is healthy. Do those things and it'll run 40 years from now.

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