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  1. XodiumRetro

    In tech stuff, what's a little thing that just...bothers you more than it should?

    So it goes, this is inspired by some goings on with my M1 MacBook, but before I launch into that, let me explain what I'm asking: To put it simply, say an update was pushed to an app you use that moves something in a very subtle way. Or a new revision of some hardware you use was released that's...
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    My Quicksilver 01 seems to flip its lid sometimes with 16:9 resolutions

    Wondering if anyone has a fix for this, because I really wanted to keep it on 10.3.9 but I had to upgrade it to 10.4 to escape this issue. I was playing Alice under 10.3.9 with my GeForce 4 Ti 4600 (shouts to Justin Morgan for hooking me up with that, btw) and it worked stupidly great under...
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    Hey you! Wanna get into iPods?

    (Excuse the doublepost, mods. Just gotta make sure this is seen, lol.) If that CD you get has the Windows updater definitely do archive it and let me know. I found the Mac version of the 2.0.1 updater and uploaded a copy over here, and it works a treat!
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    2.0.1 Firmware for iPod (3rd Generation)

    This took a little bit of googling, so I wanted to reupload it here so we have our own copy of it just in case, seeing as there was once a time it looks when the software was harder to find. What is it? This updater allows you to update/restore a third generation iPod (the one with the light...
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    Hey you! Wanna get into iPods?

    Put me down as interested. My 3rd gen likes falling over more often than it wants to work so I'm down to experiment with it a bit, heh. Though once I get the new mini battery in, maybe that'll change. I also think /r/iPod might be interested if you're on reddit, I know there are people on there...
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    Member bio - Xodium

    First off, the username: It was dreamed up when I was mashing random words together way back in 2008 because I guess someone didn't like my Xbox Live gamertag and I had to change it, and wanted something unique, and exxodium is what I came up with. (And to this day, that's STILL my gamertag.)...
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    Hey you! Wanna get into iPods?

    Yep. It'll still charge, but if you plug it into a machine over FW it'll never ever come up despite throwing the Do Not Disconnect screen at you. Though speaking of OS 9 compatibility, my 3G's on 2.3 and it still comes up in 9.2.2, though of course iTunes doesn't know what to do with it...
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    What are your vintage grail items?

    As someone who owns a B/W G3, I can attest to this. The plastics on them did NOT age well at all, in my case. All the feet and handles broke on mine pretty quick after I pulled it from storage. I actually replaced them with feet/handles from a trashed Quicksilver chassis. Looks a little odd, but...
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    Hey you! Wanna get into iPods?

    Figured this would be a good thing to kick this section off, no? Maybe you've watched DankPods, or maybe you've found an old iPod and find yourself wanting to mess around with them more, because even though Apple considers them "obsolete" they're still stupidly useful even today (and still...
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    What are your vintage grail items?

    Have another one to add now that I think of it: An original/2nd gen iPod. Not that I'd ever daily it like my other iPods, but I've always kinda wanted one, even as far back as the mid 2000s (though back then I wanted one to actually fix up and use since I couldn't afford a new iPod at the time...
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    What are your vintage grail items?

    Grail in this case meaning (for the uninitiated) an item that you've wanted for a while, but haven't been able to acquire (either due to timing, or it being so rare, etc.) Curious as to what your deepest vintage computing desires are. At least for myself, I kinda have 3, all vintage Macs, and...
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    Working on old iPods because just when I thought I was done, somehow, I always get roped back in...

    Working on old iPods because just when I thought I was done, somehow, I always get roped back in to messing with them. It never ends.
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    The Pallet o' Macs (an older tale)

    I will never, ever, EVER top this score. Ever. Also, if the person we picked the Macs up from is out there, say hi! The time: 2017. I'm in a group chat with some friends and mutuals, one of which who lives about 30 minutes away from me. Also in there is dosdude1. Yes, *that* dosdude1. I name...
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    Downvoting posts

    Being on reddit quite a lot and coming from that point of view, I honestly never found downvotes that effective. All they did was allow a subset of people who disagreed with you (even if your information was good) to drown you out. As Kai says, I think in cases where the downvote would be...