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Dutch Legend has Been Running his Campsite Since 1986 Using an Atari ST

posted by martyb on Sunday October 03 2021, @05:39PM   Printer-friendly

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Dutch legend has been running his campsite since 1986 using an Atari ST:

If there's one thing YouTuber Viktor Bart likes, it's retro computers: his channel is dedicated to videos about building old machines, their functions, cool oddities, and just generally the joy of these beige things. Even Mr. Bart, however, was surprised by what he found in Koningsbosch, in the Dutch province of Limburg: a campsite that's been run since 1986 on an Atari ST.

[Ed note: Is there anybody here who has an Atari ST? Please share your experience in the comments.

I bought its predecessor, an Atari 800, in 1980. Even got an expansion cartridge to boost memory from the on-board 8 KB RAM. Yes, I spent countless hours playing Star Raiders. It was not as capable as the Atari ST, but it was a fun system that booted up instantly!]

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  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Monday October 04 2021, @05:45PM (2 children)

    by looorg (578) on Monday October 04 2021, @05:45PM (#1184187)

    Ah you upgraded to far. Girlfriend (or fiance or whatever) thinks all I do is cute and charming (or so I pretend), I fear that the wife upgrade will change all that.

    I'm not monitor nostalgic, I don't care for CRT in that regard. I don't miss like having that 50kg of tube on my desk. That said I have fond feelz about for monochrome monitors (monochrome orange > monochrome green > monochrome black/white).

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  • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday October 04 2021, @09:01PM (1 child)

    by Freeman (732) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 04 2021, @09:01PM (#1184266) Journal

    Fiance is when you ask them to marry you and they say yes. In the event that's not happened and there's no wedding planned, still a girlfriend.

    Though, in some places (most places?), if you've been living together for X period of time, it's called a "Common Law Marriage". In which case, you may as well be married.

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    Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"

    • (Score: 2) by Freeman on Monday October 04 2021, @09:06PM

      by Freeman (732) Subscriber Badge on Monday October 04 2021, @09:06PM (#1184267) Journal

      Apparently a woman is called a Fiancée, while a man is a Fiancé. Pronounced the same, but written different. I probably learned that at some point and promptly forgot.

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      Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"