While you’re correct, since 1998 the book has been published as October Sky for that very reason. Fun fact, October Sky is an anagram of Rocket Boys

If this is the US, I believe that is a HIPPA violation

Was the second Utopia boot disk the one with the 3D model of a reindeer? Thats the one I had

For those who weren’t around in the 80s, like myself, Calvin’s dad is actually right.

At this point in time toy tie in programs made up the bulk of Saturday morning cartoon blocks.

G.I. Joe, He-Man/She-Ra, Transformers, etc are examples. What’s more, a lot of these shows were low budget to minimize cost and maximize profit. Not only did they recycle scripts, they recycled whole scenes, some of which (famously He-man’s transformation) would appear in nearly every or actually every episode, unchanged

Take a look at the MSU-MD/MD+ project which adds CD quality music to a lot of top Genesis/MD games

Perfect Dark (spiritual successor to GoldenEye) iterated on that. You can use two N64 controllers, one in each hand, to get a true dual stick experience

I had the same microSD card in my various phones for 8 years. In the end, it didn’t fail, I just upgraded. I’ve had my current one for about 3 years now, still going strong

IIRC just Sonic & Knuckles plus Sonic 2 or Sonic 3 isn’t happy when plugged into a 32X

Looks like a Model 1 SCD is set up under the console. The Model 2 SCD is the one that attaches to the side

MRIs don’t use radiation, they’re based on magnetism.

Provided they don’t use contrast or sedation, and you don’t have any metal in you its incredibly safe.

I think the biggest risk is hearing damage from the noise of the motor

They’re shareware but I think Pocket Tanks and Super DX Ball have been on every computer of mine since 2002

I went to a well funded school in New England, this was period correct even as late as 2013. For VHS especially these carts were still in use, but starting in maybe 2007/2008 some teachers would use their computer + VGA projector setup for DVDs. Especially since there weren’t enough carts to go around

Rare was basically a second party developer back in those days. They were given access to internal tools from Nintendo, a direct hotline for help, hell they even developed Nintendo IPs, which was unheard of for a western developer and is still rare even today

Same here, ordered in April, received in September

Company’s used email to that extent in the 80s? I get that tech jobs, unis, and research groups used it, but there was a company using it widely enough that HR used it?

Oh man, 2024 really is the year of the pager

Presto era Opera was fantastic. At the time Firefox was kinda stagnating and Opera was just innovating.

I’m curious about the quality of the Sega Saturn looking N64 controller. Nice haul btw

They’re actually two Casio F-100s in a custom chassis. Casio still sells modern reproductions as the Casio A-100

You can try setting the language option in your config to translate/transliterate the fields to your preferred language