Keep Calm And Discuss Retro Generally!

a5y

valleyoftheunos wrote: »

Oh now listen all the charity shops have very strict rules about items in windows, usually they have a sign saying they won't be on sale till the next week.

I don't get that.

Are charity shops trying to generate hype? That's some Craggy Island farce right there.

Andrew76

a5y wrote: »

I don't get that.

Are charity shops trying to generate hype? That's some Craggy Island farce right there.

Yeah I've no idea if he/she was being serious or not, surely not? I'm not an expert on the inner workings of Charity shops but I would have thought it a bad idea to tell someone to come back another day to buy something - I certainly wouldn't come back.

johnny_ultimate

I saw a NES-001 and a few discoloured games selling for 90 euro in the window of one of those dodgy cash converting places in Galway over the weekend! Don't know if the first Nintendo DS ever made is worth that much...

valleyoftheunos

a5y wrote: »

I don't get that.

Are charity shops trying to generate hype? That's some Craggy Island farce right there.

Andrew76 wrote: »

Yeah I've no idea if he/she was being serious or not, surely not? I'm not an expert on the inner workings of Charity shops but I would have thought it a bad idea to tell someone to come back another day to buy something - I certainly wouldn't come back.

I don't really know why but it is the case in all of them and they take it pretty seriously. I suppose they just want to be able to keep all the "good" stuff in the window for people to see and to not have to keep redoing the window day after day.

Jack burton

Well in any case if someone came in and said "I want to buy that controller in the window, how much is it?" I wouldn't say, ah come back in a week. You'd think they would just take the money and be happy with putting stuff into the cash register.

Really does confuse me. Unless they have one person that prices all the stuff for them, either or its a big pile of willy

valleyoftheunos

Jack burton wrote: »

Well in any case if someone came in and said "I want to buy that controller in the window, how much is it?" I wouldn't say, ah come back in a week. You'd think they would just take the money and be happy with putting stuff into the cash register.

Really does confuse me. Unless they have one person that prices all the stuff for them, either or its a big pile of willy

well you have to remember that most of these shops are run by older ladies who aren't necessarily concerned with maximizing profits but rather fair play for everyone who wants to buy that controller and also being able to keep a windo display going for as long as possible, because after all if you don't come back next week, someone else probably will.

Besides most of the people Volunteering in those shops only do it so they can have first dibs on the stuff that comes in.:D

Steve X2

I came across this thread when looking for a bit of info on import duty and VAT.
Might be useful to others.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055862554

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

Jack burton wrote: »

.but no! I was told by the women behind the counter that that wont go on sale till Saturday morning then it will be priced and available

I didnt realise I was dealing with an auction house.....could have sworn it was a charity shop in Waterford

That's actually really common among charity shops, it happened me before with a Doraemon plush, come back in 4 weeks, I had gone back in about 6 weeks later and found it anyway.

Our shop stopped doing it since we just replace the item from our "window selection" downstairs and am often asked when do the items on the window go on sale. Enable Ireland and LAW both do that afaik.

IMO it's ridiculous! you should be delighted someone wants to buy something especially during this economic climate, anytime I told someone come in tomorrow or next week they don't. Here's a good example, a woman wanted a TV that came into the shop, she put down a deposit of €25 and paid €25 the next week, it's been there for 2 months, fully paid for. You should only be worried about your window display if you got constant stock like in a normal shop, some weeks you get in ****e have to recycle most of the stuff that comes in. Window displays should be for the expensive items so they don't get robbed.

a5y

Sera wrote: »

That's actually really common among charity shops, it happened me before with a Doraemon plush, come back in 4 weeks, I had gone back in about 6 weeks later and found it anyway.

That's so nuts I think squirrels were involved.

Steve X2

I need a bit of help from the retro brain trust.

What is this cable used for? It plugs into the serial i/o port on the back of the Playstation 1 but it's actual purpose is a mystery to me.
Maybe some sort of cable for a cheat device?

Mr.Saturn

Fun fact of the day:

Capcom and Bethesda outsource their tech-support to the same call-centre in Bangalore.

DinoRex

Last night I discovered my laptop has 2 GPUs in it.

For the past year I've only been using the integrated intel video card.... I have the AMD HD6630m card running now... suddenly all the crap I had trouble running works!

a5y

Steve SI wrote: »

I need a bit of help from the retro brain trust.

What is this cable used for? It plugs into the serial i/o port on the back of the Playstation 1 but it's actual purpose is a mystery to me.
Maybe some sort of cable for a cheat device?

Which model of the PlayStation? The original grey one or the redesigned smaller white "PSone" that has the purpose built screen? And does it use the same port as the PS to PS link cable?

Steve X2

a5y wrote: »

Which model of the PlayStation? The original grey one or the redesigned smaller white "PSone" that has the purpose built screen? And does it use the same port as the PS to PS link cable?

It's the original Playstation, not sure if the PSOne has the port.
Plugs into the Serial I/O port like in the below image.

OwaynOTT

Sera wrote: »

That's actually really common among charity shops, it happened me before with a Doraemon plush, come back in 4 weeks, I had gone back in about 6 weeks later and found it anyway.

Our shop stopped doing it since we just replace the item from our "window selection" downstairs and am often asked when do the items on the window go on sale. Enable Ireland and LAW both do that afaik.

IMO it's ridiculous! you should be delighted someone wants to buy something especially during this economic climate, anytime I told someone come in tomorrow or next week they don't. Here's a good example, a woman wanted a TV that came into the shop, she put down a deposit of €25 and paid €25 the next week, it's been there for 2 months, fully paid for. You should only be worried about your window display if you got constant stock like in a normal shop, some weeks you get in ****e have to recycle most of the stuff that comes in. Window displays should be for the expensive items so they don't get robbed.

Which Charity shop do you work in?

I use to go into Charity shops hoping to find stuff, all I ever found was a first edition Terry Pratchett book, now I just keep all my monies for myself!*










*all for myself!

a5y

Hmm. There isn't a long list of stuff that use that port.

• Can't be the the KOEI print adapter, since that uses an non-detachable cable.
• Isn't the most commonly used PS to PS cable, obviously.
• Isn't for the PSY Q Dev cart. That uses the PS to PS cable.
• Doesn't seem like it could be for a floppy drive because the only photos of em I can find have them connect to the Memory card slot.

My guess is its for linking to a PC comms card. Bottom left here. Similar to a Saturn DataLink. The connection on the card does look a bit like what you have too, and the port used makes sense if the same port can output and receive game data between PSs.

DinoRex

Duke Nukem reads from 50 Shades of Grey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oUa-3W0BFI

Doge

CiDeRmAn wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owLeEOFTFOs

I know it's been posted lots of times, but it's so funny!

Metal Gear theme ftw!

I have been a very quiet boy lately but I arrive back today with a Network+ POWER UP!

And now I'm free to enter warm lovely world of retro again!

I haz even made a [CAM] H33T AXXO L@@K L@@K!!! recording of a gameplay of a race in Driver Parallel Lines today.

Its good to be back!

Retr0gamer

I have a cart that goes in the back on the PS1 called the emulator z. Supposedly it will run a variety of roms like master system roms and the like. I tested it and it's a load of rubbish. It also doesn't bypass copyright protection.

You can however explore the file system on the CD's and play videos from some games like FFVII.

So useless in other words.

Doge

DinoRex wrote: »

Duke Nukem reads from 50 Shades of Grey:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oUa-3W0BFI

Brilliant!


BTW this is my first time hearing about Wreck It Ralph, Looking forward to it!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

OwaynOTT wrote: »

Which Charity shop do you work in?

I use to go into Charity shops hoping to find stuff, all I ever found was a first edition Terry Pratchett book, now I just keep all my monies for myself!*

Cancer Society, sure I PM'd you about the Sega Gen inside there, can keep an eye out for some if you want, sure I saw one there a few weeks ago but was definitely bought
The amount of Maeve Binchy we have is unreal

OwaynOTT

Sera wrote: »

Cancer Society, sure I PM'd you about the Sega Gen inside there, can keep an eye out for some if you want, sure I saw one there a few weeks ago but was definitely bought
The amount of Maeve Binchy we have is unreal

Oh yeah the sega, forgot that. If you wouldn't mind be great, any fantasy/sci-fi hardbacks really. Nothing based on tv series or games though, hate that crap.
I actually think I got that pratchett book from there last year.

Dale Parish

Steve SI wrote: »

I need a bit of help from the retro brain trust.

What is this cable used for? It plugs into the serial i/o port on the back of the Playstation 1 but it's actual purpose is a mystery to me.
Maybe some sort of cable for a cheat device?

It's unlikley but it's the same as an EGA connector...
They may have intended on connecting a PS1 to an old monitor? (even old by those days standards)

Professey Chin

Hello Kitty strikes again

RNB

Does anyone know what this is? I believe it's a Famicom NTSC-j title?

Steve X2

RNB wrote: »

Does anyone know what this is? I believe it's a Famicom NTSC-j title?

ActRaiser on the SNES.

RNB

Steve SI wrote: »

ActRaiser on the SNES.

Awesome. Thanks Steve :-)

DinoRex

ENHANCE!

Touch Fuzzy Get Dizzy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o6VOBZRWPc

safetyboy

A mate of mine is making this if you lot fancy helping out.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/178064966/vampire-cities-an-rpg-in-the-real-world