RetroFox
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All things old computers, video games/consoles, geeky. Avid flea market and yard sale hunter of electronic goodies.
Picked up this Nuby Sniper PlayStation light-gun today at the flea for $5. It’s pretty grungy and unknown if it works but figured I’d enjoy cleaning it up and testing it out for that price. (Also bonus power adapter wrapped around it).
November 9, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Picked up this Nuby Sniper PlayStation light-gun today at the flea for $5. It’s pretty grungy and unknown if it works but figured I’d enjoy cleaning it up and testing it out for that price. (Also bonus power adapter wrapped around it).
Been a dry spell at the flea market recently - but a family member fished this Compaq tower out of bulk garbage for me. Shame it is missing the drive bays cover door, but looks to be unspoiled and even has FireWire ports.
November 8, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Been a dry spell at the flea market recently - but a family member fished this Compaq tower out of bulk garbage for me. Shame it is missing the drive bays cover door, but looks to be unspoiled and even has FireWire ports.
Didn't see much this Flea Market Friday beyond the usual unremarkable laptops that are everywhere. Did see this very crusty Dell Inspiron E1705. I can only imagine the horror inside the thing - fitting with Halloween so close :)
October 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Didn't see much this Flea Market Friday beyond the usual unremarkable laptops that are everywhere. Did see this very crusty Dell Inspiron E1705. I can only imagine the horror inside the thing - fitting with Halloween so close :)
Found this cute i-Dog Amp'd for $5 at the flea market today. Batteries were dead but thankfully, it seems I got to it just in time. Only one had just started getting a little crusty. The plastic is yellowing, which is common for these but overall it's in good shape, I'd say!
October 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Found this cute i-Dog Amp'd for $5 at the flea market today. Batteries were dead but thankfully, it seems I got to it just in time. Only one had just started getting a little crusty. The plastic is yellowing, which is common for these but overall it's in good shape, I'd say!
This was my modest haul from the VCF East Swap Meet: Mac Laptop w/ charger -$20, Flight Sim and upgrade - $10, couple USB cards -$5 each, 2 video cards and SB Live card -free, a $2 lenovo PSU (didn't fit the W701ds, sadly), D&D Char Creator CD -$1, and a Lumix LX5 for $20!
October 18, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This was my modest haul from the VCF East Swap Meet: Mac Laptop w/ charger -$20, Flight Sim and upgrade - $10, couple USB cards -$5 each, 2 video cards and SB Live card -free, a $2 lenovo PSU (didn't fit the W701ds, sadly), D&D Char Creator CD -$1, and a Lumix LX5 for $20!
Called it a day at the VCF Swap Meet - I’d call it a big success! Sold all but two small items and picked up few things (more on that later). Turnout was good. Prices ranged as usual but there were some deals to be had.
October 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Called it a day at the VCF Swap Meet - I’d call it a big success! Sold all but two small items and picked up few things (more on that later). Turnout was good. Prices ranged as usual but there were some deals to be had.
Packing up for the VCF East Swap meet tomorrow. Come check it out if you can (and buy some stuff)!
October 17, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Packing up for the VCF East Swap meet tomorrow. Come check it out if you can (and buy some stuff)!
If there’s such a thing as having too many IBM ThinkPads, I feel like I’m well on my way to that point.
October 14, 2025 at 9:56 PM
If there’s such a thing as having too many IBM ThinkPads, I feel like I’m well on my way to that point.
Time for Flea Market Friday - couple pickups today. This Tandy branded power switch caught my eye because Tandy, of course. This will hopefully be passed on to someone else that has a Tandy computer to match (it'll be at the VCF Swap Meet next weekend -if it functions-)...
October 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Time for Flea Market Friday - couple pickups today. This Tandy branded power switch caught my eye because Tandy, of course. This will hopefully be passed on to someone else that has a Tandy computer to match (it'll be at the VCF Swap Meet next weekend -if it functions-)...
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Sometimes you just gotta hack your own solution! 📺
In this video I mod this TV remote to make it more accessible for my father-in-law. ❤️
If you want to make your own, a guide and 3D models are in the video description.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_dx...
In this video I mod this TV remote to make it more accessible for my father-in-law. ❤️
If you want to make your own, a guide and 3D models are in the video description.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_dx...
Hacking Accessibility into this TV Remote!
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October 7, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Sometimes you just gotta hack your own solution! 📺
In this video I mod this TV remote to make it more accessible for my father-in-law. ❤️
If you want to make your own, a guide and 3D models are in the video description.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_dx...
In this video I mod this TV remote to make it more accessible for my father-in-law. ❤️
If you want to make your own, a guide and 3D models are in the video description.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_dx...
Reposted by RetroFox
Had some time to try out the demo for Cosmic Invasion. Enjoyed it though had to get used to not every character having a grab or throw which made for some awkward consequences! Still had a lot of fun with the included roster and trying out their supers. Looking forward to see who else will join.
October 3, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Had some time to try out the demo for Cosmic Invasion. Enjoyed it though had to get used to not every character having a grab or throw which made for some awkward consequences! Still had a lot of fun with the included roster and trying out their supers. Looking forward to see who else will join.
Flea Market Friday time and it is a good one! Saw this C64 breadbin out on a table. Guy wanted $50 for it, unknown/untested of course. Initially passed, but ended up negotiating on my way out and agreed on $35 for it. Fingers crossed it works, figured it was worth a chance...
October 3, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Flea Market Friday time and it is a good one! Saw this C64 breadbin out on a table. Guy wanted $50 for it, unknown/untested of course. Initially passed, but ended up negotiating on my way out and agreed on $35 for it. Fingers crossed it works, figured it was worth a chance...
Hit up the yard sales yesterday - picked up a couple things: An Xbox One S for $10 and an NES for $10 w/ 2 controllers and Wheel of Fortune. Xbox only came with an HDMI cable, but I've been looking for one to replace my broken One X that stopped powering on...
September 28, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Hit up the yard sales yesterday - picked up a couple things: An Xbox One S for $10 and an NES for $10 w/ 2 controllers and Wheel of Fortune. Xbox only came with an HDMI cable, but I've been looking for one to replace my broken One X that stopped powering on...
Flea Market Friday - didn't pick up anything but saw a very sad looking eMac with a $40 (guy said it was a monitor). Also a TerraNova PC game box but missing the actual game. Didn't ask price, box was a bit wet and disks weren't that interesting, imho.
September 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Flea Market Friday - didn't pick up anything but saw a very sad looking eMac with a $40 (guy said it was a monitor). Also a TerraNova PC game box but missing the actual game. Didn't ask price, box was a bit wet and disks weren't that interesting, imho.
Yesterday was yard sales, found this one interesting Panasonic radio/tv combo for $5. I swear I'm not trying to collect these but it was just neat and cheap - asking to be tinkered with.
September 21, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Yesterday was yard sales, found this one interesting Panasonic radio/tv combo for $5. I swear I'm not trying to collect these but it was just neat and cheap - asking to be tinkered with.
Busy weekend - updates to come. Made it out to the flea this morning and found a few things. Most notable, saw a boxed Nikon CoolPix 995 - I have one, unboxed, but this had basically everything. I was half hoping for a high price so I could resist, but at $10 it had to come home.
September 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Busy weekend - updates to come. Made it out to the flea this morning and found a few things. Most notable, saw a boxed Nikon CoolPix 995 - I have one, unboxed, but this had basically everything. I was half hoping for a high price so I could resist, but at $10 it had to come home.
Mystery Flea Market find today - Saw this generic PC guy was selling for $10. Saw that it still had video and audio cards, so seemingly intact and for that price, it'll be fun to find out what is inside...
September 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Mystery Flea Market find today - Saw this generic PC guy was selling for $10. Saw that it still had video and audio cards, so seemingly intact and for that price, it'll be fun to find out what is inside...
Flea Market Friday time - picked up some sticks of PC100 and PC66 RAM from this bin for $2 (the PC100 were 512mb, which is always a nice find)...
September 12, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Flea Market Friday time - picked up some sticks of PC100 and PC66 RAM from this bin for $2 (the PC100 were 512mb, which is always a nice find)...
One thing I love to do on my travels is hitting the various thrift stores and let me tell you there's thrifting and then there's junking. Western North Carolina offers a bit of both for the brave. LGR needs to expand his horizons beyond Goodwill! 😄
September 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
One thing I love to do on my travels is hitting the various thrift stores and let me tell you there's thrifting and then there's junking. Western North Carolina offers a bit of both for the brave. LGR needs to expand his horizons beyond Goodwill! 😄
Lots to post about from the past week. Let's start with this Apple IIc set I saw at a flea Sat, Aug 30th. The price was staggering, asked the guy about it. He told me it came from a house cleanout, he'd 'googled' it and saw one for $1100 and was /only/ asking $500 for this one...
September 8, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Lots to post about from the past week. Let's start with this Apple IIc set I saw at a flea Sat, Aug 30th. The price was staggering, asked the guy about it. He told me it came from a house cleanout, he'd 'googled' it and saw one for $1100 and was /only/ asking $500 for this one...
My buddy was on his lunch walk today and happened to spot this and fish it out for me - someone tossed a digital Leica (digilux 4.3) camera in the bin. Uses SmartMedia cards for memory so, older model and low MP/ISO but it works just fine and looks neat! Happy it was saved.
August 26, 2025 at 11:45 PM
My buddy was on his lunch walk today and happened to spot this and fish it out for me - someone tossed a digital Leica (digilux 4.3) camera in the bin. Uses SmartMedia cards for memory so, older model and low MP/ISO but it works just fine and looks neat! Happy it was saved.
Was really tempted to get this Philips 9" TV for $10 at the flea today, but I have one and I couldn't tell if the marks were scrapes in the glass or just sticker residue/gunk. The guy also mentioned a $50 eBay value that set off the 'this tv is likely not working' flag...
August 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Was really tempted to get this Philips 9" TV for $10 at the flea today, but I have one and I couldn't tell if the marks were scrapes in the glass or just sticker residue/gunk. The guy also mentioned a $50 eBay value that set off the 'this tv is likely not working' flag...
Flea Market Friday again - spotted this SoudBlaster Live box with the software CDs in front of it (I put them back in for photo). PCI SB Live is okay-ish BUT I saw one driver CD was for the AWE64 so I checked the card in the box and it was decidedly NOT PCI...
August 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Flea Market Friday again - spotted this SoudBlaster Live box with the software CDs in front of it (I put them back in for photo). PCI SB Live is okay-ish BUT I saw one driver CD was for the AWE64 so I checked the card in the box and it was decidedly NOT PCI...
No finds at the flea today other than picking up Godzilla Tokyo S.O.S. for $5. I do like the version of Mecha Godzilla in this one. Fitting as well since I'm planning to catch Shin Godzilla 4k this weekend in the theaters. Kaiju weekend - go! :)
August 15, 2025 at 5:21 PM
No finds at the flea today other than picking up Godzilla Tokyo S.O.S. for $5. I do like the version of Mecha Godzilla in this one. Fitting as well since I'm planning to catch Shin Godzilla 4k this weekend in the theaters. Kaiju weekend - go! :)
It was a camcorder kind of day at the flea today - also saw a MacBook, it was charged and working but for $40, meh. Likely a Core2Duo machine. Fine if you just wanted one since it was testable on the spot but I have one already...
August 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
It was a camcorder kind of day at the flea today - also saw a MacBook, it was charged and working but for $40, meh. Likely a Core2Duo machine. Fine if you just wanted one since it was testable on the spot but I have one already...