User talk:DigitalIceAge/Archive 1

Digital HiNote
Hey @DigitalIceAge! Thanks a lot for improving the article about the Digital HiNote, it looks way better now. PhotographyEdits (talk) 18:31, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
 * @PhotographyEdits You're welcome, thanks for making it! I think the factoid about the MacBook Air advertisement would make a good entry in the front page "Did you know..." section, if you don't mind proposing it. DigitalIceAge (talk) 22:41, 18 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Hey @DigitalIceAge, I just did that Template:Did you know nominations/Digital HiNote here! PhotographyEdits (talk) 21:10, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Looks good @PhotographyEdits! I proposed an alternate hook with an image. DigitalIceAge (talk) 01:28, 8 October 2021 (UTC)
 * @PhotographyEdits Also gave IBM Palm Top PC 110 a spruce-up. (Not stalking you I promise, I just happned to come across that article at the same time ;) DigitalIceAge (talk) 05:31, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
 * @DigitalIceAge That's really great, well done! And that's not a problem at all, feel free to look through my created articles and other contributions and improve stuff. For example, some time ago I was trying to get the Canon Notejet to GA status, but was unable to find sources for the missing stuff that was said here: Talk:Canon_NoteJet. PhotographyEdits (talk) 15:19, 19 August 2021 (UTC)
 * Sounds good! NoteJets are so awesome, I hope I come across one that's reasonably priced at a flea market soon... I'll see what I can do with the article. DigitalIceAge (talk) 02:41, 20 August 2021 (UTC)
 * @DigitalIceAge That would be great! I don't own one, sadly. PhotographyEdits (talk) 14:32, 21 August 2021 (UTC)

Barnstar

 * Thank you! :) I will try. DigitalIceAge (talk) 20:04, 16 September 2021 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Zenith Eazy PC
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DYK for Sharp PC-7000
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 5 October 2021 (UTC)


 * Your hook got 13,573 views (566 per hour), making it one of the most viewed hooks of October 2021—nice job! theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 03:16, 7 October 2021 (UTC)
 * Cool beans! Guess that makes my little toaster famous. DigitalIceAge (talk) 05:00, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Smoke Signal Broadcasting
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 7 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK nomination of 30 Seconds Over Tokyo (song)
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With vs with
Good you caught that. I literally didn't notice even after you did it. It has always been lower-case w, but I never noticed. The only lingering issue, if any, is the capitalization and wording of of the DYK template. Coretheapple (talk) 22:23, 12 October 2021 (UTC)
 * No problem, I fixed the DYK nom too. It can be tricky when the works cited all have their own style guides, I've learned. Some keep short prepositions lowercase, some keep all prepositions lowercase, some capitalize the first letter of every word regardless. And then you have phrasal verbs, infinitive vs. preposition to, preposition vs. adverb like... it never ends. DigitalIceAge (talk) 22:42, 12 October 2021 (UTC)

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DYK for Zenith Eazy PC
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 15 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Blue Chip Electronics
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:03, 16 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK for IBM Product Center
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 21 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK nomination of IBM PCradio
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DYK for 30 Seconds Over Tokyo (song)
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DYK for IBM Palm Top PC 110
 Schwede 66  12:02, 24 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Reply Corporation
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DYK for Magic Desk
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 25 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK nomination of American Computer and Peripheral
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DYK nomination of Topre
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DYK for Digital HiNote
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 28 October 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Topre
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:20, 2 November 2021 (UTC)


 * theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 07:14, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
 * Sweet! Thank you! DigitalIceAge (talk) 16:07, 9 November 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Reply Corporation
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DYK for American Computer and Peripheral
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! DigitalIceAge (talk) 01:24, 8 November 2021 (UTC)

File:1.crop.jpg listed for discussion
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DYK for IBM PCradio
Gatoclass (talk) 00:03, 14 November 2021 (UTC)


 * theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/them) 01:16, 16 November 2021 (UTC)

Alert
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DYK for Epson ActionNote
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DYK for PB286LP
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DYK for Z (joke line)
 Schwede 66  00:03, 4 December 2021 (UTC)


 * theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/ she? ) 03:35, 5 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Woah, that's nuts! And thanks! DigitalIceAge (talk) 05:20, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Computer companies disestablished in 1973


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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Computer companies established in 1960


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DYK for Canon Computer Systems
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 21 December 2021 (UTC)

Corona Data Systems logo
With respect, I don't think it makes sense to change the page block logo to Cordata for the Corona Data Systems page, especially since it does not represent the principal history of the company. Please revert the page block logo, and add the Cordata logo if you wish to the Cordata section. Thank you.

John Navas (talk) 18:24, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Done DigitalIceAge (talk) 18:41, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * Thank you! John Navas (talk) 18:41, 24 December 2021 (UTC)
 * No prob. I'll try to find a version that isn't as puny and overwrite it (that was my main contention). DigitalIceAge (talk) 18:49, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

DYK for Dr. Halo
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 2 January 2022 (UTC)


 * theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (they/she) 03:15, 3 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Greyhound Electronics
— Maile (talk) 12:03, 4 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Eldorado Electrodata
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 9 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for OCR Systems
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 19 January 2022 (UTC)

DYK for DTK Computer
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DYK for Advanced Logic Research
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 00:02, 7 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Monorail Inc.
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Corona Data Systems category
Why did you remove Category:Portable computers? They are portable computers. John Navas (talk) 17:21, 16 February 2022 (UTC)
 * The company itself is not a computer. They also made standard desktop computers (though less common). I have created a redirect for Corona PPC-400 which is contained in the Portable computers category. DigitalIceAge (talk) 17:25, 16 February 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Compaq LTE Lite
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DYK for Rabbit 286
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 12:03, 12 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Comtal
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 20 March 2022 (UTC)

Digital Equipment Corporation navbox
Hey there DigitalIceAge!

Extremely fine quality work on that Digital Equipment Corporation navbox template. Great attention to detail. Really nice. Keep it up, please! Jerryobject (talk) 23:37, 23 March 2022 (UTC)


 * Thanks Jerryobject! I felt it only made sense for such a hugely influential company. I'll definitely try to keep it up. :) DigitalIceAge (talk) 23:47, 23 March 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Industrial Electronic Engineers
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 00:02, 26 March 2022 (UTC)

"per"
In that usage, though, "per" is part of the Latin phrase, and (ahem) per MOS:% I kept it separate as it's clearly British usage and IMO both elements should be treated as if they were one word for capitalization or non-capitalization purposes. Daniel Case (talk) 23:55, 4 April 2022 (UTC)
 * Fair enough. :) I've started a Technical requested move; feel free to fast-track it by deleting the redirect at Five Per Cent for Nothing to make way for the move. DigitalIceAge (talk) 00:29, 5 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Sharp PC-4500
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DYK for The Keyboard Company
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DYK for 3D Microcomputers
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Hi-Tek Corporation
— Maile (talk) 00:03, 4 May 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of IBM PS/2 Model 30
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DYK for IBM PS/2 Model 30
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:02, 29 May 2022 (UTC)

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A vector barnstar for you!

 * Thank you very much! Vectorizations of brand logos has been a long-running project of mine, specifically for helping people make faithful reproductions of badges and stickers but also to make articles look prettier (and also just for fun!) DigitalIceAge (talk) 18:32, 9 June 2022 (UTC)

Requesting a draft improvement help
Greetings @ DigitalIceAge

I am User:Bookku usually I work on information and knowledge gap areas and promote my and other's drafts and articles for improvement and expansion as needed.

If you remember recently I had visited an article contributed by you MicroOffice RoadRunner as a reader.

Coincidentally today I came across an article Draft:D-Agree seems to be written by a phd scholar User:Jawad Haqbeen. (I did not know user, topic and draft previously and hence no coi)

Please see  if you can do encyclopedic notability review and help in further draft  improvement if you find interested in.

thanks and warm regards

&#32;Bookku, &#39;Encyclopedias &#61; expanding information &#38; knowledge&#39; (talk) 04:18, 22 June 2022 (UTC)


 * Hello Bookku,
 * Greetings from Japan.
 * This is Jawad Haqbeen, an assistant professor at Kyoto University.
 * Thanks a lot for improving and suggesting to improve the article Draft:D-Agree.
 * Could you please help us to fix the issues, and resubmit the draft.
 * Sincerely,
 * Jawad, Jawad Haqbeen (talk) 07:04, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi It seems there's already an article on D-Agree? I just moved it from D-Agree Afghanistan since the subject of that article (judging from the lead) is about the service itself and not just its deployment in Afghanistan. Anyway the subject is outside my expertise unfortunately, and I don't know a lick of Japanese so I couldn't be of much help verifying text-source integrity and whatnot. I would recommend finding some generalist sources for both the draft and the mainspace article at D-Agree (newspapers, magazines, mainstream blogs). Best of luck! DigitalIceAge (talk) 07:21, 22 June 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi @DigitalIceAge,
 * Thank you for the action. It seem good move now.
 * Sincerely,
 * Jawad Jawad Haqbeen (talk) 08:23, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

Sorry @ DigitalIceAge I was not aware of article existence in main space, and thanks for your valuable guidance. &#32;Bookku, &#39;Encyclopedias &#61; expanding information &#38; knowledge&#39; (talk) 08:37, 22 June 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Pacific Cyber/Metrix
Cwmhiraeth (talk) 00:03, 5 July 2022 (UTC)

DYK for MicroOffice RoadRunner
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DYK for Lost Boy Larry
— Maile (talk) 00:02, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

Nice work on this article. I enjoyed reading it. Jehochman Talk 12:45, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Glad you enjoyed it Jehochman! The subject has stuck with me ever since reading about it on the internet years ago, and I was amazed there wasn't even a mention of the incident here despite the extensive coverage at the time and the repercussions for both CB radio and New Mexico's search-and-rescue missions. DigitalIceAge (talk) 15:53, 7 August 2022 (UTC)

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Nomination of In Win Development for deletion
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Speedy deletion nomination of Die off
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Speedy deletion nomination of Die-off
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Question about a template you used
Greetings and again thank you for reviewing Tenta, Cyprus.

I noticed that you used Template:Visible anchor in your edit there – could you explain to me what that does? And also, I was confused because upon reading the description, it said "This template should not be used within section headings." Isn't this how you used it? So yeah, I haven't seen that before and hope you could give me some pointers (I'm still learning about a lot of technical aspects). -- LordPeterII (talk) 11:15, 16 August 2022 (UTC)
 * It's a habit of mine to add anchors to parent headings when I remove a subheading, for the sake of wikilinks and redirects which might #link to it. I thought I was being elegant with the visible anchor ("name" would be highlighted in blue when #Name is in the URL), but since it's counter to the template's documentation I replaced it with a standard anchor. Hope this clears things up. DigitalIceAge (talk) 19:30, 16 August 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Frabjous Days: The Secret World of Godley & Creme 1967–1969
&mdash; Amakuru (talk) 12:03, 2 September 2022 (UTC)

That one DYK nom
Hey ,

just wanted to say I'm sorry that your article has gotten such weird reviews. I thought about reviewing myself after all; but unfortunately I feel that at this point, it would look as though I was making a point in "overruling" other editors. I still hope you can get a fair review (which, like, points out at least some examples of what's wrong), since you've obviously have had some before for the other company noms. But if not, you could always go to WP:GA and get this article reviewed. Once it passes as a good article, no one can really still claim it was in need of WP:TNT. But ofc that would mean a lot of extra work, and idk if you are interested in that. So yeah good luck, and I'm sorry I can't help you more :/ – LordPickleII ( talk ) 07:42, 5 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks, LordPeterII, I appreciate the kind words. I understand the apprehension around articles on corporations given the epidemic of poorly written ones from conflicts of interest, but I think the revulsion to that article is a bit kneejerk. If it still fails I will consider GA. DigitalIceAge (talk)

An Apology
Hey DigitalIceAge, I'm sorry about my revert on the Ninja Master's article, I was a dumbass and not reading clearly. ♠ JCW555  (talk)  ♠ 05:49, 8 September 2022 (UTC)
 * No worries JCW555. I should have used Distinguish in the first place, as the For template as I was using it gave the impression that the '86 game was related to Ninja Masters. DigitalIceAge (talk) 06:05, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Oriental Hero
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Oak Industries
Noted your edit to ON TV (TV network)...is this a company you plan on writing up? Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) 00:48, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Possibly! There's a decent paper trail for Oak Industries on the first page of a Google search... Chicago Tribune, WSJ, LA Times. My knowledge of ON TV isn't as sharp as yours, limited to a skim of the article and an episode of Oddity Archive, though funnily enough I actually do own an ONTV box myself! DigitalIceAge (talk) 01:51, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Wow! What market is it from? Oak ended its life being sold to Corning Industries. It has quite a wild history, all things considered, and I would not mind collaborating on it; ON TV itself is one article away from a Good Topic. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 07:04, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Yep, and for nearly $2 billion. Weird how they've never had so much as a redirect (well they did have an article, briefly, before being speedied for suspected WP:PROMO). The company was originally in the radio business, I believe. It has a very storied history, kind of intimidating TBH but there's some good sources out there in Gale and ProQuest. One of them points to a Harvard case study, which is annoyingly paywalled. I might just create a barebones outline of sorts for you to expand since it's a bit outside my wheelhouse. DigitalIceAge (talk) 07:38, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
 * That would be good. I can put meat on the bones of the late 70s/80s stuff pretty quickly. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 21:58, 15 September 2022 (UTC)
 * The beginnings of the Oak Industries article is now finished! Holy hell that was more work than I expected. The company, it turns out, was massive and more diversified than even television (I'm now learning they had a ?! nope, just copper foil. Still interesting), and by ProQuest's count there are over 1,700 articles that at least mention the company (God knows how many hits are on Newspaper.com). How it escaped this long without an article is beyond me, but I guess that's recentism for you. Have a merry expansion! DigitalIceAge (talk) 04:53, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks so much, @DigitalIceAge! This would make a good DYK and—ideally—GA to bring up together. My head is a bit glazed over (came to this from working on another big article), but I'm really excited. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 06:51, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I agree it would be a great DYK—and I feel you with the headspace thing! I'm just now noticing some syntax errors on my part. I may have to distance myself from the article for a day to come at it from a refreshed perspective. This topic is definitely a deep dive. On the plus side the Encyclopedia.com link in the External links section is a paraphrase of this FundingUniverse article, which is a reprint of a legit book, so there's another good resource for filling a lot of the gaps in coverage. DigitalIceAge (talk) 07:03, 17 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I'm ready to nominate this for DYK, I think. Might want to do another look-through at copy; I have added a fair bit. This company was a ride. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 22:16, 18 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I'll say! I'm going to expand it a bit with the encyclopedia source and then copyedit afterward. DigitalIceAge (talk) 18:55, 19 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Imagine trying to explain what this company did to people... Stove components, crystals, railway maintenance, energy management, ON TV, tuning dials, Bakelite, lasers... By the way, feel free to co-nominate this for GA at your convenience. I have a fair number of pending GANs (and a massive backlog of pages to nominate), so I'd prefer if you started the nomination. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 04:00, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Tuning dials with frickin' laser beams! And I will consider nominating it for GA. :) DigitalIceAge (talk) 04:15, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
 * I found a bit more material. Oak Communications became TV/COM International, which Hyundai purchased in 1995. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 04:17, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Oh, by the way, OakGrigsby continued as a Corning subsidiary, so clearly Oak did not sell it off. Sammi Brie  (she/her • t • c) 16:09, 20 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Just 86'ed that sentence in the article. I figured the divisions not listed in the acquisition announcement sources had been liquidated but apparently not. DigitalIceAge (talk) 16:39, 20 September 2022 (UTC)

DYK for IBM PS/2 Model 25
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DYK for MacEnhancer
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DYK for OPTi Inc.
— Maile (talk) 00:03, 3 October 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Oak Industries
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DYK nomination of Librex Computer Systems
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DYK for Dimension 68000
Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 12:02, 16 October 2022 (UTC)

I have sent you a note about a page you started
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Zenith Eazy PC reference
Hello DigitalIceAge, I was reading the article on the Zenith Eazy PC that you created - nice work! I was wondering about one citation that I could not find the supporting reference for. It is one by authors Hammerman and Sullivan, from 1987, on page 49. Do you know what work that may refer to? Thanks. Kumboloi (talk) 22:05, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi excellent work on the Eazy PC article! I appreciate the copy editing. As for the citation, I have no clue. I looked high and low in Archive.org, Google Books, ProQuest and Gale for any article written by a Hammerman and a Sullivan, and I could not find one. I have found a Computerworld article to substantiate the sentence in question in the article (I  the footnote in question was in reference of a Computerworld article, as the magazine had an editor by the name Michael Sullivan, but I can't be sure). BTW, do you happened to own or did you ever own an Eazy PC? I would love to have a Creative COmmons photograph of it, but Flickr and Commons don't have any. DigitalIceAge (talk) 22:43, 17 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the feedback DigitalIceAge, I'm still learning as an editor, and your article taught me a few things. As for the Eazy PC, funnily enough I tried to buy one several years ago at auction, but wasn't the successful bidder. As for the picture, you could put a picture request on the article's talk page while you look for one to include. Thanks again. Kumboloi (talk) 22:50, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

DYK nomination of MoSys
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DYK for In Win Development
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DYK for EduQuest
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Telecom Barnstar for you! ☎️

 * @BorgQueen Thank you! DigitalIceAge (talk) 00:50, 25 October 2022 (UTC)

DYK for Librex Computer Systems
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DYK for Parallax Graphics
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DYK for Atari Word Processor
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Speedy deletion nomination of Popcom


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DYK for MoSys
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The page All-in-one PC has been reviewed!
I was surprised by a message telling me this, since all I did was make a redirect, a long time ago. I think you're the proper recipient of this glorious news really.

Good job including a picture of the PET, by the way, possibly the cutest computer ever (closely contested by the 512k Mac). Terrible to use, not nearly as good as the Vic-20, but much cuter. Card Zero (talk) 15:58, 25 November 2022 (UTC)
 * Thanks for the kind words, Card Zero! I thought a standalone article was well overdue. I think the AIO form factor has a long and storied history with machines like the PET, the Datamaster, the Lisa, and the Mac, and I hope the article will be expanded one day accordingly.


 * PETs are indeed cute. I actually rescued an 8032 and floppy drive unit from an e-waste drive in some parking lot a while ago. Had to bribe the workers a bit, but worth every penny. DigitalIceAge (talk) 17:52, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

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 * FTR: I did put a populated Copied template in the Talk page of ArsDigita. DigitalIceAge (talk) 23:06, 8 December 2022 (UTC)
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DYK for Computer tower
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DYK for TriGem
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DYK for Panasonic Senior Partner
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Happy Holidays

 * Thank you! Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a happy new year to you as well. DigitalIceAge (talk) 18:31, 25 December 2022 (UTC)

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DYK for Quasar Data Products
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Very good
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Template:Did you know nominations/PeopleSound
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IBM Microelectronics
Hey @DigitalIceAge. Bit more than a year ago I created the IBM Microelectronics article, but it was marked for deletion yesterday. You seem quite skilled in retrieving various sources about computer history and already contributed to the article, so I wanted to ask if you could take a look to not have it merged or deleted. It seems my Wikipedia subscription for newspapers.com expired, so I have to renew that first, but will take a few weeks. If you don't have time for this, no worries. Thanks! PhotographyEdits (talk) 12:46, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Done! Also voted "Keep" on the AFD. Let me know how it looks. DigitalIceAge (talk) 20:52, 24 January 2023 (UTC)
 * @DigitalIceAge Wow, thanks a lot! I'm impressed by the content and the speed at which you wrote it. :-) PhotographyEdits (talk) 12:28, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks! There's way more that can be written about the division, especially their PowerPC endeavors and Espresso and Gekko and Mwave and all that, but I feel it suffices for now. DigitalIceAge (talk) 22:41, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Indeed, might be a good idea for a later expansion. PhotographyEdits (talk) 13:20, 26 January 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Amdek
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 * "... Sugiura wanted in an into the industry but lacked the ..."
 * pick one of (?)
 * "... Sugiura wanted an 'in' into the industry but lacked the..."
 * "... Sugiura wanted into the industry but lacked the..."
 * Shenme (talk) 02:21, 25 January 2023 (UTC)
 * Oops, my bad. Changed it to "Sugiura wanted to enter the industry" (most formal). DigitalIceAge (talk) 02:26, 25 January 2023 (UTC)

Sol (computer)
What you did now with Sol (computer), is effectively hijacking an article. Especially because I see no prior discussion for the series of moves. However, the original article was spam. Written by the director of the company that made the computer. Strange enough, it survived an AfD. The Banner talk 01:41, 27 January 2023 (UTC)


 * What you call "hijacking" is just common sense to me: type "Sol computer" on Google and you'll find pages upon pages upon pages of just the Sol-20. The Sol-20 also had submodels with the Sol moniker, making it logical as disambiguation. The SOL laptop on the other hand was a dud that never made history like the Sol-20 (bless their hearts for trying). Sol (laptop) is also an oprhan, so it's not like I caused a bunch (or any) wikilinks to be misdirected. Put another way: there's a primary topic, and it ain't the laptop. DigitalIceAge (talk) 01:46, 27 January 2023 (UTC)
 * As a compromise, I've put a hatnote on top of Sol-20 directing readers to Sol (laptop). DigitalIceAge (talk) 01:58, 27 January 2023 (UTC)

A Barnstar for you!

 * Thank you! DigitalIceAge (talk) 04:15, 28 January 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for Dayna Communications
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Autopatrolled granted
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Code Dx
I see you have added a category indicating that this company is defunct. However, the entire article is written in the present tense. Would you like to update the article with a termination date for the company and correcting the wording to indicate its non-existence? Or request it on the Talk page? I find myself too busy, and have little interest in the topic area. Thanks.--Quisqualis (talk) 20:35, 3 February 2023 (UTC)


 * Yeah I was on a quest to diffuse Category:Software companies of the United States, putting all non-active/acquired entities into Category:Defunct software companies of the United States. Recategorized nearly 600 articles, tried changing tense where needed but got lazy at the end. Should be fixed now. Thanks for bringing it to my attention! DigitalIceAge (talk) 22:04, 3 February 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Action Computer Enterprise
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DYK nomination of Baby! 1
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DYK for Comp-Sultants
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DYK for Informer Computer Terminals
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DYK for Martin Research
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DYK for Teleram
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DYK for Pronto Computers
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DYK for Logical Machine Corporation
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DYK for CompuSource
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DYK for Gimix
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DYK for Capex Corporation
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DIP chips!

 * Thank you for the kind words! Vintage computing is a long-time hobby of mine, and there are so many interesting companies and products from the past that don't have articles here despite the reams of paper that have been devoted to them.
 * Logo vectorization is tricky but fun; there are so many gorgeous logos I find when I'm reading a scan of Byte magazine or InfoWorld, and if the associated company is any interesting I will go down the rabbit hole of researching them. If the company is of the Illustrator age and I suspect there's an official vector out there somewhere, I will trudge through dozens of PDFs and PostScript files to find it. I saw your Billings Computer and Teleram vectorizations, by the way, and they are excellent. If I find a logo that looks tricky for me to vectorize I'll certainly give you a holler. DigitalIceAge (talk) 01:53, 6 April 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for rating articles
Hey, just wanted to thank you for filling out the project quality rating and importance for Internet GIS and Web GIS. As the one who originated those, I didn't feel it was appropriate to rate them. I'm really glad you took the time to do that! GeogSage ( ⚔Chat?⚔ ) 21:21, 13 April 2023 (UTC)


 * No problem :). I'm on a WP Computing rating bender, saw those two in the unassessed Computer networking category and decided to knock them out. Very well-written, well-cited articles. DigitalIceAge (talk) 21:24, 13 April 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Airis Computer
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Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Defunct software companies of Austria


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Your GA nomination of Zenith Data Systems
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Your GA nomination of Zenith Data Systems
The article Zenith Data Systems you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Zenith Data Systems for comments about the article, and Talk:Zenith Data Systems/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has not already appeared on the main page as a "Did you know" item, or as a bold link under "In the News" or in the "On This Day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear in DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On This Day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Mike Christie -- Mike Christie (talk) 13:24, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Congratulations; nice work! Can I interest you in doing GA reviews, by the way?  You're an experienced editor, and your work is thorough and accurate, and GAN always needs more reviewers. Mike Christie (talk - contribs -  library) 13:43, 24 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you! I will consider reviewing another GA candidate in the near future. DigitalIceAge (talk) 15:33, 24 April 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Beep line
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DB13W3
Hey! Two years ago I added some source to the DB13W3 article, but it was the only reasonable good source I could find about the connector. Today someone marked the article with multiple issues, one of which is that there is only a single source. So far I haven't been able to find another good one and in it's current state the article might get deleted or merged in the future. Could you help me finding at least one other source? I think it's quite a widely used connector back in the day which definetely deserves its own article. PhotographyEdits (talk) 12:50, 11 May 2023 (UTC)


 * Sure, I'll take a look. DigitalIceAge (talk) 17:30, 11 May 2023 (UTC)
 * As always, Gale OneFile and ProQuest come to the rescue with sources galore. (If you have access to the Wikipedia Library, I cannot recommend them highly enough—they are a godsend for trudging up sources on pre-Google era technology/electronics stuff). The only bugbear is the Specifications section: it seems to go into the weeds of each company's implementation of the connector beyond what the sources I could find do. DigitalIceAge (talk) 19:21, 11 May 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for Sleep in the NBA
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DYK for Pansophic Systems
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DYK nomination of Asus ROG Ally
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The 25 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal

 * Thank you so much! DigitalIceAge (talk) 15:56, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

The 50 DYK Creation and Expansion Medal

 * Thanks again! DigitalIceAge (talk) 18:43, 7 July 2023 (UTC)

DYK for Asus ROG Ally
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Ridge Computers article edits
Hi DigitalIceAge, I wanted to thank you for your edits to the Ridge Computers article. I especially appreciate your adding the logo graphic! Kumboloi (talk) 21:55, 20 July 2023 (UTC)


 * No problem! :) Nice article by the way, I really enjoyed reading it. I'll have to see if I can't dig up some public domain images of their systems. DigitalIceAge (talk) 22:22, 20 July 2023 (UTC)

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Draft
Hi I'm wondering if you have any suggestions to improve this |draft which I've been working on for over 2 weeks now, thanks. Rugoconites Tenuirugosus (talk) 09:14, 24 September 2023 (UTC)


 * Sure, I'll give it a look. DigitalIceAge (talk) 01:03, 25 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Hello Rugoconites Tenuirugosus: sorry for the long wait, I've been super busy IRL. I have given Draft:Brian P. Dougherty a hearty copy edit and trim for details about GEOS and Breadbox that are not directly relevant to Dougherty as a person and as a businessman. Those details are better suited for the articles on GEOS (namely "GEOS (16-bit operating system)"). Aside from that I have replaced almost all of the sources with higher-quality, independent sources to better establish Dougherty's notability and role in the development of the graphical operating system. Here's to hoping your draft gets approved. :) DigitalIceAge (talk) 06:48, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Just so you know I don't think the Terry Bradshaw shown in the article in the actual Terry that was featured in the globalPC advert, although that is the right Bella Shaw. I do not know the exact date of birth that Brian was born on as I couldn't find it in the sources in the article so should I just leave it as 1956? Thanks a lot. Rugoconites Tenuirugosus (talk) 19:20, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Correct, if you don't have an exact date of birth, leave it as just 1956. DigitalIceAge (talk) 19:25, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
 * Also I added a lot of information about GEOS and Geoworks into the article because it was something that Brian had created and I wanted to go in-depth about it Rugoconites Tenuirugosus (talk) 19:26, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
 * There's no problem with that kind of in-depth content—I just think it's a little out of place for his biography. There were many people working for Berkeley Softworks/GeoWorks throughout its existence, and while he was influential in the development of their software, he wasn't the developer. I think that kind of in-depth information is better served at Berkeley Softworks, GEOS (8-bit operating system) or GEOS (16-bit operating system). Just my 2¢. DigitalIceAge (talk) 19:31, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
 * In my opinion, whatever is made by person belongs in a biography; whether it's modified or not because it takes its roots down to that person in particular. I do agree with you that indepth information should belong on the Berkeley softworks, GEOS and PC/GEOS articles although a mention of that information should be made in the draft. Rugoconites Tenuirugosus (talk) 13:47, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

I think I have a PS2 that is not listed
Hi! First of all, congrats for your great job on wiki. I have an IBM PS2 8580-M81, I don't see this model in PS2 models list. I don't know if it's similar to 081, but I'm not sure. If you need more information please let me know. Thank you! 79.117.202.131 (talk) 21:37, 20 October 2023 (UTC)


 * Hello, thanks for the kind words. I have found a source detailing the specs for the 8580-M81 on Archive.org—I will add it to the list tomorrow. DigitalIceAge (talk) 06:51, 21 October 2023 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Defunct computer systems companies


A tag has been placed on Category:Defunct computer systems companies indicating that it is currently empty, and is not a disambiguation category, a category redirect, a featured topics category, under discussion at Categories for discussion, or a project category that by its nature may become empty on occasion. If it remains empty for seven days or more, it may be deleted under section C1 of the criteria for speedy deletion.

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Defunct company categories
I've seen you've recently added the category Category:Defunct computer companies of Japan to the articles Toshiba and Mitsubishi Electric (on my watchlist). I disagree that these categories should be added because Mitsubishi Electric and Toshiba themselves aren't defunct. Is there a discussion which I'm missing? I've reverted your changes, but if I've made a mistake or you disagree, please let me know. — Panamitsu (talk) 08:54, 12 November 2023 (UTC)


 * You're correct: they are still active in the computer industry even though they no longer produce full-fledged systems anymore. TBH I've always secretly hated the way those categories are worded—companies make pivots and divestitures all the time while remaining intact, but Defunct gives the impression that they're dissolved when that isn't necessarily true. There's got to be a better word that encompasses both but I'm stumped. DigitalIceAge (talk) 16:44, 12 November 2023 (UTC)
 * I think perhaps "Former producers of computer systems", but I worry that a category like that would be too narrow. — Panamitsu (talk) 22:36, 12 November 2023 (UTC)

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 * Merry Christmas to you too! DigitalIceAge (talk) 16:37, 25 December 2023 (UTC)

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DYK for Jonos
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DYK for Songs from Suicide Bridge
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DYK for Xebec Corporation
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Requset for redirect
Hi. Can U redirect CERMEX to cermex and talk:CERMEX to talk:cermex? Thanks.102.157.219.237 (talk) 14:55, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * , I seem to have redirected the talk page, however I cannot redirect the main page itself. Please help!102.157.219.237 (talk) 19:59, 10 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Done. Yeah, unregistered accounts can't create mainspace pages but are allowed to create Talk pages. DigitalIceAge (talk) 21:50, 10 August 2023 (UTC)

Hello again, Mr. Don't U mind if I bother to request U to create any redirects as long as I wish? This time, my request is to redirect j151 to hyundai Rotem J151 and add a distinguish link to HMS Clacton (J151). Thanking U for your efforts by 197.14.249.108 (talk) 03:19, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
 * No worries! Now done. DigitalIceAge (talk) 03:31, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank U very much! Can U redirect c801 to bombardier Innovia APM 100 C801 and distinguish it from BAP Almirante Grau (CLM-81) and c-801 as well? Thanks for your efforts and hoping that I am not late to wish you a happy Halloween .41.62.197.45 (talk) 17:30, 1 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Done. Happy Belated Halloween to you too, and sorry for the late response. DigitalIceAge (talk) 20:16, 8 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Hi. Can U redirect the below links, as well?
 * apm 100→Innovia APM 100
 * apm 200→Innovia APM 200
 * apm 256→Innovia APM 256
 * apm 300→Innovia APM
 * c801a→Bombardier Innovia APM 100 C801A
 * c801b→Bombardier Innovia APM 300R C801B
 * c810→Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810
 * c810a→Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810A
 * c810d and c810c and c810b→Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Crystal Mover C810D
 * I am sorry if U view such requests as irrelevant or inappropriate in any way. But also at the same time, I continue to appreciate your activity on WP.102.156.117.213 (talk) 17:30, 20 November 2023 (UTC)
 * Not to worry, I don't mind them.
 * I modified your request slightly, creating only uppercase redirects, to promote the proper capitalization of these people movers when adding these redirects to articles. So:
 * APM 100
 * APM 200
 * APM 256
 * APM 300
 * C801A
 * C801B
 * C810
 * C810A
 * C810D
 * C810C
 * C810B
 * The search bar is case insensitive, so typing in, say, c801b (in lowercase) will still redirect to Bombardier Innovia APM 300R C801B. DigitalIceAge (talk) 20:02, 20 November 2023 (UTC)

Mister, can U redirect these two as well? I hope U know where to redirect the each. Thanks again.197.3.152.217 (talk) 18:16, 5 October 2023 (UTC)
 * Done. DigitalIceAge (talk) 16:27, 6 October 2023 (UTC)

Hi. Long time no see. Can you replace a section on Microsoft Office with the below lines?

I changed the formatting and previewed it on WP:SANDBOX so that you don't have to.197.26.152.20 (talk) 21:26, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Hmm, I'm not sure that edit would go down very well, considering it replaces detailed prose with a table. There's also already a version history table at History of Microsoft Office. I would recommend going to Talk:Microsoft Office and making an edit request via Edit semi-protected for such a large revision. DigitalIceAge (talk) 22:46, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I made two edit-requests on that page in October 2023, but they were only answered after I drew a random user's attention. Thus, I do not think that anyone would bother addressing this WP:ER as long as drawing another user's attention would be the only way to have my edit-request assessed. The reason Y I am making this request is to reorder the table of releases from earliest to latest, just like how other software pages display version histories, latest to earliest. The other reason is to align the three tables to the center of the screen, instead of being aligned left.197.26.152.20 (talk) 23:01, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * I see what you mean now... I thought you meant the Version history section with the table, my bad. Mostly done, except for centering the tables to the page, since I think that breaks rendering on certain browsers. DigitalIceAge (talk) 23:58, 8 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Can you reverse the order of references?
 * Replace:


 * rowspan="2"
 * with:


 * rowspan=2
 * Replace:


 * rowspan="3" N/A
 * with:


 * rowspan=3 N/A
 * Same requester, but different IP Address.102.158.195.154 (talk) 18:39, 9 January 2024 (UTC)
 * Done. DigitalIceAge (talk) 18:43, 9 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi. I have an issue with Draft:Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld. It is supposed to be a WP:REDIRECT and not a page, and so far it is still considered as a draft to date. Can you please remove the word "draft:" from the title? Thanks again in advance.41.230.134.91 (talk) 02:19, 24 March 2024 (UTC)
 * Uh, hello? Are you still there?41.62.108.64 (talk) 23:27, 3 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Sorry, got into a busy spell and lost your message. Here: Windows Embedded 8.1 Handheld. DigitalIceAge (talk) 02:50, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Thanks, however I thought I was expecting you to redirect that draft page "without leaving a redirect" which, I believe, can only be achieved, in this case, by deleting the redirect you created "to make way for move". Could you do those insted?197.3.175.233 (talk) 17:21, 5 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I do not have that privilege as a non-page mover/admin. I've never seen a Draft page moved to the mainspace keep a redirect from the Draftspace, so I don't think that would be the way to go, anyway. DigitalIceAge (talk) 17:31, 5 April 2024 (UTC)

Hi. Can you redirect LATAR to Kuala Lumpur–Kuala Selangor Expressway? Please don't forget to distinguish it from latar, just like what did to akleh. Kindest regards.41.62.55.98 (talk) 18:01, 13 June 2024 (UTC)


 * Done. DigitalIceAge (talk) 19:55, 13 June 2024 (UTC)

Inadvertent edit in your user space
My apologies: while repairing incoming links for a moved article, I inadvertently edited an article in your user space. On the positive side, I was correcting the link. I wasn't paying enough attention to where the articles were that I was changing. Musiconeologist (talk) 04:38, 24 March 2024 (UTC)


 * No prob. DigitalIceAge (talk) 17:18, 25 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion nomination of Category:Conglomerate companies disestablished in 2024


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DYK for Video Seven
Z1720 (talk) 00:38, 4 April 2024 (UTC)

Lost music deletion
Hello! Little confused on why you completely removed the entire part of Lost music in the Lost media article? Lost music IS lost media, so why delete the entire section? Retrodox (talk) 01:03, 30 April 2024 (UTC)


 * I understand that you didn't agree with the "Lostwave" definition, but deleting the entire section sure isn't the problem, you could've changed the wording a bit, no? Retrodox (talk) 01:09, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The definition of "Lost media" as given in the article is media that can no longer be accessed (due to the destruction of all known copies, the whereabouts of surviving copies becoming lost, being stuck in legal limbo like The Day the Clown Cried, etc.). Songs that are "Lostwave" cannot be lost media by this definition, as they are examples of songs that have been found—you can listen to them—but for which the titles and names of the artist(s) have been lost. An equivalent example would be like if a silent film was found and digitized, but the opening titles and closing credits were chopped off beforehand, and the actors were unidentifiable. The film exists, but the provenance is lost. This is why I don't believe it fits in the Lost media article. A music section in the article should be devoted only to completely lost published sound recordings, in my opinion. DigitalIceAge (talk) 02:09, 30 April 2024 (UTC)
 * That makes much more sense, thank you for explaining it! Thank you for editing the lost music section as well, instead of deleting it outright. Retrodox (talk) 02:26, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

Help on Draft:Commander X16
Hi! Long time no see! How are you? I would like to ask if you would like to help on Draft:Commander X16 assuming you followed David's dream computer series as it was/is quite popular in retrocomputing community. I know its not fully notable yet but still, it can become one when the production becomes more mature and more media coverage is done. Thanks! VectorVoyager (talk) 15:51, 30 April 2024 (UTC)


 * Sure, I'll take a look at it. DigitalIceAge (talk) 16:49, 30 April 2024 (UTC)

SVG for the secondary Super VCD logo
Can create the SVG of the secondary Super CD logo?, I can't found SVGs of this:

Base: Todonite (talk) 23:20, 11 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Hi I found a vector sample within this Pioneer manual. I have extracted it and uploaded a SVG here: File:Super Video CD logo.svg. DigitalIceAge (talk) 23:51, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Okay thanks, also can create SVG of this?: U-matic logo.png
 * Base:
 * Betamax Logo 1975.webp
 * (uses Helvetica font) Todonite (talk) 23:58, 11 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Those ones I will have to manually recreate. I was looking through Sony's website to see if they had any computer-generated PDFs with that particular Beta logo and the U-matic logo, but I could not find any. DigitalIceAge (talk) 00:09, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Nevermind, found the official vector for U-matic! https://web.archive.org/web/20061117041800/http://www.sony-asia.com/b2b/_media/downloads_pdf/pro_media/brs.pdf
 * Extracted here: File:U-Matic logo.svg. DigitalIceAge (talk) 04:56, 12 May 2024 (UTC)
 * Oh thanks! Todonite (talk) 08:51, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

About extracting vectors from PDFs
What software you used to extract SVGs from PDFs? Todonite (talk) 22:47, 12 May 2024 (UTC)


 * I use Inkscape, which I've found to be the quickest and least error prone out of all the SVG editors. Here's a helpful guide: https://juanjose.garciaripoll.com/blog/using-inkscape-with-pdf-files/index.html DigitalIceAge (talk) 23:20, 12 May 2024 (UTC)

Earn money online
196.188.243.236 (talk) 08:33, 19 May 2024 (UTC)

DYK for ZX Spectrum
Z1720 (talk) 00:03, 12 June 2024 (UTC) GalliumBot (talk • contribs) (he/it) 03:27, 13 June 2024 (UTC)