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Programming and Graphics / Re: TWC's Retro 8s Live

« Last post by pjfrix on July 11, 2025, 04:30:35 AM »

I "never" thought we'd see it again, at all. So I was surprised. It recieved positive feedback in '23.

A lot of people I know were surprised it came back at all. You'd think after that couple month long run in 2023 (as Bangles implied in an earlier post, it was reported to last even shorter than it did) they would just never attempt it ever again.

There's always a chance it returns again 1 day then. xD

Maybe next Retro Day. Methinks these instances are to be annual. That is, unless either TWC or AMG (who owns & operates the channel) decides otherwise. (they've had a history of that from what I've heard)

At least there's the many simulators or the stream TWC tried taking down while the near-daily version was still on-air. (and that one run even runs on the real hardware! Even better if you ask me.)

(edit: If the stream linked goes down by the time any dweller reads this, I'm probably not going to edit this post with the new one. Just go to cc17926's YouTube channel and it should be right there.)

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Programming and Graphics / Re: TWC's Retro 8s Live

« Last post by JB711 on July 10, 2025, 12:38:40 AM »

They brought it back!?! Awesome. I always wondered if they would.

I figured they stopped b/c it cost too much & as I've said before, they're low in funds.

It returning for a Wednesdays-Fridays look would be nice. "Wayback Wed., Throwback Th., Flashback Fridays"

Its an iconic TWC look. Thanks to those of you who still update this site every now & then. 

I don't think it Returned........

I "never" thought we'd see it again, at all. So I was surprised. It recieved positive feedback in '23. There's always a chance it returns again 1 day then. xD

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Programming and Graphics / Re: TWC's Retro 8s Live

« Last post by crazybangles on July 09, 2025, 07:28:42 PM »

It was only shown before a few commercial breaks on February 27th. I don't think it has been seen since.

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Programming and Graphics / Re: TWC's Retro 8s Live

« Last post by jrhtwc on July 09, 2025, 07:19:42 PM »

They brought it back!?! Awesome. I always wondered if they would.

I figured they stopped b/c it cost too much & as I've said before, they're low in funds.

It returning for a Wednesdays-Fridays look would be nice. "Wayback Wed., Throwback Th., Flashback Fridays"

Its an iconic TWC look. Thanks to those of you who still update this site every now & then. 

I don't think it Returned........

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Programming and Graphics / Re: TWC's Retro 8s Live

« Last post by JB711 on July 09, 2025, 06:26:40 PM »

They brought it back!?! Awesome. I always wondered if they would.

I figured they stopped b/c it cost too much & as I've said before, they're low in funds.

It returning for a Wednesdays-Fridays look would be nice. "Wayback Wed., Throwback Th., Flashback Fridays"

Its an iconic TWC look. Thanks to those of you who still update this site every now & then. 

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Contributions / Re: HTML Intellistar 2 Simulator

« Last post by Rubidium on June 20, 2025, 12:04:58 AM »

I love this simulator and how you can set custom backgrounds!

I set it to a picture of a winking Stuffed States USA Virginia GIF.



Wonder if there'll be an option to customize the greeting as well?

Thanks for the awesome product!

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General Discussion / Re: Recent music purchases

« Last post by TWCJim on June 14, 2025, 06:57:52 PM »

Bumping this topic because I thought I'd share what I've bought musically within the last year or two, and a little hint: all have to do with instrumentals and vocal tracks that aired during LOT8s years and years ago.   

CDs

- Gooding - Winter's Return
- Pylon - Chain
- Timothy Drury & Corridor - The Crossing
- The Timeout Drawer - Record Of Small Histories
- Phish - The Story Of The Ghost

Individual tracks from online music services

- Trance Fury - Yet Unknown (Weeping Guitar Mix)
- Trance Fury - Fly Away (Bird's Eye View Mix)
- Trance Fury - February (Mid-Winter Night Mix)
- Explosions In The Sky - Your Hand In Mine
- Physical Therapy - Wishbone
- DC Talk - In The Light (Instrumental)
- Claudio Fiore - Event Horizon
- Gooding - For Love
- Phish - If I Could (Live Columbus 6/22/1994)
- Johnny Ramone - Viva Las Vegas
- Wheeler Brothers - My Time
- Cary Brothers - Ride

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General Discussion / Re: Introduce Yourself! (For New Members)

« Last post by solaris on June 09, 2025, 02:55:11 PM »

Hi Hi! I joined this forum today because i just discovered it existed, I love messing around with WS Emulators and I used to be briefly hyperfixated on TWC in 2011! Someday I do hope to own an actual old TWC WS Computer!

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Everything Else Classic TWC / Re: Authentic classic TWC rendering fail

« Last post by Rubidium on May 29, 2025, 11:42:56 AM »

Was looking at the randomly picked video on the front page, which was a Honolulu Hawaii forecast. (It's randomly picked every time you refresh the page, I was bored)

The light rain cloud looked miscolored and only one of the rain parts were correctly colored. There are 3 videos of this kind - all taken on the same day, February 27.

How does this even happen? I'm curious now.

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The Game Room / Re: Which would you prefer?

« Last post by Dylan on April 17, 2025, 10:08:19 AM »

I guess Midnight City

Heather Tesch or Kelly Cass?

Both.
Local on the 8s the way it is now (only airing twice an hour for a minute) or the way it was 20 years ago (every :x8 for 2 minutes except for during Storm Stories)?