Re: Happy New Year 2021!

Posted on 2021-01-01, 02:16

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Happy new year everybody! It's almost hard to believe this is actually it, 2020 has ended. Despite the fact that most of this year has been a roller coaster, I believe this has been a good start to the new 2020's decade.

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-31, 01:56

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This might not be an actual piece of "hardware", but it's close enough, I guess. Anyway, on Christmas Eve, I got a little ornament in the design of a laptop with Christmas lights and a Santa hat on top.

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Re: Welcome to the updated VOGONS

Posted on 2020-03-14, 23:38

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Wow! I see Vogons is a whole lot different now... actually, I've seen this layout for quite a while now, but still. I can't believe I haven't been here in a few months. I missed this place :) Anyway, I guess it is important to stay updated with certain website controls, such as PHP and all that …

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Re: Any others given up on the hobby?

Posted on 2019-11-24, 21:27

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This stuff keeps your mind busy. Yeah, seeing that people are doing the things I might like is the thing that keeps me motivated in terms of being active in a community related to it. Despite the fact that I haven't been here much this month, I still do like to take the time to pop in and see how …

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Re: I don't need to upgrade: Modern Gaming on a 10 Year Old Platform

Posted on 2019-11-16, 18:37

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@Almoststew1990 The screenshots containing the benchmarking and CPU tracking features on the desktop kinda remind me of Conky, another system monitor, just by the way the interface looked. But I wouldn't think that you were using Conky, as that software is for Linux-based systems. Anyway, that's …

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-11-10, 16:40

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EDIT: No dice. It still forces me to install Windows 10. I was going to try the BootCamp info.plist hack, I did it once for an unsupported iMac years ago, but starting with macOS Catalina, this $#*$#(! is read-only file system, even with SIP Disabled. Catalina has a new way of protecting system …

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-11-10, 01:18

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Since the subject here is Windows 7, is there a way to install it through bootcamp on current macOS? Because bootcamp actually only allows me to install the annoying Windows 10. By "Boot Camp", you mean this? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boot_Camp_(software) If so, according to the article, you …

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2019-11-07, 02:30

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Here's a minor update to my main desk. (Well, what I'm saying is, there are not a whole lot of changes to my setup, but just a small change :happy: ) https://www.betaarchive.com/imageupload/2019-11/1572994792.th.6818.JPG You guessed it! It's the mouse that's different. A few days ago I switch mice …

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Re: What to do when Windows 7 support ends in a few weeks time?

Posted on 2019-11-04, 23:40

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Hmm... I feel things have gone a little out of hand in this thread. Or not. Anyway, I could care less about Windows 7's end of life (EOL) coming up shortly, as I've transformed myself into a full Windows 10 user a few years back. However, some of the computers at my school still run 7, so I …

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Re: WebOne - proxy for old browsers to make them Web 2.0-capable

Posted on 2019-10-29, 23:55

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Yeah, I would probably use WebOne on a couple of my older computers, if I ever wanted to do proxy stuff, but for my newer PCs, no thanks. Also, sometimes I think of creating a Wikipedia article on WebOne 🤣 Well, when the software gets more popular with downloads...

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Re: Rudolph Loew apparently passed away in September 2019

Posted on 2019-10-28, 01:50

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That's an interesting site. It's good that someone would decide to create a resource of "Rudy's" work, as a memory of him, such as source code for his work and etc.

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Re: YouTube translator for retro systems

Posted on 2019-10-24, 22:36

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README.md wrote: Requirements A computer running Linux (Windows and Mac not tested but might work fine) If this tool best works on Linux, then how come in the screenshots, it shows a laptop running Windows? (I can tell by looking at the 9x-like taskbar.) Other than that, nice tool 😀

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Re: Bought this (Modern) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-22, 01:22

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In one of my previous posts in this thread, I showed off a textbook I got for BlitzPlus/Blitz BASIC. But since my computer programming class has moved on to Java programming, I decided I could get my own Java textbook. Here is this so called Java textbook I'm talking about, https://www.betaarchive. …

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Re: Rudolph Loew apparently passed away in September 2019

Posted on 2019-10-20, 21:29

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It was probably a good thing for Rudolph's son to make a new site related to him. It could be a continuation of Rudolph's old official website, or maybe a tribute/memoir to him...

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Re: WebOne - proxy for old browsers to make them Web 2.0-capable

Posted on 2019-10-20, 21:18

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Time to switch to VS Code :D Microsoft will stop adding new features to windows .NET, all the future developments have .NET core as primary target now... Huh, I never thought Microsoft was going to do that. I use both Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code, and things work fine. Though I've never …

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Re: WebOne - proxy for old browsers to make them Web 2.0-capable

Posted on 2019-10-16, 23:59

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The project is not fully abandoned. Currently I have other projects and tasks and cannot develop WebOne. I'm planning to fix processing of POST requests from Mozilla 1.x (sometimes they are crashing WebOne), release v0.8.2, then add support for picture file converting/compression and make v0.9 at …

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Re: New Very Powerful computers coming soon.

Posted on 2019-10-13, 18:51

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And with a whooping 32mb of RAM. Exciting, isn’t it? :) Pfft! Nah, that doesn't seem exciting, if you have so little RAM :lol: Unless it's a vintage powerful computer, then I would see where it's going... Now seriously... these are really exact copies. Perfect for a hackintosh though, this level of …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2019-10-13, 18:37

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NEC MultiSync LCD1960NXi circa 2004 Seems to have been a decent monitor back in its day. I find the layered, strong angles sexy, and the thrift-shop price was right for 12 USD. Unfortunately, at 5:4 and 1280x1024, it's not super useful for retro gaming. I'd say that those monitors are okay for …

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Re: New Very Powerful computers coming soon.

Posted on 2019-10-11, 00:35

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I might have seen a few PC cases that looked like the one that site shows. And I must say, they do look sweet! But they're probably not my style, because I like the style of desktops that they have currently. However, not everyone can see what the future will actually look like, so the future of …

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Re: Why is Win 9x compatibility/emulation so difficult?

Posted on 2019-10-07, 21:03

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Well, "compatibility layer" is probably the most precise term (+1 to you). :) Wine (recursive backronym for Wine Is Not an Emulator) is a free and open-source compatibility layer that aims to allow computer programs (application software and computer games) developed for Microsoft Windows to run on …

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