Re: Anyone else in kind of a weird place collecting wise right now?

Posted on 2025-05-15, 19:47

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I love old laptops, but I essentially use them like desktops because I plug them into external monitors, speakers, keyboards, and mice. I live in an apartment, so I don't want my computers to take up a lot of space. I've also found them to be both easier to find and cheap, probably because people …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-10-25, 18:21

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Thanks. I was just kidding. I'd love an EGA monitor, but I doubt that I'd be able to afford one (-: That listing says free... (plus shipping and handling though). Good eye! I just assumed they would ask for eBay prices. Surprised that someone would just give them away. That being said, shipping to …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-10-25, 18:00

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I suddenly thought, "Okay Einstein, how are you gonna test RAM in Trident cards on an EGA monitor?" ... doh.. guess I done gotta clear room and squeeze a lil VGA in there... CRT is out, better be the NEC LCD... so had to do that, then as you see, got right into some highly technical stuff... I'd …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-10-25, 17:22

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I suddenly thought, "Okay Einstein, how are you gonna test RAM in Trident cards on an EGA monitor?" ... doh.. guess I done gotta clear room and squeeze a lil VGA in there... CRT is out, better be the NEC LCD... so had to do that, then as you see, got right into some highly technical stuff... I'd …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-10-08, 18:00

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This. Crysis and even the original Far Cry started out strong for me and towards the last 1/3 of those games it grew tiring. Warhead was good fun. I think I'm enjoying Crysis 2 so much due to the very slow burn. Breaking it up over numerous years probably did the trick. Far Cry 2 on the other hand. …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-10-07, 06:26

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Crysis 2. Have been playing this game over multiple years. I'd play a little, get distracted and save, continue from said save six months to a year later. So probably around six to seven years now. I think I'm nearing the finish line? Anyhoo... loved the original Crysis and Warhead and I had heard …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-10-04, 15:49

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This Half Life 2 discussion reminds me of my first time playing it. I had to play it in 15 minutes sessions because I'd get terribly nauseous. Back then I had no idea about the FOV stuff, so I just thought it was me. Still ended up loving it.

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-09-28, 22:40

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I wanted to like Graven (some friends worked on it) but I feel there wasn't enough QA and more 'yes i love boomer shooter thank u fresch 3d realms god of New 3dFx VooDoo 2 Games' for testing feedback. I don't think my big textfile of early critiques/criticisms/softlocks made it through. I always …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-09-25, 16:36

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I wanted to like Graven (some friends worked on it) but I feel there wasn't enough QA and more 'yes i love boomer shooter thank u fresch 3d realms god of New 3dFx VooDoo 2 Games' for testing feedback. I don't think my big textfile of early critiques/criticisms/softlocks made it through. I always …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-09-12, 06:08

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I'll definitely play Clear Sky after this one! I just finished S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky (2008), and I have to say that I enjoyed it as much as Shadow of Chernobyl (if not even more). I think it slightly lacked the gloomy and bleak atmosphere of the first one and felt more like a typical FPS, but I …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2024-09-10, 05:33

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I've been gaming for decades and never knew you could swap soundtracks by leaving another game's CD in the drive. Never even thought of trying that!

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Re: PicoGUS: ISA sound card emulator with Raspberry Pi Pico (Gravis Ultrasound, AdLib, MPU-401, Tandy, CMS)

Posted on 2024-09-07, 21:43

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The compatibility list in github is not updated, which is understandable because there is only one person updating it. I think what we could do as a community is, we could make up to date list here. It would be beneficial to polpo too, as he can't have unlimited amount of hardware or software. Good …

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Re: What modern activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-09-06, 15:38

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BitWrangler wrote on 2024-09-06, 12:38: I think even if you sort out the errors at 17, you get a new set of problems trying to get past 20/21 This sounds like good life advice.

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Re: Video game actors are now on strike

Posted on 2024-09-06, 11:48

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Is there another bot in here? 01000111 01101111 00100000 01100001 01110111 01100001 01111001 00100000 01100010 01101111 01110100

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2024-09-05, 04:12

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Well, I like my Civic )-:

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2024-09-05, 00:18

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In the true spirit of Vogons, I drive an XP era Honda Civic. None of these fancy electrics for me... (-:

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Re: Sound card dilemma for Win 98 PC, no DOS games.

Posted on 2024-08-30, 18:03

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In my experience, a dedicated sound card would sound much better. Better hardware in them, such as DACs. Fortunately, good PCI sound cards can be found for cheap. I recently bought an Audigy for $5 used and typically see them listed locally for around $20. Nice to hear this, I'm a noob when it …

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Re: Sound card dilemma for Win 98 PC, no DOS games.

Posted on 2024-08-30, 17:31

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In my experience, a dedicated sound card would sound much better. Better hardware in them, such as DACs. Fortunately, good PCI sound cards can be found for cheap. I recently bought an Audigy for $5 used and typically see them listed locally for around $20.

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2024-08-27, 06:51

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I don't think that DVDs look bad on high def tvs. In my experience, they look great on both old CRTs and my newer 4K LED. I haven't watched any on anything above 55 inches, so maybe they would look worse on something fancier. Everything looks great until you compare it side-by-side with something …

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Re: Sobering Memory Lane - returning to my games of the 80s

Posted on 2024-08-27, 01:19

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One thing to keep in mind is that most of our attention spans were drastically different back in the day. I'm too young to have grown up with a C64, but I could certainly play a crappy DOS game for hours on end as a kid. I think age had a lot to do with it, as well as my limited number of games to …

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