Re: Public perception of gaming

Posted on 2013-12-12, 13:18

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This isn't helped by commercials/movies/other media that portray gamers as overgrown man-children. It also doesn't help when crazies who go on shooting sprees are found to have violent video games in their homes when they are arrested. The kneejerk reaction is OMG! Video games cause people to go …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2013-12-12, 13:11

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DX2-66 is probably the most common of all 486 chips out there so you shouldn't pay too much for them. $10 is probably OK for a single chip, but I've seen them for as low as $6 or $7 each in bulk lots. BTW http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEXGEN-NX586-ISA-MOTHERBOARD-CPU-RAM-COOLER-WORKING-CONDITION-ULTRA- …

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Re: YouTube's Continued Idiocy Now Affecting The Well-Established

Posted on 2013-12-12, 02:10

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Someone from Youtube needs to be educated as to what constitutes "fair use". Fair use allows for the use of clips within the broader context of a user created video, like if you were to do a movie review, then you could include short clips to illustrate a point you were trying to make or as an …

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Re: Humour Thread: Outrageously priced retro gear for sale online

Posted on 2013-12-11, 01:09

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ATi Rage Fury Maxx 499 GBP. http://www.ebay.com/itm/ATi-Rage-Fury-Maxx-Ra … =item43c2e8a85c

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Re: Windows 95 machine ver 3.0

Posted on 2013-12-09, 13:07

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Hmm, as a matter of curiosity does anyone know what month the g200 was released? Also besides blood and reality into dreams for dos are there any windows v1 games that are not compatible with the v2? I think I can free up a PCI slot if I ditch the MEM expansion on the awe64 which I'll probably …

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Re: Windows 95 machine ver 3.0

Posted on 2013-12-09, 13:04

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swaaye has some i740 videos on Youtube you should check out.

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Re: How to sell collections?

Posted on 2013-12-09, 12:54

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If you want to sell a lot of parts quickly, build systems but be prepared to take a hit on the price compared to what you would get for individual parts. If you aren't in a hurry and would rather sell for more money, then sell the parts individually. Building systems also gives you the ability to …

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Re: saved from the recycle bin

Posted on 2013-12-08, 11:28

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I still don't get it why people bother with gold recovery? I was under the impression that it didn't pay out unless you operated with tons of equipment. It doesn't pay unless done on an industrial scale and can be dangerous without proper safety precautions but some people are too stupid to …

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Re: Windows 95 machine ver 3.0

Posted on 2013-12-07, 22:46

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3dfx released the Banshee right at the very end of 1998, so one of those might work and still fit your 96-98 theme. I'm also wondering why you're not considering making this a V2 Sli rig instead of V1 since the V2 was also released in 1998.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2013-12-07, 12:35

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The adapter may be proprietary. An OEM may have had a bunch of 60/66mhz Pentium boards left over when the new socket was released and didn't want to waste them so they had adapters made so they could sell the old boards until they ran out. I would think if it was sold retail that someone would have …

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Re: Best VLB motherboard for AMD 5x86?

Posted on 2013-12-05, 23:05

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I don't see the big attraction to VL bus. You might be able to clock VL Bus cards a little higher but you can run later cards that run faster anyway in a PCI slot 486 motherboard even at the lower PCI bus speed. You can't tell me that a Tseng ET4000W32P is going to be faster than a Voodoo 3 at …

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Re: Very Angry at a Company Called "Nekki Gmbh"

Posted on 2013-12-05, 23:00

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Titles cannot be copyrighted. I take it you're not very familiar with trademark registration and the requirement of defending it (or you'll lose it)... It's the very reason why I posted that crocodile up there. His name also contains the word, and Sega could go after those Nekki guys if they wanted …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2013-12-05, 21:58

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Artex, with your luck you don't need to be buying vintage hardware you need to be buying lottery tickets.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2013-12-05, 21:22

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Got a new in shrinkwrapped box VisionTek Xtasy Radeon 9100 PCI 128mb. I've been collecting these things for a while now as they seem to be rare but was only able to acquire two loose cards so far. They are nice cards if your PII/PIII era machine has only PCI slots. I'm also waiting on the floppy and …

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Re: Very Angry at a Company Called "Nekki Gmbh"

Posted on 2013-12-05, 21:16

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Titles cannot be copyrighted. You have nothing to worry about.

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Re: Late 90s gaming (and other uses) machine build - Voodoo2

Posted on 2013-12-04, 22:02

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Wouldn't 5.25" floppy drives have been obsolete by the late 90's? Almost everything would have been released on CD ROM by then, and anything still released on floppies would have been on 1.44mb 3.5".

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Re: Athlon XP really retro?

Posted on 2013-12-03, 12:24

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I would say it's retro simply because it's the last AMD chip family not to be based on x64. AMD basically stole the 64-bit computing market away from Intel's Itanium by retaining backward compatibility with 32-bit x86 instructions. So Athlon 64 ushered us into the modern age, while Athlon XP was the …

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Re: protecting yourself on ebay and paypal

Posted on 2013-12-03, 12:14

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When it is a high value item like AUD 450 I would not buy it either. When it is a $10 or $20 item: could be worth a roll of the dice sometimes. I got a MT-32 for $10 including shipping that way 2 months ago. :blush: Here's the rub, though. I've seen new sellers make a reputation by selling a lot of …

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Re: Favorite old OS

Posted on 2013-12-02, 12:51

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blakespot wrote: On an x86 PC? NeXTSTEP for Intel. I ran v3.2 on a 486 66 back in '94. http://www.flickr.com/photos/blakespot/238602 … 157604338323127 bp Wishing I could find a copy. Sigh.

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Re: protecting yourself on ebay and paypal

Posted on 2013-12-01, 11:49

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Sellers with few or no feedbacks make me wary, especially for expensive items. I let others test the waters first before taking a chance on a brand new seller.

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