Re: WinXP and Office XP/2003 Updates after April 2014

Posted on 2014-04-07, 00:26

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One day to go until the end of the world. An article appeared on my work's intranet today announcing that a windows 7 roll-out will begin "soon" to upgrade or replace the thousands of PC's we have still running on XP. Seems a little late in the day to me but what do I know? Our wintel team has been …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-06, 08:48

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by badmojo

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Actually I bought this Atari 2600 Jr about 17 years ago but just re-found it in the shed recently - it cleverly survived several moves by laying low in the bottom of a box of CD's. This of course was the cost reduced model, released in 1986. It's a very solid, simple little unit, and it came up …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-03, 23:11

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by badmojo

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A couple of items from the local recycle center. The PS1 I bought for a backup to my existing unit - it was only a few bucks and it's the original model with RCA out which has better audio quality apparently. Both items needed a good clean but work fine: SCPH-1002 right? I found one of those in a …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-03, 11:01

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by badmojo

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A couple of items from the local recycle center. The PS1 I bought for a backup to my existing unit - it was only a few bucks and it's the original model with RCA out which has better audio quality apparently. Both items needed a good clean but work fine: http://i1096.photobucket.com/albums/g330/ …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2014-04-01, 08:35

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by badmojo

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I got them for 99 cent each, but postage was $15 a pop and it appears the seller paid $21 which is odd, seeing the seller used an eBay satchel and each box only weighs a Kg. Has AusPost increased prices on 3Kg Satchels? No mate you just live in the middle of nowhere :lol: I got charged noticeably …

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Re: PAS16 Volume control

Posted on 2014-04-01, 08:33

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by badmojo

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It might be the wrong version for the card you're using. I thought it was awful too until I realised I was using a newer version than I should have been, it actually works very well. Try the one I uploaded to vogon drivers - you need the right version of MVSOUND.SYS too.

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Re: Recommended SB16 with IDE

Posted on 2014-03-31, 21:58

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by badmojo

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Half-Saint wrote: Just got one in the mail but since it seems to be working with my old Sound Blaster Pro, and the CDROM works, I'll probably keep it as is... How did you get the CD-ROM working with the SB Pro? Are you using a creative branded drive?

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Re: What computer related book are you reading now?

Posted on 2014-03-31, 21:55

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Well, I can't document EVERYTHING. Wow, great post! That'll give me plenty to go on with thanks. Although as much as I appreciate Michael Abrash's work, I'll be giving his book a miss! Thanks to Amazon's suggested books function I'm now reading 'The Final Day at Westfield Arcade', which is an easy …

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Re: Confessions of a compulsive hoarder...

Posted on 2014-03-31, 21:41

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I keep my stuff under control by allowing myself only a certain amount of space in the shed, if I can't fit it into one of the many cupboards I've allocated myself (it's a big shed) then I have too much stuff and it's time to either toss it, or sell it. As was being discussed above I like my stuff …

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Re: Best setup for running demanding DOS SVGA games

Posted on 2014-03-28, 05:04

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by badmojo

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I just remembered that I have a Dell Dimension 4100 somewhere in storage. Sounds good to me although I prefer to have an ISA sound card in my PIII for booting directly to DOS and not having to worry about drivers for a PCI sound card. And I can recommend a Geforce 2 Ultra for a good 3D card that is …

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Re: Who else is pumped for VR?

Posted on 2014-03-28, 02:38

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SquallStrife wrote: He's been calm and eloquent, but he's still a precious bitch. Ha! He's a programmer - we're all precious bitches.

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Re: Who else is pumped for VR?

Posted on 2014-03-28, 01:49

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The creator of minecraft wasn't happy about facebook's purchase: I definitely want to be a part of VR, but I will not work with Facebook. Their motives are too unclear and shifting, and they haven’t historically been a stable platform. There’s nothing about their history that makes me trust them, …

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Re: What computer related book are you reading now?

Posted on 2014-03-28, 01:05

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Well ‘Commodore: A company on the edge’ was worth the effort but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who isn't specifically interested in Commodore - its non sequential stream of consciousness style could be hard work at times. I've since read 'Replay: The History of Video Games' which was great for …

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Re: Joyticks options for Tie Fighter, Wing Commander...

Posted on 2014-03-27, 21:35

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by badmojo

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I don't think you can go wrong with either of these - they're hard wearing, cheap, and feel right to me:

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Re: Favourite old school keyboard/mouse?

Posted on 2014-03-26, 01:21

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by badmojo

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Model M for me a a Logitech serial mouse, or a Microsoft PS2 mouse depending on the system I'm using.

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2014-03-26, 01:14

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by badmojo

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Yeah compisite all the way for me - there is the odd European TV around with SCART, but they're usually huge and harder to find a decent one. I think what I have looks fine, and ignorance is bliss.

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Re: Who else is pumped for VR?

Posted on 2014-03-26, 01:10

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You gotta be kidding me! No rift for me but maybe it's OK - FaceRift will blaze the trail with their billions of dollars and cheap clones will pop up for anti-social shut-ins like me. Still pumped, but a lot less so.

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Re: Case badges

Posted on 2014-03-25, 11:16

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by badmojo

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Hehe... after they got their PCs for Christmas, my nephew was shouting "I WANT THE DUKE NUKEM COMPUTER!!!! I WANT THE DUKE NUKEM COMPUTER!!!!" (even though HIS had a faster CPU) LOL! :) Who wouldn't want the duke computer?! This is also the same style of case that I had back then, so this PC looks …

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Re: Case badges

Posted on 2014-03-25, 03:26

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by badmojo

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That's so cool! I was only just recently designing a case badge for my 486 rig. Was then going to take the image around to sign/sticker making place like sign-a-rama and then ask them to make it up for me but after seeing your post I'm just going to do what you did. Thanks :) Nice one, show us your …

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Re: Post pics of your CRT monitors

Posted on 2014-03-25, 03:18

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by badmojo

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I use this little guy for old consoles and a C64, it's a 14" I think. And I have a 21" version of it too for new consoles. They're a nice, no fuss TV with composite input.

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