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Re: to 486 or not to 486

Posted on 2014-03-24, 23:44

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486 motherboards, especially vlb, are not cheap. You can get a good deal if you keep your eyes pealed, but don't expect to pay less than $200 for a motherboard, RAM, cpu, graphics card and HD controller/ IO board. Maybe up to $300 (or more) if you can't get any deals. VLB graphics cards in …

Re: to 486 or not to 486

Posted on 2014-03-24, 23:36

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Just do it dude! Playing old games is fun but messing around with old hardware is often more rewarding I think. Spend a couple of months finding the right bits, realise half of them aren't compatible with the other half, buy more bits, and finally beat a stable 486 into shape through blood, sweat …

Case badges

Posted on 2014-03-24, 22:53

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One of the things I liked best about the generic beige cases I owned as a kid were the colourful domed case badges that were stuck in the 25x25cm recess provided for that purpose. We bought our PC’s from whatever local, fly by night vendor was selling the specs we wanted for the best price, so they …

Re: Commodore 64 revival (warning, wall of pics)

Posted on 2014-03-24, 05:35

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Does the new IC include extra features? Yeah like sliderider said it's just a replacement. There are instructions out there to make your own but the existence of this thing (it was 19 euro) suggests that the roll-your-own option isn't always reliable. There are some classic chips in the C64 like …

Re: Commodore 64 revival (warning, wall of pics)

Posted on 2014-03-23, 23:09

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OK that's interesting, I'll have to try some copper braid next time. The solder sucker was my weakness I think because it was often quite difficult to get it into position quickly enough to suck the solder before it cooled - you don't get long and it's often a tight spot. This resulted in too many …

Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2014-03-23, 22:06

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I've been attempting to finish off Farcry 3, which I've been playing on-and-off since its release. I like tropical open worlds so it's a game I've had a lot of fun with. It's a fun sandbox with heaps to do and some really simple, fun gameplay to be had. Unfortunately though the main storyline is …

Re: Commodore 64 revival (warning, wall of pics)

Posted on 2014-03-23, 00:56

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Good to see you brought it back to life :) I saw your thread on OCAU, I would have offered to remove the old one and fit a socket if I was nearby. Thanks mate, I'm glad I did it myself in the end even if it was a bit of a hack job - how would you have done it? Solder sucker or the tinfoil / …

Re: Commodore 64 revival (warning, wall of pics)

Posted on 2014-03-22, 12:05

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It’s a good thing I’m so keen, because this Commodore 64 seems to like treating me mean. I bought it a new PSU, made it a little table to sit under, sat down to spend some quality time with it… and it died on me again. Black screen of death, which it's done on-and-off in the past but it was …

Re: 486DX2 VLB Rig

Posted on 2014-03-17, 02:28

From the interwebs: "This technology creates dynamic, three-dimensional sound from only two speakers by retrieving ambient information hidden in an audio track." Doesn't really help much either I guess, but with mine - when it's setup correctly - it simply "broadens" the sound. I.e. sound no longer …

Re: 486DX2 VLB Rig

Posted on 2014-03-16, 22:37

Rob, This thingy does not seem to do much... I mean, it works, it changes sound, adds some little noise and I don't get what it does. Tested it in Unreal, near some waterfall. As I rotate camera, the noise from the waterfall travels between left and right channel, yet I don't get what happens. At …

Re: Widescreen displays and reading habits

Posted on 2014-03-16, 02:17

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I use a small, resized browser like your example when at work, but that's mainly about fooling others into thinking my mind is at least half focused on work :) At home I'm a full screen kinda guy, and if I'm multi tasking, then I alt-tab b/w windows - my hand is usually hovering around that part of …

Re: What computer related book are you reading now?

Posted on 2014-03-13, 23:48

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I'm interested in reading something specifically on Jobs - does "authorised" translate to "censored" do you think? The Commodore book I'm reading questions how much of an impact he had on the early success of Apple, the bulk of it is being credited to the first major investor in apple who helped …

What computer related book are you reading now?

Posted on 2014-03-13, 22:15

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What’s your must-read computer related book? It doesn’t have to be non-fiction. This is what I’ve read lately: Masters or DOOM – this was so well written that I think even people who have no interest in id would enjoy it. Making of Karateka – a really interesting look at early game development, this …

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