Re: Lowest system you tried for everyday main PC

Posted on 2015-11-20, 01:34

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I use my Mac G5 towers every day, even to the point of doing scientific work running Octave & a lot of image editing / processing on them. Also fine for general browsing / forum posting / Youtubing / etc. I have one at home and one in my office. I don't really consider 2GHz+ dual-CPU machines with 4 …

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2015-11-17, 02:01

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*Really really* looks to me like one of the plethora of all-raytraced Myst clones that appeard on the Mac (and everything else) around 1994~6. That being said, let's get the obvious out of the way ... : Myst?

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2015-11-16, 08:00

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DS9: Harbinger?

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2015-11-15, 23:25

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Vanguard Valkyrie? Yes! Winnar. Glad you got it - was worried it was a bit too obscure. For everyone else - this is a kickstarter demo of an AWESOME-looking VR game that sadly didn't get funded. :( The creator is still working on it though. I tossed in a few bucks for a pre-order on its website …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2015-11-15, 22:54

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Something (slightly) older than the first IBM PC. Don't ask, I just love vintage things, from PC hardware to audio gears to automobiles. https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xaf1/v/t1.0-9/31964_1495541434993_5040069_n.jpg?oh=659d515b3dc095769601a382131d7e17&oe=56FB16A9 https://scontent.xx.fbcdn. …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2015-11-15, 22:49

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And this months haul from the local electronics swap meet http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e385/0blivi0n1/20151115_134108_zpsekp9488f.jpg http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e385/0blivi0n1/20151115_134332_zpsfcv0m7wy.jpg paid about $25 for everything. The two voodoo cards and the Virge/GX2 cost me …

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Re: Single board computers

Posted on 2015-11-15, 22:24

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^^ Both my Advantech boards (PCA-6159 & PCA-6751) have provisions for running without a backplane (extra power connectors, etc.) The 6751 also has a PC/104 stack bus connector if you want to use it that way. You only need the backplane if you want to use it in a more traditional motherboard-style …

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2015-11-15, 21:20

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Kekeke nope. 😀

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2015-11-15, 20:08

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Hmm, time for another hint it seems. Hint 2: Lawnmower Man has themes about a certain technology. This game uses that technology.

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2015-11-15, 10:25

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Looks like a hint may be needed. Hint 1: Soundtrack by virt.

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Re: The earliest "true 3D" FPS?

Posted on 2015-11-15, 06:33

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The Freescape control schemes were always terrible though, and they're more 'shoot lines at geometrical shape in crosshair' than a run 'n gun game. The engine's more practical for exploration and virtual tours. It's as much of a Run 'n Gun as much as Another World is the first Half-Life. Yeah, this …

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The earliest "true 3D" FPS?

Posted on 2015-11-15, 05:08

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So what was it? Quake (1996)? PowerSlave for Saturn/PSX (1996)? Descent (1994) or System Shock (1994)? Eternam (1992)? Nah. The recent discussion on FPSes got me thinking of a couple of my favorite games which are, honestly, kind of overlooked for some reason. Maybe I'm wrong but I think really not …

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2015-11-15, 01:11

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Not that either.

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2015-11-15, 00:09

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Nope, but good guess. 😀

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2015-11-14, 19:02

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Woo, I got one! Yeah should have listed either name. I found an interesting video about PS/Exhumed, apparently while the DOS version (which I've played) was a then-standard 2.5D shooter running on Build, the Saturn & Playstation 'versions' were completely different and done on a custom fully 6DOF 3D …

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Re: Guess the game!!

Posted on 2015-11-14, 07:39

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Powerslave?

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Re: Was the P4 architecture a dead end?

Posted on 2015-11-14, 07:15

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Interesting discussion! Honestly I wasn't a fan of the P4 when it was current, but I got a bunch of them (boards + CPUs) for free a while ago and have been using them in things. I built one up as a games machine and I *do* think it punches above its weight a little, especially with HT on stuff that …

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Re: Duke Nukem 3D on a i80386

Posted on 2015-11-11, 19:42

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^^ Why didnt you use the GUS for sound? Wouldn't you see some benefit from hardware mixing?

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Re: Single board computers

Posted on 2015-11-08, 22:22

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Can you have multiple single board computers in one backplane system? That would make a one of a kind multi system. ;) I think this would cause a whole pile of problems - address conflicts, etc. Even if you didn't have any other ISA cards plugged in the SBCs would be duplicating each other's IDE …

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Re: Was the P4 architecture a dead end?

Posted on 2015-11-08, 22:18

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The motherboard? There's no such thing like "motherboard speed". During the P6 generation (from Pentium Pro until Core 2) the FSB was the bus between the CPU and the Northbridge (as opposed to the Back Side Bus between the CPU and L2 cache). Since the Nehalem FSB doesn't exist anymore - there's …

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