Re: XBox One unveiled

Posted on 2013-06-20, 00:02

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This is so "Oh, we so sorry you did not eat our s..t we tried so hard to make you swallow, so, we are going to spice it a bit and remove the offensive content of our burger." Is it McMicrosoft or what? While Sony is like "Welcome to our sushi, is same good sushi you enjoyed before, with a bit of …

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Re: Want to eliminate the vocals in a song

Posted on 2013-06-19, 23:54

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"male voices range from ~80Hz. for the lowest and deepest to ~440Hz. for the highest" - Really... Not for Freddie. If you say you don't know Freddie, I will spank you with a cheese shredder.

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Re: ISA Hard Drive controllers

Posted on 2013-06-15, 17:11

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As far as I know, Adaptec 1542 B/C/CF are some of the best ISA SCSI controllers. Anything with better performance will not be ISA.

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Re: ISA Hard Drive controllers

Posted on 2013-06-15, 12:48

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I had several 1542 models; somewhere around here I think I still have a non-functional A; then I had a B and 2 CF, right now one remaining CF which is used in my VLB/SCSI 486.

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Re: PS/2 6 pin cable - are they hard to find?

Posted on 2013-06-15, 11:38

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Happy me... I still have 2 perfectly functional A4Tech serial mice and a Microsoft Cordless Wheel Mouse, serial+PS/2

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Re: How many Retro PCs do you got in your house?

Posted on 2013-06-12, 22:42

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Parts, many. Built and plug&play: 1. IWill BXv98 mobo, Celeron 800, 512 Mb SDRAM, 80 Gb HDD, ASUS Quiet 50x CD-ROM, Voodoo3 3000, 100 Mb PCI NIC, USB 2.0 NEC card, various sound cards. 2. Sempron 3000+, socket A, nForce2 Ultra mobo, the famous SoundStorm audio, 2 Gb RAM, GeForce 6600 256 Mb. 3. Soyo …

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Re: How many people actually use 1080p?

Posted on 2013-06-02, 21:43

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@m1so I live in Romania, and my salary is smaller than your pension. I earn less than 300 Euro a month, and trust me, I work. And I think hardware prices are about the same all over Europe. For my current 24" Full HD LED (Philips, by the way) I payed more than half of a month's salary.

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Re: How many people actually use 1080p?

Posted on 2013-06-02, 21:09

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@m1so Son, until fall 2008 I had a 17" CRT. Then I got a 15" LCD. Then, as I said, in early 2009 I got the 22" LCD. Last summer I managed to sell the 22 and bought the current 24" LED, which I wanted to buy since spring last year. I don't have a big paycheck, 2 years ago I was unemployed and barely …

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Re: How many people actually use 1080p?

Posted on 2013-06-02, 20:11

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From beginning of '09 until last summer I had a 1680x1050 22". Then I bought my full HD 24" LED, which is even better. And my video card is still adequate for my gaming needs. Would have loved a 6850 or 6870, but I had to settle for a 6790. And I am not sorry, is a decent card.

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Re: Intel AL440LX

Posted on 2013-05-31, 22:36

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Crystal... BS... Only 4236 and 4237 offer acceptable FM emulation. 4235 are utter bullshit. This is why I prefer ESS chips. They sound a lot better and some games have native support for ESFM.

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

Posted on 2013-05-31, 19:53

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badmofo wrote: It's not the price of this one that made me giggle, but I thought I'd post it here anyway. […] Show full quote badmofo wrote: It's not the price of this one that made me giggle, but I thought I'd post it here anyway. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Sound-Blaste...amp;_uhb=1 What exactly …

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Re: Windows 7 GPU scaling?

Posted on 2013-05-31, 17:37

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It's a DVI-D cable.

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Re: I've got a 386SX16 box in storage. What should I do with it?

Posted on 2013-05-30, 18:52

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by fillosaurus

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What's your problem, man? I love the Pentiums. They bring balance to the DOS. \_/ bro, may the Force be with you!

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Re: Intel AL440LX

Posted on 2013-05-30, 18:47

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by fillosaurus

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Sound?

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Re: NVidia Riva TNT2 or ATI Rage 128?

Posted on 2013-05-30, 17:58

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by fillosaurus

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My 2 cents... I had tested various ATI Rage and TNT2 M64 incarnations. 10 years ago, this is what I had in my computer, the epic Celeron 600 which overclocked @900 without any problem: 1 Rage 128GL 16 Mb or 1 Leadtek WinFast S325 TNT2 M64 32 Mb. Speed was about the same. Compatibility was better on …

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Re: Celeron 300

Posted on 2013-05-29, 17:17

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Maybe the earlier ones were higher quality. You must be joking, mate. I had a 729 which died a horrible, smoking, smelly death. Then a 726, whose only difference from 729 is the length (this one is shorter). I had some troubles with it; well, with its onboard sound the infamous CMI 8330 re-marked …

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Re: Looking for a quite Cd Rom drive

Posted on 2013-05-29, 16:34

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ASUS Quiet Track. Believe me, I know what I am talking about. Had 2 of them, a 52x ten years ago and a 50x now, which is inserted in my Voodoo system. The Quiet Track name is not just a marketing gimmick.

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Re: Windows 7 GPU scaling?

Posted on 2013-05-27, 11:47

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by fillosaurus

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I use DVI

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Re: Windows 7 GPU scaling?

Posted on 2013-05-24, 21:07

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by fillosaurus

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@F2bnp My friend, I am not Google challenged. I tried every possible solution I found on the net, and still have that problem.

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Re: Windows 7 GPU scaling?

Posted on 2013-05-24, 19:04

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As I said, it does not scale BINK videos. Shows them small and centered. In games like Homeworld and Star Wars: KoTOR 2. In Kotor it does not scale the screen either, for example if I select 1280x1024 it shows both vertical and horizontal borders; same with ScummVM. In Homeworld, same resolution, it …

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