Re: First computer-related job?

Posted on 2021-04-07, 21:51

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I took a job right out of tech school as a help desk tech at a local mom and pop computer store in the fall of 2002 if I remember the year, it might have even been 2003. QCI - Quality Computers Incorporated. I began by building new systems for them, just me and the owner of the company. If I …

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Re: The middle mouse button, was it ever useful?

Posted on 2021-03-26, 15:13

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I used it quite a bit in games....as others stated, opening doors, or jumping. Things like that. I'm sure there were third party programs that people mapped functions to it as well. I don't recall ever doing that though.

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Re: Good value PC for Win98 - evading the RETRO TAX

Posted on 2021-03-05, 22:48

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I hate them but the cheapest is a old OEM P4 with a dirt cheap Geforce 3/4MX/FX what have you. Throw in a decent sound card and off to the races, it will play 90% of Win98 games that are worth playing. Most of us spend more time trying to recreate the bygone days of hardware that we lusted after …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-02-04, 15:43

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Even Doom was/is better. Even DOOM? Duke3D, Blood, etc are good but DOOM is pure distilled awesome. I loaded up Shadow Warrior last night for the first time in a while and geez it sounds good, it looks good, but I just can't stand that game for some reason. Shadow Warrior is incredibly annoying in …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-02-04, 15:37

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While I understand some people might not agree I think tablets and smart phones are a wonderful invention. I haven't really used Android stuff and don't care for it. I prefer Apple. The funny thing? Once I saw that movie about Steve Jobs I was kind of amazed about what an *** he apparently was. At …

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Re: Reasons to keep a late 2012 iMac?

Posted on 2021-02-01, 19:40

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Install windows 7 on it, then it's still useful. If Apple had remembered that "Form Follows Function" and put some screws on the stupid thing so I could get into it and install an SSD, I probably would. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IHan1Ivc6fk I really have no desire to pry the glass LCD panel …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-02-01, 19:34

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Modern (soon to be) retro hardware*, anything above Pentium 3 is boring. Everything either just works out of the box or completely broken. While I'm fascinated with pre-386 hardware and the technical solutions in software to utilize the limited hardware, from a consumer's perspective, I borderline …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-01-28, 21:33

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No OpenXCom, then. Sad. :'( I've not heard of it...BUT if it is turn based then I can only surmise that I would despise it's very existence. Sorry. For a second, I somehow mis interpreted "turn based" with "RTS" games, and I was gonna get very sad at the notion someone has it out for the Command …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-01-28, 21:32

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.... Besides that....my only REAL confession would be that i spend WAY more time tinkering, building and troubleshooting with my retro machines that I ever have playing games. TBH that is true with my modern machine as well. I've got fairly capable retro and modern gaming rigs that will likely …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-01-28, 21:01

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xcomcmdr wrote on 2021-01-26, 20:21: Jasin Natael wrote on 2021-01-26, 19:55: Not really retro...but I do despise all turn based games. I hate them, I hate them and when I'm done hating them I hate them some more. No OpenXCom, then. Sad. :'( I've not heard of it...BUT if it is turn based then I can …

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Re: Retro confessions. What are yours?

Posted on 2021-01-26, 19:55

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Not really retro...but I do despise all turn based games. I hate them, I hate them and when I'm done hating them I hate them some more. Also, Windows XP isn't retro to me and never will be. Besides that....my only REAL confession would be that i spend WAY more time tinkering, building and …

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-17, 23:33

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Unless Intel actually has a new process, they should stop calling these releases "generational". Other than like two 10nm mobile skus (celerons??) This is just another 14nm rehash and barely worth a review.

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Re: Bought a PowerMac G4 450 AGP - Now what?

Posted on 2021-01-15, 21:11

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by Jasin Natael

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dr.zeissler wrote on 2021-01-15, 11:28: no, don't use gf2mx! stick to the rage128, it's a fantastic card. It's supported on various apps like "geomame". you can also use morphos with the ati, with nvidia no support on morphos. I second this.

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-15, 20:34

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that's cause someone said how much of a difference amd did. well.. they sell 50% more cores for about 500% more price. (amazon prices without tax don't count outside usa) Dude. Really. You have to know this is false. If you insist on the "AMD is 50% more expensive" argument then at least have the …

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-15, 18:47

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Living wrote on 2021-01-15, 11:46: Jasin Natael wrote on 2021-01-14, 15:39: Why compare a 4 core to a 6 core? because that's what fanboy's do Indeed

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-14, 15:39

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zen 6 cores is still way more expensive than regular intel 4 cores :) Core i3-10100F 4 cores- about 100 $ AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 6 cores - about 500 $ No. That isn't remotely close. Ryzen 5600 is selling NOW for $379 on Amazon. Ryzen 3600 is selling now for $199 on Amazon Ryzen 2600 if you hunt can be …

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Re: advice for mid-2000s winXP build

Posted on 2021-01-13, 15:39

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You have a pretty wide swarth to cover for XP era. So first thing is to pick what games you would like to play on the rig and then decide if you need to go early XP era with a Athlon XP/64 or P4 or what have you, or later era and focus on Core2 or Phenom era. if you are going to focus on the later …

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-13, 15:25

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Well I am glad that Intel is trying to compete at every given price point. Competition is good for all of us, a monopoly is not. I for one couldn't care less about SATA AHCI drivers. My OS is on a nVME drive, my data drives are SATA, and they all work just fine. I had a R7 1700, and now have a R7 …

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-12, 19:34

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@mockingbird: AMD has some severe ups and downs. I was extremely happy with my Athlon XP and Athlon 64 back in the day. But their Phenom processors shit the bed so horribly, I didn't even think about AMD as a purchasing option until the goodwill towards the Ryzen 3's became too overwhelming to …

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Re: Intel smashes Ryzen

Posted on 2021-01-12, 18:40

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Furthermore, the only way Rocket Lake will overtake Ryzen 5000 on IPC is by pure clock speed. Even with their IPC improvements they are still going to be 3-4% behind AMD clock to clock. Now thats still a impressive jump, but if they can only maintain 5.3ghz on one core for 60 seconds at a time....im …

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