Re: Favorite forgotten games

Posted on 2021-09-03, 13:08

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One game I don't see people discussing is SeVerance. I haven't played it in years but I remember playing, replaying it and even did some maps for it. If I remember correctly the map editor was 'inverted' you actually cut material out rather than add walls to a room. Also graphics were mind blowing …

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2021-05-21, 09:48

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I really like Smitten Kitchen which is, as kitchen blogs go, fairly unpretentious and I have yet to cook one of Deb Perelmanns recipes that left me feeling underwhelmed. A recent discovery was that you can just use whole canned tomatoes for salsa. Before I had either hand chopped fresh tomatoes, …

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Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2021-05-21, 09:40

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I grew up near Siegburg in NRW which is represented by the letters "SU" on the plates. Popular choices of for license plates included "SU-RF", "SU-FF" (as a noun this translates to "boozing, drink") or "SU-CK"... In cologne ("K") there are a surprising number of license plates with "K-KK"... I …

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Re: Toshiba Satellite Pro 430CDT

Posted on 2021-05-07, 09:13

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Unfortunately few months have passed since i originally took the laptop apart and i completely forgotten how to put everything back together, especially all those tiny pieces of shielding and plastic which covered the motherboard. Hi there. I've taken the 400CDT apart and put it back together using …

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Re: Chia cryptocurrency - Mining on HDD and SSD

Posted on 2021-04-28, 14:56

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Terrible for the environment *and* only a tiny elite profit from it? What's not to love?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-04-28, 14:04

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It's PC speaker and Tandy only, sadly. Well.. that kind of sucks. The P Speaker is really annoying for playing anything at night when the rest of the household is asleep. I will probably end up playing Azure bonds through Pools on Amiga then. Which is just as well, I have Sİlver Blades and Pools of …

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Re: Retro flight sim playthroughs

Posted on 2021-04-22, 14:42

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I wonder how many flight simulators had a proper "high resolution" (=640*350) EGA version... also, I wonder if any VGA flight simulator chose 640*480@16 colours instead of 320*200@256 colours. That would be a short but interesting list. Of the top of my head I only know this one: https://www. …

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2021-01-09, 17:28

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I have forgotten how realistic and difficult Red Baron II is. It's me, with all realism turned down, desperately pursuing a novice enemy, and still can't bring him down. https://i.postimg.cc/prBPytnj/Baron-2021-01-07-22-29-30-46.jpg Why don't you just stand still, you little f$&ker! Fokker?

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Re: What game are you playing now?

Posted on 2020-12-31, 19:41

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Again, I am not a troll. I however do acknowledge that I am a person with very direct, aggressive and polemic opinions and this causes such reactions. That’s my latin personality, I’m half brazilian, half spanish. I do not expect you to understand that. I never acted like “I never knew it would …

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2020-12-25, 13:59

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Alright, I'm about to start on my wild boar spareribs with gravy, y'all! https://www.wild-auf-wild.de/content/wildschwein-spareribs Sides will be garlicky mashed potatoes and cooked red cabbage as a nod to German Christmas. Merry Christmas and all that. Maybe this time I'll remember to take a …

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2020-12-24, 14:59

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Alright, I'm about to start on my wild boar spareribs with gravy, y'all! https://www.wild-auf-wild.de/content/wildschwein-spareribs Sides will be garlicky mashed potatoes and cooked red cabbage as a nod to German Christmas. Merry Christmas and all that. Maybe this time I'll remember to take a …

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2020-12-11, 19:10

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Just had a sort of 1950's dinner: Old Bay chicken and caesar salad. Makes me wish crabs weren't so crazy expensive here, though.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-11, 08:53

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Bought a new old stock Citizen W1D floppy drive for one of my 486 high end laptops as the 1 has head failures and the other has a bad belt, so I might take the belt out of the broken head drive and replace the belt. Both laptops use the same floppy drive, the boards are similar in functionality, …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2020-12-08, 15:56

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Just bought this laptop I found in the classifieds: Highscreen LP 3451 Information on this thing is scant, to say the least, but it's supposedly a 12 MHz 286 with 1MB and monochrome LCD, although there's a picture of one on facebook with a colour screen but I'm not holding my breath. According to …

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Re: Building a 486, Any tips & recommendations for a newcomer?

Posted on 2020-12-03, 16:15

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- ATX PSU. Dont really wanna risk anything with an old AT psu. Though I know adapters do work for ATX to AT. Only issue is I wont have a -5 volts (As older ISA Soundblasters use). Apparently I can add something inline however which I can do (I have basic soldering equipment and have soldered before …

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Re: Toshiba Satellite 300CDT password removal

Posted on 2020-12-02, 12:03

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In this video they seem to just be removing the CMOS/recovery batteries. Did you let it sit for a while after removing them? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhPc5eWgaaY

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Re: post up pics of your "computing area"

Posted on 2020-11-30, 12:17

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I bought this desk recently - late 90's / early naughties era I'm guessing. Not great quality but solid enough and in very nice condition. I replaced the sun yellowed brown trim and re-laminated the edge of the keyboard tray. I also added some reinforcement under the desktop to better handle a CRT …

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Re: Worst adventure game ever made?

Posted on 2020-11-30, 08:37

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German 1993 graphic adventure effort Der Schatz im Silbersee is supposed to be pretty bad, by all accounts. It's based on Western author Karl May's work and his estate/publisher was involved with the game. I haven't played it myself but judging from gameplay vids on Youtube the writing is pretty …

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2020-11-24, 15:45

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That cabbage dish sounds delicious! Yah! It couldn't be simpler either. My wife pointed out that it's somewhat similar to an American staple: corned beef and cabbage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacon_and_cabbage#Corned_beef_and_cabbage_(USA) In a pinch, just slice some nappa cabbage, roast it …

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Re: What are you eating/drinking? (the vogons food thread)

Posted on 2020-11-24, 10:06

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I've had the Kirkland Keurig things. They're alright but nothing to write home about. I simply can't see how pre-ground anything can hold a candle to freshly ground beans and, as I said before, at >30$/kg you can are paying the equivalent of all but the most gourmet specialty roasts. I know it's …

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