Re: EA just removed several Need for Speed games from their digital platforms
Posted on 2021-06-08, 14:35
Re: EA just removed several Need for Speed games from their digital platforms
Posted on 2021-06-08, 10:07
I could be totally wrong here but for me licensing is like region coding on DVDs (and Blu-Rays)... Yes I understand you want control Yes you should be compensated But by limiting (geographically, term [time] or otherwise) you are limiting sales. When DVDs first came out it was common for a movie to …
Re: No Upper Memory?
Posted on 2021-06-08, 10:01
The problem with memmaker was it was not Win95 (and later) compatible. I used QEMM (sic?) for a long time until I finally figured out how to make boot disks. I basically had a list on the boot disk of what games used which boot disk. If a game didn't need mouse or CD ROM support it was pretty easy …
Re: Chia cryptocurrency - Mining on HDD and SSD
Posted on 2021-05-28, 12:11
Re: When publishers break software on purpose (Adobe in this case)
Posted on 2021-05-25, 09:05
I had PowerDVD on my computer to watch Blu-Rays on. I was watching the Star Wars Clone Wars Blu Ray and decided to watch the BBC Sherlock Blu Ray. The software said it needed an update so I let it look. I did.... something... but the Sherlock Blu Ray would not play. So I put the Clone Wars one back …
Re: Are there any general purpose newsgroups left?
Posted on 2021-05-12, 13:24
79% of people asked stated social media causes more problems than it solves: Deleted by Twitter...
Re: Are Voodoo graphics card THAT good ?
Posted on 2021-05-12, 10:18
I can confirm what has been said here about 16 bit versus 32 bit....
Re: Are Voodoo graphics card THAT good ?
Posted on 2021-05-10, 12:38
As a former 3Dfx beta tester the whole 32- it thing as a pain in the butt public relation wise. Nvidia had 32 bit and people were taking shots at 3DFX for it. At the time though, it didn't make much difference visually. Which was a problem because 3Dfx didn't address it fast enough (there were other …
Re: Chia cryptocurrency - Mining on HDD and SSD
Posted on 2021-05-06, 16:00
I never got the point of blockchain. Why do you want people to see your transactions?
Re: Chia cryptocurrency - Mining on HDD and SSD
Posted on 2021-05-05, 09:41
I asked Vinton Cerf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vint_Cerf during a talk at our work about what he thought about crypto currencies and he was very adamant it is all a Ponzi scheme: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi_scheme A friend was involved early on and was literally meeting people in dark …
Re: Chia cryptocurrency - Mining on HDD and SSD
Posted on 2021-04-29, 07:37
Re: Other hobbies?
Posted on 2021-04-16, 09:28
I have yet to find a heat pump small enough so if someone finds one I am all ears!
Re: What stuff are you into outside the retro computer scene?
Posted on 2021-04-07, 07:19
what about a heat pump for your ev conversion? ... But if you are looking for a easy heater grab a few 120v ceramic ptc heaters from good will and put them into a new housing. Three or Four of them in series should be about what you are looking for as far as 400v systems go. If you need more heat, …
Re: Golden age of computing for personal computers
Posted on 2021-04-06, 14:54
I haven't read all the posts here but the few I saw I tend to agree: Late 90's Things were pretty simple: Choose Intel or AMD Choose a mainboard Everything else was well documented and easy to find as to what worked with what (which essentially was everything except CPU and mainboard) You downloaded …
Re: [8-Bit Guy] What Happened to America's Electronics Stores?
Posted on 2021-04-02, 10:50
Re: What stuff are you into outside the retro computer scene?
Posted on 2021-04-02, 10:50
I am into all forms of motorsport with 4 wheels including Formula E but mostly because of the technology and not so much because of tiring burning etc... Heck, Top Gear proved even grannies can do donuts so there is not a great deal of skill there.... I am currently rebuilding a '72 Triumph Spitfire …
Re: Mech Mechanic Simulator
Posted on 2021-03-25, 17:12
OK.... a whole game about fixing "mechs"... Hope they don't get sued by whoever owns BattleTech these days...
Re: Voodoo 2 - Heatsinks Needed?
Posted on 2021-03-23, 16:03
Passive heatsinks are usually never a bad a idea if you have the space.
Re: Dos 6 conventional memory tricks
Posted on 2021-03-17, 11:05
Basically.. Yeah In general if you could afford it you put the operating system on one hard drive and all other stuff on another as you tend to read from one and write to the other thus saving (admittedly milliseconds) time. It was probably not very useful.... There was also a trick of doing this …
Re: Dos 6 conventional memory tricks
Posted on 2021-03-17, 10:27
I remember that tip as well! Also, if you were lucky to have 2 hard drives setting those parameters to the other drive could sped things up a bit...
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