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Seriously though he just uses the binders to hide flasks at work just like me. No-one will ever pick up a fat binder that says "SAP training material" 
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Original_Z posted:There's also a Japanese arcade version of left 4 dead. http://www.giantbomb.com/the-grid/3030-20756/ ?
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Jul 9, 2016 10:19
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Not the grid, it was a FPS definitely, not TPS.
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Jul 9, 2016 10:52
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Goddamn, I played this once in 2000 at an arcade in Berkeley and have been wondering what the loving hell it was called ever since. Thanks!!!
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Jerry Cotton posted:Seriously though he just uses the binders to hide flasks at work just like me. No-one will ever pick up a fat binder that says "SAP training material" This is why I keep a Perl 5 book on my shelf. My single-malt scotch is behind the one book nobody else will touch.
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What chump offices are you guys working in? We just kept our liquor and shot glasses in our desks, noir gumshoe style. We'd probably leave it on the shelves in plain sight if there weren't any risk of some undergrads passing by and stealing it.
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Liquor? I just have a flask of Listerine in case a pretty woman comes in and I had garlic for lunch.
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Jul 10, 2016 02:10
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Because women love the scent of garlicy Listerine.
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Jehde posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbjYkPKRm-8
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I attempted twice making such machine, and it all comes down to drivers. If you have some weird soundcard which isn't anywhere properly documented, you're done.
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laserghost posted:I attempted twice making such machine, and it all comes down to drivers. If you have some weird soundcard which isn't anywhere properly documented, you're done. I only had a quick look at the specs in the video's description, but Sound Blaster cards should all be pretty easy to find documentation for right?
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Yeah, Creative's stuff is easy to find, same probably for Gravis. I had some kind of soundcard which iirc was made for military PCs (can't remember the name, still having it somewhere for the novelty value), so there were no drivers on the net. I tried to substitute with some basic SB16/Pro drivers, no deal.
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I'd probably stick with Soundblaster because they're nice and easy, though I'd want an MT-32 to go with it. Personally I would have gotten ahold of an Epson Dual Drive, which combines 5.5 and 3.25 into one drive. I have one in my retro machine (P3, Windows 98) and it's been really solid. We had a Gateway 386 until 1997 when we got a P2 machine. Luckily I didn't have much that really needed much computing power at that point in time. Hover ran like a loving slideshow.
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Most late 90s ISA sound cards (aztech, yamaha, ESS etc.) can be had for "non-collector/non-retro-gamer" prices (you can probably pick one up for $1) and will work without any drivers in DOS (some might need one-off initializing via software, but some do not and can be directly used by games after booting without setting anything) they're also a better practical choice because they'll be a lot better regarding their susceptibility to interference from the system etc. (some early- to mid-90s cards are really bad about this) These cards don't look as impressive because through the wonders of higher integration they usually just carry one tiny chip doing everything, and theywere also distinctively low-cost solutions in their time, but they'll do the job pretty well. The jumperless cards usually store their settings on an external EEPROM, the way they work is just basically a bit fancier than jumpers and they need some DOS settings tool to change their configuration, but it's no biggie. The Yamaha YMF71x sound identical to the infamous YMF262 and the later Aztechs (e.g. AZT2320) also have Yamahas OPL3 integrated and were made in cooperation with Yamaha. (some of them carry the trademarked "OPL" logo, some do not, but they all use the same block) Crystal and ESS chips have their own FM solution which sound a bit different from the "canonical" one from Yamaha, some people prefer them, some dislike them, the Crystal ones sound the worst IMHO. Support is usually Adlib, Soundblaster Pro/Pro 2(which is quite enough, SB16 doesn't have that much of an advantage as most sound samples in the old DOS games are 8 bit anyways) and Microsoft Sound System. (usually also supported by games which have higher quality sound samples) These cards work pretty well, are easy to set up, very unproblematic and you can buy them by the boatload.
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mobby_6kl posted:WinZip self-extracting archives I vaguely remember split archives being a thing, but it's entirely possible i didn't know and found Chainsaw after some googling (or asking Jeeves, or whatever the gently caress we did back then). EvilGenius has a new favorite as of 08:49 on Jul 10, 2016 |
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Thanks to Powerstrip, I have my Goodwill purchased computer (Custom Built, I think 2002? P4 based with an ATI x800) running Windows ME on an LG Ultrawide monitor at 3440x1440. It's slow at redraws, but it does work.  Perfect for your multitasking SimCity 2000 needs!
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Drastic Actions posted:Thanks to Powerstrip, I have my Goodwill purchased computer (Custom Built, I think 2002? P4 based with an ATI x800) running Windows ME on an LG Ultrawide monitor at 3440x1440. It's slow at redraws, but it does work. SimCity, forums, and pinball at the same time?? Is this some kind of supercomputer??
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Original_Z posted:Not the grid, it was a FPS definitely, not TPS.
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Concerned Citizen posted:SimCity, forums, and pinball at the same time?? Is this some kind of supercomputer??
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I remember when Windows would tell me that my computer's sound card was in use when I tried to play Brood War and use Winamp at the same time.
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Humphreys posted:I had a subscription of PCPP from maybe issue 14 or so. I know they are in boxes in storage somewhere, maybe you can help. I remember an article around that time showing the first 1GHz overclocked system that used compressed air and had an air tank on the bottom of the case. It was Indonesian from memory. Would love if you found it. Haven't had a chance to get over to my parents, but I remembered that this site exits, and has PC Powerplay scanned in. http://www.oldgamemags.com/ Direct link for PCPP http://www.oldgamemags.com/pc-powerplay/ Hoping this isn't classed as 
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freeranger posted:Haven't had a chance to get over to my parents, but I remembered that this site exits, and has PC Powerplay scanned in.  I regret binning mine. Used to mod the PCPP forums back in the day.Oh lordy, PCXL...the infamous attempt at combining a lads mag with PC Gaming. It folded with a combination of advertisers getting tetchy and publishers not liking it when you microwave Deer Hunter CDs. Sweet. Found out where I discovered SA.  Ahaha oh god the state of the art prize Gateway PCs at the time that cost over $6000 and came with Windows ME. BogDew has a new favorite as of 06:37 on Jul 11, 2016 |
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freeranger posted:Haven't had a chance to get over to my parents, but I remembered that this site exits, and has PC Powerplay scanned in. Thank you so much! EDIT: Now to download them all and find that overclocked 1Ghz PC. Also find the issue where I won every prize and they changed my name to multiple similar ones on the results page. Humphreys has a new favorite as of 06:12 on Jul 11, 2016 |
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WebDog posted:Sweet. Found out where I discovered SA. the random shout out to stile reminded me of this classic vid, which is probably a relic on its own at this point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcdWlPz5ixk LOWTAX AND STILE TOGETHER AT LAST.
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Nice find! I love retro/early internet stuff.
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Drastic Actions posted:Thanks to Powerstrip, I have my Goodwill purchased computer (Custom Built, I think 2002? P4 based with an ATI x800) running Windows ME on an LG Ultrawide monitor at 3440x1440. It's slow at redraws, but it does work. Why Windows ME?
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ALL-PRO SEXMAN posted:Why ME, God?
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drunk asian neighbor posted:Speaking of emulation, I was going to post this as a legendary dead website but holy poo poo it still gets multiple daily updates: http://www.zophar.net/ I always found this interesting: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2011/08/accuracy-takes-power-one-mans-3ghz-quest-to-build-a-perfect-snes-emulator/ Tldr most emus like zsnes (at least once upon a time) took a lot of shortcuts to get more frames. Some games, like some obscure speedy gonzalez game, relied on some undocumented stuff or hardware bugs to make things work. In speedy's case, one anomaly they relied on was present in the code that removed some wall or obstacle to complete the game - unless you were on a hardware-accurate emulator it was impossible to finish. This has a modern analogue in using undocumented software apis. I do ios dev work and apple's review process will simply reject you if you use their apis that arent meant for "public" consumption, since their behavior can change between OS version and potentially break your code. It got to the point that in ios 4 or 5 apple put this method in their viewcontroller api (which does nothing and was put there as a snarky message to devs): attentionClassDumpUser:yesItsUsAgain: althoughSwizzlingAndOverridingPrivateMethodsIsFun: itWasntMuchFunWhenYourAppStoppedWorking: pleaseRefrainFromDoingSoInTheFutureOkayThanksBye: Basically "stop poking around in internals where you dont belong"
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The Kins posted:War: Final Assault? It was an arcade FPS by Atari released around the same time as The Grid. Must have been this, the timing would have been right and the cabinet looks somewhat familiar.
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Jerry Cotton posted:con is also a stupid loving name for either a file or a directory so only an idiot would ever run into problems. Is this you http://www.winbeta.org/news/want-pokemon-go-windows-phone-theres-internet-petition
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Regular Nintendo posted:Is this you http://www.winbeta.org/news/want-pokemon-go-windows-phone-theres-internet-petition I'm a bit too old for Pokemon. Also I don't own a smartphone of any sort.
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I bet there are millions of people my age who are into Pokemon but since I was
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Bovril Delight posted:The one thing I loved about EQ was the Sullon Zek server. No rules and open PVP for all levels. People pulling huge trains of mobs into the middle of a raid, killing everyone and wrecking hours of work. Corpse camping people, griefing was rampant. From a while back, but didn't see any mention of this after search but: Fansy the Famous Bard Also dialing up with Juno specifically for email, and using a hack to turn it into an ISP (but a lovely one).
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Drastic Actions posted:Thanks to Powerstrip, I have my Goodwill purchased computer (Custom Built, I think 2002? P4 based with an ATI x800) running Windows ME on an LG Ultrawide monitor at 3440x1440. It's slow at redraws, but it does work. I'm the flat EQ in Winamp.
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This seems as good a time as any to ask...what does equalizing audio do?
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8 track betamax posted:This seems as good a time as any to ask...what does equalizing audio do? For your home audio, It amplifies/dulls frequencies and that in turn changes the way your music sounds. Turn the low end 100Hz way up and everything sounds like a lovely car with MEGASUBWOOFERZZZ from 2001. Mess with the mid frequencies and you might hear more detail out of the backing audio or instrumentation. Etc. In ye old days, for instance, you might cut the high end to avoid some hiss from cassette tapes. It can help add something to your music if it's all relatively similar, or help compensate for speakers if they've got funky acoustics.
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SaNChEzZ posted:I'm the flat EQ in Winamp. hello the flat EQ in Winamp
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The EQ question shows (I think?) that the way we listen to music has been really dulled down. Not only do most people listen to audio that has undergone some compression but the devices have gotten far more simplified. Systems of the past typically had EQs, often cars and definitely home audio component systems. Most devices today (phones I guess) have volume. Do they even have bass treble sliders? I don't think my phone does - I've never seen it but never looked for it to be fair. The most recent time I listened to music at length was through my phone bluethoothed to a jawbone box which sounds OK but is basically crap compared to even a low end full sized system from the 80s. I still have a nice stereo system but never use it. Do kids today even have "home stereo systems"?  E: ANyone remember quadraphonic sound? http://www.currybet.net/cbet_blog/2008/01/quadraphonic-the-forgotten-sur.php
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Kids today have iphone docks with speakers. Equalizers probably died in the 90s because of car stereos. People have an unamplified head unit in their honda with 2-4 lovely speakers. In order to be able to listen to the music, the record company has to compress the song into something car stereos can play. I think having more dynamic range has been coming back recently but it didn't help that we went from lovely car stereos to poo poo quality MP3s. There's like a 20 year span where people accept listening to terrible quality music.
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