Retro Arguments Thread

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Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

The Management posted:

I can hear the frequencies in LPs that CDs just don’t have. only analog can fully contain the richness of my music

this is supposed to be retro arguments, not arguments going on right now on hi-fi forums

# ? Oct 30, 2019 20:26

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# ? May 3, 2024 10:21

Laslow: Jul 18, 2007

SRQ posted:

but not direct x (past 5) so it's not a viable consumer desktop system DUH.

I MEAN DUH MAN

DO YOU EVEN READ INDUSTRY MAGS

it ran diablo which is the minimum viable product for a consumer system of that vintage. lack of usb be damned and all.

# ? Oct 30, 2019 20:43

The Management: Jan 2, 2010; sup, bitch?

Sagebrush posted:

this is supposed to be retro arguments, not arguments going on right now on hi-fi forums

compact discs came out almost 40 years ago. the argument is older than some of the people arguing it

# ? Oct 30, 2019 20:47

The_Franz: Aug 8, 2003

300 baud is reading speed, you don't really need anything faster than that

# ? Oct 30, 2019 21:22

Farmer Crack-Ass: Jan 2, 2001; this is me posting irl

SRQ posted:

but not direct x (past 5) so it's not a viable consumer desktop system DUH.

I MEAN DUH MAN

DO YOU EVEN READ INDUSTRY MAGS

i seem to recall someone on the old TAUniverse forums reporting they were able to get Total Annihilation running on NT 4, and that's clearly a far superior game to StarCraft, so

# ? Oct 30, 2019 22:01

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

i seem to recall someone on the old TAUniverse forums reporting they were able to get Total Annihilation running on NT 4, and that's clearly a far superior game to StarCraft, so

it is hth

# ? Oct 30, 2019 23:06

The Management: Jan 2, 2010; sup, bitch?

NT4 ran quake3 pretty well.

# ? Oct 30, 2019 23:13

3D Megadoodoo: Nov 25, 2010

You cant trust clone systems. Just buy a real IBM.

# ? Oct 31, 2019 00:13

Captain Foo: May 11, 2004; we vibin'
we slidin'
we breathin'
we dyin'

lmao at buying IBM, my e machine will never be obsolete

# ? Oct 31, 2019 00:17

SO DEMANDING: Dec 27, 2003

mp3 is a dead format. it's a bloated, patent-encumbered mess with inferior sound quality.

open your ears to the superior open-source format of Musepack

# ? Oct 31, 2019 00:43

Salt Fish: Sep 11, 2003; Cybernetic Crumb

Check out these public domain songs in ogg vorbis and you'll be converted instantly.

# ? Oct 31, 2019 01:06

mystes: May 31, 2006

Don't use gif because of the patents which won't expire until 2003.

# ? Oct 31, 2019 01:11

Soricidus: Oct 21, 2010; freedom-hating statist shill

des is fine, honestly. 56 bits is always going to be too expensive for anyone to brute force except maybe the us government, and I can�t imagine they�d ever have any reason to spy on law-abiding citizens

# ? Oct 31, 2019 02:30

limaCAT: Dec 22, 2007; il pistone e male; Slippery Tilde

Who cares if Commodore went bankrupt? Good riddance! This christmas I am going to buy the new Amiga model from Escom anyway!

# ? Nov 21, 2019 09:52

3D Megadoodoo: Nov 25, 2010

limaCAT posted:

Who cares if Commodore went bankrupt? Good riddance! This christmas I am going to buy the new Amiga model from Escom anyway!

Escom should have bought/licensed OS/2 so we could've had Escom EcomStation

# ? Nov 21, 2019 10:00

pram: Jun 10, 2001

Soricidus posted:

des is fine, honestly. 56 bits is always going to be too expensive for anyone to brute force except maybe the us government, and I can�t imagine they�d ever have any reason to spy on law-abiding citizens

lol

# ? Nov 21, 2019 12:03

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Salt Fish posted:

Check out these public domain songs in ogg vorbis and you'll be converted instantly.

if it�s not in APE my ears won�t gently caress it

# ? Nov 21, 2019 13:31

~Coxy: Dec 9, 2003; R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

The Management posted:

compact discs came out almost 40 years ago

holky gently caress

# ? Nov 27, 2019 08:28

~Coxy: Dec 9, 2003; R.I.P. Inter-OS Sass - b.2000AD d.2003AD

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

i seem to recall someone on the old TAUniverse forums reporting they were able to get Total Annihilation running on NT 4, and that's clearly a far superior game to StarCraft, so

this is every LAN between like 2000 and 2002 when That Guy who had Win2K installed wanted everyone to play game X instead of game Y

(and a brief resurgence in 2006-2007 when XP64 and Vista were out)

# ? Nov 27, 2019 08:31

Progressive JPEG: Feb 19, 2003

wax records have much better warmth than vinyl

# ? Nov 28, 2019 04:38

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Farmer Crack-rear end posted:

i seem to recall someone on the old TAUniverse forums reporting they were able to get Total Annihilation running on NT 4, and that's clearly a far superior game to StarCraft, so

I never played much TA but Supreme Commander ruled and Planetary Annhiliation also owns. except nothing changes. why did RTS games have to stop being

# ? Nov 28, 2019 06:17

theadder: Dec 30, 2011

we got old echi

# ? Nov 28, 2019 06:41

Progressive JPEG: Feb 19, 2003

i liked rtses but only single player

for multiplayer, fpses are better imo

# ? Nov 28, 2019 08:13

Progressive JPEG: Feb 19, 2003

tfc is better than cstrike

# ? Nov 28, 2019 08:14

Bored Online: May 25, 2009; We don't need Rome telling us what to do.

Progressive JPEG posted:

tfc is better than cstrike

plain, factual, sentences in 1999

# ? Nov 28, 2019 16:28

Achmed Jones: Oct 16, 2004

the ti-99/4a is non-bad

come at me

# ? Nov 28, 2019 21:01

limaCAT: Dec 22, 2007; il pistone e male; Slippery Tilde

Achmed Jones posted:

the ti-99/4a is non-bad

That's factually true and cannot be disputed, sir

# ? Nov 29, 2019 08:54

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

Progressive JPEG posted:

tfc is better than cstrike

a millioon times yes

# ? Nov 29, 2019 10:00

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

probem with online gaming is that random nerds from around the world are obscenely good at games in ways I can barely comprehend

there is no fun, there is only losing

honestly I'll still be at basic base building stage, and they've sent full waves of advanced units and decimate me in moments

# ? Nov 29, 2019 10:01

3D Megadoodoo: Nov 25, 2010

echinopsis posted:

probem with online gaming is that random nerds from around the world are obscenely good at games in ways I can barely comprehend

hence posting is the best online game; everyone sucks :mmmhmm:

# ? Nov 29, 2019 10:31

psiox: Oct 15, 2001; Babylon 5 Street Team

echinopsis posted:

probem with online gaming is that random nerds from around the world are obscenely good at games in ways I can barely comprehend

there is no fun, there is only losing

honestly I'll still be at basic base building stage, and they've sent full waves of advanced units and decimate me in moments

plus i don�t want to hear gamer words

really miss the old days of rocket arena/q3a, tfc, tribes 2... halcyon internet gaming days

death stranding sounds nice and positive, though

# ? Nov 29, 2019 19:06

Sweevo: Nov 8, 2007; i sometimes throw cables away

i mean straight into the bin without spending 10+ years in the box of might-come-in-handy-someday first

im a fucking monster

tfc was great, but trying to find decent servers to play on was hell. 80% of them were just 2fort on a loop and 16 players all being snipers

# ? Nov 29, 2019 19:53

The_Franz: Aug 8, 2003

Sweevo posted:

tfc was great, but trying to find decent servers to play on was hell. 80% of them were just 2fort on a loop and 16 players all being snipers

that's when you play as a medic and conc jump to fly around the map

then they ban you because they think you are cheating

# ? Nov 29, 2019 20:31

Bored Online: May 25, 2009; We don't need Rome telling us what to do.

just lol if you couldnt negotiate against a team of snipers

# ? Nov 29, 2019 21:49

eschaton: Mar 7, 2007; Don't you just hate when you wind up in a store with people who are in a socioeconomic class that is pretty obviously about two levels lower than your own?