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| 12 AUG 2011 at 1:20pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Condolences, Colpet. My XP PC also died a while ago, and I got so irritated whith 7, that I installed Win XP and Win 98 on a virtual machine. IIRC, you mentioned sometime that you still have an old 98 PC running somewhere, for you old games, though?
If so, wise decision.
Oh, and you didn't mention what your new specs are, but I hope you have fun with your new PC, anyway.
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“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 12 AUG 2011 at 1:42pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Yes Colpet... gotta post the specs, dear. You know the drill... feed the nerds.
My son has had his computer 3 days and he hates Windows 7. But not as badly as he hates Apple Mac computers in school. LOL
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| 12 AUG 2011 at 1:46pm |
colpetSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | I can't remember the specs, something about 32bit Win7. I'm horrible at this stuff.
I do have Win 95 and Win98 towers that are still running, though the CDrom drawer sticks. Apparently there is a way to emulate Win98 on my new machine. I might look into that as well.
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| 12 AUG 2011 at 2:00pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (12 AUG 2011 1:42pm)
My son has had his computer 3 days and he hates Windows 7. But not as badly as he hates Apple Mac computers in school. LOL
So we all share the pain... Oh, and congrats with finally running the new system, Caroline! Besides 7, I hope your son is enjoying all the power he has at his fingertips (hardwarewise).
Colpet, you were wise to stick with 32-bit, since the games you tend to play, won't be needing more than 3 Gigs sysRAM for a while to come yet.
Now I'm feeling very curious as to which GPU (video card) JKing would have recommended to you..
Maybe he'll remember if he logs in sometime and reads this. Would you mind if he tells us if he does? :-* (If he reads this, I mean)
You could emulate XP for free on your new system if you have enough system resources for that.
As to the sticky drawers, I can't remember if you can open and close those via your explorer in Win 95/98; you can on the newer Windows operating systems.
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 13 AUG 2011 at 3:40am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Apparently, my son has earned serious kudos points at school bragging about the specs of his computer (and the price) and he was delighted to tell me he had it rendering two movies at once, took 6 minutes as opposed to the couple of hours each on the old system, and barely touched his cpu capacity. Yesterday we bought the speakers and he was delighted to feel the music throbbing through the floor.... hmmm :-/
I think I just created techie-heaven for my 16 yr old.
Here he is with his booty, a TV & PS3, his own computer and a good buddy staying over for the weekend. I don't expect them to emerge except for food.
[IMG]http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/9540/newcomputer2011.jpg[/IMG]
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| 13 AUG 2011 at 3:44am |
JKingSchattenjger
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By placeholder (12 AUG 2011 1:59pm)
Now I'm feeling very curious as to which GPU (video card) JKing would have recommended to you..
Maybe he'll remember if he logs in sometime and reads this. Would you mind if he tells us if he does? :-* (If he reads this, I mean)
I may still have the spec somewhere, but I didn't pay too much attention to the video hardware, as Colpet mentioned it wasn't a particular priority. It was a recent nVidia card, anyway.
You can't kill someone in a studio.
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| 13 AUG 2011 at 10:24am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (13 AUG 2011 3:40am)
Apparently, my son has earned serious kudos points at school bragging about the specs of his computer (and the price) and he was delighted to tell me he had it rendering two movies at once, took 6 minutes as opposed to the couple of hours each on the old system, and barely touched his cpu capacity. Yesterday we bought the speakers and he was delighted to feel the music throbbing through the floor.... hmmm :-/
I think I just created techie-heaven for my 16 yr old.
Here he is with his booty, a TV & PS3, his own computer and a good buddy staying over for the weekend. I don't expect them to emerge except for food.
Phew, that is one seriously spoilt kid. I hope he appreciates his generous parents & grandparent. Glad to hear that he is enjoying all his lovely loot...
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 13 AUG 2011 at 11:14pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Actually Trav, neither of my boys are spoilt. They are lovely, polite young men and their requests are modest. Youngest son is mad keen on computers and expects to make his career in IT. I see this computer as an investment in his future. I gave the older son his choice of pc for his 18th last year and he chose a HP touchscreen that came in at the same price.
All this technology in the house has freed up the TV in the living room once more but there's a lot of wires running along skirting boards.
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| 13 AUG 2011 at 11:34pm |
SpikeIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Offline | I bet everytime that lot powers up the people at the powerstations are going W.T.F..
"Quick divert all available power..."
"But boss that means shutting down the rest of Australia..."
Spike Milligan (1918 - 2002) "A man can't have everything....Where would he keep it??"
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| 14 AUG 2011 at 2:04am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Funny thing is, both my sons insist on sleeping in total darkness so they switch everything off at night - no standby lights for them. The living room however looks like Blackpool at night. :-/
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| 14 AUG 2011 at 2:37am |
HelenGuild Master
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Status : Online | Colpet, Im sure your really excited, sounds like a nice system.
Caroline, I know exactly what your talking about, having 2 boys myself ( a little older than yours ) we always had/have alot of technology going on around here, and yes wires everywhere. The neighbors used to think the same thing, that the boys were spoiled. But they really werent mainly because it was me and my husband that enjoyed video games and computers long before the boys were old enough to use them.
In todays world I think most kids have their own pc's. along with phones and all that good stuff. that we never dreamed of 20 years ago.
I remember seeing "soylent Green" when I was 16 and they were playing some type of space invaders game and thinking WOW! I hope I live long enough to see that kind of stuff.
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| 14 AUG 2011 at 5:11am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Gamer (14 AUG 2011 2:36am)
I remember seeing "soylent Green" when I was 16 and they were playing some type of space invaders game and thinking WOW! I hope I live long enough to see that kind of stuff.
And weren't the space invaders games just the biggest thing when they did come out? [smiley=rofl.gif]
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| 14 AUG 2011 at 8:50am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Well, I have a situation with the kids already having had their own PC at age 3. Hopefully that has not caused them to become impolite... [smiley=laughing.gif] (Though admittedly, it does cause ..."expectations" for a certain status quo to continue.. :-/ )
I meant spoiled on this specific occasion, as in :" I'm going to spoil you for your birthday"; so it looks like you'd misread me; I never would have expected anyone to become impolite because of receiving a nice gift . :-*
LOL Spike...- you'd make a good humor column writer... [smiley=laughing.gif]
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 14 AUG 2011 at 11:34am |
SpikeIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Offline | I bet if you followed one of those power leads... You'll find it connected to a neighbours extension lead with half a dozen appliances plugged into it........ they must have been thinking...
"weeeelllllll, they have got so much stuff plugged in... They won't notice one more plug.... "
Spike Milligan (1918 - 2002) "A man can't have everything....Where would he keep it??"
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| 14 AUG 2011 at 11:37am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Spike (14 AUG 2011 11:34am)
I bet if you followed one of those power leads... You'll find it connected to a neighbours extension lead with half a dozen appliances plugged into it........ they must have been thinking...
"weeeelllllll, they have got so much stuff plugged in... They won't notice one more plug.... "
..until it rains and then they wonder why the neighbours suddenly sport frizzy/Einstein hairstyles...
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 14 AUG 2011 at 11:43am |
SpikeIntergalactic Janitor
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Status : Offline | Very true... And caroline stood there wondering why her neighbours house is now mound of burning, melting glass, metal and plastic.....
Spike Milligan (1918 - 2002) "A man can't have everything....Where would he keep it??"
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| 14 AUG 2011 at 11:58am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Spike (14 AUG 2011 11:43am)
Very true... And caroline stood there wondering why her neighbours house is now mound of burning, melting glass, metal and plastic.....
Serves them right, don't you think? [smiley=skull_laugh.gif] Darn freeloaders! > The neighbours, I mean of course.
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 14 AUG 2011 at 3:17pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Daryl, a friend in San Diego that Spike will remember, told me once that his cable reception was so poor he went onto the roof to check the connection and discovered that his neighbour had installed a cable splitter and was freeloading - so it does happen.
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| 14 AUG 2011 at 3:29pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Gee, that sounds quite... a cheek.
It does of course often happen that neighbours 'share' your bandwidth if you use wireless networking. Fot this reason our ISP specifically requested that we disable our wireless, if we don't use it. Luckily I don't at the moment, because my bandwidth is quite expensive.
I have also heard of people actually diddling the electricity meter somehow that it shows a lower reading. :
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 14 AUG 2011 at 4:08pm |
InlandAZGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (14 AUG 2011 3:17pm)
Daryl, a friend in San Diego that Spike will remember, told me once that his cable reception was so poor he went onto the roof to check the connection and discovered that his neighbour had installed a cable splitter and was freeloading - so it does happen.
Ah, Daryl - I've still got the game he send me when we had the little bet going.
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| 14 AUG 2011 at 11:39pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | What game, what bet was that Inland? I too still have several games that Daryl sent me. Then, after he died, at his request, his wife sent me Amber, Journeys Beyond but I don't think I'll ever get it to play. To be honest, I think he sent it because of what it says on the case:Death is not the end.
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| 15 AUG 2011 at 12:40am |
MarkGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Caroline (14 AUG 2011 11:39pm)
... Daryl's [...] wife sent me Amber: Journeys Beyond...
Wha? You haven't played Amber? It's one of those Indie games that is excellent in all respects.
Even without trying very hard, the game does some pretty scary things and has some great cutscenes. Very professional.
Ah, Daryl. Rest in peace.
Please proofread your posts carefully to see if you any words out.
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| 15 AUG 2011 at 4:57am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | I can't even get the game to install.
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| 15 AUG 2011 at 8:31am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Sadly Amber is one of the games that simply will not play in 7, no matter what you do. I'm not sure, but I think it may have a 16-bit installer, in which case one might have a problem in XP as well. If you have an old compy with Win 95 or Win 98 running somewhere, you might be in better luck for the game.
I also have not played it, but I'd really still like to play it sometime, by hook or by crook. Caroline, how say you we could both make use of dual booting and put our old Win 98 on, and play it, say in November? Well, middle to late November - I'll be off then. 8-)
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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