Your current machine

Darkpoet · Post by **Darkpoet** » Thu May 31, 2001 11:06 am

Originally posted by Waverly:
Vix wants to know if you guys are swingers . Down, Vix. Your going to make the poor guy spit soda all over his monitor again.

to late.

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Thu May 31, 2001 11:19 am

My original computer was an Apple II, upgraded ram to 128 Kilo Byte with one 5¼" floppy drive. No hard disk (weren't available yet). Ah, yes. Remember playing Castle Wolfenstein (2d) and the original Wizardry?

Current computer is built out of spare parts we got out of the trash bin behind the computer superstore.

I don't remember what we put in it, but it seems to run BG2 (full install) just fine.

TheDeacon · Post by **TheDeacon** » Thu May 31, 2001 12:59 pm

@Leedog: Got you beaten: Still have an 8088 somewhere, a 486DX33, a Commodore 64 and my personal favorite a Philips G7000-Game Computer.

... and Deke is of on a rating on old PC's, how beautifull the sound was on his C64.... he has lost the audience...

fable · Post by **fable** » Thu May 31, 2001 1:11 pm

Gwalchmei intones:
My original computer was an Apple II, upgraded ram to 128 Kilo Byte with one 5¼" floppy drive. No hard disk (weren't available yet). Ah, yes. Remember playing Castle Wolfenstein (2d) and the original Wizardry?

You bet! My first computer was a Radio Shack 2, with a cassette drive software loader and 64K. I sold it for about $100. Best deal I ever made.

My wife kept her first computer, a Kaypro 4 with 64K memory, until about 5 years ago. It got left behind in a move. I wish I could say that was a deliberate action on my part, but it was likely forgetfulness caused by hardening of the mental arteries. Now, I only need to convince her to ditch the software for it that she hasn't loaded in 20 years.

[ 05-31-2001: Message edited by: fable ]

Vivien · Post by **Vivien** » Thu May 31, 2001 1:42 pm

Mine's a Sony Vaio, in a very nice purple shade, it's the prettiest computer I had every seen.
Where do you FIND all those numbers that you use? I think I can find the memory number, under 'My computer' somewhere I'm sure, but why memorize that? (not knocking, just curious).

I just bought this baby last year and people who know more about computers say it's obsolete, which is crazy talk

Georgi · Post by **Georgi** » Thu May 31, 2001 2:54 pm

The first machine I played on was a BBC Micro (no idea on any numbers), with a screen that did many different shades of green

and had such classics as Bat'n'Ball, Frogger, and Space Invaders

vixen · Post by **vixen** » Thu May 31, 2001 4:08 pm

Originally posted by Georgi:
The first machine I played on was a BBC Micro (no idea on any numbers), with a screen that did many different shades of green and had such classics as Bat'n'Ball, Frogger, and Space Invaders

I had that very same machine.

Frogger rules OK.

ThorinOakensfield · Post by **ThorinOakensfield** » Thu May 31, 2001 6:44 pm

I have a HP Pavilion 6630.
Intel 2
500mhz
64mb ram. I had to get 124 mb memory to play new games.
10.2 GB hard drive.
The computer is about 1 year old.

leedogg · Post by **leedogg** » Thu May 31, 2001 10:39 pm

Originally posted by TheDeacon:
@Leedog: Got you beaten: Still have an 8088 somewhere, a 486DX33, a Commodore 64 and my personal favorite a Philips G7000-Game Computer.

... and Deke is of on a rating on old PC's, how beautifull the sound was on his C64.... he has lost the audience...

i was meaning "curently using". i can't play any games at work(not even solitaire)!

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Fri Jun 01, 2001 4:03 am

Originally posted by Buck Satan:

Originally posted by fable:
[qb]It's got an AMD Athalon 1330 CPU, 256 MB RAM, 40 GB hard drive space, and a 64 MB ATI Radeon video card. My understanding is that the thing is so fast, I only need to think about putting a piece of software on it, for the software to already be loaded and running.
That's very similar to the PC I have. I built it myself, with an Asus K7V motherboard, 1 GHz Athlon Slot-A, 45 GB 7200 RPM HD, 512 MB PC133 RAM, 64 MB ATI Radeon, SB Live! X-Gamer 5.1, Yamaha 16/10/40 CD-RW, and a few more bells & whistles. Still pretty fast, although when I initially built it almost 9 months ago, it was pretty supreme =).[/QB]

Buck showing his muscle off again, we still worship your machine Buck, but my clock and dust are giving it a run for it's money.

BTW Buck are you like the Lady Of Pain or can we praise you, last thing i want to be is mazed by the mighty Buck

KidD01 · Post by **KidD01** » Fri Jun 01, 2001 5:23 am

Would you believe me if I say I use AS-400 ?

@ Buck : WOW ! You should open a museum for that ! I really envy you, Buck ! I wish I still have my 8088, 80286, 386 DX 33 and 486 DX-2.

leedogg · Post by **leedogg** » Fri Jun 01, 2001 5:59 am

Originally posted by Georgi:
The first machine I played on was a BBC Micro (no idea on any numbers), with a screen that did many different shades of green and had such classics as Bat'n'Ball, Frogger, and Space Invaders

this is my first computer!

i got the day after christmas.
BTW- mines a compaq.

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Fri Jun 01, 2001 6:47 am

My first machie was a commodore 64, unfortuantely it got trashed with in the first week of having it and i had to transfer over to a Amstrad CPC464, with the musical tape drive and the green screen,i remember playing Dizzy for many hours, oh the excitement.

Has anyone heard that new track by Daft Punk it sounds exactly like the theme tune to Puzzle Booble

vixen · Post by **vixen** » Fri Jun 01, 2001 11:05 am

Originally posted by Darkpoet:
No, he has a top of the line computer.

I'm too poor.

I meant the hamsters darkpauper.

fable · Post by **fable** » Tue Jun 05, 2001 8:20 pm

This is my maiden post with my virginal P4 1.2 GB monster computer, referred to above. All in all, I've been quite pleased. I got for review, today, the new Westwood Studios game, Emperor: Battle for Dune, and the 3D RTS engine is pretty astonishing visually, with all the bells & whistles enabled. Without them, it probably would have been about as thrilling as a speech by Francois Mitterand. And yes, I know he's been dead for several years. That's what I mean.

I can hardly wait to test it on ToB, or Startopia. Oh, for TORN or NWN, now, rather than at the end of the year.

[ 06-06-2001: Message edited by: fable ]

Gwalchmai · Post by **Gwalchmai** » Wed Jun 06, 2001 12:55 pm

Fable: Did you keep your old machine? I imagine you would have to, if you're reviewing computer games. You would have to make comparisons to 'normal' systems, wouldn't you? I.e.: "The graphics on this game were awe-inspiring when played on my Semi-Sentient Mega Computer From Outer Space, but the graphics were clunky and slow when played on my Normal, Run-of-the-mill Machine from Earth. Consequently, I heartily recommend this game for everyone, like me, who have access to Alien Technology and the funding to acquire it. For everyone else, you will probably want to curl up in a dry hole somewhere and weep."

fable · Post by **fable** » Wed Jun 06, 2001 2:04 pm

Gwalchmai posts:
For everyone else, you will probably want to curl up in a dry hole somewhere and weep."

Heee! I don't think that was at the back of my mind, much less at the front of what's left of it, because I know quite a few people here are much more techie than I am. They probably have computers that run across multiple platforms, and regularly access Linux in Esperanto, or program C++ in Aramaic.

What is fascinating is the way the hardware gets better and cheaper very quickly, while Microsoft (now, *there's* a curseword that should invoke a few !!!s when it's posted) immediately adds useless features in bloated code to its next rev of Windows, slowing things down once more. I've come to the tentative conclusion that if it wasn't for Microsoft marketing trying to create a need for a new Windows platform where none existed before, we would all be content to use the same level of software for years.

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Tue Nov 13, 2001 5:09 pm

*bump* for newer people.

I like having examples... I mean, I'm getting a new motherboard.