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Re: Favourite version of Windows?

Posted on 2019-01-23, 12:43

WinNT 4.0 Workstation remains my all-time favorite release, it had all the fundamentals of a proper modern operating system (protected memory, fault-tolerant filesystem, multiprocessing, support for 3D accelerators, etc) but it was still lean and efficient. A minimal installation used about 16MB of …

Re: Bought these games today

Posted on 2017-10-19, 15:22

Do any of you have a similar pain as I do? I buy and collect these games but have no room to display them so they get stored in IKEA boxes.. 99% of my hardware and software is boxed away in a storage unit because I don't have the room to display it at home. It's a real bummer and I hope to someday …

Re: Looking for a WW2 planes/dogfight game for WinXp

Posted on 2017-09-16, 12:53

This might be a little too realistic but there's also Fighter Squadron: The Screamin' Demons Over Europe from Activision. It's a more obscure WWII sim crafted by Eric Parker of Hellcats / A-10 fame, which means it has a really solid physics engine. It should be possible to turn down the realism to …

Re: 80s film ?

Posted on 2017-08-17, 17:00

The 90's also had X-Files and Babylon Five, so the period was not really dark and cynical...The year 2000 and above, I'm not sure. The darkness definitely ramped-up after 2000 (post-DotCom burst and 9/11), but I think cynicism was well underway by the 90s: 1) Grunge music and gansta rap become …

Re: 80s film ?

Posted on 2017-08-17, 13:32

That's what made 80's TV so great - it was full of shows about square-jawed vigilantes fighting crime with special vehicles. A-Team, Airwolf, Night Rider, MacGyver, Dukes of Hazzard, etc., and knockoffs like Blue Thunder and Street Hawk. There were attempts in the 90s to recapture the spirit of …

Re: Modern beige rigs & peripherals

Posted on 2017-07-25, 12:19

The case in that second pic is a SuperMicro SC-750A, which was last sold in the early 2000s - ARS Technica chose it for their year-2000 God Box build. I've got one (and its AT variant the 750S) and while it's a nice case it's definitely not contemporary tech. Unless you actually need a half-dozen 5. …

Re: Virtual Reality

Posted on 2017-06-01, 10:47

I have a VFX1, made a video about it on YouTube. It's an interesting piece of history but getting it working requires a lot of effort - there's a lot of hardware and software that needs to be configured properly. The interface board tends to blow chips if the VESA cable is inserted improperly - I …

Re: Other hobbies?

Posted on 2017-05-31, 11:10

Here's a nice demo of a winch launch - you can see how steep the climb is, and the tremendous length of cable required. Most gliders have a never-exceed speed of around 130-150 knots and can fly as slow as 35 knots before stalling. They can also pull about 6Gs, roughly the limit of what jet fighter …

Re: Other hobbies?

Posted on 2017-05-30, 10:35

Pilot here too - I've been flying glider planes since the late '90s: Glider Cockpit.jpg Mostly been flying a Blanik L-23 at Sky Sailors on eastern Long Island: Sky Sailors Blanik L23.jpg Unfortunately Sky Sailors closed down last year and I'm in the process of switching to Wurtsboro, NY, which …

Re: What do you drive?

Posted on 2017-02-26, 23:47

Just came across this Motoweek retro-review of the Ford Escort EXP - they seem to like it 😀 Finally found a buyer for my Lumina today, a retired firefighter from Long Island. Mediocre though it may be, I'll be sad to see it go.

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