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    Hello World from System 7!

    in Computer Desk

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    (Back in Windows-land...)

    Nice, well done, I never managed to get Basilisk II or PearPC or anything like that working on my PC before.

    Extracting a valid ROM file from an existing Macintosh system is probably the hardest part. Here's a good guide: http://www.oldos.org/howtos/mac68kemu.php

    I have bochs running but the net doesn't work and it's too slow anyways... :P

    I haven't messed with bochs much. I couldn't get it to capture a CD image, or something of that sort (y) I have MS Virtual PC for x86 emulation, so I didn't try to hard with bochs. I'll probably mess with it again in the future :)

    Basilisk II has decent performance on my 2GHz Athlon XP system. The mouse is a bit choppy, but besides that, the system is generally snappy and quick.

    Now, how do I read low-density disks in a modern floppy drive... *google*

    Hello World from System 7!

    in Computer Desk

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    I'm posting this with iCab on Mac System 7.5.5, running under Basilisk II on my Windows box! :)

    As I've said many times before, I really love the old 68K Mac platform. I had messed with Basilisk II in the past, but couldn't get it online. I finally found a guide to configuring MacTCP and got the emulated system on my network. iCab (http://www.icab.de/) is a pretty nice browser with a lot of features I wouldn't expect to find in something created for the 68K platform. (It sorta reminds me of Safari, only for System 7+)

    Next stop - to get all the great programs (MacDraw Pro, MacPaint, HyperCard(!!)) installed. :P

    Problem with an OLD computer

    in Computer Desk

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    Wow, that IS an old PC! I can't offer too much knowledge that would be applicable to such an old machine, but did think of something that may (or may not) be relevant:

    but except for the Floppy Drive LED shining constantly, nothing happens for minutes

    On 'modern' systems, that happens when the floppy connector (IDE, in this case) is plugged in upside-down. Is the connector reversible in your case?

    Hope you can get it working! :) BTW - howdy! Nice of you to stop by :P

    New Skype Version

    in Computer Desk

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    Great! Skype is one of the only commercial programs I have seen thus far that provides adequate Linux support. Go Skype!

    Yeah, that impressed me. Skype's about as close to an OSS project as you can get without really being one.

    Does anyone know how much a decent mic would run for, cost-wise?  I've been hearing a lot about Skype from ya'll, and it sounds rockin'.

    Can't vouch for the quality of the audio, but NewEgg has a lot of very well-priced mics: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList....ompareItemList=

    Generally, headset mics are better as the mic element is always uniformly close to your mouth. Desktop/stand-up mics generally have trouble picking up someone's voice well, plus they can be much less convenient than a headset. :)

    I have a mono headset mic I picked up at RadioShack for $1.99 (pricing error, I think, but they wouldn't admit it :P) for TeamSpeak and such, and the audio quality is surprisingly good.

    nVIDIA card

    in Computer Desk

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    Btw CO, do you know of any benchmarks for a Mobile ATI X300 64Mb? Planning to buy a laptop, and one has a 9200 (or somewhere in that range), and the other one, though a bit more expensive an X300. Just wondering if it's worth the price.

    Interestingly enough, I wasn't able to find much - I would have thought benchmarks for something like this would be all over! :)

    Here's some semi-related stuff:

    * http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.as...2&enterthread=y

    * http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.as...6&enterthread=y

    Are you planning on doing any serious gaming? Those both should be fine (AFAICT) for general applications/programming, etc. Both can handle light gaming, but I'm still not sure which can handle more intensive gaming.

    Summer of code

    in Computer Desk

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    I found out about this last month.  I really wanted to apply for the implement Gmail conversations in Evolution one.  However, note that you have to be 18 to apply. :axeman:

    You and I probably did the same thing at around the same time - "Hey! This looks great!", "Hmm, I wonder what I could create...", "Aww, you have to be 18!" :torch:

    In my case, though, I was slightly more "disadvantaged" because I don't have a working knowledge of C/C++ - only VB/ASP/PHP. Most of the sponsoring projects looked oriented towards C++ code.

    nVIDIA card

    in Computer Desk

    Posted

    Why go with an nVIDIA card? :torch: (... *ATI fan alert* )

    Unfortunately, I'm not well-versed in the various card lines they have available, so I'm unable to give a useful suggestion. I'll just agree with the two posts above me :axeman:

    Here are some articles and benchmarks you may find helpful:

    - http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041004/index.html

    - http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=2398

    - http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2278 (slightly older)

    - http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2281 (slightly older)

    What's your Homepage

    in Computer Desk

    Posted

    Heh, well I have close to 4 megabits per second, so I can't complain :axeman:

    I wasn't referring to connection/page-loading speed, per se, but rather the time it takes for the browser to be "ready". :torch: With about:blank as my home page, Firefox is ready for me to start typing an address as soon as the window opens. If I have a different home page, it insists on loading that page (even if it only takes a half a second or so) and takes the focus away from the address bar. Then I have to switch focus to the address bar manually, and type the URL I want. With about:blank, the focus is already in the address bar. ;)

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