TheAmazingRace

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by TheAmazingRace 7d ago
On most SB16s, yes! It really depends what you were rocking. Also, some later DSP’d SB16 cards used CQM instead of OPL3 for the FM MIDI, so it could sound a touch harsher and raspier, if that makes any sense.
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by TheAmazingRace 9d ago
Yep. Count me in as another fan of the AWE64 Gold. The DSP chip they used on that board, version 4.16, also patched the MIDI hanging note bug that was present since the SB16 era. As an aside, I believe the very earliest SB16s didn't ha
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by TheAmazingRace 10d ago
I imagine the author saw this release as "macOS Tahoe but not sucky" I liken it to Windows Vista and Windows 7. Although fundamentally similar operating systems under the hood, Windows 7 smoothed out Vista's kinks and brought
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by TheAmazingRace 10d ago
I have so many fond memories playing on an Apple IIGS from 1995 to 1997 at the Catholic grade school I attended before I was homeschooled. Yes, they used Apple IIs in some schools clear up to the early 2000s if you'd believe it!
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by TheAmazingRace 16d ago
Only if you install the Shell Technology Preview from Microsoft. NT 3.51 came with the classic Win 3.x look and feel as well as Program Manager.
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by TheAmazingRace 22d ago
I think we can safely assume that AGI is still a good ways out then. These AI LLM products really do well on the illusion of seeming intelligent to regular folks, but I'm not fully convinced they can replace human brains... yet. ;)
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by TheAmazingRace 22d ago
Indeed. I find myself going back to older games anymore. Aside from maybe looking forward to GTA 6, I can't say I'm terribly interested in many modern titles. It's becoming more soulless.
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by TheAmazingRace 23d ago
Lik Sang was awesome back in the day for procuring accessories like classic XBOX controller to USB adapters that weren't dodgy duct tape jobs. Hard to believe they were forced out of business by Sony two decades ago.
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by TheAmazingRace 26d ago
Tell me about it. Those OS X versions you mentioned for Tiger, Snow Leopard, and Mavericks were some of the best releases of OS X ever. Thankfully, macOS Golden Gate is proving to be a decent release so far in my tests of the public betas,
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by TheAmazingRace 2mo ago
Ah. I stand corrected then.
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by TheAmazingRace 2mo ago
The UI found in WorkBench 1.x was designed to be the way it was so that owners could plug their Amigas into television sets of the day and still be able to make out something without requiring a pristine purpose-built CRT monitor.
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by TheAmazingRace 2mo ago
I'm late to the party with my comment here, but it should probably be said. Experiencing my formative years in the 90s, and having a PC buff for a dad, we periodically paged through the PC Magazine issues that we would receive by mail,
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by TheAmazingRace 3mo ago
Also, I’m impressed at some of the up scaling techniques that some players use to help improve the quality of DVD movies. Sure, it’s not native, but it’s certainly not bad looking either.
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by TheAmazingRace 3mo ago
Hilariously, DVD production could potentially outlive Blu-Ray discs, since DVDs are still popular enough 30 years later, and surpass the sales of Blu-Ray movies.
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by TheAmazingRace 3mo ago
Honestly, one of my colleagues said it best. "Do you want friends? Or do you want to be right?" Sometimes there really is no glory on those hills you die on.
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by TheAmazingRace 3mo ago
Ross Ulbricht being let go as part of some quid pro quo with crypto-libertarians was certainly a huge miscarriage of justice. He should not be walking free, but alas.
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by TheAmazingRace 3mo ago
I think he was referring to Carmack's note on Burger Becky when she passed away.
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by TheAmazingRace 4mo ago
It doesn't say in the blog post, but will this be released for MS-DOS?
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by TheAmazingRace 4mo ago
Luckily, for gaming purposes in 2026, 32 GB of RAM is perfectly fine for the foreseeable future. I'd only consider 64 GB and up if you're using your system heavily for virtual machines or high end workstation level tasks.
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by TheAmazingRace 4mo ago
In my humble opinion, 4K gaming is rather overrated. I find high refresh rates at 1440p to be the sweet spot and you don't have to get a top-end GPU to drive it at ultra settings in games.
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by TheAmazingRace 4mo ago
It's amazing how far this emulator has come over the past few years. It runs so well on my Mac Mini M4 Pro system that it has effectively replaced my real 500 MHz Celeron rig for all but the most demanding activities.
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by TheAmazingRace 5mo ago
So unlike some folks, I’m still very much reliant on $DAYJOB for the majority of my income. But I managed to carve out a niche in an unexpected place. OS/2 consulting It all started when I made a connection through a OS/2 communit
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by TheAmazingRace 6mo ago
Apples to apples? More like Windows to Windows. LOL
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by TheAmazingRace 6mo ago
Wouldn't the DX2 be 66 MHz? Or did you intentionally run it at 33 MHz?
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by TheAmazingRace 6mo ago
It didn't help that the earliest P5 Pentiums ran on a 5V rail. Newer revisions starting with the P54 core used 3.3V and helped with keeping the chips cool.
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by TheAmazingRace 6mo ago
Well and the earliest versions of Windows 95 used FAT16 (specifically VFAT for support for LFNs or long file names). So enjoy those ridiculous cluster sizes if your hard disk even approached a gig or so.
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by TheAmazingRace 6mo ago
I wholeheartedly agree. Presto was very lightweight and, to my knowledge, exceptionally standards compliant as well. I think the last version of the Presto engine did have a source code leak, but naturally it's not a great idea to work
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by TheAmazingRace 6mo ago
I get the love for Macbook trackpads, but Lenovo really nailed it with the ThinkPad trackpoint and glass trackpad combo, especially on more recent models.
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by TheAmazingRace 7mo ago
I know Lenovo has their issues, but out of all the non-Apple laptop companies, they are by far the best out there. And to their credit, they do try to listen to customer feedback. Also, AFAIK, Lenovo still has their ThinkPad designs develop
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by TheAmazingRace 7mo ago
Dapper Drake? Man that takes me WAY back.

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