DrVenkman

Me likee new parts!

...up the wazoo?

Just say no! To drugs.  ?

Push them back.

Ruin everything.

...especially when typing in the word 'vintage' heh

Ahmen brother. I go on periodic binges and the wife starts to wonder why I get packages every day for a couple weeks at a time ?‍♂️

OG Halo is one of the few FPS games I've ever finished all the way through. The graphics and control were good, and I really liked some of the levels. Seeing these old games in their original resolution totally looks like retro-gaming to me, even if it has the same bones as modern games. Especially if you're like me and don't care about multiplayer. 

Of course, this is true, too. 

Maybe I'll Finally, after all these years, try some Halo haha...My friend gave me an XBOX, but I haven't tried it yet.  There's games he gave me too, pretty sure I have Halo and Fable and I don't remember without looking...Then I was at a yard sale the other day and bought an XBOX, 2 controllers and more...All for $5!  Don't know if it works, but I've cleaned it all up and confidence is high

It's a good game, to be sure, there's nothing wrong with it.  It looks good and controls well, and the score is pretty epic.  There are definitely fun bits.  The plot and characters are rather generic, though, and I didn't find it particularly better than 100 other FPSs.  I enjoyed it, but it wasn't the second coming.  I played the series through Halo 3, and it felt like it got worse with each iteration.  Of course YMMV.

I got a "Das Keyboard" clicky from Woot years ago to use at work.  It annoyed my coworker for about 2 days, then he admitted he got used to it.

Still love that thing.

I have one of their micro switch Ornata keyboards on my main rig and I friggin' love it. I always labeled "gaming" peripherals like this in the past as overrated, but then I tried it just for grins and now I can't see myself going back. Even their cheaper membrane-based keyboards still feel pretty good (picked up one of those for a spare PC in the living room).

Yeah I’ve spent some time in the last few weeks testing the different models from Razer, Corsair and a couple others at retail. I love that Razer makes a little switch sampler store display with their Green, Yellow and Orange switches you can test before you buy. I also tested the optical/mechanical widget they use in the Huntsman but I didn’t like it quite as well as the Green switches. I also tested a membrane switch model and it was a noticeable step above most membrane keyboards. 

I use a tile as well but when I am done I point mine up, the air doesnt make it too far past the box 

My holder is designed for it to point up.

This holder is shown in the eBay ads as pointing down. The handle can just as easily point up but as you can see, I've got a pegboard on the back of my workbench. I really don't like the idea of several hundred degree C air blowing up at it while the heating element cools down. Maybe if I attach some foil or tiles up there? For now, this will do.

Nice progress you've been making though!  Deadbin.  ?

Believe it or not, this is a lot better than before.

Yeah, ditto. I turned 9 that day out in our suburb of Danbury, CT. All the NYC TV stations went off the air at once, but at least we still had the Hartford and New Haven stations on our local cable TV.

Small world!  Ummm  I was also 9 in '77! 

I've gone months without power. Media industry NYC'ers lose it for a few hours and it's news they want to share with the world. lol

Indeed it apparently is for DOOM (2016). The disc-installed content is about 700MB. The network-installed content is about 61GB. Conversely, when I installed FO4 upstairs, the disc-installed content was about 32GB, plus another 8GB of updates and patches from the network. Even with wireless speeds up there of 75 - 160 mbps, all that took awhile. I need to run Cat6 up there someday.

Yeah gone is the days you can buy a game and play without internet connection. Kinda sad really because not everyone wants to sit there and wait for their game to download for an hour before playing. Especially when excited to play or have limited time in the day. I mean i understand for updates and patches considering the complexity of games these days, the need bug fixes ect. However when some companies are only offering basically the key in physical form it sucks. I remember GTA5 on PC being like 6 discs and as annoying as it was atleast you could play singleplayer straight out the box. On the other hand Arma3 was a few hundred MB on the physical disc and another odd 60GB download. Couldn't even start the game without downloading the full 60GB... There is also the issue with consoles having limited HDD space and installing a game requires uninstalling previous software. Reminds me of the old DOS days having a 30MB HDD and only having the space for a few games.

Yep. This used console only has a 500GB disc. I’ve filled up 90% of it already with a handful of games. I’ll be buying a 2 - 4TB external drive in a week or two for some breathing room. 

The A/C probably ran out of Freon. 

Yep, or whatever the modern enviro-friendly version is called. Of course, it's only 3-1/2 years old. It shouldn't run out unless there's a leak in the system. That's my concern. Had it serviced and refilled this afternoon late. I only hope I don't have to do this again before summer's up. 

My 92 GrandAm I had long time ago had a crack in the condenser. Then the Dodge 99 Caravan had a crack in it causing the Freon to leak out within 1 month. Both cost 2000 dollars to fix so I didn't get it done since summer only come once a year. So I'm now being careful with my new car's A/C.

"IGNORE TOPIC", one of the worst ideas for any forum....

@Joe C. Why do you say that?

I put emkay on ignore years ago, never understood the guy.

E3 made it worthwhile to follow for a little while just to see what if anything of substance would be shown. But since it's still just so much vaporware, I'm going to just stop paying any attention again. I've got plenty of real Atari and other vintage hardware to play with. Tomorrow it will desoldering a super-hot DRAM from a dead C64 mobo, socketing it and replacing it.  

My God- by distracting the guys with the tech knowledge, all the old Ataris will break down, & we'll be FORCED to buy the TacoBox! We've discovered their true plan- they aren't stalling, it's a siege!

This is true, no one offered to fix my VCS, my actual Atari VCS 2600...

He at least has a workbench.  I am doing all my stuff on a small desk in our small home office/room where all the wardrobes are. But it looks similarly chaotic... need to buy one of those drawers for electronic components. 

Seems like the usual places, topics and people to me!  lol

I wish I could ignore the entire Jaguar forum.

I guess I'm lucky I don't own a Jag then. ? 

Yeah, I'm probably going to buy one of those in a few weeks. I don't want to kill the 64C and I'd like to have something trustworthy when tackle fixing this Breadbin. 

The Commodore machines are shoddy all around, both in the architecture and in the workmanship that went into building them.  I still think it's a tragedy that the C64 supplanted the more deserving Atari machines in the marketplace.

(Speaking of the Marketplace, I know someone with a C64 breadbin machine who is looking to sell it for parts, so I'll see if I can get him to list it here on AtariAge.)

I've only got the ones I have because the Breadbin is like one my wife had as a kid and she wanted one, and the 64C I found at a Goodwill about 15 years ago and couldn't pass up. It and the matching 1541-II plus PSUs for both were a whopping $9.99 each. They still have Goodwill price stickers on them. ? Anyway, getting the Breadbin working will be an educational experience I'm sure. But yeah, NOT well-made in the slightest. 

More info, specs? Does it make tacos?  Does it simply make tacos better?  Does it only stream tacos, for soccer moms?  Do you have a prototype shell?  That is usually what you need.

Ya can't make  a ?Box™️  without a spiffy Taco Shell (a rendered case), maybe a controller ?️,  or something more modern ?...maybe some game tapes ?..oh yeah ⚽ moms need NETFLIX and (ta chill Haaa) ?...Lest we all ?...OK so were you (like me) just messing around with emojis? Haaaa...

Looks awesome!

You really wanted to figure out that masterplay clone issue didn't you?

Thanks, Stephen! Should be a useful (and fun!) tool for future challenges. john_q_atari - it certainly would've made it easier to confirm the Masterplay clones were working correctly and it was my stupid 5200 that needed to be adjusted.

free firewood. Gonna repair the fence yourself or file a claim?

Same thing happened to me a few years ago. Sucks, man. Call a friend with a chainsaw and fix the fence yourself.

Have a fallen tree sitting atop one of our fences too from the other day. ugh It sucks, but at least it didn't fall on a building.

It's such a pleasure to use that I was seriously tempted to crack open all my classic systems and socket every single chip, just because I could.

Hakko Desoldering tools are the cream of the crop. You will never regret this investment.

Nice. If I still did enough soldering to justify it, I'd buy one.