Recent content by Shukaido

Maybe they're not UDMA devices.

<< Why can't we insist on a new architecture or a manner of adding another 10 IRQ's or so? >> << We will be rid of irq's soon enough, when we move away from the x86 architecture, 'till then we will have to juggle, adding more irq's, if it is even possible, would add latency. >> We...

My 'clicky' switch-based keyboard. It's about 12 years old. I hate the membrane keyboards that everyone uses now, and if my keyboard ever broke, buying a new switch-based keyboard would cost an arm and a leg. :(

<< and another quick question for you win crusaders, how come hotmail.com (owned by Microsoft, no big secret) is currently, as we speak, looking for UNIX administrators?? What OS does Microsoft use to run thier own systems? nuff said. >> Hotmail used unix (OpenBSD?) before MS bought them...

I probably would have bought a Radeon if it hadn't been for ATI's famously bad Windows 2000 drivers. Next card generation, maybe...

<< Rambus support for the PS2 was dropped, I don't have the link to the article but it's definitely not in the PS2 (if it is, it won't be in the future, the Japanese hate paying royalties for American technology ). >> Ha ha. Very funny. Yes, Rambus memory is in the PS2. Yes, it will still be...

Well, it's time to replace my antediluvian dot-matix printer. Can anyone offer me any advice on a new printer? I'm looking to spend up to CDN$350 (about US$235). Most of what I want to print is text with some graphics, although printing photos might be nice too (but not necessary). Per-page...

<< On the Advanced tabs of those dialogs you should be using &quot;Auto Detection&quot; for Device Type and &quot;DMA if available&quot; for transfer mode for each live device. >> Yes, and it says that the current transfer mode is ultra DMA. Also, I am using the CDROM drivers that came with...

I've noticed that when I play a game in Win 2000, video sequences stutter every 4 or 5 seconds. This is my setup : Celeron 300A 256M memory 2 15G HDs on primary channel 48x CDROM on secondary channel Guillemot Prophet II mx The 'stuttering' is an interruption in the sound and video for a...

<< Now , you all tell me that I didn't have sp3 installed, and I didn't add it when I upgraded win2k from win2k. If so, what did I add on that made the game recognize an sp3 and higher value? >> Sierra supports Half-Life for use with NT4 SP3 and later. In all likelihood, Half-Life is...

Star Flight, circa 1985. It's very old though, and getting it to run on a modern computer would be hard. That game came on two 360k 5-1/4&quot; floppies, and somehow it made you feel like you were exploring the universe. Ten years later, Star Control 2, with its 50 megs or so of game data...

I've been told that one of the reasons RAM is so expensive now is that about five years ago the memory manufacturers mis-judged the market and built too many manufacturing plants. For about three years prices were in the basement, everyone was losing money, and some companies (TI was one of...

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Seriously, if you really did buy it, you should phone Sierra. I've had game publishers send me new disks before, but they might ask you to send them the jewel case or game manual or something. You'd have to wait a while to get it, but it might be a better option than buying the game again. Good...

Hahaha... Phone Sierra and get a replacement CD. Most game publishers will do this for you, if you can prove that you really did buy it. You really did buy it didn't you? :Q