06.26.02
Posted in forum archive at 11:44 am by
Some of you that went to SDSM&T undoubtedly remember Thor. Well, I’m proud to say he’s still alive and kicking and doing some pretty cool stuff, both with games and hardware. If you get some free time surfing around the sites he participates in is worth a look.
Just found out yesterday that he’s head of a mapping team for a Medal of Honor Mod. It’s based on the ‘Band of Brothers’ show on HBO. Pretty cool site, and I always think its neat being able to follow one of these things as it develops:
http://www.planetmedalofhonor.com/bob/
He’s also the distributed computing guru over at a really cool hardware mod site:
http://www.virtual-hideout.net
AND
he’s also a staff member for a cool Chicago based LAN gaming group:
http://www.lanaholics.com
Anyway, thought some of you might want to see what this cool guy has been up to lately. 
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06.23.02
Posted in forum archive at 6:07 pm by
What are the specs on everyone’s computers, and are you happy/content/dismayed by your present system? Do you plan on upgrading soon?
My main machine (VOYEUR) has a 350 Mghz AMD processor, 512 MB of PC133 ram, CD-R/RW, 16 gigs of storage on two 8 gig 5400 rpm drives, 56k modem, running Windows XP, MOBO graphics, SBLIVE PLatnum soundcard, with a 19″ monitor.
I have a 500 Mghz Intel Celeron laptop (SPITFIRE), 128 MB of ram, DVD drive, 10 gigs of storage, running Windows XP, and an ethernet card for fast access when I’m sitting in class. When I swap files between this and my main machine I use a parallel port connection – slow but it gets the job done and costs just the amount of the cable to set up.
A third machine – a Pentium 133 Mghz with 24 MB of ram is currently collecting dust. Has anyone found a good use for these things yet? You’d think you’d be able to link 5 or 6 of them together by now and have a decent (and cheap) machine.
First thing to upgrade is definately my MOBO and processor. I have gotten to the point where I can’t even create more complex pieces of mutednoise music on it because the processor is so overwhelmed. Earlier this year I was trying to do some Quake III level design, and the tools ran so slow on the main machine that I resorted to my laptop (whose smaller screen makes detailed development over long periods painful). Second thing is probably storage – a couple of 40 Gig 7200 rpm drives aught to do it. Someday I loved to get a DVD-R/RW, but that’s awhile yet, a luxury item. Same with a flat panel monitor.
Anyone else?
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