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caelym
United States6421 Posts
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On November 27 2013 08:07 Nos- wrote: "Why you not a doctor already and fix yourself" That response is so Asian it hurts | ||
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kainzero
United States5211 Posts
My dad bought me an MS-DOS reference book which I used to figure out how to make bootdisks to run PC games by learning about how to edit autoexec.bat and config.sys. The end. | ||
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wei2coolman
United States60033 Posts
On November 27 2013 09:41 kainzero wrote: So much parent angst, what is this thread My dad bought me an MS-DOS reference book which I used to figure out how to make bootdisks to run PC games by learning about how to edit autoexec.bat and config.sys. The end. I remember when I had to boot DOOM 2 by restarting the computer, and it would read the floppy disk before booting windows, so it would boot straight to Doom. | ||
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iCanada
Canada10660 Posts
On November 27 2013 09:41 kainzero wrote: So much parent angst, what is this thread My dad bought me an MS-DOS reference book which I used to figure out how to make bootdisks to run PC games by learning about how to edit autoexec.bat and config.sys. The end. It's not even parent angst. I love my parents they have done more for me than I can every repay, but they just don't get video games at all. It is what it is. | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
On November 27 2013 09:41 kainzero wrote: So much parent angst, what is this thread My dad bought me an MS-DOS reference book which I used to figure out how to make bootdisks to run PC games by learning about how to edit autoexec.bat and config.sys. The end. My dad used to do this for us...but I would have had to have been really young at the time...like 5-8 or so. How old are you that you were doing this when MS-DOS was popular? | ||
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Gahlo
United States35172 Posts
On November 27 2013 09:28 Lord Tolkien wrote: Alright, I'm finally replacing my pos laptop, Black Friday week yay. What are your thoughts about this one. Midrange and really damn cheap for the specs. Don't expect much battery life with it, and the heating is probably a bitch (may get an anti-heat fan for it), but teh valuez. Might even up it to this for slightly worse gfx and a larger screen for only $40, but not werth I think, as the resolution's the same. I am concerned about Lenovos' shoddy tech support, though. Better than HPs, but that's not saying much. When I was looking for a laptop, nothing came close the the quality/$ of Asus. | ||
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red_
United States8474 Posts
On November 27 2013 10:07 WaveofShadow wrote: My dad used to do this for us...but I would have had to have been really young at the time...like 5-8 or so. How old are you that you were doing this when MS-DOS was popular? My brothers taught me how to run all our MS-DOS games when I was like, 5? I probably didn't learn to do it without any hand holding for a year or two, but I was definitely starting the process really young, and I know we're around the same age. | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
On November 27 2013 10:17 red_ wrote: My brothers taught me how to run all our MS-DOS games when I was like, 5? I probably didn't learn to do it without any hand holding for a year or two, but I was definitely starting the process really young, and I know we're around the same age. I knew how to run the games no problem but editing the files was a different story I think. I dunno maybe because my dad made all the discs/menus super user friendly so all we had to do was type like '5' to select from a list of games and then select the game and/or put in the appropriate disc? (He was also REALLY protective of his computer so I doubt he wanted us messing with much.) | ||
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kainzero
United States5211 Posts
I remember playing a ton of DOS games well into '96/'97. It took a while for (good) games to become native Windows 95 games. Either way, there were some games that were really finicky when it came to memory management like Ultima 7, so I somehow taught myself to understand boot disks to play these games. FWIW I still don't understand exactly what I was doing (damned if I know the difference between conventional, extended, and expanded memory), I just knew that I could get the games to run. | ||
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red_
United States8474 Posts
On November 27 2013 10:21 WaveofShadow wrote: I knew how to run the games no problem but editing the files was a different story I think. I dunno maybe because my dad made all the discs/menus super user friendly so all we had to do was type like '5' to select from a list of games and then select the game and/or put in the appropriate disc? (He was also REALLY protective of his computer so I doubt he wanted us messing with much.) A lot of effort was put into helping me so that every time I wanted to play I didn't go harass said brothers, which probably helped. Never underestimate the power of annoyance. | ||
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Louuster
Canada2869 Posts
On November 27 2013 08:22 Alaric wrote: Friend shows us this link and follows up with "I haven't watched this film. :3" Should I get buff just to slap him? Metallica fan maybe? that said he does need to watch it asap | ||
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Dandel Ion
Austria17960 Posts
Just merely starting DOS took 10 minutes, starting the actual windows took about 20 more minutes. (It was an old PC even back then) So we always stayed in DOS and played pre2 only baby. For hours. Shit was real ghetto. | ||
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JonGalt
Pootie too good!4331 Posts
this chick I had a crush on would join me now and again. but she dated this dude who hit puberty at a stupid early age. le sigh. edit: grading papers and I get this gem - A boy gets 7 out of 10 on the first test. He gets a 11 out of 15 on the second test. Which test did the boy do better on? "He performed well on both tests." you get full marks from me for that sort of positive thinking. (keep in mind no one in either 9th grade class got above a 70 on the final) | ||
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Slayer91
Ireland23335 Posts
On November 27 2013 12:58 JonGalt wrote: I remember getting a 100 on the spelling pre tests in 3rd grade and getting to play lemonade stand on a mac with a 3.5 actually floppy disk. this chick I had a crush on would join me now and again. but she dated this dude who hit puberty at a stupid early age. le sigh. edit: grading papers and I get this gem - A boy gets 7 out of 10 on the first test. He gets a 11 out of 15 on the second test. Which test did the boy do better on? "He performed well on both tests." you get full marks from me for that sort of positive thinking. (keep in mind no one in either 9th grade class got above a 70 on the final) i bet it wasnt a 3.5 floppy when the chick was around though | ||
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Lord Tolkien
United States12083 Posts
On November 27 2013 10:07 Gahlo wrote: When I was looking for a laptop, nothing came close the the quality/$ of Asus. I would love to get an ASUS (everyone I know with one loves it, and non-Lenovo/HP shitty support), but the issue is that there just isn't one in the same price range (700-850) with even remotely comparable stats. I could probably bump up for a 1000-1200, but that's abit more than I'm willing to pay, and its' not like I play Crysis or anything ridic like that. My games/stats workload tend to weigh more heavily on the processors (PI Games for instance). As a note, how useful would having a few gigs of an SSD attached to the computer be? I understand the boost of having a pure SSD over HDD, but not sure if simply having like 8-24gbs of SSD is a significant enough performance boost to justify spending more. I'm a cheapskate, don't judge meeeee <_< | ||
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BlackPaladin
United States9316 Posts
On November 27 2013 12:58 JonGalt wrote: I remember getting a 100 on the spelling pre tests in 3rd grade and getting to play lemonade stand on a mac with a 3.5 actually floppy disk. this chick I had a crush on would join me now and again. but she dated this dude who hit puberty at a stupid early age. le sigh. edit: grading papers and I get this gem - A boy gets 7 out of 10 on the first test. He gets a 11 out of 15 on the second test. Which test did the boy do better on? "He performed well on both tests." you get full marks from me for that sort of positive thinking. (keep in mind no one in either 9th grade class got above a 70 on the final) For my AP environmental class we had one test talking about clear cutting is also called "no tree left behind." So after I finished the test i doodled on the back a drawing of george bush vs al gore with the captions: "No tree left behind" above gore and "no child left behind" above bush, then wrong "coincidence? I think not." My teacher gave me 5 extra points on that test so i ended up with a 105 lol. That class was so awesome. We went kyacking for a field trip and i had like a 97 average in the class by the end. | ||
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Kyrie
1594 Posts
risky click | ||
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WaveofShadow
Canada31495 Posts
What the fuck is this | ||
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GhandiEAGLE
United States20754 Posts
I didn't believe you when you said that was risky. That was very very risky ;_; | ||
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