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Gamecube Hits US Early

Posted by Hemos on from the get-it-while-you-can dept.

semaj writes "It looks like retailers are being told they can sell them as they come in instead of waiting for the November 18 offical release date. PlanetGameCube has the story. Go!" So, anyone want to get us a review unit or two?

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  1. Wrong on some points... by Amon+CMB · · Score: 4, Informative

    - You can now hook up a USB ethernet/modem device to a PS2 and play Tony Hawk 3 online.

    - Sony's official modem/ethernet accessory and 40 GB hard drive are both out in Japan.

    - You can get a Zip Drive for PS2

    http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/categories/products/pro duct.asp?pf_id=210436

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    Men believe what they want. - Caesar
  2. Re:Street Dating Explained From the Inside by Fjord · · Score: 4, Informative
    From the article:
    Nintendo has started shipping GameCubes. (YES!) This is a week earlier than was anticipated. While some stores claim to have been told by their corporate liasons to Nintendo that they will be fined if they sell early, this appears to not be the case.
    Nintendo has told us that stores are free to sell the GameCube as soon as it arrives, in order to get a jump on the X-Box launching on Thursday. They also said that no store would be fined for breaking the release date.

    There's actually a lot of really good information in the article.
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    -no broken link
  3. Re:Win2k by Mondrames · · Score: 5, Informative

    For Windows 2000, you can try the following:

    10. COMPATIBILITY MODE: Service Pack 2 (SP2) includeS a compatibility mode that lets programs run as if they were on a Windows NT 4.0 SP5 or Windows 95 machine. To enable this interface, perform the following steps:
    Start a Run box (Start, Run).
    Enter the following command: "regsvr32 %systemroot%\apppatch\slayerui.dll"
    Click OK.
    Click OK to the confirmation.
    Now if you right-click a shortcut and select Properties, you'll see a Compatibility tab that lets you select whether the program target should run under an NT 4.0 SP5 or Win95 compatibility layer.

    I'm assuming it is similar to XP's emulation