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First Commodore 64 LAN Party

Posted by timothy on from the dude-are-we-late dept.

Leif_Bloomquist writes "The world's first Commodore 64 LAN party was held at the Cincinnati Commodore Computer Club 2008 Expo last weekend, where the new multiplayer C64 game NetRacer was unveiled. The setup consists of up to eight Commodore 64s with Ethernet cartridges and a central server written in Java running on a PC. The game is also playable over the Internet."

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  1. high security? by spir0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Is New Zealand a terrorist country or something? I got this:

    You are not authorized to view this page
    The Web server you are attempting to reach has a list of IP addresses that are not allowed to access the Web site, and the IP address of your browsing computer is on this list.

    Please try the following:

            * Contact the Web site administrator if you believe you should be able to view this directory or page.

    HTTP Error 403.6 - Forbidden: IP address of the client has been rejected.
    Internet Information Services (IIS)

    Technical Information (for support personnel)

            * Go to Microsoft Product Support Services and perform a title search for the words HTTP and 403.
            * Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and search for topics titled About Security, Limiting Access by IP Address, IP Address Access Restrictions, and About Custom Error Messages.

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    1. Re:high security? by Illbay · · Score: 4, Funny
      ...05/26/2008: To pre-pay admission and table fee(s) for the C4 Expo, please Paypal your payments to cmdreclub@iglou.com.

      I think I'm beginning to understand the Security issue.

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    2. Re:high security? by topnob · · Score: 2, Funny

      Same in Shanghai, China, I mean why would you block china.... oh right...um carry on...

  2. Hooray! by FlyingSquidStudios · · Score: 5, Funny

    I urgently await Jumpman deathmatches!

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  3. Yes but by eclectro · · Score: 5, Funny

    Were there any girls there?

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    1. Re:Yes but by amccaf1 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh, hush. I'm sure it's just an homage to Amok Time:
      http://img384.imageshack.us/my.php?image=16845670dh4.png

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    2. Re:Yes but by Kingrames · · Score: 4, Funny

      You must be new here.

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    3. Re:Yes but by bitrex · · Score: 5, Funny

      And every guy in the room is STILL staring only at the C64.

    4. Re:Yes but by coresnake · · Score: 2, Funny

      ORLY?

    5. Re:Yes but by ontheroll · · Score: 3, Funny

      Yes, one. She was there to help with the heavy lifting.

  4. Alternative to Vista? by stevedmc · · Score: 5, Funny

    Vista must be pretty bad if people are switching to C64.

    1. Re:Alternative to Vista? by MaxVT · · Score: 2, Funny

      Why are they doing that? On a C64, the blue screen always appears as soon as you boot!

  5. Re:Wish I Would Have Been There by mnemocynic · · Score: 5, Funny

    btw, http://www.c64web.com/ [c64web.com] is hosted on a c64.

    And after posting that on /., there is now one less functioning c64 in the world.

  6. So.... by Xest · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is that site painfully slow because it's been Slashdotted or because it's running on a C64 ;) ?

    More importantly, what happens when a C64 gets Slashdotted, does it start chewing up tapes or melt or anything?

    1. Re:So.... by Orion+Blastar · · Score: 2, Funny

      Based on my past C64 experience, the power supply overheats and the system shuts down. I was always trying to look for a power supply that didn't overheat. Sometimes putting a glass of ice water on top of it helped it not overheat.

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  7. Re:Wish I Would Have Been There by Dachannien · · Score: 4, Funny

    btw, http://www.c64web.com/ is hosted on a smoldering heap of slag.

    Fixed.

  8. Re:At last by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    C64 porn? Sigh. Back to tits that look like they're made out of Legos.
         

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  9. Re:horrid site by richy+freeway · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't work out who's geekier. The guys holding C64 lan parties or you running websites through the W3 validator...

  10. Odd Thoughts: by Penguinisto · · Score: 2, Funny

    * so I take it that no one could cough up the highest Crysis framerate figure? (yes, I know, I KNOW! ...but it seems to be all-to-common for LAN-goers to brag on framerates these days).

    * Finally! I can bring my machine-du-jour and not have everyone stare at it funny because it's not a Windows box! (I always brought either a Linux box or a Mac).

    * How d'ya taunt on chat in the thing? "'LOAD * 8,1' this, n00b!" doesn't quite have a ring to it, y'know?

    * How many LED's and uber-liquid-cooling heatsink rigs can you jam into a C-64 case, anyway?

    * Well, rebooting would still be just as common...

    /P

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  11. Re:Eh by ya+really · · Score: 5, Funny

    Eh (Score:0, Redundant)
    by Lulfas (1140109) on Sunday July 06, @05:52PM (#24077695)

    Eh

    Possibly one of the best uses of the Redundant mod tag I have yet seen.

  12. Re: Validators by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 2, Funny

    Maybe someone can run a browser through Acid3. I'm sure it will score beter than IE.

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  13. Re:10 REM probably not by PaganRitual · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can see it now.

    "Hey that's an awesome color scheme, how do I do that?"

    "It's easy, just enter in 'SYS 64728'"

    "Hey sweet, thanks for tha... HEY YOU JERK WHAT THE HELL, oh wait nevermind I'm back on now anyway"

  14. 64KB enough for anyone by glgraca · · Score: 2, Funny

    That proves that 64KB really ought to be enough for anyone.