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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. 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 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.

  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?

  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. 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.