Yes, there was a backlit greyscale GameBoy released in Japan only. I believe it was called the "GameBoy Light" or something similar and came out shorthy before the GameBoy pocket.
I just browsed around the site, in and out of the secure registration parts, and the tax part with no problem. And I was using Netscape 4.77 128bit security version. More FUD I suppose.
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The GBA is not officially for sale in the US uet. Retailers have demo units while Nintendo produces enough for launch. And it is retailing at $99. Your link to Amazon is a bundle that includes 1 or 2 games, and some accessories.
Even if they used the DL320 from Compaq (A 1U, 1 proc IDE server) or similar, they would still fill just a bit over 190 racks.
And I thought some of the SAN setups here looked impressive.
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The only thing that would tempt we to get a PDA is if I could have easy wireless shell access to telnet to a UNIX box wherever I go.
I have done this on two seperate PDA's. My old Palm V with an Omnisky CDPD modem (19.2k, supported in most digital cell areas), and my Compaq iPaq Handheld with a PCMCIA CDPD modem. One of the reasons I moved to the iPaq was it's ability to use PCMCIA cards, so my laptop could also have CDPD without 2 monthly charges or a cable hack to the Novatel model Omnisky used on the Palm V.
And for ultimate server control, the iPaq now can interface with the Remote Insight Lights Out boards Compaq sells as options for their servers. So, from the iPaq you can telnet into your UNIX box, and if for some reason that fails, connect to the RIBLOE and see whats wrong (access to hardware failure logs, ability to power cycle the machine, etc...)
Mabe this guy is ticked off at Linux for some reason
Hmm, he runs Linux on his web servers, and has given a very good review of Linux efforts on the iPaq side. Maybe it's because he has seen how well Linux can run unofficially on another PDA that he's, well, a bit disappointed that a commercial effort couldn't beat a few people working away in a Compaq research lab.
Diablo II in my mind proved Blizzard lost their high standards. And with the way Warcraft III is going, it's just going to be more of the same.
Diablo II's artists did an excelent job with the art and movies. But the programmers? Honestly, a game should not absolutly require 256 MB ram for no-lag multiplayer gaming on a LAN.
If it wasn't going to meet their high standards (aka a game that somehow catches on with a group and sells a few million copies), they should have at least licensed it to someone else to let finish it up.
Don't mind me, I'm just bitter the adventure genre has gone downhill, partially due to the good game developers not bothering to release anything new in the area. I'd love another Zork game that takes full advantage of DVD quality movies, or another Journeyman Project.
Why not? The Colecovision came out of nowhere - from a company who originally built water tanks and snow mobiles - to briefly dominate the home console market. And this was despite competition from the well known and (then) hugely successful Atari.
I was meaning estlablished roots as in having a busniess to survive off of. Microsoft can easially afford to have the XBox flop for a while after launch since they have other income. But isn't the company building the Indrema a new company?
Well, the adventure genre is going to stay in the same state if noone ever bothers to add to it. Adventure games have to be the genre that I enjoy most, so things like that irritate me.
I can't remember where I saw the quote though about the Warcraft Adventure game since it's been a while, but that was right from a Blizzard employee. It was canceled with most of the needed art done and 70% of the voices.
Better they leave the game early instead of going under after pushing a few thousand units through manufacturing. The Dreamcast, PS2, GameCube and XBox will have enough of a hard time keeping in there as it is. The Dreamcast console just proves this. And a company who has no estlablished roots to live off of like Microsoft, or who has never done a console already like Sony and Nintendo expects to survive?
The XBox will fill the need for a PC console, the GameCube will hold over the kiddies, and the PS2 will hold over everyone else while the Dreamcast fades away.
and this just proves it. They would rather give their existing customers something new to play with, instead of trying to win over new ones with shiny new technology. Makes perfect sense, and proves a 3d game dosen't have to exist for people to enjoy it.
I still dislike the fact that Blizzard canned Warcraft Adventures because "it didn't utilize modern technology well enough". So instead they made Diablo II, a game that looks a slim bit better then the first and needs 256MB ram to run at a decent speed in multiplayer.
SO-DIMM is the standard many laptops currently use for memory. The only factor is how tall they are, as the standard has 4 sizes, and some sizes may not fit in your particular laptop. But the standard has been out for a while, and odds are, the shiny new laptops at the store that you have your eye on use it.
Hell, even the Mac laptops use it, so they did a decent job on the standard:-)
Oh, just like PC DIMMs, you have PC66, and PC100 memory. I had to worry about that when I bought my extra memory for my Solo 9300, as it uses a 100 mHz bus (unherd of at the time when I got it new in Aug 99).
The article talks about a radicially different approach to FSAA. It would be like saying the NV20 will support the Vodooo 5's method of FSAA. At the hardware level, there are dramatic changes needed to implement this new FSAA method. Something that won't happen for a long while, just like the integration of any 3dfx Rampage tech into the NVidia product line.
Lets see, this feature making it into the NV20 is highly unlikely. NVidia probably has had the overall chip design set in stone for at least the last 6 months. Maybe the NV30 or so...
Since Slashdot rejected the story, not too many people know that SonicBlue also owns empeg. Just imagine what kinds of on demand video and audio products could come out of SonicBlue now...
My ML370 here does support some functions of ACPI. In 2000, it allows the monitors and hard drives to go to sleep, and also offers hybernate. No sleep options though.
Also, the fans are not just low and high, they do change speed based on temperature. Running the d.net client will increase the fan speed over time.
With tools like the Compaq remote insight boards, server managers could properly shut down and bring back servers when needed from any location in the world. Or a cheaper method would involve the Insight Manager program and WOL setup.
Thank you. I don't understand why so many news sites just enjoy linking to each other and not the source. It introduces things into the story that aren't true.
Nowhere in Sega's actual announcement does it say that they are "liquidating" the Dreamcast. Instead it says they will continue to sell the console until the end of this year at the new price of $100.
How is this confirmed? When did Sega stop releasing official releases on their web site? When will people stop believing a site that gets more money by posting crap like this? (More rumots of this, more hits, and more ad $)
What is it with the rumors? So many different ones about Sega, lets see:
1. Nintendo is buying Sega
2. Sega is stopping production of the Dreamcast
3. Sega is developing for the PS2
4. The X-Box will support GD-ROM games from the DC
What next?
I also love the rumors about the iPaq handheld.
1. A 64 Meg version will be released any day now. It will be the H3635, H3640, H3660, or the H3670.
2. An iPaq with built in wireless (Wireless what?)
3. An iPaq running at 412mHz and 64MB Ram.
Even better are all the Linux ones involving MS
1. IE is being ported to Linux
2. Office is being ported to Linux
3. MS is making their own Linux
Why do I even bother to read any "news" sites anymore. All it is now is a big social rumor circle, with some saying this is true, others denying it, all while the actual companies sit back and laugh.
plugins... I still have yet to find a plugin system that works as well as it does on IE. In ie, when you get one of those "plugin needed" messages, you can click install, wait for a few seconds, and the page now works, no reloading, no nothing.
Thank you for saying the number one reason I never used IE 4 back when I had dialup years ago. Most of the time, IE will download that plugin BEFORE asking if you want it. How big is Shockwave 7? Do you really want that downloading over a modem every time you hit a page with a director file that you don't care about, but never wait long enough for an install prompt?
With the PJB up there in price, and the Nomad having so many things going against it (like 30+ seconds to "boot"? My empeg boots in 8 tops) I will probably hold out for a portable hard drive based unit under the Rio brand. With empeg now being owned by SonicBlue, (story rejected, oh well), any type of player like that is likely to come out of the UK offices, and simply blow anything else away.
Although the TreoPlayer looks very tempting. Time to wait and see if it's upgradable as well.
This is the first release to the 2.2 tree in quite some time, so it's probably worth updating on those machines which can afford a reboot.
I know, the slashback article talked about the ability to avoid rebooting, but it dosen't support SMP. Wouldn't the mission critical machines be the ones not needing a reboot, and usually having multiple processors? Maybe I missed something here.
Out of all the games I own, the ones I like most are the ones that I get the most value out of. That means that if I can buy ONE copy of Unreal Tournament, and play it in TWO OS's, I get more value out of the price I paid compaired to having to potentially buy TWO copies of Quake III for the same OS value.
Stick a cute image of Tux on the box, with a star saying "With downloadable binaries" or just include Linux support on the Windows CD.
For the next few years at least, the gaming market will be Windows based. So, instead of making the situation worse for dual booters, make it better. Not buying Quake III Linux version, and instead petitioning id for binaries to get the Windows CD working under Linux is the better way to go.
Finally anime newbies like myself can see what all the fuss is about!
What? It exists in other formats now and can be seen. I currently own it on VCD (Official release, nice to have), and I know it exists on VHS. Waiting for a DVD is no excuse to not see anime. Any VHS based anime I want to see, I simply rent from the local anime store here.
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The above link for Jim's work on the iPaq should go to http://www.handhelds.org
Yes, there was a backlit greyscale GameBoy released in Japan only. I believe it was called the "GameBoy Light" or something similar and came out shorthy before the GameBoy pocket.
I just browsed around the site, in and out of the secure registration parts, and the tax part with no problem. And I was using Netscape 4.77 128bit security version. More FUD I suppose.
The GBA is not officially for sale in the US uet. Retailers have demo units while Nintendo produces enough for launch. And it is retailing at $99. Your link to Amazon is a bundle that includes 1 or 2 games, and some accessories.
Even if they used the DL320 from Compaq (A 1U, 1 proc IDE server) or similar, they would still fill just a bit over 190 racks.
And I thought some of the SAN setups here looked impressive.
I have done this on two seperate PDA's. My old Palm V with an Omnisky CDPD modem (19.2k, supported in most digital cell areas), and my Compaq iPaq Handheld with a PCMCIA CDPD modem. One of the reasons I moved to the iPaq was it's ability to use PCMCIA cards, so my laptop could also have CDPD without 2 monthly charges or a cable hack to the Novatel model Omnisky used on the Palm V.
And for ultimate server control, the iPaq now can interface with the Remote Insight Lights Out boards Compaq sells as options for their servers. So, from the iPaq you can telnet into your UNIX box, and if for some reason that fails, connect to the RIBLOE and see whats wrong (access to hardware failure logs, ability to power cycle the machine, etc...)
Mabe this guy is ticked off at Linux for some reason
Hmm, he runs Linux on his web servers, and has given a very good review of Linux efforts on the iPaq side. Maybe it's because he has seen how well Linux can run unofficially on another PDA that he's, well, a bit disappointed that a commercial effort couldn't beat a few people working away in a Compaq research lab.
Diablo II in my mind proved Blizzard lost their high standards. And with the way Warcraft III is going, it's just going to be more of the same.
Diablo II's artists did an excelent job with the art and movies. But the programmers? Honestly, a game should not absolutly require 256 MB ram for no-lag multiplayer gaming on a LAN.
If it wasn't going to meet their high standards (aka a game that somehow catches on with a group and sells a few million copies), they should have at least licensed it to someone else to let finish it up.
Don't mind me, I'm just bitter the adventure genre has gone downhill, partially due to the good game developers not bothering to release anything new in the area. I'd love another Zork game that takes full advantage of DVD quality movies, or another Journeyman Project.
Why not? The Colecovision came out of nowhere - from a company who originally built water tanks and snow mobiles - to briefly dominate the home console market. And this was despite competition from the well known and (then) hugely successful Atari.
I was meaning estlablished roots as in having a busniess to survive off of. Microsoft can easially afford to have the XBox flop for a while after launch since they have other income. But isn't the company building the Indrema a new company?
Well, the adventure genre is going to stay in the same state if noone ever bothers to add to it. Adventure games have to be the genre that I enjoy most, so things like that irritate me.
I can't remember where I saw the quote though about the Warcraft Adventure game since it's been a while, but that was right from a Blizzard employee. It was canceled with most of the needed art done and 70% of the voices.
Better they leave the game early instead of going under after pushing a few thousand units through manufacturing. The Dreamcast, PS2, GameCube and XBox will have enough of a hard time keeping in there as it is. The Dreamcast console just proves this. And a company who has no estlablished roots to live off of like Microsoft, or who has never done a console already like Sony and Nintendo expects to survive?
The XBox will fill the need for a PC console, the GameCube will hold over the kiddies, and the PS2 will hold over everyone else while the Dreamcast fades away.
and this just proves it. They would rather give their existing customers something new to play with, instead of trying to win over new ones with shiny new technology. Makes perfect sense, and proves a 3d game dosen't have to exist for people to enjoy it.
I still dislike the fact that Blizzard canned Warcraft Adventures because "it didn't utilize modern technology well enough". So instead they made Diablo II, a game that looks a slim bit better then the first and needs 256MB ram to run at a decent speed in multiplayer.
SO-DIMM is the standard many laptops currently use for memory. The only factor is how tall they are, as the standard has 4 sizes, and some sizes may not fit in your particular laptop. But the standard has been out for a while, and odds are, the shiny new laptops at the store that you have your eye on use it.
:-)
Hell, even the Mac laptops use it, so they did a decent job on the standard
Oh, just like PC DIMMs, you have PC66, and PC100 memory. I had to worry about that when I bought my extra memory for my Solo 9300, as it uses a 100 mHz bus (unherd of at the time when I got it new in Aug 99).
The article talks about a radicially different approach to FSAA. It would be like saying the NV20 will support the Vodooo 5's method of FSAA. At the hardware level, there are dramatic changes needed to implement this new FSAA method. Something that won't happen for a long while, just like the integration of any 3dfx Rampage tech into the NVidia product line.
Lets see, this feature making it into the NV20 is highly unlikely. NVidia probably has had the overall chip design set in stone for at least the last 6 months. Maybe the NV30 or so...
Since Slashdot rejected the story, not too many people know that SonicBlue also owns empeg. Just imagine what kinds of on demand video and audio products could come out of SonicBlue now...
They also bought Sensory Science.
Interesting indeed.
My ML370 here does support some functions of ACPI. In 2000, it allows the monitors and hard drives to go to sleep, and also offers hybernate. No sleep options though.
Also, the fans are not just low and high, they do change speed based on temperature. Running the d.net client will increase the fan speed over time.
With tools like the Compaq remote insight boards, server managers could properly shut down and bring back servers when needed from any location in the world. Or a cheaper method would involve the Insight Manager program and WOL setup.
Thank you. I don't understand why so many news sites just enjoy linking to each other and not the source. It introduces things into the story that aren't true.
Nowhere in Sega's actual announcement does it say that they are "liquidating" the Dreamcast. Instead it says they will continue to sell the console until the end of this year at the new price of $100.
How is this confirmed? When did Sega stop releasing official releases on their web site? When will people stop believing a site that gets more money by posting crap like this? (More rumots of this, more hits, and more ad $)
What is it with the rumors? So many different ones about Sega, lets see:
1. Nintendo is buying Sega
2. Sega is stopping production of the Dreamcast
3. Sega is developing for the PS2
4. The X-Box will support GD-ROM games from the DC
What next?
I also love the rumors about the iPaq handheld.
1. A 64 Meg version will be released any day now. It will be the H3635, H3640, H3660, or the H3670.
2. An iPaq with built in wireless (Wireless what?)
3. An iPaq running at 412mHz and 64MB Ram.
Even better are all the Linux ones involving MS
1. IE is being ported to Linux
2. Office is being ported to Linux
3. MS is making their own Linux
Why do I even bother to read any "news" sites anymore. All it is now is a big social rumor circle, with some saying this is true, others denying it, all while the actual companies sit back and laugh.
plugins... I still have yet to find a plugin system that works as well as it does on IE. In ie, when you get one of those "plugin needed" messages, you can click install, wait for a few seconds, and the page now works, no reloading, no nothing.
Thank you for saying the number one reason I never used IE 4 back when I had dialup years ago. Most of the time, IE will download that plugin BEFORE asking if you want it. How big is Shockwave 7? Do you really want that downloading over a modem every time you hit a page with a director file that you don't care about, but never wait long enough for an install prompt?
With the PJB up there in price, and the Nomad having so many things going against it (like 30+ seconds to "boot"? My empeg boots in 8 tops) I will probably hold out for a portable hard drive based unit under the Rio brand. With empeg now being owned by SonicBlue, (story rejected, oh well), any type of player like that is likely to come out of the UK offices, and simply blow anything else away.
Although the TreoPlayer looks very tempting. Time to wait and see if it's upgradable as well.
This is the first release to the 2.2 tree in quite some time, so it's probably worth updating on those machines which can afford a reboot.
I know, the slashback article talked about the ability to avoid rebooting, but it dosen't support SMP. Wouldn't the mission critical machines be the ones not needing a reboot, and usually having multiple processors? Maybe I missed something here.
Out of all the games I own, the ones I like most are the ones that I get the most value out of. That means that if I can buy ONE copy of Unreal Tournament, and play it in TWO OS's, I get more value out of the price I paid compaired to having to potentially buy TWO copies of Quake III for the same OS value.
Stick a cute image of Tux on the box, with a star saying "With downloadable binaries" or just include Linux support on the Windows CD.
For the next few years at least, the gaming market will be Windows based. So, instead of making the situation worse for dual booters, make it better. Not buying Quake III Linux version, and instead petitioning id for binaries to get the Windows CD working under Linux is the better way to go.
Finally anime newbies like myself can see what all the fuss is about!
What? It exists in other formats now and can be seen. I currently own it on VCD (Official release, nice to have), and I know it exists on VHS. Waiting for a DVD is no excuse to not see anime. Any VHS based anime I want to see, I simply rent from the local anime store here.