This article fails to even touch upon the most important question: When?
No time frames are mentioned, even for the older technology. I have no doubt that when this thing goes mainstream (if it ever does), it could definitely sell for the stated price. But it's clearly at least five years away, and probably more.
They also fail to mention the source of this wonderful UV light. And from the looks of the graphic comparing densities, this is very deep UV light. I have a feeling it'll be a while before the necessary UV light source is available.
Of course we can build warp engines... all we need is to first figure out what Dilithum is!
Actually, what made an Amiga an Amiga was really the chipset. Not just a blitter, but hardware that let you move around 2D bitmaps on a display by changing a couple of registers and nothing else.
The things that made the Amiga unique have been eclipsed by modern hardware. The final moment was when Apple started using the 3D card to move desktop windows around, which Amiga (before they were bought out and f'ed up by Commodore) was doing more than a decade earlier.
...and quit whining about how much a new Mac costs. A Blue & White G3 will set you back less than two hundred bucks, and even though they're five years old, they still run the latest OS X beta quite well. If you don't want to pay that much, STFU and get a beige box running Linux. That's still a lot cheaper than those "new" Amiga motherboards and the DRM chip required to boot the "new" Amiga OS.
Yeah, and it's great that your 3.0GHz computer is easily portable, boots instantly, and hooks up to any regular TV set! Because the whole point of 3GHz is portability!
Does anyone know what happened to the NCSX pre-orders a couple of years ago? I pre-ordered one through them and never heard from them again, even after seeing where the Japanese company making the new production run had confirmed enough reservations.
I suspect someone at NCSX must have dropped the ball and didn't get their proxy order put in with the Japanese company before the cut-off date.
It has no problem reading CD-R, as long as the disk is properly built, and as long as your DC is dated before November 2000. There was a loophole in the Dreamcast ROM which allowed properly burned CD-Rs to be booted, which was supposedly fixed in late 2000. Of course, most people doing homebrews have broadband adapters and can download code via Ethernet using a boot disk.
Unfortunately, the DC will not read CD-RW, so buy a spindle of the cheapest, crappiest CD-Rs you can find while learning how to build self-boots. I have also heard that all Dreamcasts can boot CD-R, not just before that date. I have a mid-2000 version which boots them fine, and a late-1999 version which takes a long time to boot CD-R disks but still boots them.
In addition, many of the released games took up very little of the space available on a GD-ROM and can easily fit on a CD-R, while others have filler files which can be removed to make them fit. This was certainly one of the things which killed the DC, but Sega's repeated ineptness (and bad reputation for the 32X and Saturn initial release fiascos) did more to kill it than the thread of piracy did.
The Dreamcast may be dead, but the hardware isn't.
That is true, but 1) it doesn't mean squat anyhow, especially if your disk is full of NES ROMs, and 2) people have compiled startup programs for DC which immediately put up messages saying "Please ignore the stupid message above, as it doesn't mean squat anyhow. Enjoy your NES ROMs."
I don't see much progress being made in the Amiga world, just a bunch of Amiga fanboys who don't seem to realize that Amiga ceased years ago to be anything but a name.
These days, Dreamcast freaks are more likely to be emulator users rather than Sega fanboys. All it takes is a CD-ROM burner, a Dreamcast of the appropriate vintage, and you've got hundreds of games on a handful of disks.
The answer is obvious. It's hard to beat Amiga freaks for pathetic-ness. Unless you're a BeOS freak, anyhow.
Yeah, it does look kind of silly, but I did think it was pretty clever how he put two of the systems on the sides. I wouldn't have thought of that.
I'll just stick with my SNES+Tri-Star combo under my TV along with my N64, GC, GBA, PS2, and DC.
Since modern PDAs run the same CPU as the Newton, why hasn't someone tried to write a Newton emulator for PocketPC, Zaurus, etc.? That would be the best of both worlds: Newton OS on a faster ARM CPU.
I still don't see the need to put perfectly capable orangutan librarians out on the streets. And it's so cool to watch them flying around the shelves like they were in the treetops.
Dig up 6000 old DIVX (the dead Circuit City DIVX) players, and make discs for them.
I don't really see why they need to go to the trouble of making each disc specific to one player, because that would just increase the cost of making a run of discs. There really shouldn't be a problem with playing a disc on another member's player. Adding a unique watermark to each player though, that shouldn't be much of a problem. But watch them screw things up so that the player firmware can be copied to a budget player.
I think we've already got more than enough of the Daleks in reruns. They may be the number one bad guys, and rather popular with the fanbase, but they're hardly integral to the series like Gallifrey and the Time Lords (and Earth!) are. Time to move on to other bad guys and other problems with time and space. I'd rather see more of The Brigadier, even though I know he's getting a bit on in the years.
We're a bit behind the times down here. I can't think of any recent examples of a local company using it's financial power to put draconian laws into affect. Give us another six months or so to catch up on that one.
It's the best solution... unless you're stuck with dialup. Are there even any NAT boxes with modem support other than Apple's AirPort? (which is a bit more than $30)
...or at least in multiple smaller bulk auctions grouped by some common subject, with maybe a $2000-$5000 minimum. I know he probably just wants to get rid of it all at once, but that's so much to swallow that I think he's going to be lucky to find even one (non-joke) bidder.
Sure, he gets one free re-list, but just imagine his listing fees for this.
Uh, did you say launch wines? Oh geez. I didn't think you were allowed to sell booze on ebay. Certainly it could get you into trouble if you did it from the USA. (Of course I can't tell, since the domain with most of his pictures has been slashdotted hard.)
I think it's time for a betting pool on when ebay pulls this auction.
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No time frames are mentioned, even for the older technology. I have no doubt that when this thing goes mainstream (if it ever does), it could definitely sell for the stated price. But it's clearly at least five years away, and probably more.
They also fail to mention the source of this wonderful UV light. And from the looks of the graphic comparing densities, this is very deep UV light. I have a feeling it'll be a while before the necessary UV light source is available.
Of course we can build warp engines... all we need is to first figure out what Dilithum is!
You forgot the part about how you can put a 1.1GHz G3 processor into them too.
The things that made the Amiga unique have been eclipsed by modern hardware. The final moment was when Apple started using the 3D card to move desktop windows around, which Amiga (before they were bought out and f'ed up by Commodore) was doing more than a decade earlier.
...and quit whining about how much a new Mac costs. A Blue & White G3 will set you back less than two hundred bucks, and even though they're five years old, they still run the latest OS X beta quite well. If you don't want to pay that much, STFU and get a beige box running Linux. That's still a lot cheaper than those "new" Amiga motherboards and the DRM chip required to boot the "new" Amiga OS.
Yeah, and it's great that your 3.0GHz computer is easily portable, boots instantly, and hooks up to any regular TV set! Because the whole point of 3GHz is portability!
I suspect someone at NCSX must have dropped the ball and didn't get their proxy order put in with the Japanese company before the cut-off date.
Unfortunately, the DC will not read CD-RW, so buy a spindle of the cheapest, crappiest CD-Rs you can find while learning how to build self-boots. I have also heard that all Dreamcasts can boot CD-R, not just before that date. I have a mid-2000 version which boots them fine, and a late-1999 version which takes a long time to boot CD-R disks but still boots them.
In addition, many of the released games took up very little of the space available on a GD-ROM and can easily fit on a CD-R, while others have filler files which can be removed to make them fit. This was certainly one of the things which killed the DC, but Sega's repeated ineptness (and bad reputation for the 32X and Saturn initial release fiascos) did more to kill it than the thread of piracy did.
The Dreamcast may be dead, but the hardware isn't.
That is true, but 1) it doesn't mean squat anyhow, especially if your disk is full of NES ROMs, and 2) people have compiled startup programs for DC which immediately put up messages saying "Please ignore the stupid message above, as it doesn't mean squat anyhow. Enjoy your NES ROMs."
These days, Dreamcast freaks are more likely to be emulator users rather than Sega fanboys. All it takes is a CD-ROM burner, a Dreamcast of the appropriate vintage, and you've got hundreds of games on a handful of disks.
The answer is obvious. It's hard to beat Amiga freaks for pathetic-ness. Unless you're a BeOS freak, anyhow.
So Batman wants to be a ricer now? He's already got the fart pipe and big tires, now he just needs to add a tail wing and lots of vinyl stickers.
Composite? A true geek would settle for nothing less than S-video from an Atari 2600. And then hook it up to a Commodore monitor.
Yeah, it does look kind of silly, but I did think it was pretty clever how he put two of the systems on the sides. I wouldn't have thought of that. I'll just stick with my SNES+Tri-Star combo under my TV along with my N64, GC, GBA, PS2, and DC.
Since modern PDAs run the same CPU as the Newton, why hasn't someone tried to write a Newton emulator for PocketPC, Zaurus, etc.? That would be the best of both worlds: Newton OS on a faster ARM CPU.
P.S. Oooook!
So you mean Joonyper doesn't control 25% of the core silo market after all?
P.S. The above was by someone who usually votes Republican. It'd be worth losing a seat to get him the hell out of DC.
Oh wait, he's from fscking Utah. Guess who keeps voting this tool into office?
I don't really see why they need to go to the trouble of making each disc specific to one player, because that would just increase the cost of making a run of discs. There really shouldn't be a problem with playing a disc on another member's player. Adding a unique watermark to each player though, that shouldn't be much of a problem. But watch them screw things up so that the player firmware can be copied to a budget player.
I think we've already got more than enough of the Daleks in reruns. They may be the number one bad guys, and rather popular with the fanbase, but they're hardly integral to the series like Gallifrey and the Time Lords (and Earth!) are. Time to move on to other bad guys and other problems with time and space. I'd rather see more of The Brigadier, even though I know he's getting a bit on in the years.
So why aren't they going after the makers of all those "Super Joy" Famiclone systems that you can find at every flea market in the United States?
Too busy outlawing swords right now?
It's the best solution... unless you're stuck with dialup. Are there even any NAT boxes with modem support other than Apple's AirPort? (which is a bit more than $30)
Sure, he gets one free re-list, but just imagine his listing fees for this.
I think it's time for a betting pool on when ebay pulls this auction.
Except this is an auction, and it's bad form to put FS: on an auction, especially an ebay auction. FA: should be used instead.