I just got my PSP on Monday (BestBuy had 4 left when I got there, down from their shipment of 200 on Thursday - all 4 sold while I was standing there). It has no dead or stuck pixels. It has one of the most vibrant LCD's I've ever seen - a thing of beauty. I am also fond of my Nintendo DS. It has one dead pixel on the lower screen near the edge. Doesn't bother me so I am ignoring it.
Hmm...my orig response did not post. The desk you actually asked about is from Storehouse, though I'd never seen it on their site. It's a 6' "conference table" - the extra foot is nice.
Well, I'm not minding that these screens are free of the pink-tint issue that has plagued many of the new aluminum-encased Cinemas. And these seem to be a wee bit brighter. (And they don't look like ass to me!)
I did a search for someone else recently but could not find it. I don't know the address but I could physically locate the place if I were to drive there again. Unfamiliar w/ Frederick to the degree that I can't give driving directions, really. But I'll try:
When approaching Frederick on 270 (heading up from VA) theres 3 Frederick exits I believe. It may be the first you take. It's the one that takes you thru the "main drag" before you get to an angular intersection where you go leftish if you want to head into Olde Towne Frederick. Anyway, about 1/4 mile after you get off 270 there's a large # of self storage-looking things on the left - but some seem to have shops in them - like warehouses. Back in that jumble was this place, at the end of one of the little capilary roads. You could drive around back there and see what happens.
I think Black Hole Computing (google 'em) is the main one left, but they are expensive as I recall.
In eaerly 2000 I found a place that refurbished NeXT "black hardware" that was just an hour or so away (in Frederick, MD). I took a "long lunch" and drove up an came back with this NeXTStation Turbo Color system w/ screen for $250 complete. Came w/ NeXTSTEP v3.3 installed on the 512MB disk and 32MB RAM.
Since then I've upgraded to a 2GB drive and 128MB of RAM. It is running on a 33MHz 68040. The interface is glass smooth. Here's the pics:
I took Apple up on its (no longer valid) offer to get full copies of NeXTSTEP v3.3 or OpenStep v4.2 (I applied twice and got one of each!) with a valid black hardware serial #. I used the HP PA-RISC install CD to install NeXTSTEP on an HP 9000 (60MHz PA-RISC) I grabbed at a local flea market for $20. Check those pics:
The video on the HP is rather interesting. While NeXTSTEP uses 16-bit color, it's divided into 12-bits for color (4096 colors onscreen and in palette) and 4-bit (16 level) transparency. Even still, it looks gorgeous. But the HP uses video compression/decompression hardware to encode true color in the 12-bits of color, and it's decoded on the way out the door. The result is truecolor images on the screen with what seems like minor JPEG artifacting. It's this most novel video setup that will cause me to hold onto that HP for thet long haul.
> 4) Reverse-engineer and implement the video circuitry. Major headache. This system even had hardware sprites.
Yes, it took her years, and there are still timing glitches. It's amazingly compatible though....how bad are the glitches? I just ordered a C-One today and am hoping to have a rather clean, better-than-emulation Commodore experience. Is that a wise thing to hope for?
Could you drop me a line? -> blakespotSPAM@gmailSPAM.com (remove the SPAM!)
As I said elsewhere in a post to this thread, I have just ordered a C-One, today. I would like to ask you some questions about it if I could. I see your e-mail is not posted here - could you e-mail me at:
I just 5 minutes ago ordered a C-One from its product site. I can't wait to get my hands on it - should be quite a new adventure for a retro computer freak.
Have a look at an MPEG of the bare-board C-One booting.
Will give the full report on my site ByteCellar.com when I receive it in a few weeks. FYI.
"The pixels on an LCD are arranged in a grid pattern, as you know. On a CRT TV, they're arranged in a staggered pattern, so one column is 0.5 px lower than the last."
You are referring to CRT's employing shadow mask technology. This is not the case with aperture grille screens, such as the Sony Trinitron and Mitsubishi Diamondtron. When I did research to buy me first, real, lavish display back in 1994 I went with an aperture grille screen and I swore I would never voluntarily place a shadow mask screen on my desk. With the exception of my Amiga's 1084S 13" CRT (where fuzziness helps out the situation), I have held true to this promise.
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"What kind of name is Pune?"
" Comanche Indian."
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Yes, here's photos of FOSE 2005 I took today, including OS X Tiger shots:
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http://www.swchick.com/costume_slave.htm
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http://web.archive.org/web/20040921083255/http://
Enjoy. This guy was insane.
Here's a few other links:
http://homepage.mac.com/blakespot/PhotoAlbum14.ht
Going again today, will have a gallery of this year's FOSE up shortly. Stay tuned.
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I also have two 20" Apple Cinema Displays and neither of the 1680x1050 screens have any stuck or dead pixels, FYI.
After getting this PSP with Wipeout Pure - it occurrs to me that I've got 7 different versions of the Wipeout games. I guess I like that genre.
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That shot was taken along the Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge mountains in central Virginia, just NW of Charlottesville.
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They can all, I think, be seen in this cluttered shot.
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I did a search for someone else recently but could not find it. I don't know the address but I could physically locate the place if I were to drive there again. Unfamiliar w/ Frederick to the degree that I can't give driving directions, really. But I'll try:
When approaching Frederick on 270 (heading up from VA) theres 3 Frederick exits I believe. It may be the first you take. It's the one that takes you thru the "main drag" before you get to an angular intersection where you go leftish if you want to head into Olde Towne Frederick. Anyway, about 1/4 mile after you get off 270 there's a large # of self storage-looking things on the left - but some seem to have shops in them - like warehouses. Back in that jumble was this place, at the end of one of the little capilary roads. You could drive around back there and see what happens.
I think Black Hole Computing (google 'em) is the main one left, but they are expensive as I recall.
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Since then I've upgraded to a 2GB drive and 128MB of RAM. It is running on a 33MHz 68040. The interface is glass smooth. Here's the pics:
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I took Apple up on its (no longer valid) offer to get full copies of NeXTSTEP v3.3 or OpenStep v4.2 (I applied twice and got one of each!) with a valid black hardware serial #. I used the HP PA-RISC install CD to install NeXTSTEP on an HP 9000 (60MHz PA-RISC) I grabbed at a local flea market for $20. Check those pics:
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The video on the HP is rather interesting. While NeXTSTEP uses 16-bit color, it's divided into 12-bits for color (4096 colors onscreen and in palette) and 4-bit (16 level) transparency. Even still, it looks gorgeous. But the HP uses video compression/decompression hardware to encode true color in the 12-bits of color, and it's decoded on the way out the door. The result is truecolor images on the screen with what seems like minor JPEG artifacting. It's this most novel video setup that will cause me to hold onto that HP for thet long haul.
See more machines of mine at my List page and my vintage computing blog, ByteCellar.com.
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James Burke so 0wNz Clarke.
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Yes, it took her years, and there are still timing glitches. It's amazingly compatible though.
Could you drop me a line? -> blakespotSPAM@gmailSPAM.com (remove the SPAM!)
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As I said elsewhere in a post to this thread, I have just ordered a C-One, today. I would like to ask you some questions about it if I could. I see your e-mail is not posted here - could you e-mail me at:
blakespotSPAM@gmailSPAM.com (remove the SPAM)
Thanks.
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Have a look at an MPEG of the bare-board C-One booting.
Will give the full report on my site ByteCellar.com when I receive it in a few weeks. FYI.
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You are referring to CRT's employing shadow mask technology. This is not the case with aperture grille screens, such as the Sony Trinitron and Mitsubishi Diamondtron. When I did research to buy me first, real, lavish display back in 1994 I went with an aperture grille screen and I swore I would never voluntarily place a shadow mask screen on my desk. With the exception of my Amiga's 1084S 13" CRT (where fuzziness helps out the situation), I have held true to this promise.
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http://www.ipodhacks.com/ipod_o_lantern.html
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The iPod-o-Lantern wallpaper can be had here:
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http://www.chaosmint.com/images/ipodh
1024x768:
http://www.chaosmint.com/images/ipod
1280x960:
http://www.chaosmint.com/images/ipod
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