I've been using BT's DSL since last October, when I first got it was VERY lousy with huge ping spikes in online games, and very variable download bandwidth...
sometime around the middle of January, it stopped sucked, lets hope it doesn't slip back to it's previous state:)
I can't get cable here (they won't come up the 400 metres from the road, I'm in a fairly rural area)
I've got the speedtouch hanging off a dedicated firewall box tho', so it's not like it's eating the cpu time of a machine I'm actually using for anything:)
I had a Hayes 33.6K (actually, I think I've got it on a shelf somewhere still) that performed well, probably better than the Supra at least, and here's the killer.
DIALING OUT with the Supra would stall the entire system for about a second, and I'm not talking a little machine here, I'm talking Coppermine P3 with a couple of hundred megs of ram...
for 'in use' performance, different amounts (and frequencies) of line noise probably affect different brands of modem differently tho'
I've got a Diamond Supra 56k winmodem laying around here..
it's performance is... well, crappy. 300ms pings and 3.5KB/s transfer rates != good
and before you say 'well, that's your phonelines' a USR sportster external manages 150Ms pings and 5KB/s+ transfer rates plugged into the same socket.
both are fairly moot now, thanks to my 'wonderful' software based Alcatel SpeedtouchUSB (didn't have much choice there, they wanted a higher monthy fee for an ethernet connected DSL package.. and they weren't doing 'we provide the line, you provide the hardware' at the time)
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have it default to non-lossy compression if the format in question is 'lossy' (jpeg at 100% or whatever)
at the least, translating in such a manner between BMP/TIFF/PGA etc...
That's a good idea for a file managemener plugin/extension actually, have it convert an image to whatever format you change the extension to...
Yes, if you pay close attention they actually note it's a combination Steel/Alu construction.
(and hey, lets face it, an SX1030 with panels that look that cool?.. DAMN)
the 20th Anniversary Mac was black. Like so
It's not black, and it's not beige, but it's damn sexy
There's been something of a gap in the market since the Amiga evaporated, that gap being 'the home computer'
a Gamecube on steroids with something like BeOS on it for around $450 would be vaguely doable, and there's a killing to be made IMO
emigrate = to leave a country.
imigrate = to enter a country.
That is all.
progs.dat wasn't the QuakeC source.....
the QuakeC sources weren't included on the retail cd, though I think they were put up for download shortly after the was released.
(at least, my Q1 cd doesn't have the source on it)
I've been using BT's DSL since last October, when I first got it was VERY lousy with huge ping spikes in online games, and very variable download bandwidth...
:)
sometime around the middle of January, it stopped sucked, lets hope it doesn't slip back to it's previous state
If I avoided spending money based on my disagreement with the philosophies of the owners of the companies, I'd be living in a cave eating worms >:(
I'm not in the US, I'm in England (British Telecom Openworld DSL)
:(
:)
yay
I'm moving to Arizona sometime this year hopefully, at which point I'll give earthlink a look
I can't get cable here (they won't come up the 400 metres from the road, I'm in a fairly rural area)
:)
I've got the speedtouch hanging off a dedicated firewall box tho', so it's not like it's eating the cpu time of a machine I'm actually using for anything
It cracks me up more when people buy things reputed for high stability and then overclock the crap out of them and BITCH because it's become unstable.
you know, the "I only buy Intel" "OOH, P4 1.6A that'll clock up to 2.5GHZ!" crowd.
I had a Hayes 33.6K (actually, I think I've got it on a shelf somewhere still) that performed well, probably better than the Supra at least, and here's the killer. DIALING OUT with the Supra would stall the entire system for about a second, and I'm not talking a little machine here, I'm talking Coppermine P3 with a couple of hundred megs of ram... for 'in use' performance, different amounts (and frequencies) of line noise probably affect different brands of modem differently tho'
apparently a couple of companies are already making 'soft' network cards :/
the really sad part is, the efficient architecture/OS combinations get trampled underfoot by the sheer momentum of the x86/windows combination :(
(by architecture, I'm referring to the Amiga/BeBox/PowerPC is slipping somewhat.. etc)
a 1Ghz PowerPC G4 running something resembling AmigaOS would be a sight to behold...
one of the PCI ones?
the Sportster just totally outclasses the damn thing.
I've got a Diamond Supra 56k winmodem laying around here..
it's performance is... well, crappy.
300ms pings and 3.5KB/s transfer rates != good
and before you say 'well, that's your phonelines'
a USR sportster external manages 150Ms pings and 5KB/s+ transfer rates plugged into the same socket.
both are fairly moot now, thanks to my 'wonderful' software based Alcatel SpeedtouchUSB (didn't have much choice there, they wanted a higher monthy fee for an ethernet connected DSL package.. and they weren't doing 'we provide the line, you provide the hardware' at the time)
BeBits they should have BeOS 5 personal edition mirrored somewhere (I think)
indeed.
:/
I've sworn off Abit boards for the moment. but I'll give them credit where it's due, they REALLY do know how to lay out a board sensibly.
If only they could build them properly too.
May I take this moment to inject some rampant BeOS fanboyism into this thread?
\m/ BeFS \m/
That is all.
*cough* NTFS is journalled already...
Because an Xbox can be had for a bit less than a 700Mhz PC?
because microsoft take a loss anytime someone buys one?
a lot of artists might kill themselves out of frustration if you took away their abilities...