Err, I guess there is something seriously wrong with your PC. Win2k on my 550 MHz Wintel box at work feels much faster than X 10.2.6 on my G4/400 at home. Nevertheless, Aqua does not too slow for my taste.
The Xbox controller connectors have 5 pins - it is assumed (but maybe not yet proven) that the extra pin is +12V for the rumble-pack-vibrator inside the controllers.
Looking head-on at the front of your Xbox, with controller port "1" to the left, and port "4" to the right, if you look into one of the controller ports, you'll see 5 pins along the bottom half of the port (on the center piece of plastic, there's a small triangle on the left side pointing down to the first pin, which I'll call "pin 1"
Pins "1" and "5" are longer than the other pins. This is just like standard USB connectors - the power/GND signals get connected first when you insert a connector, assuring a solid power connection before any of the other signals get connected.
I've actually measured 5V across pins 1 & 5 while the Xbox was powered-on. NOTE: When Xbox is powered-off (but still plugged-in), I read ZERO volts across these two pins - this probably means that it would be impossible to make a remote-control that can power-up the Xbox.
Pins 1 & 5 are common across all 4 connectors (Pin 1 on port 1 is connected to Pin 1 on ports 2/3/4, the same goes for Pin 5 across all 4 ports). This makes sense - it's just a fixed power supply.
Pins 2&3 (USB D-/D+ differential data lines) are separate pairs to each port (this also makes sense - they have to be).
Pin 4 (which is believed to be +12V) is NOT common across all for ports. This (along with the fact I can't measure 12V on it) probably means that it's not just a steady power-supply signal that a controller's rumble-pack can tie-into as needed, but a signal that the main CPU controls independently per port. It may be 12V that gets turned on programmatically, or it could be something else. Whatever it is, this signal seems to go out (on separate pins) off the USB daughterboard onto the main board (whereas the D+/D- pins don't - they go directly to the TI USB controller on the daughterboard).
An additional bit of info (not helpful unless someone wants to hack at the USB daughterboard itself), here's where each ports' D+/D- signals connect onto the TI USB chip:
Port 1's D+/D- go to TI's "DP3/DM3" pins. Port 2's D+/D- go to TI's "DP4/DM4" pins. Port 3's D+/D- go to TI's "DP1/DM1" pins. Port 4's D+/D- go to TI's "DP2/DM2" pins.
IIRC, grenade hopping was first seen in Bungie's Marathon. The were some powerups and other goodies that could only be reached with grenade jumps or even (mostly suicidal) rocket jumps.
As a Mac user it is still frustrating to not be able to visit or use certain site
That will inevitably change as more and more web designers and developers realize that it is not about MS compatibility but about standards. Make your pages XHML compliant and you will not have to worry about Mac or Windows, IE or Safari.
When Apple released Safari, the Omni guys posted a comment somewhere that answered precisely that question. I am really sorry but I don't have a URL at hand.
The essence of the statement was that OmniWeb's main bonus has always been its very nice GUI and pretty comfortable approach to things. The Omni folks said, their chance with WebCore would be that they would no longer have to put a huge amount of work into a rendering engine that has always been, well, worse than the others on the market. Rather they seemed glad that with official frameworks for rendering HTML and parsing JavaScript, they could focus on adding more killer features to their application.
Why do you think "Lucas thinks the original star wars effects are something to be ashamed" of? Did he say so? The fact that he uses more of them and better looking ones, too, might relate to the fact that he now can afford it.
Pretty good point you got there. Most Apple products seem to ripen only after the purchase. It took Apple many months until the 5 gig iPod worked (again).
But ever since firmware 1.2.6 iPods are working like a charm, so there is no more excuse not to get one.:)
You didn't. The new ROMs needed for SuperDrives were only available in later SEs. The Plus would have no idea how to handle a SuperDrive. IIRC the machine also had to have a chip named SWIM (Super Wozniak Integrated Machine).
4 is bad, becaus Bungie are still Bungie, for pfhuck's sake. And I don't want Bungie wiped out - who else is going to start another gaming revolution with yet a new concept never seen before?
Ever heard of paying people for their effort? If you want to use SuSE's product, buy it. If you don't want to spend money for a Linux distribution, don't buy it.
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I'd rather say the cradle is a bad thing. All I needed to hook up my 5 GB iPod at work was a cheap Firewire cable.
Not sure if you can buy separate cradles (and matching cables), but I'd bet they are not cheap.
Err, I guess there is something seriously wrong with your PC. Win2k on my 550 MHz Wintel box at work feels much faster than X 10.2.6 on my G4/400 at home. Nevertheless, Aqua does not too slow for my taste.
Ghost Recon is playable on my G4/400. So where's the need to upgrade? ;)
No, there was "lonely" 15 minutes before you. ;)
The USB standard has 4 signals: +5, GND, D+, D-
The Xbox controller connectors have 5 pins - it is assumed (but maybe not yet proven) that the extra pin is +12V for the rumble-pack-vibrator inside the controllers.
Looking head-on at the front of your Xbox, with controller port "1" to the left, and port "4" to the right, if you look into one of the controller ports, you'll see 5 pins along the bottom half of the port (on the center piece of plastic, there's a small triangle on the left side pointing down to the first pin, which I'll call "pin 1"
___________
|v |
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1 2 3 4 5
("v" denotes the triangle pointing to pin 1)
Here's what signals correspond to each pin:
1 - +5V
2 - D-
3 - D+
4 - ?? (probably +12V)
5 - GND
Pins "1" and "5" are longer than the other pins. This is just like standard USB connectors - the power/GND signals get connected first when you insert a connector, assuring a solid power connection before any of the other signals get connected.
I've actually measured 5V across pins 1 & 5 while the Xbox was powered-on. NOTE: When Xbox is powered-off (but still plugged-in), I read ZERO volts across these two pins - this probably means that it would be impossible to make a remote-control that can power-up the Xbox.
Pins 1 & 5 are common across all 4 connectors (Pin 1 on port 1 is connected to Pin 1 on ports 2/3/4, the same goes for Pin 5 across all 4 ports). This makes sense - it's just a fixed power supply.
Pins 2&3 (USB D-/D+ differential data lines) are separate pairs to each port (this also makes sense - they have to be).
Pin 4 (which is believed to be +12V) is NOT common across all for ports. This (along with the fact I can't measure 12V on it) probably means that it's not just a steady power-supply signal that a controller's rumble-pack can tie-into as needed, but a signal that the main CPU controls independently per port. It may be 12V that gets turned on programmatically, or it could be something else. Whatever it is, this signal seems to go out (on separate pins) off the USB daughterboard onto the main board (whereas the D+/D- pins don't - they go directly to the TI USB controller on the daughterboard).
An additional bit of info (not helpful unless someone wants to hack at the USB daughterboard itself), here's where each ports' D+/D- signals connect onto the TI USB chip:
Port 1's D+/D- go to TI's "DP3/DM3" pins.
Port 2's D+/D- go to TI's "DP4/DM4" pins.
Port 3's D+/D- go to TI's "DP1/DM1" pins.
Port 4's D+/D- go to TI's "DP2/DM2" pins.
One should note that this functionality will only be available on new (red backlit buttons) iPods.
In October of 1992, Apple sold a total of 7 //e's and 7 //gs's nationwide.
Where did you get these numbers? I would love to have the figures of Newton sales over the years...
Actually I tried that yesterday, and it worked quite well. With a Newton... *sigh*
IIRC, grenade hopping was first seen in Bungie's Marathon. The were some powerups and other goodies that could only be reached with grenade jumps or even (mostly suicidal) rocket jumps.
You are perfectly right about the bus speed. Have a look at the eMac's tech specs page.
Would be cool if they included a tiny hairdryer once they're at it...
Didn't they use exactly the same procedure when they introduced the remote? At least for my 5 Gig iPod they did. :)
As a Mac user it is still frustrating to not be able to visit or use certain site
That will inevitably change as more and more web designers and developers realize that it is not about MS compatibility but about standards. Make your pages XHML compliant and you will not have to worry about Mac or Windows, IE or Safari.
If I look at the dreadful port of the Quicktime Player for Windows, I really fear what they might do to iTunes...
When Apple released Safari, the Omni guys posted a comment somewhere that answered precisely that question. I am really sorry but I don't have a URL at hand.
The essence of the statement was that OmniWeb's main bonus has always been its very nice GUI and pretty comfortable approach to things. The Omni folks said, their chance with WebCore would be that they would no longer have to put a huge amount of work into a rendering engine that has always been, well, worse than the others on the market. Rather they seemed glad that with official frameworks for rendering HTML and parsing JavaScript, they could focus on adding more killer features to their application.
Why do you think "Lucas thinks the original star wars effects are something to be ashamed" of? Did he say so? The fact that he uses more of them and better looking ones, too, might relate to the fact that he now can afford it.
I guess, the Burton solution is for the rest of us who can't sew...
Pretty good point you got there. Most Apple products seem to ripen only after the purchase. It took Apple many months until the 5 gig iPod worked (again).
:)
But ever since firmware 1.2.6 iPods are working like a charm, so there is no more excuse not to get one.
Apple and Burton products are equally cool and equally expensive.
You didn't. The new ROMs needed for SuperDrives were only available in later SEs. The Plus would have no idea how to handle a SuperDrive.
IIRC the machine also had to have a chip named SWIM (Super Wozniak Integrated Machine).
A low uptime can mean two things:
1: The system crashes quite often.
2: The system is patched quite often.
Ever since realising that, I have a new view on uptime boasting...
What makes SGI boxes fast is their enormous memory bandwidth and speed. Definately not their cpus.
xbill, xtank and xgalaga are pretty cool. I mean, you wanted "killer" apps. ;)
4 is bad, becaus Bungie are still Bungie, for pfhuck's sake. And I don't want Bungie wiped out - who else is going to start another gaming revolution with yet a new concept never seen before?
Ever heard of paying people for their effort? If you want to use SuSE's product, buy it. If you don't want to spend money for a Linux distribution, don't buy it.