If you REALLY want low power look to industrial embedded pc catalogs/websites. Some can be quite expensive, but if size/electricity drain is more important than speed, this could be the thing for you. I would personally stay VERY far away from cyrix though, I had a 6x86 once... it was the most unstable piece of... it's in my parent's basement now running windows;P If you want x86 I'd say go for an AMD 5x86 133. A company called advantech makes 'biscuit pc's' one version has a 5x86 with built in ethernet, vidcard, ide, serial, is the size of a 3.5" hd and consumes 10 watts. The whole deal goes for under 300 dollars I believe. I was just reading a site a friend referred me to (we're more interested in wearables) called pc104.com. It has links to (you guessed it) anything that involves support for pc104, including a 50mhz(slow) older arm processor pc with built in ehternet/video that runs on 1.5 watts!!! My friend ventured that it would be about the speed of a 486dx33 though, which is unfortunate, but I could run this thing for an hour on a single NiMH AA battery!!! Anyway, not sure this has helped much but best of luck.
It sounds like you got swing 1.1.1, what you really want as far as I can tell is swing 1.0.3 which CONTAINS the jfc 1.1. I could be wrong since I haven't gotten around to compiling yet, but since jMax depends on jdk 1.1.6 minimum, swing 1.0.3 is about the only package that would make sense with that since swing 1.1.1 requires jdk 1.1.8. So I just assumed that when they said jMax required swing 1.1, they meant it required jfc 1.1, hence swing 1.0.3. I hope that was helpful. If somebody else doesn't correct me by the morning when I compile it, I'll post whether it worked or not;P
I've been using an ne2k-pci in many differently configured machines and in many different capacities (stable/devel kernels, ipmasq, you name it). Of course I'm not a networking demigod or anything so you don't have to take my word for it;P
I have a 950. no mac. no doze. got linux. got gphoto. Just call it a 900s and it works great (although download over a serial port does take a while;P)
(P.S.- I 'verified' that it worked with www.gphoto.org, but they put me up as verifying a 900s, don't worry the 950 WORKS!!!)
Yeah just came in a couple days ago, it works with gphoto. I mean official support would kick ass, but they have stuck to the 'photo-PC' transfer method so it works with ghpoto.
Hehe, glad you were only referring to still film..
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IMHO video doesn't hold a candle to motion picture film (even super 8). I can almost understand the money aspect in this situation... but I guess I do hold a strong bias in this area, and also how the motion picture industry is completely hooked on avid and how nobody actually 'cuts' film anymore... I think it's quite fun... but I guess if you are working on the latest blockbuster it feels more like a job than fun... oh well... I guess the main difference I see between digital stills and high quality video is that in a digital still you can mess it up more easily so it conveys a different look/feel than with digital video. It could also be how I associate film with movies, digital stills with computer gfx, and video with TV. I don't own a TV for many reasons, and lack of money is not one of them...
Film is superior BUT...
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I just got myself a digital camera... and it kicks ass!!! Glass lens, 1600x1200, works with linux, and best of all even though it would appear to be @ least half-automatic always, you can kind of use root permissions to make it do what you want. And that doesn't include a soldering iron...:) I'm a real manual-nut, I've been using an old Pentax K-1000 (gotta love the hand crank...) and plan to keep using it, but usually I stare @ my puter so much that I generally scan shit or project, I'm not a big print person. Not only can I get wonderful instant 1600x1200 gratification, but I can also use my digicam as an 850 dollar light meter for my Pentax;P Of course the digicam still has the same flaws you'd expect in any ccd camera, so I would advise against taking picutes of zebras, etc. No I never plan to abandon film, when I get rich I'll start being a film biggot again, but when you shoot as much film as I like to shoot you better get a second job or start eating nothing but Ramen... (P.S.- If anybody cares I got a Nikon 950, lists for 1k, sells for like 800, got it cuz it will do long exposures/hi-res mostly, cheers)
Yeah, I use GNU-GS and a Canon BJC-610, but I can't get color working... would aladin GS help? B+W works fine with the BJC-600 driver, but there isn't any BJC-610 driver that I've seen...
Yes, SC2 is up there on my list with d00m and privater... can't believe I forgot... I seriously didn't stop playing that game till I had beaten it to death. The universe was so BIG, and it plays nicely on a slow-ass puter thru a sqeaker. AND THE MUSIC RULES!!! I STILL LISTEN TO IT!!!! Probably the best game music EVER!!!
I must admit WC 2 was really cool, but Privater was AWESOME, I mean you had so much more freedom, you could go kill shit whenever you wanted, buy cooler stuff, etc. I did like the WC2 intro tho.. I was so young, I was like "Look, its mouth is moving... AND WORDS ARE COMING OUT!!!! This beats the pants off NINTENDO!!!" Tho D00M still wins in my book all-round.
Don't the organizers realize geeks like computers more than automobiles? I mean, why not give out alphas? Ah well, actually I feel better since I won't be able to win anything, I might as well say "oh, well he just got a harley, not an alpha." Tho for some strange reason I can easily picture Alan Cox on a harley... maybe it's the beard... or the hat... or the sunglasses... nah...
unlike Cyrix for instance... I'm still bitter about a Cyrix 166+ I used to have, unstable buggy mofo. I taught it good tho, I gave it to my parents, thus banishing it to an eternal life of WINDOWS! Hehe, yeah but seriously, buy AMD if you can, Intel is waaay too expensive. Definitely not worth the extra cash. A Celeron might be ok, but unless you need the better quake3 performance, go AMD. I've got a k62-350 on a FIC motherboard, but I think I'd wait for the k6-3 or k-7. The k-7 will apparently use DEC Alpha style motherboards. Besides Intel wants to kill overclocking, we can't have that can we???
I mean in 4 you couldn't change anybody's class or anything and it just sucked out loud, but in FF5 they have this whole skill system where you can build up peoples strengths in different classes, almost as if you were playing as seperate classes, but then you can start building up strengths somewhere else so all in all it's a lot more flexible. I've only tried out the translated ROM, but I heard they re-made it and translated it for PSX or something. Now, I'm not saying that this at all makes FF7 or anything after it any better, but I truly think FF5 is the best in the FF series. And yes, I WOULD pay money for it IF they ported it to LINUX!!! (not an emu that runs in linux mind you, linux itself)
...but thought the plots were always quite, no, REALLY dumb. I must say that you can't do anything in the 'fantasy' genre through Live Action however, and have been waiting for a CGI fantasy for a while. I still think anime is the way to go, however, and think they'd be best NOT trying to make it completely realistic, ya know, make the characters look kinda strange on purpose so people can't say 'that doesn't look real!!!' I mean I'm sure half the posts here are in regards to her skin tone/all that metal shit that looks totally fake. Actually what I think the real problem is that they are spending too much time on the PEOPLE and not enough time on everything else. Then it turns into the same whole problem of doing fantasy with live action where the people and landscape looks real but the magic looks like crap. All in all I wish them luck, however, and hope the magic looks cool cuz I mean those magic effects were some of the only things keeping on until ff6 (No I don't have a PSX).
But I couldn't bring myself to write over the rom already in the old girl... C=64's kick ass, if the entire computing world ever just goes to shit, I must say there is always the C=64 to fall back on.
In recent news today industry leaders were baffled when they realized that the engineers at microsoft were actually developing something. They were developing the most chaotic OS known to man. One MS employee was quoted as saying "Yes, WINDOWS 2K (TM) will be based on such advanced chaos theory that trying to comprehend it will render you insane. So, my advice would be to just sit back and let it do what it does. This is based on years of advanced research, we have found that often people would rather not be working, or maybe they are losing -40 to 50 at quake, so in theory the machine would lock up or 'blue screen' at this point. With the chaotic fators involved, Windows 2K (TM) will be able to calculate just when to crash so as to make your life easier!"
My little bro has a N64 and I tried playing him once @ goldeneye, the problems I forsee: A) No-fun Physics Engine (Can't jump, can't run, can't go off platforms) B) Crappy 4 color Textures C) Too Bright D) Levels are too square (reminds me of Wolf3D) E) Can't control anything with that FSCKING claw of d00m they are marketing as a controller F) No Chainsaw...
Why didn't somebody TELL ME ABOUT THIS
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Now I have a use for that old joystick I've got behind my desk! I've always liked sims and it's been too long since I played one. On a side note they DEFINITELY USED GIMP, I mean they used the supernova and that scriptfu font in the BG. These guys are cool. HOPE FOR THE WORLD!!!
...the playstation has some actual play value under the hood, @ least from what I've seen... flame away if you like, I'm going to sleep. Sleep now there's an interesting subject, the paradise of the weak and the terminally bored... well I'm bored, time to hit the sack...
Hey, sure I like to play all those old console games... but I mean seriously, IMHO it's really about the emulation and the implication that code will never die once emulated. NOT THE GAMES. Connectix is trying to sell to all the kiddies out there who have macs and no PSX, however if the source isn't released what good is it??? Connectix could go under any day now for all we know and then where are we??? Now I didn't think PSEMU was open, so I'm not neccesarily speaking on their behalf either, I'm speaking on behalf of the Free Software/OSS Community. IF I WANT PERFECT GAMES I'LL BUY THE FRIGGIN MACHINE --- If I want EMULATION, GIVE ME THE SOURCE!!!
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If you REALLY want low power look to industrial embedded pc catalogs/websites. Some can be quite expensive, but if size/electricity drain is more important than speed, this could be the thing for you. I would personally stay VERY far away from cyrix though, I had a 6x86 once... it was the most unstable piece of... it's in my parent's basement now running windows ;P If you want x86 I'd say go for an AMD 5x86 133. A company called advantech makes 'biscuit pc's' one version has a 5x86 with built in ethernet, vidcard, ide, serial, is the size of a 3.5" hd and consumes 10 watts. The whole deal goes for under 300 dollars I believe. I was just reading a site a friend referred me to (we're more interested in wearables) called pc104.com. It has links to (you guessed it) anything that involves support for pc104, including a 50mhz(slow) older arm processor pc with built in ehternet/video that runs on 1.5 watts!!! My friend ventured that it would be about the speed of a 486dx33 though, which is unfortunate, but I could run this thing for an hour on a single NiMH AA battery!!! Anyway, not sure this has helped much but best of luck.
It sounds like you got swing 1.1.1, what you really want as far as I can tell is swing 1.0.3 which CONTAINS the jfc 1.1. I could be wrong since I haven't gotten around to compiling yet, but since jMax depends on jdk 1.1.6 minimum, swing 1.0.3 is about the only package that would make sense with that since swing 1.1.1 requires jdk 1.1.8. So I just assumed that when they said jMax required swing 1.1, they meant it required jfc 1.1, hence swing 1.0.3. I hope that was helpful. If somebody else doesn't correct me by the morning when I compile it, I'll post whether it worked or not ;P
Seeing as they don't let you CHANGE ANYTHING!!! Oh well, sorry, I don't post that often but I had to make that outburst.
I've been using an ne2k-pci in many differently configured machines and in many different capacities (stable/devel kernels, ipmasq, you name it). Of course I'm not a networking demigod or anything so you don't have to take my word for it ;P
I have a 950. no mac. no doze. got linux. got gphoto. Just call it a 900s and it works great (although download over a serial port does take a while ;P)
(P.S.- I 'verified' that it worked with www.gphoto.org, but they put me up as verifying a 900s, don't worry the 950 WORKS!!!)
Yeah just came in a couple days ago, it works with gphoto. I mean official support would kick ass, but they have stuck to the 'photo-PC' transfer method so it works with ghpoto.
IMHO video doesn't hold a candle to motion picture film (even super 8). I can almost understand the money aspect in this situation... but I guess I do hold a strong bias in this area, and also how the motion picture industry is completely hooked on avid and how nobody actually 'cuts' film anymore... I think it's quite fun... but I guess if you are working on the latest blockbuster it feels more like a job than fun... oh well...
I guess the main difference I see between digital stills and high quality video is that in a digital still you can mess it up more easily so it conveys a different look/feel than with digital video. It could also be how I associate film with movies, digital stills with computer gfx, and video with TV. I don't own a TV for many reasons, and lack of money is not one of them...
I just got myself a digital camera... and it kicks ass!!! Glass lens, 1600x1200, works with linux, and best of all even though it would appear to be @ least half-automatic always, you can kind of use root permissions to make it do what you want. And that doesn't include a soldering iron... :) I'm a real manual-nut, I've been using an old Pentax K-1000 (gotta love the hand crank...) and plan to keep using it, but usually I stare @ my puter so much that I generally scan shit or project, I'm not a big print person. Not only can I get wonderful instant 1600x1200 gratification, but I can also use my digicam as an 850 dollar light meter for my Pentax ;P Of course the digicam still has the same flaws you'd expect in any ccd camera, so I would advise against taking picutes of zebras, etc. No I never plan to abandon film, when I get rich I'll start being a film biggot again, but when you shoot as much film as I like to shoot you better get a second job or start eating nothing but Ramen...
(P.S.- If anybody cares I got a Nikon 950, lists for 1k, sells for like 800, got it cuz it will do long exposures/hi-res mostly, cheers)
Yeah, I use GNU-GS and a Canon BJC-610, but I can't get color working... would aladin GS help? B+W works fine with the BJC-600 driver, but there isn't any BJC-610 driver that I've seen...
Yes, SC2 is up there on my list with d00m and privater... can't believe I forgot... I seriously didn't stop playing that game till I had beaten it to death. The universe was so BIG, and it plays nicely on a slow-ass puter thru a sqeaker. AND THE MUSIC RULES!!! I STILL LISTEN TO IT!!!! Probably the best game music EVER!!!
I must admit WC 2 was really cool, but Privater was AWESOME, I mean you had so much more freedom, you could go kill shit whenever you wanted, buy cooler stuff, etc. I did like the WC2 intro tho.. I was so young, I was like "Look, its mouth is moving... AND WORDS ARE COMING OUT!!!! This beats the pants off NINTENDO!!!" Tho D00M still wins in my book all-round.
For further elaborations visit my comment on the Feb 9th Wing Commander Article where I psychicly predicted it would suck...
Don't the organizers realize geeks like computers more than automobiles? I mean, why not give out alphas? Ah well, actually I feel better since I won't be able to win anything, I might as well say "oh, well he just got a harley, not an alpha." Tho for some strange reason I can easily picture Alan Cox on a harley... maybe it's the beard... or the hat... or the sunglasses... nah...
In case a bomb is dropped on my house... but they'll probably all survive... ;P
unlike Cyrix for instance... I'm still bitter about a Cyrix 166+ I used to have, unstable buggy mofo. I taught it good tho, I gave it to my parents, thus banishing it to an eternal life of WINDOWS! Hehe, yeah but seriously, buy AMD if you can, Intel is waaay too expensive. Definitely not worth the extra cash. A Celeron might be ok, but unless you need the better quake3 performance, go AMD. I've got a k62-350 on a FIC motherboard, but I think I'd wait for the k6-3 or k-7. The k-7 will apparently use DEC Alpha style motherboards. Besides Intel wants to kill overclocking, we can't have that can we???
Just wanted to say that, but also, Well @ least the source is out... but on the other hand if NES's claims hold true it is STILL illegal I think...
I mean in 4 you couldn't change anybody's class or anything and it just sucked out loud, but in FF5 they have this whole skill system where you can build up peoples strengths in different classes, almost as if you were playing as seperate classes, but then you can start building up strengths somewhere else so all in all it's a lot more flexible. I've only tried out the translated ROM, but I heard they re-made it and translated it for PSX or something. Now, I'm not saying that this at all makes FF7 or anything after it any better, but I truly think FF5 is the best in the FF series. And yes, I WOULD pay money for it IF they ported it to LINUX!!! (not an emu that runs in linux mind you, linux itself)
...but thought the plots were always quite, no, REALLY dumb. I must say that you can't do anything in the 'fantasy' genre through Live Action however, and have been waiting for a CGI fantasy for a while. I still think anime is the way to go, however, and think they'd be best NOT trying to make it completely realistic, ya know, make the characters look kinda strange on purpose so people can't say 'that doesn't look real!!!' I mean I'm sure half the posts here are in regards to her skin tone/all that metal shit that looks totally fake. Actually what I think the real problem is that they are spending too much time on the PEOPLE and not enough time on everything else. Then it turns into the same whole problem of doing fantasy with live action where the people and landscape looks real but the magic looks like crap. All in all I wish them luck, however, and hope the magic looks cool cuz I mean those magic effects were some of the only things keeping on until ff6 (No I don't have a PSX).
But I couldn't bring myself to write over the rom already in the old girl... C=64's kick ass, if the entire computing world ever just goes to shit, I must say there is always the C=64 to fall back on.
In recent news today industry leaders were baffled when they realized that the engineers at microsoft were actually developing something. They were developing the most chaotic OS known to man. One MS employee was quoted as saying "Yes, WINDOWS 2K (TM) will be based on such advanced chaos theory that trying to comprehend it will render you insane. So, my advice would be to just sit back and let it do what it does. This is based on years of advanced research, we have found that often people would rather not be working, or maybe they are losing -40 to 50 at quake, so in theory the machine would lock up or 'blue screen' at this point. With the chaotic fators involved, Windows 2K (TM) will be able to calculate just when to crash so as to make your life easier!"
I must say, I love the way it kind of like drew itself before your eyes. It also seems like it would be REALLY fast on modern hardware.
My little bro has a N64 and I tried playing him once @ goldeneye, the problems I forsee: A) No-fun Physics Engine (Can't jump, can't run, can't go off platforms) B) Crappy 4 color Textures C) Too Bright D) Levels are too square (reminds me of Wolf3D) E) Can't control anything with that FSCKING claw of d00m they are marketing as a controller F) No Chainsaw...
Now I have a use for that old joystick I've got behind my desk! I've always liked sims and it's been too long since I played one.
On a side note they DEFINITELY USED GIMP, I mean they used the supernova and that scriptfu font in the BG. These guys are cool.
HOPE FOR THE WORLD!!!
...the playstation has some actual play value under the hood, @ least from what I've seen... flame away if you like, I'm going to sleep. Sleep now there's an interesting subject, the paradise of the weak and the terminally bored... well I'm bored, time to hit the sack...
Hey, sure I like to play all those old console games... but I mean seriously, IMHO it's really about the emulation and the implication that code will never die once emulated. NOT THE GAMES. Connectix is trying to sell to all the kiddies out there who have macs and no PSX, however if the source isn't released what good is it??? Connectix could go under any day now for all we know and then where are we??? Now I didn't think PSEMU was open, so I'm not neccesarily speaking on their behalf either, I'm speaking on behalf of the Free Software/OSS Community. IF I WANT PERFECT GAMES I'LL BUY THE FRIGGIN MACHINE --- If I want EMULATION, GIVE ME THE SOURCE!!!