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TheAmazingRace

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    Comment #49086192

    Ah. I stand corrected then.

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    Comment #49030887

    The UI found in WorkBench 1.x was designed to be the way it was so that owners could plug their Amigas into television sets of the day and still be able to make out something witho…

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    Comment #49023791

    I'm late to the party with my comment here, but it should probably be said. Experiencing my formative years in the 90s, and having a PC buff for a dad, we periodically paged throug…

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    Comment #48757615

    Also, I’m impressed at some of the up scaling techniques that some players use to help improve the quality of DVD movies. Sure, it’s not native, but it’s certainly not bad looking …

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    Comment #48749508

    Hilariously, DVD production could potentially outlive Blu-Ray discs, since DVDs are still popular enough 30 years later, and surpass the sales of Blu-Ray movies.

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    Comment #48748247

    Honestly, one of my colleagues said it best. "Do you want friends? Or do you want to be right?" Sometimes there really is no glory on those hills you die on.

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    Comment #48737682

    Ross Ulbricht being let go as part of some quid pro quo with crypto-libertarians was certainly a huge miscarriage of justice. He should not be walking free, but alas.

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    Comment #48556483

    I think he was referring to Carmack's note on Burger Becky when she passed away.

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    Comment #48467595

    It doesn't say in the blog post, but will this be released for MS-DOS?

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    Comment #48389535

    Luckily, for gaming purposes in 2026, 32 GB of RAM is perfectly fine for the foreseeable future. I'd only consider 64 GB and up if you're using your system heavily for virtual mach…

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    Comment #48387729

    In my humble opinion, 4K gaming is rather overrated. I find high refresh rates at 1440p to be the sweet spot and you don't have to get a top-end GPU to drive it at ultra settings i…

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    Comment #48343153

    It's amazing how far this emulator has come over the past few years. It runs so well on my Mac Mini M4 Pro system that it has effectively replaced my real 500 MHz Celeron rig for a…

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    Comment #47825311

    So unlike some folks, I’m still very much reliant on $DAYJOB for the majority of my income. But I managed to carve out a niche in an unexpected place. OS/2 consulting It all starte…

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    Comment #47721828

    Apples to apples? More like Windows to Windows. LOL

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    Comment #47721803

    Wouldn't the DX2 be 66 MHz? Or did you intentionally run it at 33 MHz?

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    Comment #47719323

    It didn't help that the earliest P5 Pentiums ran on a 5V rail. Newer revisions starting with the P54 core used 3.3V and helped with keeping the chips cool.

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    Comment #47606818

    Well and the earliest versions of Windows 95 used FAT16 (specifically VFAT for support for LFNs or long file names). So enjoy those ridiculous cluster sizes if your hard disk even …

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    Comment #47505996

    I wholeheartedly agree. Presto was very lightweight and, to my knowledge, exceptionally standards compliant as well. I think the last version of the Presto engine did have a source…

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    Comment #47429701

    I get the love for Macbook trackpads, but Lenovo really nailed it with the ThinkPad trackpoint and glass trackpad combo, especially on more recent models.

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    Comment #47342009

    I know Lenovo has their issues, but out of all the non-Apple laptop companies, they are by far the best out there. And to their credit, they do try to listen to customer feedback. …

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    Comment #47079155

    Dapper Drake? Man that takes me WAY back.

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    Comment #47078605

    This is incredibly helpful! Thanks!

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    Comment #46967189

    Thank you! I didn't see this when I was first looking into it.

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    Comment #46964647

    Hi tabbott. Thanks kindly for offering to answer questions. :) I signed up on your site just a bit ago, but I'm a bit concerned with the paid upgrade. Unlike Discord, I need to pay…