Wednesday, 8 August 2007
Sunday, 5 August 2007
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| WC: Need help getting the SM expansions DocScorpio 06:48:12 |
| | All this fooling around with Privateer Remake and Privateer Gemini Gold
reawakened an interest in Wing Commander.....so I thought I'd replay the
original games.
Well, Kilrathi Saga doesn't really work all that well on XP and I wanted the
original experience anyway so I got out my original DOS versions to play
them via DosBox.
No problem with WC2 and its expansions because I'd backed them up on 3.5
diskettes.....which were still good after 15 years!
Unfortunately, for whatever reason, I can only find my original 5.25
diskettes for the first Wing Commander and Special Missions and Special
Missions 2. Here's the rub: my last 5.25 drive died just as I was starting
to transfer the data.
Fortunately, I had another copy of Wing Commander on an old Origin gamepack
CD, so I was able to install that one. Unfortunately, I have no other
copies of the two expansions. The local PC shop wants $99 to try to copy
over the 2 megs of data from the Special Missions diskettes (using a 5.25
drive on one their pc's). If the diskettes turn out to be unreadable, too
bad.
I've searched the web and, while you can download the original Wing
Commander from several places, the DOS Special Missions and Special Missions
2 expansions are not to be found anywhere.
Does anyone know of a source for these two expansions? Any info will be
greatly appreciated and will make an old gamer happy.
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| Desktop Wallpaper - "F-15C Aggressor". T. & D. Gregor 04:05:11 |
| | Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Wallpaper of the month - August, 2007
Desktop Wallpaper - "F-15C Aggressor".
http://www.scenery.org/screen.htm#Wallpaper
An F-15C Aggressor from the 65th Aggressor
Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., flies
over a mountain range on a refueling mission at
Red Flag-Alaska July 25. Red Flag-Alaska enables
aviation units to sharpen their combat skills by
flying simulated combat sorties in a realistic
threat environment. More than 80 aircraft and
1,500 servicemembers from six countries
participated in the exercise that ended July 27.
(U.S.Air Force photo/Capt. Tana)
Complete installation instructions are provided.
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Semper Fi
Tom Gregor, Sr.
Webmaster
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| Re: Glasgow vs American ways of dealing with this groups favourite subject Gladiator 03:04:40 |
| | Haha...hilarious. Where's the real PoopyDuck anyway? We need a good
slagging match in here seeing as there are no new flightsims worth
discussing.
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Saturday, 4 August 2007
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| EECH2 Nats 22:26:56 |
| | Just got the new Enemy Engaged Commanche Hokum 2 game - looks really
promising. I love the dynamic campaign. And news on them using this for a
plane sim or a tank sim at all?
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Regards
Nats
"It's life Jim, but not as we know it"
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| Re: Space Force - Rogue Universe Bret Ripley 11:13:00 |
| | On 4 May 2007 11:05:13 -0700, Spankstinator <kahuna12@h*tm**l.c*m> wrote:
Hello, Anybody here have anything more than the fanboi stuff on the publisher's website? Looks like it may be an updated Privateer. Thanks, The Spankstinator
First: I must congratulate you on your fortitude. I refer of course to
your e-mail address. I surely would have despaired after finding that
"kahuna", "kahuna1", and "kahuna2" had been already been taken. But not
you -- you persevered all the way up to "kahuna12". Bra-vo, I say. You
aren't by chance on the Elite IV development team, are you?
Second: This froup is dead. Dead, dead, dead. It's even in the FAQ. If I
could pry the FAQ out of Shingen's cold, mostly dead fingers I would quote
you chapter and verse. Anyway, it's the last question in the FAQ. It
says, "Is this froup dead?" Appropriately enough, no one has bothered to
supply an answer.
Third: Never heard of Space Force - Rogue Universe until now. At the risk
of starting an actual discussion, what do you know about it? Apparently
it's a sequel -- did the first game show any promise? Most importantly, is
the developer a narcissistic git worthy of inspiring a flamewar or two?
Thanks,
Bret
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Thursday, 2 August 2007
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| Re: quad cpu over core2, worthwhile for fsx? Gladiator 18:24:21 |
| | On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 00:22:49 -0700, raamman@gmail.com wrote:
Howdy, I am serriously considering preordering the new qx6850 quad specifically to boost my fsx experience, there are a few reviews and comparision tests out there but not with fsx as the benchmark soft ware. So I am curious, is it worth going from my e6700 to the qx6850 ? would the 2 extra cores provide a significant standard of performance or would it be barely noticible ? note i have compatible motherboard and ddr2 mem. TIA
Go to HardOCP Intel CPU forum and there is a lengthy discussion about
which cpu is best to get. For my money I am going for E6850 as I don't
care much about upcoming games, more interested in how existing games
perform. Bang for buck in that scenario is E6850. Can FSX use 4 cores?
Each core has to have seperate threads coded for it. I don't know if
FSX has that capability.
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Wednesday, 1 August 2007
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| Nige's announcement Rpg 12:23:20 |
| | Hi all,
Nige hasn't posted here for a while, but regulars might be pleased to
know that he's become a father:
http://web.mac.com/nigeleastmond/iWeb/Right%20brain/Updates/Updates.html
--
Richard P. Grant 0x5F9559B1 RG Design
rpgrant at netspace.net.au http://www.rg-d.com/BioLOG/
I was really hoping that this book would be better than Sorcerer's Stone.
Unfortunately, it's even worse. - Russ Allbery, on 'Chamber of Secrets'
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Monday, 30 July 2007
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| IL-2 1946 Questions Brh 12:45:15 |
| | I just bought "IL2 1946 - The Signature Collection" at Best Buy and
wonder whether I'm missing something.
The only thing in the box were two DVD's. The box says that the "bonus"
DVD contains 4 previous IL-2 games - Sturmovik; Forgotten Battles;
Pacific Fighters and Ace Expansion Pack. Only Disc 1 installs any
software. The second disk is a DVD with a bunch of JPGs and some video.
After instaling the software from Disc 1, the title screen shows the
names of all 4 games mentioned above, but there's no way to select
between them. The only documentation on eithe disc is for Pacific Fighters.
Should there really be 4 separate games, or have they all been combined
into one large consolidated game? Should I have more than just 2 DVD's?
Thanks!
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| OT-African tribalism and superstition not my fault.... Carl 10:40:17 |
| | Europeans can't be held responsible for all the woes in Africa. It'll be
interesting to see what a state the continent gets into if this current
trend of fanatical Muslim regimes spreads to more regions. All those
countries were given independence, and thanks to corrupt governments, are
worse off now than they were under colonial rule. They need to have unified
governments, then things like national power and sewage and transport
networks can be attempted. I agree that, to some extent, the western world
owes no further allegiance or debt, nor a moral debt of conscience to
ex-colonies. Zimbabwe is a smashing example of a once productive economy
that's been destroyed by a corrupt regime. I do not think that countries
such as the UK should send aid either, when our own country has massive
problems. Fix your own country first, then look to help others.
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| Re: The most awesome gadget for flight sims! Rob 10:29:13 |
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"Bob Loblaw" wrote
Also: If this is highly configurable, i'll probably snag one. Yet another gadget for those with more dollars than sense
With the amont of money some PC simmers spend on thier PCs, hardware,
cockpits etc I often think they could have afforded to go out and get a PPL
or a little race car
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Saturday, 28 July 2007
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| Re: Good Video Card For Modest Machine? Lyle Lanley 19:52:16 |
| | Deys all pretty much good now.
"Larry Lindstrom" <nobody@aracnet.com> wrote in message
news:i4mdnRTKtvNQNuPbnZ2dnUVZ_qvinZ2d@comcast.com...
Hi Folks: I have an old P3/600 with a Voodoo video card. I think it's a 5500 something or other, top of the line card when I got it years ago. But, as you know, 3DFX is long gone and the drivers are third party. They work OK. I lost a drive and need to re-install Win 2000 and a new version of Solaris, so perhaps this would be a good time to look at a newer video card. This isn't my gaming machine, but if someone comes over to the house, it might be nice to fire this up for some multi player. I would like to get a card that would make it the best gaming machine it can be, and I'm thinking some of the cards that shoulder the burden of Direct X and OpenGL could breath a little more life into the old dog. These have been out a few years, and I'm thinking yesterdays bleeding edge are probably affordable now. What would you recommend? Thanks Larry
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| Re: Dogfights on History Channel Lyle Lanley 19:50:23 |
| | Ohh sure...its on youtube. Just look up DF on HC.
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| African tribalism and superstition not my fault.... Mitch__A 19:46:31 |
| | Irvine, CA--Two years ago the G-8 pledged $50 billion more in aid for
Africa, but that promise, aid advocates charge, has been broken. They claim
that several countries failed to ramp up aid, that last year donations from
some countries actually declined--and that the world's richest countries
must give far more.
Nations accused of giving too little say that they wrote-off millions in
African debts, which they say should be counted as aid. And, perhaps to
preempt criticism, President Bush last week announced plans to spend $30
billion to fight AIDS in Africa--doubling America's current commitment.
"But instead of disputing how aid is measured or guiltily promising billions
more, the G-8 should repudiate the alleged moral duty to selflessly serve
the world's poor," said Elan Journo, junior fellow at the Ayn Rand
Institute.
"We have no moral duty to sacrifice for the poor. Those who earn their
prosperity by production and trade have a moral right to every penny of
their riches. The notion that the richest nations must serve the 'needy' is
based on the vicious moral code of altruism.
"Altruism holds that one's highest moral duty is to selflessly serve
others--and thus that the world's 'haves' must sacrifice for the sake of its
'have-nots.' The productive, on this abhorrent view, have no moral right to
pursue their own interests and keep their wealth; their only justification
for existing is to serve the needy. Thus the world's richest nations must
atone for their prosperity by sacrificing for the sake of those who lack, or
don't care to earn, values.
"Africa is poor because it is rife with bloody tribalism and
superstition--ideas that in the Dark Ages kept the Western world as poor, if
not poorer, than today's Africa. If aid advocates were genuinely concerned
with helping Africans, they would campaign for political and economic
freedom, for individualism, reason and capitalism, for the ideas necessary
to achieve prosperity.
"Instead, advocates barrage wealthy nations with reproaches and accusations
of stinginess. Such abuse is necessary to induce the unearned guilt which
impels Western leaders to do penance by sacrificing billions more in aid.
While posturing as humanitarians, aid advocates are unmoved by the financial
burdens imposed on productive individuals in donor countries who are bled
dry to pay for foreign aid.
"It is past time that we repudiated the perverse bandwagon for aid to
Africa. We should reject the corrupt moral principle that demands
self-sacrifice--and proudly assert our unconditional right to our lives and
to our wealth."
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Friday, 27 July 2007
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| Rowans Battle of Britain for sale Nats 09:41:45 |
| | Hi Im selling the original Rowans Battle of Britain game on Ebay in case
anyone is interested:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=230155799086&ssPageName=STRK:MESE:IT&ih=013
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Regards
Nats
"It's life Jim, but not as we know it"
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Thursday, 26 July 2007
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| The "Flying" Camel Jockeys redux Mitch___A 21:10:12 |
| | http://www.motionbox.com/video/player/1f9fd9b41e1fe692?segment_end=5.936&iid=shothpub&segment_begin=0#1
The brothers of the American Liberal take in a lesson of flight dynamics.
The takeoffs went ok but the landings were pretty rough.......
WE WILL WIN!
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Sunday, 22 July 2007
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| Dhimicrats gain 20-40 million+ new voters Mitcha 23:24:17 |
| | Thanks to the Democraps illegal aliens can now vote for dhimmicrats
unrestricted during the upcoming election. The Senate Democrats UNANAMOUSLY
voted against the bill that would require photo Identification to vote.
This clearly shows exactly what the Corruptacrats are up to. They know they
haven't any chance in any American election if they don't get this vote.
Woman, minorities and now illegal's. The brain trust of America...
Sheeeeesh....
Perhaps the 14% approval rating isn't low enough for tag team of Pelosi and
Reid.
The American Revolution 2 is coming and Dhimmicrats and the morons that
elected them had better be very worried.....
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Saturday, 21 July 2007
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| Where do you go to fly online these days? Papadoc 16:34:52 |
| | Well
And what is everyone flying?
PAPADOC
My Blog all about politics and the terror war.
www.papadoc.net/PinkFlamingoBar.html
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| FA18-OIF and logitech Force feedback Joystick Zephrane 11:37:23 |
| | hi,
I have problems with this game and this joystick assigning keys to the
buttons. especially the main trigger of the stick produces a game pause
(like the escape key), no way to assign the enter key (main shoot key).
This joystick use to work fine in F18 Korea (OS 9 at that time). I've
dowloaded the most recent patch of the program supposed to correct
joystick problems.
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