[geeks] RE: [geeks] Re: [geeks] Re: [geeks] T H E b r i Q

[Ken Hansen]

Amazingly, all the games I like are processor speed-independent - I =
like games like the old arcade games (Asteroids, Pac-Man, etc.)...

While I like Doom/First Person shooting games, I have never really =
gotten too-obsessed with them - more I marvel at the graphics and then =
exit the program...

I guess becuase I started gaming with an Atari 800, my idea of a game =
has been stunted... Oh lord, I just remembered my friend that got one =
of the first video games for home TVs - you basicly had custom chips =
that allowed you to play PONG in B&W, and then there were colored =
transparencies that you taped to your screen to simulate various forms =
of PONG...

Gawd, what we thought was cool in the early '70s...

Now, munching SETI at Home packets, that has me on a trillion GHz PC =
quest... ;^)

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Nicewonger [mailto:twmaster at twmaster.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 4:53 PM
To: geeks at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [geeks] Re: [geeks] Re: [geeks] T H E=A0=A0b r i Q



> But seriously...I don't forsee much in the way of development of =
cards
> like that.  Since 99.5% of the high-performance video hardware is =
driven
> by the PC Gaming industry and they're all latched onto the AGP
> interface...I think those of us with real hardware are pretty much
> screwed unless we want to buy the one or two proprietary and most =
likely
> quite expensive 64-Bit PCI/66 cards that do get developed.
>=20
I am so glad I am not hooked on games. While I like this PeeCee Linux =
box I am
using as a desktop presently, I have no need for the 5 trillion Mhz =
monster AGP
silliness.

If I wanna get fancy on the desktop I'll fire up my I^2

-Mike N
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