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Thanks muchly, Brad! :D Kudos. :) 2,261 Views / 20 Replies  
Thanks muchly, Brad! :D Kudos. :)
Posted by Forte, on Feb 24, 2005 at 07:23 AM, in Gaming
0.87b is the latest release, correct? 2,261 Views / 20 Replies  
0.87b is the latest release, correct?
Posted by Forte, on Feb 23, 2005 at 10:36 AM, in Gaming
It does? How come it can't see my PSX controller... 2,261 Views / 20 Replies  
It does? How come it can't see my PSX controller plugged into a (HID-compliant) SmartJoy adapter? ;_;

I love MacMAME to bits, but I don't know what's happening to stop the controller from working...
Posted by Forte, on Feb 22, 2005 at 06:18 PM, in Gaming
Re: Just ordered the iBook, some newbie questions ... 845 Views / 10 Replies  
I use Neolithic Office for Java (more commonly known as 'NeoOffice/J'), personally. It's OpenOffice.org (not the same as OpenOffice, hence the added '.org'), but not X11-based. I find it quite...
Posted by Forte, on Feb 16, 2005 at 12:18 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I didn't even so much as notice it 'til I saw... 663 Views / 4 Replies  
I didn't even so much as notice it 'til I saw this thread. Ah well - it doesn't affect anything. *shrug*
Posted by Forte, on Feb 16, 2005 at 12:12 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Actually, it's more that Apple's UK and Ireland... 1,669 Views / 28 Replies  
Actually, it's more that Apple's UK and Ireland service really isn't very good at all, for the most part.
My little story is not entirely related, except that it's to do with their customer service...
Posted by Forte, on Feb 14, 2005 at 08:21 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Poll: Mozilla. How come Firefox got an option, but the... 1,727 Views / 29 Replies  
Mozilla. How come Firefox got an option, but the browser that spawned it's existence didn't? ;_;

Of course, I jest, but still. The Mozilla Suite, for me. ^^;
Posted by Forte, on Feb 13, 2005 at 09:03 PM, in Applications
And if you read the post you replied to, you'll... 4,953 Views / 65 Replies  
And if you read the post you replied to, you'll see that an apparent claim was made (it might not be at all, but the wording certainly makes it look like it is) that nVidia bought up the product of...
Posted by Forte, on Feb 13, 2005 at 07:17 PM, in Gaming
What do you expect from a game that is several... 1,648 Views / 24 Replies  
What do you expect from a game that is several years older than either of those, pray tell? ;)
Posted by Forte, on Feb 12, 2005 at 09:16 PM, in Gaming
I've experienced something sort of similar to... 672 Views / 5 Replies  
I've experienced something sort of similar to this specific thing three times since I applied the 10.3.7 update. The desktop background, time, flag, battery, etc., all appeared, but the white bar at...
Posted by Forte, on Feb 11, 2005 at 02:34 PM, in macOS
Well, I'm a Brit, I bought an iBook (G4, 933MHz)... 976 Views / 11 Replies  
Well, I'm a Brit, I bought an iBook (G4, 933MHz) just before the speed-bump last April, and VLC seems to work fine for viewing DVDs from different regions for me (mostly region 1 and region 2). The...
Posted by Forte, on Feb 8, 2005 at 11:41 AM, in Applications
Doing it multiple times is more than enough to... 1,905 Views / 41 Replies  
Doing it multiple times is more than enough to inconvenience and lose them paying customers, though.


This is true, but at least with games that don't need authenticating via the internet every...
Posted by Forte, on Feb 4, 2005 at 05:12 PM, in Gaming
Re: Re: Get me off windows! 1,839 Views / 26 Replies  
You could probably use Audacity, at least for the recording and editing parts, AFAIK.
Posted by Forte, on Feb 3, 2005 at 10:46 PM, in Applications
I'm waiting for a new release, too - there's a... 4,953 Views / 65 Replies  
I'm waiting for a new release, too - there's a couple of games I've tried since that don't quite run right. Overall, I'm very impressed, though.

I've been submitting stuff to the compatibility...
Posted by Forte, on Feb 3, 2005 at 10:41 PM, in Gaming
Except Steam was down for a long time last week,... 1,905 Views / 41 Replies  
Except Steam was down for a long time last week, and people couldn't even play games they'd purchased in their respective offline modes. That smacks of absolute uselessness, to me. And then there was...
Posted by Forte, on Feb 3, 2005 at 10:40 PM, in Gaming
Re: Get me off windows! 1,839 Views / 26 Replies  
I can answer one or two of these;


Audacity is actually cross-platform, and an OS X version exists. ;) I'm sure you know where to go to get it, since you've obviously used the Windows version...
Posted by Forte, on Feb 2, 2005 at 12:15 PM, in Applications
I've gotten that once. Then I realised my Energy... 525 Views / 3 Replies  
I've gotten that once. Then I realised my Energy Saver settings were optimised for plugged-in use, and changed them accordingly when I was away from a power outlet. Haven't seen it since. ^^;
Posted by Forte, on Jan 27, 2005 at 02:49 AM, in Mac Notebooks
I think what you mean to say is: "Consoles don't... 1,905 Views / 41 Replies  
I think what you mean to say is: "Consoles don't have the cheek to require keeping the disc in the drive in addition to eating up anything from 1GB or more of your hard drive space and never actually...
Posted by Forte, on Jan 22, 2005 at 09:44 PM, in Gaming
*nods* Same issue with the UK layout ones, too.... 848 Views / 6 Replies  
*nods* Same issue with the UK layout ones, too. It's the one thing I had trouble adjusting to. XD
Posted by Forte, on Jan 16, 2005 at 03:15 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Heheh, yeah, but my XP system hasn't got any... 1,373 Views / 23 Replies  
Heheh, yeah, but my XP system hasn't got any spyware on it, so your assumption is what's unfair. :P (I remove entrenched malware for other people, just in case I didn't make that clear before. ;P)
...
Posted by Forte, on Jan 16, 2005 at 03:12 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Aye, quite true. I've seen that a lot whilst... 1,373 Views / 23 Replies  
Aye, quite true. I've seen that a lot whilst doing removals of entrenched malware and suchlike. But now I'm getting kind of off-topic. Excuse me. ^^;;
Posted by Forte, on Jan 15, 2005 at 03:52 AM, in Mac Notebooks
Actually, US iBook keyboards are different again... 848 Views / 6 Replies  
Actually, US iBook keyboards are different again from the ones we get. O_o;;
A friend of mine from the US had to get his iBook's keyboard replaced during a trip to London, and ended up with a layout...
Posted by Forte, on Jan 15, 2005 at 03:40 AM, in Mac Notebooks
It's not unusual, though, and it's hardly an... 1,373 Views / 23 Replies  
It's not unusual, though, and it's hardly an isolated case - I hear about this a lot.

I've experienced it myself personally, too. I switched from a Samsung V25 with a 2.4GHz Pentium 4 - and my...
Posted by Forte, on Jan 14, 2005 at 07:15 PM, in Mac Notebooks
I'm not sure there really is a way to do so... ... 848 Views / 6 Replies  
I'm not sure there really is a way to do so...

However, it is cleanable with Flash Erasers (same company as the cleaning-fluid 'Flash'), which are the UK and Ireland equivalent to the 'Mr. Clean...
Posted by Forte, on Jan 14, 2005 at 07:10 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Aye. There's now a download for "M1A1" (a... 763 Views / 6 Replies  
Aye. There's now a download for "M1A1" (a conversion of Marathon that will work with Aleph One) on the Trilogy Release page linked in the parent post, too.
Posted by Forte, on Jan 13, 2005 at 09:23 PM, in Applications
Ahh, I didn't know that. Thanks. :) 4,953 Views / 65 Replies  
Ahh, I didn't know that. Thanks. :)
Posted by Forte, on Jan 8, 2005 at 02:58 PM, in Gaming
I had enough time to try out six games with PCSX... 4,953 Views / 65 Replies  
I had enough time to try out six games with PCSX today;

Rockman 8
Mega Man X4
Croc: Legend of the Gobbos
Croc 2
Klonoa - Door to Phantomile
MegaMan Legends 2

Three of them (Rockman 8, Mega...
Posted by Forte, on Jan 7, 2005 at 10:53 PM, in Gaming
Time to root through my CD case for Rockman 8,... 4,953 Views / 65 Replies  
Time to root through my CD case for Rockman 8, Klonoa, MegaMan Legends, and Metal Gear Solid, methinks... ^__^ I'll report back when I've had time to test them. :D
Posted by Forte, on Jan 4, 2005 at 02:55 AM, in Gaming
On my iBook G4 (933MHz, 640MB RAM), I run the... 1,118 Views / 12 Replies  
On my iBook G4 (933MHz, 640MB RAM), I run the game at 640x480, windowed (I prefer playing it in a window for some reason), with medium-detail models, no shaders, particles on medium, lens flares off,...
Posted by Forte, on Dec 23, 2004 at 11:47 AM, in Gaming
That's all well and good, but you've been given... 1,308 Views / 32 Replies  
That's all well and good, but you've been given good advice on how to secure things, and are then saying "but come on..." to it. ;)


Think of it this way - Someone is using your bandwidth to do...
Posted by Forte, on Dec 20, 2004 at 11:27 AM, in Networking
They're Windows games, not DOS ones (I think I... 971 Views / 5 Replies  
They're Windows games, not DOS ones (I think I mentioned that already ;) ). I already use (and love) DOSBox for playing DOS stuff. ^^;
Posted by Forte, on Dec 18, 2004 at 08:19 PM, in Gaming
So, I just dug up some old Windows games... 971 Views / 5 Replies  
... Circa 1996/1997. 2D titles, nothing overly fancy. I also found an old Windows 95 disc I've had lying around for just as long.

It's a really really stupid question, I know, but I haven't really...
Posted by Forte, on Dec 17, 2004 at 02:53 PM, in Gaming
I can only really provide an answer to #2, and... 1,101 Views / 13 Replies  
I can only really provide an answer to #2, and that is: IME, whether or not a game has a windowed mode or not seems to depend on the game. A great many seem to, though.
Posted by Forte, on Dec 14, 2004 at 01:27 PM, in Gaming
How many times has it been fixed already? IIRC,... 797 Views / 4 Replies  
How many times has it been fixed already? IIRC, after a certain number, you may be entitled to ask for a working replacement (most stories I've heard of this tend to end up with folks getting a brand...
Posted by Forte, on Dec 14, 2004 at 01:22 PM, in Mac Notebooks
It depends what you define as "acceptably well".... 792 Views / 13 Replies  
It depends what you define as "acceptably well". I find it to run perfectly acceptably on my 933MHz iBook G4 (with 640MB RAM), with several settings adjusted to my liking, but others may not find...
Posted by Forte, on Dec 11, 2004 at 09:16 PM, in Gaming
Why would it be unsafe to have an iBook... 1,890 Views / 30 Replies  
Why would it be unsafe to have an iBook displaying different images on it's internal screen to what it's displaying on an external one? O_o;

The general concensus is that the feature is disabled...
Posted by Forte, on Dec 8, 2004 at 08:49 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Ah. Weird. O_o; Of all words to censor... Someone... 1,519 Views / 22 Replies  
Ah. Weird. O_o; Of all words to censor... Someone else told me that it's a bit inconsistent, and doesn't censor 'bitch' and suchlike, incidentally.
Posted by Forte, on Dec 4, 2004 at 12:11 AM, in Applications
What the? XD Does this apply to iTMS, or to... 1,519 Views / 22 Replies  
What the? XD

Does this apply to iTMS, or to tunes used in the app itself? O_o;
Posted by Forte, on Dec 3, 2004 at 11:20 PM, in Applications
There's a hack that will enable that feature on... 1,890 Views / 30 Replies  
There's a hack that will enable that feature on iBooks. If you search for "spanning hack" on the forums, you'll find some info about it. ;)
Posted by Forte, on Dec 3, 2004 at 01:10 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Three if you enjoy having the computer speak... 1,999 Views / 42 Replies  
Three if you enjoy having the computer speak curse-words and web-slang! :D
Posted by Forte, on Dec 1, 2004 at 01:48 PM, in Applications
I thought that option was set in Firefox's... 678 Views / 3 Replies  
I thought that option was set in Firefox's preferences?
Posted by Forte, on Dec 1, 2004 at 02:11 AM, in Applications
Apostrophes can also represent "missing" letters... 998 Views / 8 Replies  
Apostrophes can also represent "missing" letters in a contracted word, such as "Doesn't" being a contraction of "Does not", for example. In this case, the missing letters are the majority of the...
Posted by Forte, on Nov 30, 2004 at 11:12 PM, in GUI Customization
Re: Want an ibook... several questions for a Windoze user. 970 Views / 10 Replies  
Well, I can't much help with the rest, but I can sort of answer this one;

Here in the UK, Apple's business centres simply sell Kingston RAM for use in their laptops, and it works fine. iBooks just...
Posted by Forte, on Nov 29, 2004 at 12:40 PM, in Mac Notebooks
They're free, yup. You can find them here; ... 1,348 Views / 21 Replies  
They're free, yup. You can find them here;
Mozilla (http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/)
Mozilla Firefox (http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/)

HTH. :)
Posted by Forte, on Nov 18, 2004 at 10:37 PM, in Applications
Re: Half-Life 2 3,940 Views / 62 Replies  
*shrug* I'd have to say that games like Half-Life never appealed to me as a Windows user, either. Why is it such a big deal, anyway? (For the record, I didn't find the original particularly...
Posted by Forte, on Nov 15, 2004 at 11:51 PM, in Gaming
I haven't yet tried the OS X version, but I had... 728 Views / 2 Replies  
I haven't yet tried the OS X version, but I had previously tried it on my Windows machine, and found it to be pretty damn useful. The only problem is that some games aren't supported yet. That said,...
Posted by Forte, on Nov 15, 2004 at 10:49 PM, in Gaming
I agree that 5 is more realistic, but I was... 1,080 Views / 18 Replies  
I agree that 5 is more realistic, but I was simply quoting the 'average' number minutes that the reports/research out there have given. ;)

I figured it'd be more accurate just to quote said...
Posted by Forte, on Nov 15, 2004 at 08:50 PM, in Applications
Well, if it's backwards-compatible with viruses... 1,080 Views / 18 Replies  
Well, if it's backwards-compatible with viruses for existing versions of Windows, approximately 16 minutes after connecting it to the internet without protection. ;P
Posted by Forte, on Nov 15, 2004 at 01:23 AM, in Applications
Another solution is to use a can of compressed... 1,129 Views / 15 Replies  
Another solution is to use a can of compressed air.
Posted by Forte, on Nov 9, 2004 at 09:56 PM, in Mac Notebooks
Hmmn... Not so sure about what to say, but how... 574 Views / 4 Replies  
Hmmn... Not so sure about what to say, but how about unplugging the Mac to prove that the problems still go on regardless? (That is, assuming the problems on the Windows machine are continually...
Posted by Forte, on Nov 6, 2004 at 11:32 PM, in Networking
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