[Jimmy]

[Lunick]

I really did lol when I saw that picture yesterday.

[Danukem]

A huge lightning bolt struck next to my house on Saturday night, damaging two desktop computers and my router. No stores were open the next day (Easter) and it has taken me this long, after several mishaps and misdiagnoses, to be able to connect to the internet again from home. And yes, I had surge protectors, but they obviously weren't good enough...the amount of electricity from a lightning bolt is enormous.

[Person of Color]

You need a lightning arrester for that.

[Jeff]

Haven't been around much. Been doing other stuff.

[Lunick]

I missed seeing your regular posts Jeff

[Jeff]

Should probably post here more often. People were probably wondering if something happened to me.

[High Treason]

A new motherboard is on it's way, along with an SBPro 2...

Anyone got an LMSI CD-ROM Drive they wanna sell?

I've never actually built my own 386 before, but my first PC was a 386(Am386SX-25), it's going to be jelous of this thing. Kinda weird really , considering I've built a 286 and several 486's over the years. I'm going to try and eat my spare parts inventory on this as much as I can and avoid getting new parts. I also hope Atari ST 30-Pin SIMM works in this because they are all I can get at a reasonable price, I believe them to be the same. I have some SIMM in my inventory but I believe it is defective as the 486 it came out of used to crash a lot before it was upgraded to EDO.

Not sure what video card I want for this, I ran out of ISA ones a while back, it'll be VGA though, I don't see a point in messing with EGA or CGA as I can run these fine on a VGA card and have it work with my gear out of the box (or static bag it shipped in) - probably get my hands on a big Everex or something overkill like that, my 286 runs one so it's bound to work on this.

It's going to be fun comparing a DX-33 with Math Co-Processor against the SX-25 alone, probably more fun comparing it with the 80286 (6MHz) also without coprocessor.

[Kathy]

Jeff, on 02 April 2013 - 10:26 PM, said:

Should probably post here more often. People were probably wondering if something happened to me.

I figured you've decided these forums were unredeemable and left.

[Person of Color]

386? Yuck. Boring.

I have an AMD 5x86 overclocked to 160MHz. That thing hauls. It's a 486 with double the L1 cache. Itn can run Quake if you set the window size down a bit.

[Jeff]

Cathy, on 03 April 2013 - 06:07 AM, said:

I figured you've decided these forums were unredeemable and left.

I haven't harbored any ill feelings towards anyone here. Guess I just busy with other stuff like I said.

[Ronin]

Trooper Dan, on 02 April 2013 - 08:49 PM, said:

A huge lightning bolt struck next to my house on Saturday night, damaging two desktop computers and my router. No stores were open the next day (Easter) and it has taken me this long, after several mishaps and misdiagnoses, to be able to connect to the internet again from home. And yes, I had surge protectors, but they obviously weren't good enough...the amount of electricity from a lightning bolt is enormous.

Was this lightning blue by any chance? I have seen what that stuff does to threads so I can only imagine the destruction it would reap on a computer and router, you are lucky if you still have a roof.

[Fox]

[Mikko]

This March was the coldest in 30 years or something. It's April so it's supposed to be spring but the snow cover has barely moved, apart from the trees (view from my window):

[Ronin]

Same in Ireland, just not as much snow but still some. It's not at all normal, the past few years we have been having unusual weather.

[High Treason]

(Insert global warming conspiracy here)

[Forge]

Ronan, on 03 April 2013 - 09:27 AM, said:

Was this lightning blue by any chance? I have seen what that stuff does to threads so I can only imagine the destruction it would reap on a computer and router, you are lucky if you still have a roof.

poor guy. his favorite thread got locked and now he's lost. hasn't posted a word since

[Hank]

High Treason, on 03 April 2013 - 03:59 PM, said:

(Insert global warming conspiracy here)

Tell the conspirators to send global warming to Canada! I would love to be able to have a beer tonight, outdoors, before it fucking freezes solid.

[Master Fibbles]

Global Warming is a misnomer. Global Climate Change would be better. Of course, while we're on it, we should consider that the Earth has been due for an Ice Age for a few centuries now...

[Hank]

Mr.Flibble, on 03 April 2013 - 08:22 PM, said:

Global Warming is a misnomer. Global Climate Change would be better. Of course, while we're on it, we should consider that the Earth has been due for an Ice Age for a few centuries now...

Yeah, but global climate change would be too complex. It implies not knowing exactly what the weather will be in 100 years, come to think of it, tomorrow

[High Treason]

I'm with Mr.Flibble here, the name is misleading... Having said that, the media seem to prefer just "Climate Change" these days.

It's not that I don't believe in it, I just don't think there's anything that can be done to stop it; I used to be a right environmentalist in my teenage years, but after some research you soon learn that the earth has a natural cycle that can not be prevented.

Rather worryingly, power cuts have started in my area now and it gets very cold. I have a feeling that I might be investing in a kerosene heater in the near future as I'm frightened of gas and don't have a supply to my house.

[Lunick]

http://www.4degreez....inferno-test.mv

This was actually rather fun.

[High Treason]

Yeah, but what did you get?

It was quite fun, I ended up on Level 5 with an Extreme score... Apparently the river styx runs through there, I don't like rivers, I can't swim, so I think I will sin even more so I don't have to be near that.

[Lunick]

I got level 6. Was expecting better to be honest.

[Micky C]

I also got level 6. I've heard that there is no mention of hell in the bible. Can someone like Mr Flibble verify that?

[Lunick]

I don't want to turn this into a religion topic Micky, I just thought it was a bit of fun

[Micky C]

This is the post thread, it's the Everything topic
I didn't want to have a religious debate, just settle a common myth.

[Mikko]

Trooper Mick, on 03 April 2013 - 10:59 PM, said:

I also got level 6. I've heard that there is no mention of hell in the bible. Can someone like Mr Flibble verify that?

Here's at least one you should be familiar with: http://bible.cc/revelation/6-8.htm

There are many other references.

[Alan]

Lunick, on 03 April 2013 - 09:19 PM, said:

http://www.4degreez....inferno-test.mv

This was actually rather fun.

Dante's Inferno Test said:

First Level of Hell - Limbo

Charon ushers you across the river Acheron, and you find yourself upon the brink of grief's abysmal valley. You are in Limbo, a place of sorrow without torment. You encounter a seven-walled castle, and within those walls you find rolling fresh meadows illuminated by the light of reason, whereabout many shades dwell. These are the virtuous pagans, the great philosophers and authors, unbaptised children, and others unfit to enter the kingdom of heaven. You share company with Caesar, Homer, Virgil, Socrates, and Aristotle. There is no punishment here, and the atmosphere is peaceful, yet sad.

Huh. I thought I would be lower.

[Inspector Lagomorf]

I made it to Limbo. Fine with me, I wouldn't choose to be anywhere else.