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post #81 of 116
2/25/08 at 6:54pm
I remember when I was a teenager and we had Compuserve (text-based intertubes!). I started programming at about age 8 (a Tandy Colour Computer). I stopped at age 20 LOL Back then there was nothing to brag about because nobody knew what you were talking about; nowadays it's all about how many Facebook friends you have, how man cell phones you've unlocked, and how many xp points in WOW you got for killing warlocks or trolls or something. The internet has gone from "information" to "too much information"

LOL
post #82 of 116
2/25/08 at 7:00pm
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Originally Posted by rmetzjr View Post
speaking of age I'm just kinda wondering Fenuxx from what I remember your kinda young I mean prob not that you heck I'm 22 myself but I just think back to the days when you put your drivers on tweakrus and I could have sworn you were like 16 or 17 right?

Pretty impressive to me that someone so young would have so much experience thats all I'm stating.
Yeah, I'm fairly young (20), but I have good contacts. People I learn from, people who can help me out, etc.

When I first started doing my "thing" at TRU, I was 17, almost 18. Been around computers my whole life. For the most part, I know what I'm talking about, but I do make an asshat out of myself sometimes, just like everyone does at some point.
post #83 of 116
2/25/08 at 7:15pm
yea I feel ya I'm still in school and I am tech savy and can fix most problems that come my way but I'm no expert myself I'm taking some classes trying to get a it degree of some sort but I dont know jack about programming most experience I have is ALICE but repairs is kinda my thing I can pretty much handle the normal stuff people ask me for help with o/s reinstalls bad hardware etc.

I've spent most of my life playing with computers built my first when I was 13 back in 99.

Oh the good old days of a PII 300Mhz 13GB Hard Drive and ATI Radeon 32MB Video Card
post #84 of 116
2/25/08 at 7:37pm
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yea I feel ya I'm still in school and I am tech savy and can fix most problems that come my way but I'm no expert myself I'm taking some classes trying to get a it degree of some sort but I dont know jack about programming most experience I have is ALICE but repairs is kinda my thing I can pretty much handle the normal stuff people ask me for help with o/s reinstalls bad hardware etc.

I've spent most of my life playing with computers built my first when I was 13 back in 99.

Oh the good old days of a PII 300Mhz 13GB Hard Drive and ATI Radeon 32MB Video Card
makes me feel old :P

i built my first back in '87 we couldn't afford a HDD. lol they were like 2000 dollars for a 20 megger :0

we did however upgrade her to 640k memory so we could play kings quest 1 and gold rush in style

I had deskmate on ROM and dos on an actual disk I had to boot up with.
post #85 of 116
2/25/08 at 7:59pm
I'm only 13, I try not to troll and spam



EDIT: I was just joking.
post #86 of 116
2/25/08 at 8:02pm
I know I' pretty young compared to some out there who have been doing this type of things since well since it started, but I just cant believe how many people well younger than me people have so much experience with things that even I have never really messed with, I need to catch up.
post #87 of 116
2/25/08 at 8:24pm
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Oh the good old days of a PII 300Mhz 13GB Hard Drive and ATI Radeon 32MB Video Card
My first comp was a 386DX 33MHz with 4MB of RAM and a 100MB hard drive...


I just wish I had the Voodoo2 SLI computer (Pentium MMX 233MHz, 64MB RAM, 10GB HDD) I used to have. THAT was SLI ladies and gents.
post #88 of 116
2/25/08 at 8:27pm
yea didn't the guys at voodoo create sli?

yea my first pc was a given to me an was 386 cant remember much about the specs know it had 3.1 for the o/s and i never really used it but I became a huge pc guy when I decided to build my first pc so i could play C&C
post #89 of 116
2/25/08 at 8:32pm
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My first comp was a 386DX 33MHz with 4MB of RAM and a 100MB hard drive...


I just wish I had the Voodoo2 SLI computer (Pentium MMX 233MHz, 64MB RAM, 10GB HDD) I used to have. THAT was SLI ladies and gents.
lol my first pc, was a home built IBM PC Jr 8088 CPU @ 8 Mhz, with 64K ram, 5.25 inch floppy drive, 1 serial / 1 Printer Port / Game Port
Hercules Video card with an Amber Monitor.
post #90 of 116
2/25/08 at 8:35pm
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lol my first pc, was a home built IBM PC Jr 8088 CPU @ 8 Mhz, with 64K ram, 5.25 inch floppy drive, 1 serial / 1 Printer Port / Game Port
Hercules Video card with an Amber Monitor.
God you're old.
post #91 of 116
2/25/08 at 8:37pm
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yea didn't the guys at voodoo create sli?
Yep, it was called "Scan-Line Interleave". And it used a IDE-esque ribbon-cable. Ah the good ol' days.
post #92 of 116
2/25/08 at 8:46pm
yea we seem to have gotten a little off topic fenuxx any thing change it looks like you've removed your 1730 from you sig are you not going to be keeping it and what has dell decided to do if anything for you at this point?
post #93 of 116
2/25/08 at 9:01pm
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They haven't done a damn thing yet. They're not being helpful at ALL, and they keep eluding my questions, etc.

Also, I just found out why my case was escalated to Fraud. Apparently, the guy who previously owned my system had nearly every part replaced in less than a month (around 40 dispatches) and now *I* am being punished for it.

Say it with me now...



What


The


HELL!?
post #94 of 116
2/25/08 at 9:50pm
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Originally Posted by Fenuxx View Post
They haven't done a damn thing yet. They're not being helpful at ALL, and they keep eluding my questions, etc.

Also, I just found out why my case was escalated to Fraud. Apparently, the guy who previously owned my system had nearly every part replaced in less than a month (around 40 dispatches) and now *I* am being punished for it.

Say it with me now...



What


The


HELL!?

WHAT TH3 HELL !!! Dude your screwed... just kidding.
I guess just tell them you are a different owner. (If you have not already)
post #95 of 116
2/25/08 at 9:55pm
I had a pair of VOODOO II's!! I remember back when you had to use an external passthrough cable to get it to work.

The first time I saw half life in openGL my jaw dropped.

OH OH and quake II!!!

and does anyone remember the coconut monkey mods that PC gamer made for half life?
post #96 of 116
2/25/08 at 9:56pm
my first computer was an apple II, I still have it. Blasted thing is like 27 years old or something and still runs! (Let's hear it for good ol' USA made quality!)
post #97 of 116
2/25/08 at 9:58pm
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Originally Posted by Fenuxx View Post
They haven't done a damn thing yet. They're not being helpful at ALL, and they keep eluding my questions, etc.

Also, I just found out why my case was escalated to Fraud. Apparently, the guy who previously owned my system had nearly every part replaced in less than a month (around 40 dispatches) and now *I* am being punished for it.

Say it with me now...



What


The


HELL!?


That is a very common practice.

User A wants to sell his used computer, but it is all scratched up and old, so he simply gets company B to replace everything to brand new parts, and VOILA! new computer ready for sale!
post #98 of 116
2/25/08 at 9:59pm
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God you're old.
oh yeah that was a Turbo 8088 lol

48 in june and still a PC Junkie lol
post #99 of 116
2/25/08 at 10:02pm
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oh yeah that was a Turbo 8088 lol

48 in june and still a PC Junkie lol
one word.......... DAMN!!!!
post #100 of 116
2/25/08 at 10:11pm
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I had a pair of VOODOO II's!! I remember back when you had to use an external passthrough cable to get it to work.

The first time I saw half life in openGL my jaw dropped.

OH OH and quake II!!!

and does anyone remember the coconut monkey mods that PC gamer made for half life?
Yep, yep, and yep!
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