Re: Ye New Galactic Bar & Grill & Phong\'s Head Cantina - After Hours
 

Guys, I have been up all night partying and am out at the games today.. I will not be home until tomorrow night and will play my turn then.. please do not process until then

Regards

Re: Ye New Galactic Bar & Grill & Phong\'s Head Cantina - After Hours
 

Dogscoff sits at a table with a beer in his hand and a bank statement in the other. On the table in front of him is an array of computer hardware catalogues.

OK... I've decided not to go for that novatech laptop I mentioned the other day. I'm now looking at spending a little extra (well, about 25% extra=-) to get a Sony Vaio 701. Or maybe a 601. Maybe a bluetooth card as well to plug into it. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Anyway, here's my question:

Does anyone know what sort of bandwidth I can expect using my mobile phone (ericcson T39m) as a modem across a bluetooth connection? How will it compare to a 56k modem dialup? I already use it for IR dialup and it is sloooow. Something like 9600, which is prohibitive even for downloading PBW files. And what's all this GPRS business? I know that's got something to do with it but what?

I've searched and searched with Google but haven't found any definitive answers to these questions. Any geeks out there who know about this stuff?

Re: Ye New Galactic Bar & Grill & Phong\'s Head Cantina - After Hours
 

Dogscoff,

Be careful with the Viaos. The small screen has reduced resolutions for some things and I can not play SEIV on mine. The game will only run on some resolutions and Viao does not allow those. Apart from this obviously fatal flaw, I quite like it, so figure out what you want to use it for before buying.

Re: Ye New Galactic Bar & Grill & Phong\'s Head Cantina - After Hours
 

Thanks for the advice, Saxon but *ahem* I went out and bought one a few hours after posting that. Got me an fx701, and I think I'm in love http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

Anyway, it will do 800x600 easy, and according to the specs it should (although I haven't tried it yet) handle 1024x768 on it's own screen.

Unfortunately I seem to have left my SEIV Gold disk at my brother's house when I was handing over my old computer and installing the game there. (he has a legitimate copy of his own, but I figured he'd have lost it=-) This means I won't be able to play SEIV on my new machine for a while. On the upside, my brother should be joining the forum just as soon as I can bully him into signing up. Suggested usernames for him will be welcomed, although I'm sure he'll come up with something interesting of his own.

In the meantime I'll just have to soldier on with my Tosh laptop=-)

Re: Ye New Galactic Bar & Grill & Phong\'s Head Cantina - After Hours
 

I think you just want to carry the laptop round cos you think it looks cool!!

Re: Ye New Galactic Bar & Grill & Phong\'s Head Cantina - After Hours
 

'Tig - that's part of it...

Me and the gf have just moved into a new flat which isn't much bigger than the old one. The layout of the phone sockets and things in the new place mean that we wouldn't be able to have a computer anywhere but in the lounge, which is crowded enough as it is.

Therefore I thought we'd have use have a laptop as our main computer. Since I already had a laptop that wasn't a problem, except that my new job might well involve quite a lot of travel: I'll want to take the laptop away (to keep up with PBW) and she'll want to keep it at home (to go Online from the lounge) - so the only solution is two laptops. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif Seeing as I recently had a bit of a windfall (redundancy payment) I decided to treat myself to a new toy http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

The added bonus is that my old but well-specced desktop can go to my brother who has a much bigger lounge, and whose old PC (something I cobbled together out of bits I had lying around) wasn't able to run SEIV.

[ August 02, 2002, 15:38: Message edited by: dogscoff ]

Re: Ye New Galactic Bar & Grill & Phong\'s Head Cantina - After Hours
 

That sounds eminently logically and well swervy Scoffo.. I was only pulling your plonker mate..

I like laptop carriers, I actually hav a rather nice Spanish leather satchel styler bag which I think looks like the dingo's kidneys (it could be described a sa handbag by the very uncharitable) and given I wear heavy pinstripes, have a bald head and 6 foot tall and 17 stone (all finely tuned fat of course), I do enjoy standing with my hand on it (like those FAGBAGs MI5 use)putting my other hand to my ear and saying 'Hawk has left the building" just to see the reaction people give

I do have a laptop but that is used for pure work purposes and I prefer not to use it for SEIV (cos it doesn't seem to work as well)..

I have a PC back at Chateau Growltigga and it has a 17" monitor. I like to play SEIV on that because it more relaxing.

Guys, I will upload my turn tonight.

PS is there any way I can change the email address of my character so that I get the turns at home, rather than in the office?

Re: Ye New Galactic Bar & Grill & Phong\'s Head Cantina - After Hours
 

You should be able to change your email address / add a second one through PBW's standard settings changing thingummy. Alternatively, set up an automatic fwd at your work address. That's what i do (with my webmail.)

OT...
I just joined the newly opened Sony "Clubvaio" forum. Thought I'd get in there early and get me some cheap respect with a low member number=-) Anyway, I know it's a new forum so you can't expect ppl to have gotten used to one another yet but the formality and on-topicness of the place hit me like a brick. I feel really out of place with all those arty Sony types. Somehow I get the feeling they won't be decapitating one another, snogging antlered ungulates and raising armies of killer mongeese over there.

Hey! Why don't we get the whole Shrapnel Forum to join up and liven things up a bit? We could take over the forum! I haven't gatecrashed a party in years! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon10.gif

http://www.club-vaio.sony-europe.com/forum/index.php

*Dogscoff grabs his axe and viking helmet and rushes out of the cantina, shouting things like "Steal the houses!" "Plunder the livestock!", "Burn the women!" all the way down the road...

Re: Ye New Galactic Bar & Grill & Phong\'s Head Cantina - After Hours
 

Well, you have hit the metal fastening implement right on the relevant surface for pounding there I think..

I think we cannot be as, ahem, creative on other forums as we are here. It says a lot for the patience and sense of humour of the people on this thread that they allow something like the cantina to carry on.

Many forums I can think would not tolerate our weirdness.

Growltigga watches the mad viking go skipping down the road and then pulls out his comlink and says "activate operation rain-of-fish" and sniggers as 3 tonnes of halibut drops on Dogscoff's noggin....

After being requested by Lucy, Growltigga also renews the supply of peanut butter for the Geo-baiting

Re: Ye New Galactic Bar & Grill & Phong\'s Head Cantina - After Hours
 

GT, you don't have to change your email address, all you have to do is go to the pbw game and clik on "get current turn", ths will open the game for you without using your email. That way when your at home you don't have to use your email to download or upload the game, then just delete the turn msg you get at work. just an idea you furry old Kat....

just some ideas mac