So I was cruisin’ You Tube for videos related to Tron. Since the inspiration for my gridcycle site, name and logo were heavily Tron-influenced I thought I would share this video I found.
It’s a kick-ass (yet full of fluffy bubblegumness) little piece of electronica/dance that not only contains Tronesque content but pseudo-video game characters as well.
Enjoy the video “From Paris to Berlin” by Infernal.
In case you haven’t already checked it out…
Every so often I check out the Abandonia link on the left side of this site. Last week I discovered that two classic computer games were recently released as abandonware. Both are Broderbund titles and were favorites of mine in Junior High and High School. I thought they were worth mentioning and you should download them and give them the proverbial spin.
Woot.com recently had a link to this game in their ‘bloggy type’ section. It’s a very cool game entitled Insane Orb and is is played in the vain of Pong. The catch is that there are gravity wells, obstacles and a random pac-man character that try to mess you up the whole time. You can also shoot at your ball to make it go faster. It’s really fun… give it a shot.
1. Dell Dimension 8200
-P4 2.3GHz
-768MB RAM (RD aka Rambus)
-80GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
-64MB ATI DV8500 TV Out Video Card with RF Remote
-2 USB in front 2 USB in back.
-Dual Firewire Card with Dazzle Video Capturing Device and Software
-DVD +RW Burner (Plays DVDs and Burns them)
-Windows XP Home Edition
-Keyboard/Optical Mouse
-3.5″ Floppy Drive
-Been using it as my Home Theater PC.
You-Pickup-Haul for $225
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2. Custom Built 4U Rack Mount Server (About the same dimensions as a standard Desktop)
-Black Metal Case with Lockable front door.
-Dual Pentium III 733MHz CPUs.
-160GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
-512 MB SDRAM
-500W Power Supply (New 2005)
-Two Drive Cages
-New Front Fan (2005)
-Matrox 32MB Video Card (Low end)
-ASUS CUV4X-D Dual VIA Apollo Pro 133A Motherboard:
* VIA 694X-DP Chipset
* Dual Socket-370 FC-PGA
* Supports up to 1.13 GHz Pentium III Processors (Bios Updated to latest version)
* 4 DIMM Slots (4 GB Max)
* 2 USB Ports
* ECC, VCM, Parity Memory Support
* AGP Pro 4x, 5 PCI Slots
* Dual Channel ATA/100
* Jumperless Overclocking in BIOS
-3.5″ Floppy Drive
-Great Linux/FreeBSD Server
You-Pickup-Haul $175
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3. Custom Built Lightweight Mid Tower
-Mister Yuck Sticker Included Free on case!
-Dual Pentium III 733MHz CPUs.
-80GB 7200 RPM Hard Drive
-512 MB SDRAM
-450W Power Supply
-TNT II Ultra 32MB Video Card (will throw in a spare 64MB GeForce Free)
-Aureal Sound Card with Optical Out
-ASUS CUV4X-D Dual VIA Apollo Pro 133A Motherboard:
* VIA 694X-DP Chipset
* Dual Socket-370 FC-PGA
* Supports up to 1.13 GHz Pentium III Processors (Bios Updated to latest version)
* 4 DIMM Slots (4 GB Max)
* 2 USB Ports
* ECC, VCM, Parity Memory Support
* AGP Pro 4x, 5 PCI Slots
* Dual Channel ATA/100
* Jumperless Overclocking in BIOS
-3.5″ Floppy Drive
You-Pickup-Haul $175
(If you want both 2 and 3 I’ll sell them as a package for $300 – identical motherboards can be useful from time to time)
For those who just want a machine to surf the internet, play music, run office and have everything run well all of these machines will work just fine. For those wanting to run a decent inexpensive Home Theater PC, the first computer is really the only one that can handle it. RAMBUS memory is still kind of expensive but you can get it on eBay if you want to go above 768. For those who want a modern gaming machine–these are probably not for you–Although you can play CounterStrike, Unreal Tournament 2004 and early GL games like Quake II and Starcraft. Will play Battelfield 1942 but not Battelfield 2.
