Recent content by Rocket

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    Omelette On My Face--Silent Hunter 3

    Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical (More info?) Thanks for the advice, Jim. I'll think about this. I was a huge SH fan once, and would love to experience this new one, but would hate to compromise an expensive system. Will have to mull this over. Rocket "James...
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    Omelette On My Face--Silent Hunter 3

    Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical (More info?) Never mind. I found an article on Starforce and what I read is enough to keep me away from SH3. And I was looking forward to it. Rocket "Rocket" <rocket1@adelphia.net> wrote in message...
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    Omelette On My Face--Silent Hunter 3

    Archived from groups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.war-historical (More info?) What a great post...but I don't understand the Starforce reference. Can you enlighten? Rocket "Steve Bartman" <sbartman@visi.com> wrote in message news:fjql41ldcnq7c0gh77p0kvfav4q36s22mj@4ax.com... > OK, OK, I know...
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    No Support

    Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?) > Each person I spoke to offered to send me cables for my DVD player/burner > but had no idea what a DVI cable is. I'm sure that's right! > I got the impression that everyone of the "Tech Support" people I spoke > with were not...
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    16:9 widescreen help

    Archived from groups: rec.video.desktop (More info?) Hi, I have a Panasonic PV-GS200 and I would like to shoot in widescreen format. Instead of having the black bars of "cinema" mode, I have been using a 0.7x (or 0.8x) converter (ala Kodak for $70) and a step-up ring and then shooting with the...
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    Startup Help!

    Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?) Black Viper's website has kept a detailed listing of WinXP (Home & Pro) configurations. Definitely worth the time spent reading his extensive work: http://www.blackviper.com/WinXP/servicecfg.htm -- Rocket "Denzil Hathway"...
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    Phoneline networking

    Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?) 2-line dial-up networking with 56k modems would be extremely slow. -- Rocket "Albert Alcoceba" <alberta@REMOVE.ihug.com.au> wrote in message news:7envd05dip8ed18670dpdv7iq829rab9oi@4ax.com... > On 27 Jun 2004 17:03:47 GMT...
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    Software Installation

    Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.group_policy (More info?) I have just received my Office 2003 upgrade disks and want to install as soon as possible, but I don't want to have to go to all 50 of my PC's do do it. I beleive there is a way to do it using Group Policies, does anyone...
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    Fan Flow Direction

    Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?) Sorry, "?" in previous post was intended to be Greek (Delta)[Differential] term but I hope my point was clear. -- Rocket
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    Fan Flow Direction

    Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?) There would be no value in having even the slightest pressure inside of a case. Physics tells us two things about pressure and temperature: 1) Pressure directly affects temperature: higher pressure = higher temps, lower pressure =...
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    500SE - Upgrade processor?

    Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?) D845GRG would be listed under OEM products only: http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/Product_Filter.asp?ProductID=824 -- Rocket "bootsy" <bootsy@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:109tjvro9spjb58@corp.supernews.com... >...
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    Monitor Question

    Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?) RGB: "Red, Green, and Blue" merely refers to a system for representing the colors to be used on a computer display. Red, green, and blue can be combined in various proportions to obtain any color in the visible spectrum. Levels of...
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    PII 300

    Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?) Try 1) Avant Browser: www.avantbrowser.com 2) MyIE2 or MyIE2 Lite: www.myie2.com 3) Slim Browser: www.flashpeak.com/sbrowser 4) K-Meleon: kmeleon.sourceforge.net -- Rocket "An & Larry" <tpsdoc@pol.net> wrote in message...
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    KVM recommendations?

    Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.gateway2000 (More info?) With a few very basic skills, a kvm is a straightforward switch to build with a handful of components found at any: All Electronics - www.allelectronics.com DigiKey - www.digikey.com Newark - www.newark.com Radio Shack -...
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    Confused - most recent 17" LCD review

    Thanks for the feedback. Yes, I am curious where they got that monitor for the hardware comparison. I called the phone number for the site listed for technical support for ProView, and then the number for the Mag Innovision monitor, and they both ended up at the same company. The specs they...