01-17-2008, 12:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
New deals this morning. 1TB drive, some kind of Nokia phone, a durable style 8GB USB flash drive.
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Nokia N73 Smart Phone... Its a pretty good phone, my cousin uses it. If you end up getting it, it would only be with Rogers/Fido (Same company anyway) since it is GSM... for under $300, I'd say its a pretty good deal
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01-17-2008, 12:26 PM
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#22
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Calgary
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The only real deal is the phone.
The 1TB HD (2 * 500Gb HD RAID) is interesting until you read reviews on noise, also USB for me is just to damn slow for that much data transfer.
If you want a HD for most of your backups, Costco has a slim 250 Gb on for like $150. I picked it up and its light and does what I need.
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01-17-2008, 12:31 PM
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#23
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Pants Tent
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Wow. Sure seems a long time since I carried around a cassette tape to load programs on my C64 or the Commodore Pet computers at high school.
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I can't even remember the last time I've seen a cassette tape. I've certanly never had a computer old enough to use them!
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01-17-2008, 01:04 PM
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#24
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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^^ You missed then. Those were the days, let me tell you. Tape transfer rates were about 3 kilobytes per minute, so if you wanted to load a game it would take 15-20 minutes. I remember I would get called for supper, hit "Load" (or <Shift><Run Stop>) and then come back after supper and pray that it didn't hit an error part way thru.
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01-17-2008, 01:46 PM
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The furthest back I know about computers is those... 5 and half inch floppies (I think they were 5 and a halfs)
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01-17-2008, 01:53 PM
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#26
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by STeeLy
The furthest back I know about computers is those... 5 and half inch floppies (I think they were 5 and a halfs)
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5 1/4" floppies.
From Commodore 1541 days:
LOAD"*",8
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LOAD "*",8,1
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01-17-2008, 02:28 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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Quote:
Originally Posted by STeeLy
The furthest back I know about computers is those... 5 and half inch floppies (I think they were 5 and a halfs)
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I remember hole-punching the 5 1/4" floppies so I could use the other side. How odd. Good ol' VIC 20 days.
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01-17-2008, 02:29 PM
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#28
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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"640K should be enough for anyone." Bill Gates
I'm still oooing and ahhing over my 160gb Ipod. A freaking Terrabyte? For $200?? Insane. I love it.
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01-17-2008, 02:35 PM
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#29
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by The Goon
I remember hole-punching the 5 1/4" floppies so I could use the other side. How odd. Good ol' VIC 20 days.
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LOL, yeah. And disk size was measured in blocks.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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01-17-2008, 02:58 PM
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
5 1/4" floppies.
From Commodore 1541 days:
LOAD"*",8
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LOAD "*",8,1
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wasn't it a dollar sign and not an astrix?
load "$",8,1
hmmm maybe not... I just remember a dollar sign being involved...
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01-17-2008, 03:01 PM
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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load"$",8,1 will give you a read error.
load"$",8
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Will give you the contents of the floppy disk.
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01-17-2008, 03:08 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Crap, you're right.
My memory of 20 years ago is off.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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01-17-2008, 03:26 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Hell
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omg .1tb harddrive 200$
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01-17-2008, 03:38 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Sadly, it's hot and noisy as hell because they cheaped out and just did two 500GB drives in raid inside an enclosure.
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01-18-2008, 05:22 AM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Horrible today. A bluetooth handsfree thing for using your phone in your car...a UPS, and a bloody computer case (empty).
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01-18-2008, 07:46 AM
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#36
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Wow. These have basically turned into the Dell Garage Sale - they just use it to clear out all the crap they have piled up.
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01-18-2008, 08:22 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
Horrible today. A bluetooth handsfree thing for using your phone in your car...a UPS, and a bloody computer case (empty).
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Well that is a good deal for the P182 (it is $140+ at NCIX right now).
But for the average person who looks to Dell to buy a computer or gadget of some sort, it isn't going to interest them.
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"The problem with any ideology is that it gives the answer before you look at the evidence."
—Bill Clinton
"The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance--it is the illusion of knowledge."
—Daniel J. Boorstin, historian, former Librarian of Congress
"But the Senator, while insisting he was not intoxicated, could not explain his nudity"
—WKRP in Cincinatti
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01-18-2008, 09:39 AM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sunshine Coast
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Well that is a good deal for the P182 (it is $140+ at NCIX right now).
But for the average person who looks to Dell to buy a computer or gadget of some sort, it isn't going to interest them.
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If you go to NCIXs Welcome Page and point your mouse at the January Clearance Sale and click on that logo the price for the P182 is $125.99. I'm just pointing this out as many miss this sales page and end up paying regular price, which NCIX doesn't correct or seem to mind. Yes NCIX has different prices for the same item.
And yes the Dell price is a fine deal especially if it includes free shipping.
Last edited by Vulcan; 01-18-2008 at 09:41 AM.
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01-18-2008, 02:54 PM
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#39
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: The wagon's name is "Gaudreau"
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ken0042
load"$",8,1 will give you a read error.
load"$",8
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Will give you the contents of the floppy disk.
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Holy old skool. I remember copying this kind of code into into my 64 as a kid, so I could animate a flying "bird".
And was there anything more glorious than saving all your lode runner progress onto casette? I think not!
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01-21-2008, 11:09 AM
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#40
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Playboy Mansion Poolboy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Close enough to make a beer run during a TV timeout
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MaDMaN_26
"Turn down the suck!"
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I think they turned the dial the wrong way for today. 
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