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Doom, Hexen and Quake.
We used to have multiplayer gaming sessions where everyone came around to my house lugging big desktop boxes and huge 21" CRT monitors plus keyboard, mouse and speakers (one guy drilled the top of his case and installed a suitcase type handle to make it easier). We had a COAX ethernet network for up to eight machines - if anyone physically disconnected or reconnected we had to restart all the machines.
We use two rooms in the house, four people on tables in each room (good for team games).
Popcorn, crisps, nuts, soda/coffee, etc. My wife would sometimes bake a cake or cookies or even sausage rolls on occasion and then retire to watch TV in the bedroom.
These sessions often started on a Friday evening and went on to the early hours on Saturday morning when we would have a break for the day until resuming Saturday evening until lunchtime on Sunday. Wives and girlfriends would meet up and go out shopping or to the movies or something safe in the knowledge that we weren't going anywhere!
I miss those days. Playing against unknown people on the internet just doesn't cut it the same way.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Nowadays, it would be a lower physical footprint. From what I read, you can play quake on a raspberry pi/HDMI LCD monitor (I have a spare Pi3+, so I'm gonna give it a go, more for curiosity than anything else). A single 8-foot folding table could support up to 8 people. Most modern laptops also have the chops to run Quake 1/2 quite well.
24 and 32-port switches are cheap (Quake 1 is limited to a max of 16 players, and I think QuakeWorld was 32), everyone brings their own 20-foot ethernet cable/keyboard/mouse, and you have a freakin Quake party. 
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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#realJSOP wrote: everyone brings their own 20-foot ethernet cable/keyboard/mouse, and you have a freakin Quake party.
So when should we show up?
(too bad Texas is a bit too far)
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Well, my intent is to host a quakeworld server, but your level of success will be completely dependent on the latency you experience.
When I'm ready, I'll announce. I'm not sure how it's gonna work because I don't have a static IP, but hey, that's part of the adventure of discovery. 
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I thought you meant an old-school LAN party at your place.
Keep us posted. I'm not much of an online gamer, but I just might make an exception.
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Here[^] you go. Quake for the unbeatable price of 0 chickens. They have lots of more stuff at the same price and always bundled with the emulator if needed.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Dosbox works on Linux. Quake 1 was dos, not sure about the other two.
Jack of all trades, master of none, though often times better than master of one.
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You can actually run quake native on Linux.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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This is why I never do this...
This is a - verbatim - extract from a hardware equipment manual, and I'm pretty sure I need to do something about it.
Quote: Six. the regular machine adjust.
1, route of travel switch: There is one route of travel switch in the central part after organic plank, if the machine fuse is intact. The button presses organic front-panel not to work in the power position, can by hand press a route of travel switch. If the machine contains work, then can take down backboard and adjusts the route of travel switch upward. Make the organic plank able to press a route of travel switch.
But quite what, I don't know ... I think it means "press the power button" and that I'm the "organic plank" but I'm not sure.
Anyone care to even guess what the machine does? 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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It's a "Bullshit" button. It says "bullshit four different ways.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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OriginalGriff wrote: Anyone care to even guess
I bet it's somethin ure funding on Kickstarter!
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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As your switch travels around on an organic plank, I would say it is a '110V 120W DIGITAL VACUUM PACKING SEALING MACHINE SEALER KITCHEN STORAGE PACKING DZ-260C'...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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Absolutely correct!
Now, if you'd just care to translate it into English, I'd be obliged. 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Not sure China has access to Google Translate - Great Firewall of China and all that.
I did though:
Quote: 六。 常規機器調整。
1，行程開關：有機板後中心部分有一條行程開關，如果機器保險絲完好無損。 按鈕按下有機前面板不工作在電源位置，可以用手按下行程開關。 如果機器包含工作，則可以取下背板並向上調整行程開關的路徑。 使有機木板能夠按下行程開關。
Then (for a laugh) I translated that back to English:
Quote: six. Regular machine adjustments.
1, the limit switch: the center plate has a travel switch in the center part, if the machine fuse is intact. The button presses the organic front panel and does not work in the power position, you can press the travel switch by hand. If the machine contains work, you can remove the backplane and adjust the path of the travel switch up. Enables the organic board to press the travel switch.
And that ... almost makes sense ... unless you open it up and have a look for an internal switch.
Oh well, it works fine, so I'll ignore the manual as usual! 
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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They say: if the machine is otherwise OK (including the fuse) some crap may get into the slide switch to stop it sliding to / staying in the on position, in which case clean it out.
(Singapore is not quite that bad, but being here I've become more adept interpreting Chinglish.)
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Ah! So if the vacuum release fails, there is a slide switch inside which lets you open the top. Makes sense now.
Thanks!
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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That's a remarkable quality of yours... To make this out of that...
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge". Stephen Hawking, 1942- 2018
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A smart wood plank? Should I expect to see in the Useless IoT of the weekend slot?
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too!
JaxCoder.com
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Reminds me of the lamp I had in college. The manual had a warning which read Quote: Do not be alarm if smoke come from you lamp!
Now it might just be me but when my appliances start smoking, I tend to shut them off and replace them... unless of course the appliance in question is a smoker, in which case only 12 more hours til brisket!
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Wait a minute! Is this the machine that goes ping?
"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Yes, we lease it back from the company we sold it to, and that way it comes under the monthly current budget and not the capital account.
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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On one contract I was on I remember being told I was being paid for out of the Office Furniture budget!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Well, if you will apply for jobs like "footstool" ...
Sent from my Amstrad PC 1640
Never throw anything away, Griff
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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OriginalGriff wrote: Anyone care to even guess what the machine does?
It automatically generates Engrish?
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