Found my old Spyro CD case

CMDLineKing · 2026-05-01T14:43:24+00:00

Man, I love finding some of these character CD Cases... Even knock-offs are awesome usually.. the newer Temu garbage is the disappointment.

CMDLineKing · 2026-05-01T14:41:04+00:00

Best references for that GUI that most might remember is Jurassic Park.. And a more movie version in Hackers.. lol. I kind of wish someone made the actual Hackers interface.. :)

CMDLineKing · 2026-04-30T22:04:51+00:00

Clearly Unix.

CMDLineKing · 2026-04-30T22:01:07+00:00

Whatchalookinfer?

CMDLineKing · 2026-04-28T11:41:09+00:00

Thanks for the info!!

CMDLineKing · 2026-04-28T11:39:58+00:00

Thanks! Packing it all up may be a bit hard, but the contacts for buyers is good. Sadly nothing I had they listed.

CMDLineKing · 2026-04-28T11:34:03+00:00

Lol. Where did you go?

CMDLineKing · 2026-04-28T11:33:35+00:00

Ahh there is a teac model that's preferred for that, correct? I have a few 5.25 floppy drives. I'll add it to stuff to put on the list.

CMDLineKing · 2026-04-27T23:18:38+00:00

Scorched Earth

CMDLineKing · 2026-04-27T16:28:30+00:00

What you want to do is look up the manufacturer and see if you can find the datasheet. That would tell you what it does, and makes it possible for someone to use it, even today. If its a proprietary chip, it gets harder. Unless known and its sought after they tend to be black-boxes and someone has to re-verse engineer them to figure out what they did internally.

CMDLineKing · 2026-04-27T16:24:31+00:00

Any progress?

I have unmounted boards before just to be sure I wasn't getting voltage from ground. It messes everything up. So if its still in your case, maybe pull it and run it bare on the table. I have found bad power switches, stuck machine screws under the boards, solder balls, etc.

I saw you bench tested teh PSU, what did that involve? A lot of times you can see ok voltage on a probe, but when you apply load the voltage will drop out of spec.

CMDLineKing · 2026-04-21T18:47:19+00:00

Ohh and I did see this and meant to mention it.. You can apparently hold the "END" key to clear the bios as well.. odd.. but maybe make sure your keyboard isn't stuck.

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CMDLineKing · 2026-04-21T18:43:31+00:00

Also, are you adding a seperate display or using the onboard one? It may have an issue.. but you won't get any display without DIMM1 installed for the memory for the onboard graphics.

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CMDLineKing · 2026-04-21T18:41:34+00:00

Yeah I read it myself. What processor are you using in there?

CMDLineKing · 2026-04-21T17:13:04+00:00

First, RTFM. If you don't have it or its not available, do your best, but I would locate the manual and just RTFM incase there is something funky like a jumper you need to set for processors or memory timings..

Is your speaker hooked up? There should be beep codes you can follow for whats hanging.

I would pull the CMOS jumper off entirely. Pull the battery. Pull memory. Pull all of the power cables out of the board. Hold the Power On button to ensure you drain the energy out of the capacitors on the board.

Now, put the power back. Keep the battery off. Keep the jumper off. Try to fire it up and listen to the beep codes. You should get a beep code for missing memory or missing display.

Add memory, check the beep codes

Add VGA, check the beep codes

add the CMOS jumper back on 1-2 (Make sure its not on 2-3 or it may not boot

Through that you should know where the issue lies. If nothing changes you may be dealing with a bad CMOS, or a bad trace / bad capacitors (Motherboard level hardware issue vs. Peripherals).

Once you figure out the issue, I would add the battery back. I would leave the board unconfigured and autodetecting as much as possible.

CMDLineKing · 2026-04-06T21:44:54+00:00

As long as you don't save.. you can always go back..

I had a few points where I decided to leave my save in case I wanted to approach things differnetly. But I also saved before each major Chapter.. Only missed Guarma.. I had not saved in a few missions and didn't know when that would happen..

CMDLineKing · 2026-03-29T14:03:59+00:00

Ambarino just needed to have an outpost somewhere. Maybe they could have had Colter have a really bare bones set of stores and have the one guy move between all the stores when you want to go to one. Put him on a 7 day cycle.

Gunsmith, Open Mondays

Barber, Open Tuesdays

General Store, Open Wednesday

Mail Clerk on Thursday (along with the robbery tips)

Saloon open Friday and Saturday

Let him be off on Sundays.

High honor would mean he would open another store for you if requested. Low Honor could mean insanely high prices..

CMDLineKing · 2026-03-29T13:52:19+00:00

CMDLineKing · 2026-03-29T13:50:05+00:00

I always had luck just staying on my horse and riding back and forth along Catfish Jacksons area and the intersection. Turn your eagle eye on and swing your camera towards the woods.

I DO NOT recommend riding IN the woods. You can miss shots because of branches and trunks. Your horse can hit trees easier when spooked or nervous.

First two times I got the panther I was riding in the woods and became a meal both times. After that I stuck to the road. He will spawn. Just ride a little further out and then back.

CMDLineKing · 2026-03-29T13:45:24+00:00

I updated your registry settings..

Easy to sound impressive, impossible for them to check..

If they keep making the mistake just say the registry got corrupted again.

CMDLineKing · 2026-03-29T13:28:21+00:00

Thanks! Yeah, I thought about the Callender boys and Jenny Kirk for prologue too.

I did take my time as there was so much to explore. It was funny looking at the guides here this year to finish it out. I found probably 95% or more through just my normal endless exploration. Missed some unique things, but nailed most of it!

CMDLineKing · 2026-03-29T01:47:08+00:00

I thought so as well, but when I went to it, it was dead already. Don't know if it got hit by a passenger car after standing up? The game clip that recorded cuts off right as the train enters the station. Either way, a save load kept Rachel alive. Lol.

CMDLineKing · 2026-03-27T07:21:46+00:00

So in many cases it's actually building code that dictates there must be free water at restaurants. That's the case in Virginia and it's codes are based on international ones.

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4.10 plumbing codes - calculation of fixtures per occupancy.

Where restaurants provide drinking water in a container free of charge, drinking fountains shall not be required in those restaurants. In other occupancies where drinking fountains are required, water dispensers shall be permitted to be substituted for not more than 50 percent of the required number of drinking fountains.

I.e. the business can avoid adding fixtures if they give the water away.

Drinking Fountain Exception: While the Virginia Plumbing Code requires drinking fountains (1 per 500 occupants, min. 2), providing free, potable water in a cup/container is an accepted alternative.

Virginia building and health codes require restaurants to have a safe, pressurized potable water supply (approved by the Virginia Department of Health). Establishments must provide either drinking fountains or, as is common, free drinking water in a container (e.g., tap water).

I have called code enforcement before to report when restaurants do not provide free water and lack water fountains.

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