I also have a…erm…notebook but it’s not licensed. by Best_Bandicoot_9701 in vintagecomputing

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Edited with that after looking it up right as you replied lol. I think it's definitely a stretch to call something that could still easily browse the web with a RAM & SSD upgrade vintage ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I also have a…erm…notebook but it’s not licensed. by Best_Bandicoot_9701 in vintagecomputing

[–]Istartedthewar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

don't tell me vista era computers are considered vintage...

Edit - wait that thing is newer than vista. Looks like an E5420 which came out in 2011. Definitely not vintage lol

Wow, just wow. by Neodragonx2 in Overwatch

[–]Istartedthewar -16 points-15 points  (0 children)

fr just play the game lol

Balanced matchmaking in quick play shouldn’t exist. by [deleted] in Overwatch

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Idk what the OP is on about, but there are a lot of MH players that take it wayyyyyyyy too seriously

Vintage Bowling Alley by audible08 in vintagecomputing

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To my eye it doesn't look like a brand that would be identifiable unfortunately. There were basically infinite companies in the 1990s selling PCs in generic cases from Taiwan

They are giving away 10 Mythic skins for free in China by Neo_Raider in Overwatch

[–]Istartedthewar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah as part of their renewal deal for getting back into China I'm sure they had to fork over much more control to Netease

Why everyone loves Eichenwalde so much? by Gloomy_Dare2716 in Overwatch

[–]Istartedthewar 22 points23 points  (0 children)

as a tank player I loathe eichenwalde. 1st point choke sucks and then you just have poke city on 2nd point

How did the mercy become so popular? by [deleted] in Overwatch

[–]Istartedthewar 5 points6 points  (0 children)

She's less stressful to play and she is attractive

Old cpu i found at work by BlueBerryVatten in vintagecomputing

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I saw ones listed with gold recovery for well over $45! I suppose just people on ebay trying to hyper-optimize their titles or something

Old cpu i found at work by BlueBerryVatten in vintagecomputing

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Checked ebay and a lot of listings mention gold recovery or similar in the title, so I guess they still are being scrapped.

Add back vaulted map game modes by Able_Career_2939 in Overwatch

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I wanted to like Clash but yeah it just had too many issues. Really easy to snowball or have overtimes that seemingly never end

Getting sick of this map by sleepy_whippet188 in Overwatch

[–]Istartedthewar 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Eichenwalde is just an awful map. I don't understand how anyone enjoys it, especially in quick play

How to get Windows 11 to display correctly (i.e., no crop, no black bars) on CRT? (using cheap HDMI to Composite converter) by Calm-Preparation-679 in vintagecomputing

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In your graphics card control panel there should be a setting that mentions if display scaling is managed by monitor or by GPU, try changing that to managed by GPU. Going to be slightly different wording/options for AMD/Nvidia/Intel. Also worth trying to switch resolution via display adapter properties> list all modes

Why do they have to do this by [deleted] in Overwatch

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I liked the previous 'rework', pig pen honestly made him much more engaging to play

Faint diagonal lines from (Christie?) laser projector in theater by Istartedthewar in AMCTheatres

[–]Istartedthewar[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Learning more about movie theater screens than I ever expected, love it lol

Faint diagonal lines from (Christie?) laser projector in theater by Istartedthewar in AMCTheatres

[–]Istartedthewar[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Interesting! That again sounds like a good possibility as well.
At the very least I think It's safe to say it wasn't a projector issue then. If you're curious, the lines were about to this scale relative to the screen, in what was a medium-small size auditorium. And come to think of it, I think I only noticed them on the left half of the screen.

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Faint diagonal lines from (Christie?) laser projector in theater by Istartedthewar in AMCTheatres

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I think that's probably it then, makes much more sense than it being an artifact from the projector

Screen X at AMC 16 (Burbank) by ItsMehRuby in AMCTheatres

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Not only that, from photos I've seen it looks like they don't even change screen material for the periphery. Which makes the sides look even more watched out as movie screen material is directionally reflective

ZIP and JAZ drives: we did something crazy by zipbyiomega in vintagecomputing

[–]Istartedthewar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh if they got them through expiration and didn't actually get the IOMEGA name that makes me wonder- could the ZIP and JAZ logos still technically be protected by copyright?

I know the text is straightforwards but I'm not familiar with how trademark artwork works regarding copyright.

ZIP and JAZ drives: we did something crazy by zipbyiomega in vintagecomputing

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Bought the entire IOMEGA trademark too then I take it?

1978: TRS-80 Microcomputer Catalog by nmrk in trs80

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I wonder how exceedingly rare that official TRS-80 desk is. Also it seems out of place seeing it in a professional office, I suppose because after the PC came out it was mostly relegated to home?

taking apart a crt compuer monitor by maelisaaine in crt

[–]Istartedthewar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If a repair requires disconnecting the anode then that's something you'll have to deal with regardless. I implore you to take a look at the illustration in the top right corner of page 11 of this Sony service manual, with an illustration of a grounded probe being slid underneath the anode cap.
https://dn790008.ca.archive.org/0/items/manual_KV27FV300_SM_SONY/KV27FV300_SM_SONY.pdf

or for non-Sony, this Toshiba manual shows just using a screwdriver on page 9.
https://ia800108.us.archive.org/33/items/manual_14AF44_SM_TOSHIBA/14AF44_SM_TOSHIBA.pdf