Hey Yohandy and all.
Oh there's definitely truth to that, this new stuff seems to be made as
cheap as possible while staying within certain tolerances. I suppose you
just have to decide what you want, 20 or so years ago you would pay several
hundred bucks for a 20 or 40MB hard drive, yes that's right folks I said
megabyte. This is certainly outrageous by today's standards, however I
still have some of those old units I've kept around more as curiosities than
anything else, I think the oldest drive I have is an old Corvus drive for
Apple computers, that sucker litterally weighs in at about 40 pounds, it's
in a big steel box. My point is these old units still run. Now you can
pick up a terabyte drive for maybe a hundred and a half or less. The thing
is, anyone care to lay odds that any of them will be working in 20 or 30
years?
Of course this is all academic anyway because the technology has changed so
radically in the last 20 or 30 years that you can't really use that old
stuff any more except maybe the Apple drive if you still have an old Apple
computer and I am sure in 30 years the technology will be changed even more.
That's a discussion for another time though.
Game on.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Yohandy" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Consoles was Re: Mysteries of the Ancients News
Thanks. will keep that in mind in case I take the console back out one of
these days. haha. Thing is it's not a matter of taking good care of it,
lots of people take great care of their new gen consoles. but they still
break. not just consoles, but most things in this modern age appear to be
made to break in a short amount of time, so that you're forced to cough up
some money for a new item.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom Randall" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2012 3:30 PM
Subject: [Audyssey] Consoles was Re: Mysteries of the Ancients News
Hi Yohandy and all.
If you are having problems with the console thinking there is no game
inserted try blowing out the cartridge slot with some compressed air if
you have access to that, if that doesn't help you may need to get in
there with some 90% isopropyl alcohol and clean the contacts in the
cartridge slot, how hard this is to do varies with the console. Be sure
you use 90%, not the usual 75% rubbing alcohol you get at the store, you
can get the 90% at electronics stores or most pharmacies just ask them
for it. Just put some on a q-tip and wipe out the cartridge slot as best
you can. Some guys I've known use a pencil eraser to clean these kinds of
contacts however I have had mixed results with this myself so don't do it
or recommend it.
As someone else mentioned yeah it is funny how these old consoles just
keep going and going, I still have my original Atari 2600 that I bought
in 1980 or 1981 when I was in high school, you can do the math on how old
that thing is and it still works perfectly. Like Clemant I am reasonably
confident my ps3 will be running in ten years, I have had zero problems
with it, I take good care of it, keep the vents and the unit clean and so
on, and besides I am sure I don't run it as much as some of you guys run
yours. I am however pretty sure it will not be running in 30 plus years.
Game on.
Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clement Chou" <[email protected]>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients News
Clean the inside of it a bit and check your cartriges... it should work
fine. Mine worked for over 12 years with no hitches... we got it before
I began my existence. lol
----- Original Message -----
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Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2012 10:42 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Mysteries of the Ancients News
I still have my snes. doesn't work too well, but thing's super old
anyway.
could be the cartridges and not the console itself for all I know.
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