The Biannual-Out: Beware of Bill Aims! :O

[Crash-Headroom]

I'm surprised a disc drive would die suddenly like that. It's always been a slow road to death when mine have gone.

well it was on was starting to slow down but i thought i could get a few more months out of it...it made a horrible noise, wouldnt open (had to stick a pin in the manual socket) and disc had a looooooovely circular scratch in it...bought it in 2011 so its had a goodish run i guess....old school anthems volume 4 however shall be forever missed :'( new one sounds like a fucking jet engine, it...scares me....havent had one that made me this nervous since my 52x CDROM XD

[deadlegion]

This is why it's a good idea to keep spares. Sure some people might mock you for being a bit of a hoarder, but you never have to deal with bad situations like they do...no waiting for a cheap replacement to arrive and no going out to spend more than you want to on something you need immediately.

[Crash-Headroom]

This is why it's a good idea to keep spares. Sure some people might mock you for being a bit of a hoarder, but you never have to deal with bad situations like they do...no waiting for a cheap replacement to arrive and no going out to spend more than you want to on something you need immediately.

nah man thats the problem i usually doo XD hell i got CDroms dating back to 1994 just dont have spares of new end stuff ya know? Bits i did have i let old friends have due to them busting something or my fecking ex :/ nough said on that the better....dramatically underprepared nowadays but if you want me to build a computer from late 90s early 00s im ya man! XD Infact im trying to build an old 98 machine atm but suffered a big...nah was beyond catarophic, this one was heart breaking, I lost my awe 64 gold to water dmg so now im struggling to find something that good in my price range

[Crash-Headroom]

*is an electronical hoarder XD* the few things i have thrown out ive regreted and may have come in use further down the line so i learnt to stop doing it...throwing away my very old computers is a big regret because now its made trying to use midi in a hardware way a bitch (software, eh sure but it doesn't have the tone, depth fun factor etc a real one has...both digital and analogue).

[deadlegion]

The only thing I might want that I don't have atm is a BD burner...and I could always do with some more HDDs larger than 1TB I guess.

[deadlegion]

Oh and a decent voodoo card. But that will cost $ for sure.

[Crash-Headroom]

The only thing I might want that I don't have atm is a BD burner...and I could always do with some more HDDs larger than 1TB I guess.

I am after one myself, many blu ray films have isolated music tracks, wink wink nudge nudge

[Crash-Headroom]

Oh and a decent voodoo card. But that will cost $ for sure.

ohhh how i miss voodoo :'( my brother had one purly to run unreal and carma 2...i loved that thing (i was stuck with a riva tnt 2 XD)

[deadlegion]

Last time I found anything voodoo related it was a box...with a TNT card inside

[Crash-Headroom]

Last time I found anything voodoo related it was a box...with a TNT card inside

lol! thats harsh but...damn tnt caused much suffering didn't it XD

holy shit im looking at them now...cheapest voodoo 2 is 100 pound and the cheapest diamond is 70...(bare in mind if you want the decent voodoo 1 / 2 you'll need to get a 2d card aswell, which is why most go for the diamond but "iz shi" imo and shadows looked horrible on it)

[deadlegion]

Yeah they aren't dirt cheap dude. The only ones I've found listed at prices I'd maybe consider were in odd places like Ukraine, Bulgaria etc
Same with original Nokia N-Gage...but I did manage to get one of those fairly recently for free. In excellent condition too.

[Crash-Headroom]

Yeah they aren't dirt cheap dude. The only ones I've found listed at prices I'd maybe consider were in odd places like Ukraine, Bulgaria etc
Same with original Nokia N-Gage...but I did manage to get one of those fairly recently for free. In excellent condition too.

Really? it hasn't started melting yet? :O or was that the gizmodo....

Also don't be so sure as to turn ya nose up at em the ex soviet block is still kicking out some nice gear here and there. Friend of mine imports valve amps from the ukraine for his old technics stuff and it's not to bad. "it work comrade! no need flashy 'merican spangle banner! noooo, drag through mud, still tick "

[deadlegion]

It's more about sellers with hardly any transactions.

[Crash-Headroom]

It's more about sellers with hardly any transactions.

Ohhhhh fully understand then yeah i wouldn't trust that either, however i will look into some reputable sites if you like and see what's what. Alot of the sinclair spectrum gear / spare parts seem to be coming out of the ukraine too atm that kind of makes me proud that little machine still gets some love ^^

[deadlegion]

Don't worry about it man, I don't need one desperately I just look around sometimes.
I'd rather get something like that for nothing tbh