@PugJesus to memesEnglish • 1 month agoAverage early 2000s LAN partyimagemessage-square91arrow-up1866arrow-down113
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minus-square@Dr_Fetus_Jacksonlink52•edit-21 month agoThe entirety of my career was founded on my ability to build stable network and systems to run Duke Nukem 3d at lan parties using 10base2 networks and Rendition Verite video cards with a side of 3dfx.
minus-squarepartial_accumenlink14•1 month ago at lan parties using 10base2 networks and “Anyone have another BNC terminator? Oh, also the IPX network number we’re using is 11111111.” Rendition Verite video cards Nobody could afford the Canopus, it was a room full of Sierra Screamin’ 3D cards at best with a side of 3dfx. A dedicated 3D card in addition to a good 2D card?! We’d dream, but didn’t have that kind of cash.
minus-squareODuffer linkEnglish4•1 month agoI had one with a weird pass through cable. Mainly played EF2000 on it.
minus-square@Dr_Fetus_Jacksonlink3•1 month agoFull disclosure: I was in my mid 20’s and a factory worker in the later 90’s, so I had a little more cash to afford my hobby. It still hurt though.
The entirety of my career was founded on my ability to build stable network and systems to run Duke Nukem 3d at lan parties using 10base2 networks and Rendition Verite video cards with a side of 3dfx.
“Anyone have another BNC terminator? Oh, also the IPX network number we’re using is 11111111.”
Nobody could afford the Canopus, it was a room full of Sierra Screamin’ 3D cards at best
A dedicated 3D card in addition to a good 2D card?! We’d dream, but didn’t have that kind of cash.
I had one with a weird pass through cable. Mainly played EF2000 on it.
Full disclosure: I was in my mid 20’s and a factory worker in the later 90’s, so I had a little more cash to afford my hobby. It still hurt though.