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Posted December 17, 2014
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CarrionCrow: Right now, they're asking for closed alpha volunteers, so I'd say a whole lot of things are still up in the air. No clue when the overall user base will be able to get their hands on it and see what all it does.
Yep... it will be interesting to see what the client will does when is finally finished. In my opinion it is not impressive at all at the moment and also the functions that are available for alpha testing are... how to say that... not optimal.
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IAmSinistar: [...] in the days when PCs still came with floppy readers.
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HypersomniacLive: My 11yrs old desktop has one, and I sometimes even use it. :-)
I also still have an old pc with a floppy reader. Sometimes it is still usefull :D
Post edited December 17, 2014 by moonshineshadow
Posted December 17, 2014
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IAmSinistar: Yes, given the sleeve (and the Sony) logo, it seems to be more like a prototypical MO disc or something similar. I just went for the biggest disc in the image search results. I do recall seeing a Nashua 8" floppy in my computing days though, and my first inclination was that it was a joke product, like some kind of promotional item. But all too real, it turned out.

I'm sure a lot of floppies are fairly unreadable now. They weren't the greatest for bit redundancy. I backed up all my PC & Amiga floppies to hard drive ages ago, in the days when PCs still came with floppy readers.
You know, I never truly understood how a storage could be Magneto-optical, either it was magnetic or optical, but not a combination of both.

The CRV disc was basically a write-once laserdisc in a caddy.
Post edited December 17, 2014 by j0ekerr
Posted December 17, 2014
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IAmSinistar: [...] in the days when PCs still came with floppy readers.
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HypersomniacLive: My 11yrs old desktop has one, and I sometimes even use it. :-)
It's USB for the patient person who has very modest storage needs. ;)
Posted December 17, 2014
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FoxySage: That's good to hear. Call me old-fashioned (and crazy), if you want, but I do prefer installing games manually. :P
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ddickinson: So do I. I use the downloader normally, except for those times where it keeps giving me the wrong language installer, no matter how many times I change it back to English. Those times I use the browser. I prefer to have the installer files and install games manually, and I like to keep them backed up, just in case GOG blows up :-).
So do i. :) I download the installers into a folder on my gaming hard drive. Usually do that right after buying the game. I do have to get a new external SSD to backup the hard drive though.

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FoxySage: That's good to hear. Call me old-fashioned (and crazy), if you want, but I do prefer installing games manually. :P
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HypersomniacLive: The GOG Downloader is just that, a downloader; it has a couple of nice features, like checking for errors while downloading and rectifying them, and in my case makes full use of my bandwidth. So manual installation of games is still what one ends up with.
I still prefer downloading the files manually aswell. ;)
Posted December 17, 2014
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IAmSinistar: It's USB for the patient person who has very modest storage needs. ;)
Hahaha, that wouldn't be me though, I recently got me a 32GB USB stick (USB 3.0), as my external HDDs are not portable ones. :-)
Posted December 17, 2014
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j0ekerr: You know, I never truly understood how a storage could be Magneto-optical, either it was magnetic or optical, but not a combination of both.
I know, confusing as all-get-out. I partially suspect wayward marketing for that technology, similar to how people bolt the term "quantum" on everything they can now.

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j0ekerr: Thee CRV disc was basically a write-once laserdisc in a caddy.
Yes indeed. Pretty fly for the time. Coincides with the heyday of early holography, which was also laser-heavy.

EDIT: Missed a period. But I'm not pregnant.
Post edited December 17, 2014 by IAmSinistar
Posted December 17, 2014
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IAmSinistar: [...] in the days when PCs still came with floppy readers.
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HypersomniacLive: My 11yrs old desktop has one, and I sometimes even use it. :-)
If an overzealous mother who can barely operate a calculator and considered it very heavy junk, that took up important space that could be much better used up by doillies, hadn't disposed of it already. I'm willing to bet my old PS/2 30 would still boot up. It would be a 20 year old machine now.

I'm not kidding about the heavy part, the casing was a plate of solid iron.
Post edited December 17, 2014 by j0ekerr
Posted December 17, 2014
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FoxySage: That's good to hear. Call me old-fashioned (and crazy), if you want, but I do prefer installing games manually. :P
As Hyper said, the current downloader works just the same as manual downloading. It helps by checking the integrity of the file while it downloads and it can pause downloads as well, so you can resume them at a later date. You can also cue your downloads to make it easier.
Posted December 17, 2014
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j0ekerr: You know, I never truly understood how a storage could be Magneto-optical, either it was magnetic or optical, but not a combination of both.
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IAmSinistar: I know, confusing as all-get-out. I partially suspect wayward marketing for that technology, similar to how people bolt the term "quantum" on everything they can now.
According to wikipedia, you are entirely right. The "magneto" part in the name comes from the devices being identified as hard drives by the OS.

Trust a marketing drone to bullshit, and you won't be disappointed.

Edit: Further reading, indicates that there was a substantial amount of magnetism involved. And that the recording layer was in fact a ferromagnetic material.
Post edited December 17, 2014 by j0ekerr
Posted December 17, 2014
We interrupt this program for an important message!!!!

Stilton's Lost Parcel Update:::::

Thank you all those who sent sympathy, encouragement and tales of similar post-related woes (US to Holland and back because of no house number....wow). All that good will has fittingly paid off as my 'lost' parcel miraculously rematerialized at the local depot, which means my better half will get her Christmas presents after all.

Joy to the world and Ding dong merrily!

Okay, we can continue talking about games now....

I got Stealth Bastard Deluxe from Humble a little while ago, and thanks to the forum's gaming deals thread (and PraetorianWolfie in particular) I got if for a ridiculously low price, so this former sourpuss is now grinning at the thought of being a stealthy bastard a bit later on ;-)
Post edited December 17, 2014 by Stilton
Posted December 17, 2014
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IAmSinistar: [...] in the days when PCs still came with floppy readers.
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HypersomniacLive: My 11yrs old desktop has one, and I sometimes even use it. :-)
My old IBM PC has one too. Haven't used that one since the late '90s though. When i tried to start it last month it still seemed to work although ran as fast as a snail. And when i tried to play one of the games (Rising Lands) installed on it it froze for several minutes and i had to restart it to get it working again. :(
Posted December 17, 2014
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Stilton: [good things]
That's great to hear! I'm glad everything worked out for you!
Posted December 17, 2014
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HypersomniacLive: My 11yrs old desktop has one, and I sometimes even use it. :-)
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IAmSinistar: It's USB for the patient person who has very modest storage needs. ;)
Very, very, very, very, very, VERY modest storage needs. -laughs-
Posted December 17, 2014
Well I appear to have missed the conversation about Galaxy.

I'm not sure myself. I can't see myself playing too many multiplayer games, but I'll probably give it a try.

I don't mind downloading through the client, as long as it gives me the downloaders somewhere (so I can back them up, install myself etc. if required). As long as it's not just the same as Steam (which I can't stand), and as long as it doesn't take too long to start or take up too much memory, as I'm sure Steam crashes my computer by using too many resources.
Posted December 17, 2014
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Stilton: [good things]
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AgentBirdnest: That's great to hear! I'm glad everything worked out for you!
Thank you, Agent. How's your day been - good, I hope ;-)
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