rec.autos.simulators

Hi all,

I am about to take delivery of the following machine in the next few
days:

P200
512k p/b cache
32Mb EDO RAM
Triton VX chipset
Award Bios
2Gb HDD
AWE32pnp
Matrox Millenium 4Mb
17" Ilyama  Vison Master Pro
Thrustmaster T2

I would much appreciate it if anyone currently using such a system
with GP2 could provide any suggestions/warnings/pitfalls before I
begin setting the game up.

Thanks in anticipation

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Neil Charlton      

http://www.racesimcentral.net/;
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: Hi all,

: I am about to take delivery of the following machine in the next few
: days:

[snipped inventory of an enviable setup]
: I would much appreciate it if anyone currently using such a system
: with GP2 could provide any suggestions/warnings/pitfalls before I
: begin setting the game up.

Check with your employer before you set this up.  You may want a 3 month
sabbatical.  Also call you closest none-racing friends and warn them
that you may be unreachable for quite some time.  And if there are any
important tasks you need to do, do them now!  ;-)

Sorry, I can't be of any help since my system can't even shine it's
turbo light next to yours.  This post was purely an attempt to purge my
envy.  

Enjoy, you'll have fun!
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**************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
     Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.

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This really wasn't a brag - honest. I've never had a machine even
remotely as well specced as this and I was concerned about bios
settings and whether I'd run into problems with the T2 on the game
port (I'd heard I might need an ACM card whatever that is).

Regarding the boss - not applicable. i'm a teacher currently on **6
weeks** holiday. Now that _is_ designed to provoke envy ;-) I only
play this to keep in tune with my kids you understand.

Regards

--
Neil Charlton      

http://www.charlt.demon.co.uk/  
--

Mine is almost identical except SDRAM and HX chipset. No problems at
all, in fact NICE system :)  You'll be cooking!

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|> Hi all,
|>
|> I am about to take delivery of the following machine in the next few
|> days:
|>
|> P200
|> 512k p/b cache
|> 32Mb EDO RAM
|> Triton VX chipset
|> Award Bios
|> 2Gb HDD
|> AWE32pnp
|> Matrox Millenium 4Mb
|> 17" Ilyama  Vison Master Pro
|> Thrustmaster T2
|>
|> I would much appreciate it if anyone currently using such a system
|> with GP2 could provide any suggestions/warnings/pitfalls before I
|> begin setting the game up.
|>
|> Thanks in anticipation

You're welcome. You need a 2X speed CD-ROM drive.  ;-)

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My $0.02 (MSRP, plus shipping and handling, and applicable taxes. O.A.C.,
license, registration, PDI, freight, and insurance extra. Price subject
to change without notice. Cash discounted, credit cards please add 3%)

Thanks for the reassuring reply. Am I correct in assuming that there
is a joystick port on the AWE32 and that you use this with no
problems?

Regards.

--
Neil Charlton      

http://www.charlt.demon.co.uk/  
--

You really should put that cute little fan *back* on the big processor
chip. And definately do *not* try to fry eggs on an overclocked Pentium.

--
Suck The Goat

Well, sort of. Your AWE32 has the dreaded letters "pnp" which I avoid
like the plague. Mine is a "bog standard" AWE32 which has worked with
everything no trouble. My TSW is plugged into it and works without any
problems.

Cheers!
John

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________|  |__|    :|           John Wallace          |     |__|  |________

  \    :|  |::|    :|        Team WW Racing TSW       |     |::|  |     /
    >  :|  |::|    :|_________________________________|     |::|  |   <
  /    :|__|::|____/       * Sim Racing News *         \____|::|__|     \
/______:/  \::/ http://sneezy.dcn.ed.ac.uk/simnews/index.htm \::/  \._____\
               http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~harmon/simnews

"Cute little fan"?!? It's a dirty great power supply fan*** over
the biggest heat sink you've ever seen - we believe in safe overclocking
around here!

As for eggs, yeuch. Sorry, never eaten them. The extra large heatsink
does allow me an extra rasher of bacon in the morning though...

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________|  |__|    :|           John Wallace          |     |__|  |________

  \    :|  |::|    :|        Team WW Racing TSW       |     |::|  |     /
    >  :|  |::|    :|_________________________________|     |::|  |   <
  /    :|__|::|____/       * Sim Racing News *         \____|::|__|     \
/______:/  \::/ http://www.racesimcentral.net/\::/  \._____\
               http://www.racesimcentral.net/~harmon/simnews

[snip]
Will do. It's die to arrive in 10 days. I'll post performance data
soon after as that is the first thing I'll test.

Regards

--
Neil Charlton      

http://www.charlt.demon.co.uk/  
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I'm comitted to the pnp card (no option in the spec). If I'm one of
the first to use it, it might be helpful if I post the results when
the thing arrives.

Thanks again

--
Neil Charlton      

http://www.charlt.demon.co.uk/  
--

: >Well, sort of. Your AWE32 has the dreaded letters "pnp" which I avoid
: >like the plague. Mine is a "bog standard" AWE32 which has worked with
: >everything no trouble. My TSW is plugged into it and works without any
: >problems.

: I'm comitted to the pnp card (no option in the spec). If I'm one of
: the first to use it, it might be helpful if I post the results when
: the thing arrives.

Just make sure you have your hands on a DOS PnP TSR program so you can
control the card in DOS outside of the Windows environment.  Some
vendors do not include this in the config.sys/autoexec.bat, because they
don't believe anyone will ever be running their systems in pure DOS
environments.  But, they are usually lurking about in the directory for
the PnP card.

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**************************** Michael E. Carver *************************
     Upside out, or inside down...False alarm the only game in town.

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Many thanks for this - this is _exactly_ the sort of advance tip I was
looking for.

Regards

--
Neil Charlton      

http://www.charlt.demon.co.uk/  
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