[GLLUG] more Penguicon thoughts

[Richard Houser]

Doom was a 2D display engine (just like wolf3D).  Quake was the first 3D 
rendered game I recall.

Caleb Cushing wrote:
> is openquake 3d? if not would it matter? I'm not sure doom is considered 
> 3d. anyways there have been requests for lots of games that could easily 
> be on the terminal server. like stuff in dos emulators.
> 
> On 5/1/07, *Richard Houser* <rick at divinesymphony.net 
> <mailto:rick at divinesymphony.net>> wrote:
> 
>     Not really.  Running the GPU and CPU separated by a network is  BAD
>     thing.  A 100Mhz machine with local GPU would run circles around that.
>     You might be able to get it hosted by the terminal server and running
>     locally, however (LTSP can do do it).
> 
>     Eduardo Cesconetto wrote:
>      > would they run on it?
>      >
>      > On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 20:04 -0400, Caleb Cushing wrote:
>      >> or we could run those games on the TERMINAL SERVER.
>      >>
>      >> On 5/2/07, Eduardo Cesconetto < eduardo at cesconetto.com
>     <mailto:eduardo at cesconetto.com> > wrote:
>      >>         I'm sorry if I am repeating myself here, but I still believe
>      >>         that if we
>      >>         actually give more emphases to open source games, we would
>      >>         need more
>      >>         "common" hardware to play, therefore it would be a lot
>     easier
>      >>         to find
>      >>         machines, even old iMac 400Mhz running YellowDog can play
>      >>         OpenQuake
>      >>         fast, and they are a dime a dozen..
>      >>
>      >>         On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 19:42 -0400, Caleb Cushing wrote:
>      >>         > the only other place for pc gaming might be... the gaming
>      >>         room. still
>      >>         > the problem both years was having one machine. we really
>      >>         need more
>      >>         > people helping to find hardware for this or more people
>      >>         donating.
>      >>         >
>      >>         > On 5/1/07, Charles Ulrich <charles at idealso.com
>     <mailto:charles at idealso.com>> wrote:
>      >>         >         On Monday 23 April 2007 15:05, Caleb Cushing
>     wrote:
>      >>         >         > I like the Idea of a seperate gaming room.
>      >>         Although I would
>      >>         >         want it
>      >>         >         > to be a permanent installation for the weekend
>      >>         because the
>      >>         >         hardware
>      >>         >         > would be too much to set up and tear down every
>      >>         night.
>      >>         >
>      >>         >         That's pretty much not going to happen,
>      >>         unfortunately. Every
>      >>         >         single
>      >>         >         Penguicon has had problems finding space for
>      >>         everything, even
>      >>         >         to the
>      >>         >         point that they sometimes consider displacing
>     things
>      >>         that are
>      >>         >         normal
>      >>         >         parts of a con like the dealer's room. The
>     only time
>      >>         they go
>      >>         >         out of
>      >>         >         their way to make room for something new is if it
>      >>         turned out
>      >>         >         to be
>      >>         >         extremely popular the year before. And in terms of
>      >>         popularity
>      >>         >         and
>      >>         >         demand, computer gaming has been very nearly
>     at the
>      >>         bottom of
>      >>         >         the
>      >>         >         barrel every consecutive year.
>      >>         >
>      >>         >         Don't get me wrong, I'd love to see computer
>     games
>      >>         thrive at
>      >>         >         Penguicon
>      >>         >         (I was once a gamer myself), I just don't see
>     a very
>      >>         large
>      >>         >         audience for
>      >>         >         it.
>      >>         >
>      >>         >         --
>      >>         >         Charles Ulrich
>      >>         >         Ideal Solution, LLC -- http://www.idealso.com
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>      >>
>      >>
>      >>
>      >>
>      >> --
>      >> Caleb Cushing
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> Caleb Cushing