Big Ass Emu Disc 3 - Arcade - Released

[ShastaOrange]

Um, you need a news server to use the newsgroups.

 

Here is a guide to using the newsgroups:

http://www.slyck.com/ng.php

[itzmurda]

thanks for the discs.. i was wondering when you were planning on upping pt 1 and 2.. thanks

[funkyfella]

this is kool got all off the baed discs now is their any cover art for BAED 3 ie dvd cover and disc cover please

 

,been having probs copyin both discs onto xbox tho keeps on freezing on me

[ShastaOrange]

I'll start posting BAED1+2 today or tomorrow.

 

funkyfella: Somebody on the ng made cover art for BAED1, but nobody

did so for the second disc. So far, I haven't seen any for the third disc,

either.

 

And, believe me, you don't want a cover made by me. Photoshop hates me.

 

Freezing problems can be caused by an old dashboard, an old BIOS, or

a system clock that isn't set. Check these things.

[funkyfella]

yeh i got the art for the 1st 1 ,i wudnt know where 2 start to making covers so i will wait till some 1 does ,hopefully some 1 will do fingers crosed.KI kicks ass big time.

 

some of roms on BAED 3 discs 1 dont start says missing files but hey not maonin tho still good complimation tho

[ShastaOrange]

Really? Which ROMs ?

[N3oGhost]

I dont have any of your discs bro but I thought I would just chime in and say Thank you for your contributions and hard work.

[funkyfella]

ill have to go through it and ill get bk to u shasta ,

 

but rly good work tho thumbs way up

[ShastaOrange]

To itzmurda & anyone else who still needs disc 1 & 2:

 

Post will start early tomorrow morning sometime. I've had a lot of disc 3 fills to post, otherwise it would have been sooner.

 

EDIT: by tomorrow, I mean Wednesday - like 8 or 10 hours from now.

Edited September 1, 2004 by ShastaOrange

[RMV]

ShastaOrange,

 

Can you repost part01, part03, part08, part09, part10, part13, part14 from DiscB and BAED3extra.part01.rar ? QuickPAR say me that "Need 155 more blocks"

Edited September 1, 2004 by RMV

[ffynnon]

Three things

 

First - thanks so much for making these discs! I can't wait to play them!

 

Second - I don't actually have an Xbox yet and I want to be ready to use BAED when I do. Is it required to "mod" the Xbox to play these discs? The.nfo doesn't say... I lent one to my friend (who HAS an Xbox) and it just came up "disc unrecognized". I'm assuming it needs to be modded?

 

Third - which news servers are people using where they're missing 9-14 files at a time? I use easynews and I've never had these problems...

[funkyfella]

ffynnon yeh your xbox does needed to be modded.

 

i use 2 servers astraweb and usenetserver

 

both r good i find

[ffynnon]

ffynnon yeh your xbox does needed to be modded.

 

i use 2 servers astraweb and usenetserver

 

both r good i find

Thanks for the quick reply! I'll look into which chip is best--thanks!

[RMV]

I'm used usenetmonster.com , today switched from this suck to astraweb. Do not use usenetmonster, only 2 days retention for xbox images

[ShastaOrange]

RMV: I'm posting BAED1&2 right now, but I can throw your fills up into the mix there somewhere, so you won't have to wait 'till I finish posting both those discs to get your fills.

 

Also, any server that has two days retention in the Xbox group is definitely not a server you should be paying money for (but I see you already figured that out). Hell, even the news server that comes free with my ISP gets four days on the Xbox group!

 

As affordable pay servers go, you can basically divide all the servers into two groups: those that offer great retention and completion, but don't let you download very much, or those that have the retention and completion of a decent ISP server, but offer unlimited (or almost unlimited) downloads.

 

For retention and completion, I'd recommend giganews.com or newshosting.com. Expect to pay about $10-12/month for 10GB. On checking giganews' website just now, I see that they are offering a new unlimited plan for $25, which is a very good deal for a server like that.

 

On the other side, you have the low retention/high volume download servers. If you only want to pay $10 a month, but need more than 10GB, these are a good option. Newsfeeds.com is the main provider of this service. Dozens of other companies resell Newsfeeds' service for bloated prices, so if you want the best deal, ignore them and go straight to the source.

 

ffynnon, if you're looking for a chip for your box, the best deal you'll find is an Aladdin Advance, which you can get as cheap as $10 (check robotpig.com - they ship 'em to you straight from Asia, cheap as they get). Depending on your Xbox version, these are either very slightly more difficult to install than the more expensive solderable chips, or just as easy.

 

The big name chips like X2 usually cost $35 or more, and more still if you want one with a solderless adapter. The extra money is really just for the name, and for little extras (like extra memory to put on multiple BIOSes) that 99.9% of people would never use.

 

The solderless stuff is not worth the money, IMHO, because all you really need is a couple hours worth of soldering experience, just messing around trying to make connections on an old circuit board from an alarm clock or something, and then you'll be ready to take on your Xbox.

 

Putting in virtually any Xbox chip is a like a pleasant stroll in the part compared to the painfully tiny points you'd have to solder on a PSX or PS2 when chipping those.

Edited September 1, 2004 by ShastaOrange