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  1. May-Day, May-Day - Duxford 2008 Red Lion - Urgent !!!

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

    Indeed, count me in too...I'm likely to be there from Friday morning through to Saturday evening, so there's a (small) possibility of me getting a round in at the Red Lion on Friday night, specially if you chaps are all coming down (up - sorry Painless) on Saturday ;D.

    For anybody who's there on the Friday, I'll be in the Red Lion at lunchtime and then again in the evening. I wonder if that waitress still works there...

    Incidentally, just to whet the appetite, there's a distinct chance of there being two P-38s at Dux this year (Glacier Girl + one other) and if the Messerschmitt Foundation can be persuaded to let one of their 109's across the ditch...Roll on July!

    I'm going to Duxford at some point in the last two weeks of April (got some holiday to use up) - anybody fancy a trip?

    Oh, and Friar, if you want to kip in the back of the car, you're most welcome (don't worry, you won't have to share it with anyone!)

    Jabo

  2. New Build

    in Hardware Hell

    Posted

    Hmmm, yep, I agree with Klinger, although I 'spect I'll be going down the quad-core route at some point over the next 12 months - might even try Vista (but then again - nah). It's a good idea to bang in plenty of decent memory though - I'm currently running 2Gb of DDR2 400 Corsair RAM (nothing to do with the F4U

  5. Olegs BACK!

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

    Posted

    Hi C_G

    Regrettably, as my Grandfather passed away over 20 years ago now, the likelihood of my being able to find any photos of him either with the car or Monty or both are slim, but he told me himself of the time he spent chauffeuring Monty about during the lead up to D-Day.

    On a slightly related note, tomorrow is the anniversary of the loss of his brother (a Wellington pilot) during a raid in 1943 - he was 21

    ~S~ Bill - I owe you

    Nick

  7. Olegs BACK!

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

    Posted

    Back again - interesting that Oleg makes passing mention to BoB's follow-up "we plan other theater, which never was modeled yet well" - oooo

    North Africa - I'll go get the sunblock... ;D

    Jabo

    P.S. Did I ever mention that my grandfather used to drive Montgomery's car?

  11. X52 Set-up

    in IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946

    Posted

    Hi chaps,

    I've been considering getting myself one of these x52 thingies - they seem pretty neat to me, and given the amount of time I've been spending in my own flaming crater recently when 'flying' with you guys, they're pretty cool to look at too.

    Just one teeny question tho...X52 (which I can get for about £65) or the 'pro' (lol) version (about £100). Can anyone explain to me what the differences are and if it's worth the additional £35?

    TIA and happy holidays to all

    Jabo

  13. Major Surgery!!!

    in Hardware Hell

    Posted

    Well done Psycho, the Saitek sticks are a proper bugger to get apart, more of a bugger to get 'em back together and even more of a bugger to get working again - I speak from bitter experience - Mind you my bog-std Cyborg stick's been apart (and gently modified) enough times that I can now strip it down and reassemble it in a mere couple of weeks

  16. IL2 Controls

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

    ~S~ guys

    Well, whaddya know, mine's the same too Fireman - In the case of my install of the game, '0' is where my settings are...I only have the one pilot set up, so if you still have the original John Doe then that would explain you seeing doe and 0.

    Bear in mind that if your pilot doesn't have a surname (mine only has Jabo as a nickname), then the game is having to call the folder with your settings in something - may as well be '0' as anything else.

    AWOL tonight guys, but should be back on Thursday for target practice.

    Jabo

  17. IL2 Controls

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

    ~S~ guys

    Well, whaddya know, mine's the same too Fireman - In the case of my install of the game, '0' is where my settings are...I only have the one pilot set up, so if you still have the original John Doe then that would explain you seeing doe and 0.

    Bear in mind that if your pilot doesn't have a surname (mine only has Jabo as a nickname), then the game is having to call the folder with your settings in something - may as well be '0' as anything else.

    AWOL tonight guys, but should be back on Thursday for target practice.

    Jabo

  21. Help Installing New CPU Please

    in Help!!

    Posted

    Hi Frior

    I know what you are going thru, even as a system builder, I get a bit nervous at the processor installation point.

    I'll be happy to help if I can, but I'd need some more info first, specifically photos of the heatsink and clamp assy and of the socket on your mainboard.

    One point I would make though is that installing a CPU with the mainboard in the case is risky as you may have to apply a fair amount of force to the clamp to get it to lock in place. As most mainboards are held up on pillars, pressing down hard on the heatsink clamp is likely to bend the mainboard, and overdoing that can lead to a whole world of hurt. Personally, I'd remove the mainboard from the case, and fit the CPU and heatsink with the board sat on something which which will hold it secure. I use a sheet of polystyrene about 20" square and 5mm thick which I glued to my bench for this very purpose. In fact, I tend to add as much to the board as possible before installing it (memory etc) to minimise the amount of messing about I have to do inside the case.

    Apologies if this post oversteps the mark 'cos I'm a newbie here...

    Jabo

  22. Putting Faces to Names

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

    Oh man! Gotta dig the 'ryche

    I've been hooked on this band since 'Rage For Order'. Never met Geoff Tate, but did bump into Chris and Eddie at a certain rock club in Birmingham one night some time in 1990-91 after they'd done a gig in the area. I'd been there too!

    Jabo

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