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Introduction Welcome
to my home on the web. My name is Imran, as you may have guessed.
The purpose of this site is to share my interests with people all
around the world.
19
August 99
<<SUSPEND
MODE>>I really gotta
apologise for the long period of time whereby my site remained
idle. I'm currently under industrial attachment from my
Polytechnic and I'm doing OT almost everyday. After this
attachment (about 2 weeks more), I'll be changing the graphics a
little bit and hope to provide more information. My server and
address might change as well. So stay tuned!
10
June 99 Sorry about the slow updates. I was really
busy on projects during this holidays. Anyway, I got really exciting
about EA's new game, Need For Speed : High Stakes. I have created a
little article on it, stating all the cool new features of the game.
Check it out right here!
For
the past few days, you might have noticed that most of the pictures
couldn't load in this page. That was because of server maintenence.
I also realised that all the files in a certain directory were gone
:( Anyway, the problem is fixed!
10
April 99 I'm
back from my exams now *phew* And I have created an updated version
of my Hardware Channel. Now, it contains 10 more hardware sites and
slightly more links to the hardware manufacturer's sites. To learn
more about this channel, click here.
Click above to add channel. Version
1.1 Right
now, I am trying to create a Software channel where it will contain
all the links to game sites and more. If you have any good software
related sites to share, please email me about it.
30
April 99 You
guessed it. It's exam time and this site will be under 'suspended
mode' for 10 days. Normal updates will resume on 10 May 99 ! Sorry
for the inconvenience (if any..)
25
April 99 I have
received feedback from some places that my cover page animation is
unnecessary and is too long. I have to agree with that. I have
therefore changed it. You may have looked at it on you way in or you
can click here
to check it out.
I have also updated the 'About
Me' section a little, providing with more accurate and up
to date information :)
22
April 99 When Pentium
III came out, I added their wallpapers. Now, I have included Voodoo3
wallpapers that were taken form 3dfx website.
 These
wallpapers are awesome and in high quality. I have converted them to
JPEG format for easy downloading. You can download them form here :
Enjoy!
Read
old news here
Icorp
Poll Results 10-6-99

In
my first poll, the question was 'Which sound card do you think is
better?' Out of 25 votes, 72% went to SB Live and 28% went to
Diamond MX300. Well, it's up to you to do your own research to find
out which one suits you most.
Please
participate in my new poll, 'How fast is your computer?'
Need
For Speed 4 Demo 30-5-99

The
demo for this long awaited game is out! I have tried it, and damn,
this baby is much better than any of it's predessors. It runs much
smoother than NFS3 and more speed is noticed by the faster
acceleration.
It is also easier to control the cars and the
graphics seem somewhat the same as NFS3 except for the special
effects. It has real lighting effects for the headlights and rear
lights.
Driving at night is also fantastic. The houses
alongside the track have lights in them and the whole thing gives a
new experience. The cars also get damaged when crashed. You can
download the demo right
here.
EA
is also releasing a new game called NFS : Motorcity. Seems to be
pretty exciting. Read all about it
here.
Fifa99
Hints & Tips 17-5-99 The
official Fifa99 game
site has something for all the fifa99 fans out there. It
is a list of hints and tips to help you play well. It's pretty
useful and everybody will learn something from it. Check it out
right here!
Pentium
III 450 @ 558MHz 11-5-99 The
folks at Hot
Hardware managed to overclock a Pentium III 450 to 558MHz!
with the settings of 4.5x124MHz. He came up with a special technique
to cool the processor.
| "...OK,
so we all know that the stock Pentium !!! Heatsink and Fan that
comes with the Retail CPU is absolutely inadequate for the job
(my humble opinion of course). So, I set out to improve upon the
situation. I wanted cool the CPU better with a bigger sink and
fan combo and also help the cache chips make contact with the
sink in the process! Let's dismantle (my favorite part) shall
we?..." |
The PC had been
running a whole day without crashing and the speed was indeed fast.
Slipstream
Enhancer 11-5-99 Slipstream
enhancer can enhance your video performance by quite a lot. It is
basically a package containing Slipstream Performance Enhancement
Software, 3D Winbench 99 and a Thermal Coupler Cooling System.
Up
to 45% performance increase can be noticed on Voodoo3 cards. This
enhancer is also available for other cards. Check out the site
here.
Playstation
Joysticks on PC 30-4-99 The
guy form TechnoToPus
Emulation, an awesome emulation site, has sucessfully tried using
Playstation joysticks on his PC.
| "I
have successfully built a playstation to pc, joystick adapter
and it works great wonders. this adapter allows the use of sony
playstation joysticks or gamepads on your computer through a
parallel port, and it supported directx too. the drivers are
developed by Earle F. Philhower, and they worked perfectly and
even supports for dual shock. this adapter allows the full-use
of all buttons on the playstation joystick....." |
I have also attained
the drivers and will try to build a Sega Megadrive to PC adapter. I
have many Sega joysticks and gamepads and I hope I can sucessfully
use them on my PC. All this after my exams! :)
Chernobyl
Virus hits Singapore 27-4-99 The
popular Chernobyl virus, also known as Win95.CIH has hit Singapore.
Many people suffered as their systems failed to boot. Some
variations of the virus is said to attack on 26 May and others are
said to attack on every 26 of the month.
Couple of my
friends' PCs were also affected and they were sent for either bios
or motherboard replacement. This virus can override your harddisk or
your bios. Read this headline from Channel News Asia
here.
Permedia3
Preview 26-4-99

When
people talk about 3D cards lately, names like 3dfx, nVidia and
Matrox crop up fairly often, but seldom do you hear people talking
about 3DLab's Permedia3. Their Permedia2 chipset may not have been
the hottest item on most gamer's list, but they have reason to
believe that the Permedia3 may be.
Check out it's specs in
HardwareCentral's
review
of Permedia3.
Voodoo3
FAQ 24-4-99 The
site, WickedPC have come up with a Voodoo3 frequently asked
qustions. It's all you ever need to know about this speed demon
before you buy one. It may not be too detail but it should ask most
common questions about Voodoo3. Read all about it
here.
Fifa99
Modem League 21-4-99

A
group of guys from Nanyang Polytechnic have come out with their
Fifa99 modem league. It's just like a real league except that
players will connect up their PCs through modem and play. It can be
real fun and challenging.
They are currently looking for
more players. If you are a Singaporean and is looking for some
challenge, come over to this
site
and join. A tournament is coming up soon. Hurry!
Make
Voodoo3 Look better 19-4-99 Y2K
posted a bit AGN3D's message
boards about getting the Voodoo3 image quality up to the
par of the TNT. Here is the info:
| To make the
v3 look like tnt in 32 bit color, just dl the new v3 overclocker
till 3dfx fixes it in their drivers, and enable higher quality
but lower perf video for glide and d3d. Then enable mipmap
ditheriung under glide, set your desktop to 32 bit color, and
make sure to enable 16 bit textures in all games> Glide, Ogl,
D3d. etc I tested it Side by side with 16 meg Asus V3400 TNT at
32 bit with 16 bit textures etc, along with my 3dfx voodoo3 3000
with the above. I myself noticed No difference whatsoever in
picture. Just make sure that in all openGL games, that you type
gl_modulate 2.5, then vid_restart. It makes the openGL picture
look more normal and bright and crisp. Man, running unreal at
1280x1024 at 85 hz, with ALL Quality settings on even in a 16
player bot game, there is no slowdown and it is FAST. I love
this card. Yes TNT rocks too, and Im sure TNT2 will, but for now
im very happy. |
Looks like I'm gonna
try it :)
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