Ok, I am a techie, geek, whatever. I work with hardware, software, design, whatever when it comes to computers/networks again whatever. Because of this, I get the unique opportunity to see exactly how much people are willing to pay for things. Case in point, guy finds box of old cdrom games from back in the day. Originally created for DOS, then updated for 95/98. He finds this while digging through some boxes one day and decides it would be a blast to play them again. Well, (Chris, yes I am going to dog Father Bill) the "Run As" function in XP is a joke....
I will pause while Fenix thinks of several witty eviscerations for windows...
To the point, guy says he is willing to pay whatever it cost to put together a system to do this. My first thought is "Cha-Ching". I tell him that it will take time which for me runs $60/hr. He says "Ok, what are we talking 2-3 hours?"
Uh, yea per driver that I will have to find that is good and doesn't hose something else. Since he is a friend of a friend, I decide to just give him a flat rate plus out of pocket for parts if needed.
He agrees. Call him tonight and tell him I am almost done should have Wednesday. I can hear him drooling on the other end.
Finally, I have to ask why it is gonna be worth $200 plus parts to play these games. Without pause he informs me that his first computer "porn" was Leisure Suit Larry 2, and he wanted to get back to basics....
Uh, ok now I don't feel so bad.
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Wellll I could also add that Mr. Softy still hasn't gotten his sh$# together and go on a whole "Plays for sure" and Zune rant.....but I won't :) Yet.....
Leisur Suit Larry! Too funny though
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