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Originally Posted by Nocte
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I don't know how big your trust fund is, but multiple monitor setups weren't really common outside of Hollywood movies about "hackers." Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the video cards of the day (i.e. Voodoo3 64MB) didn't typically accommodate two monitors.
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I think some (really rich) people used two graphic cards. Plus we had those KVM switch things that would let you control two computers from a single keyboard/mouse. The expensive KVMs would even switch control from one computer to the other when you moved the mouse to the edge of the screen (the way dual monitors work now).
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Originally Posted by Nocte
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I don't understand how people think this is classic. I am impressed with the idea, but classic mapping was a binder full of printouts because the EQ client didn't allow alt-tabbing until after Velious (maybe Luclin?).
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I think this is exactly it. Did people use binders of maps back in 2000? Hell yeah (I know I did). But I also was forced to run in full-screen mode back then ... until I discovered the "cheat" that was EQW.
Now I'm not forced to run in full screen mode, and if I do run full screen can still have a map on a second monitor. In other words, we're already fucked here: we will never reproduce the true 1999 experience. Sure individuals can voluntarily enforce it on themselves, but Rogean isn't going to come to your house and put a gun to your head until you run in fullscreen mode.
That's why we need to stop worrying about map apps. OF COURSE they didn't exist in 1999, but neither did windowed EQ without "cheats". Let's just appreciate the wonderfully classic server the P99 team provides, and the hacked-to-be-almost-classic client they (and the Pirate Bay) provide, and not get bent out of shape over anything external to those two.