GamePro was never my favorite video game magazine but it was certainly one of the most popular. GamePro covered a multitude of systems throughout its life.
In 1993 the Sega Genesis and Super Nintendo had both been out for a time that could be measured in years, the NES was still seeing the occasional release. The Turbo Duo never really did that well in North America (unlike Japan) and while it would hang around for another couple of years, games would only be released at a trickle. Then there was the Cadillac of game systems, the Neo Geo. Games were only released at a trickle for that system too but they were so expensive not many people could afford them anyway. It would remain the technically superior system until the 32-bit era. When you were playing a Neo Geo game you were literally playing the arcade version. The first color and by far technically superior Game Gear and Atari Lynx were competing with the Game Boy but 'compete' might be too strong of a word. Even to this day only Nintendo displaces Nintendo's portable systems.
The May 1993 issue of GamePro includes:
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This particular artifact was brought to me in the hope that I could make it operational once more. Even though at the time it was barely old enough to be considered “retro”, much less something worthy of archaeological consideration, there is something satisfying about reviving an old piece of hardware. In this particular case, the problem ended up being a dead LCD. Whatever other problems Dell’s may have, availability of service manuals and parts is not one of them. The screen was easy to obtain on eBay for not very much money and the manuals are available for free online from Dell. The repair was not very difficult and after the screen was replaced, it worked like a charm.
The Dell C600 has the following basic stats:
Chipset: Intel 440BX
CPU: Intel PIII Mobile
RAM: PC100 SDRAM (two user accessible SODIMM sockets
Graphics: ATI Mobility M3 (8 MB)
Network: 3Com 10/100 LAN
Modem: 56K V.90 Mini-PCI
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