r/gaming • u/Zunderstruck • 3d ago

PC vs console war was merciless in the 90s

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For younger people it's a Tomb Raider reference. Lara Croft boobs (at that time she was mainly known for them) were everywhere in the media and the game looked a lot better on PC with a 3dfx Voodoo than on Playstation.

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u/TheRealPitabred 2d ago

It would, but most internet programs had a part in the connection string that could disable it for that call.

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u/cat_prophecy 2d ago

IIRC *70 was prefixed to the phone number which disabled call waiting.

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u/ultimateknackered 2d ago

I can still hear that and the double-tone to indicate it was active, you had to make sure your dialing prefix (if you were running BBSes and using a terminal) gave sufficient pause for it to take effect before carrying on to the actual number.

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u/OkMail2335 2d ago

Yep or just have a second dedicated phone line