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The 1991 "X-Box"
Jim Hall writes "Back in college (1991), I wondered why no one had bothered to make a DOS-based game console.
One day, in the back of a notebook, I made some notes about how you might go about creating a DOS-based game console. (I even called it an "X-Box", but really the "X" was there because I didn't know what else to call it. Microsoft's current "XBox" console is completely different, and I don't claim any rights to the "X-Box" name.)
I've posted some scans of my notes, and a discussion about how you would create a DOS-based game console."
1.Write down XBox years before M$ release a console of the same name. 2.??? 3.Profit!
I call shenanigans on this one. YARR
OMG! Someone is actually RTFA!
No sig for you!!
Does it have the ability to play Nethack in fullscreen colors?
Note to self: get smarter troll to guard door.
And who adds "(c. 1991)" to their notes?
Yeah, whenever I jot something down, I'm always sure to add "c. 2003" -- just in case.
I'm surprised Slashdot got suckered in by this guy.
Well, no, I'm not surprised.
Hey, I had this idea for an on-line auction house after I read Thomas Pynchons 'Crying of Lot 49'. First I figured 'eLot' but then I though, nah, 'eBay' would be much more appropriate.
Didn't anyone notice the striking similarity to an SNES controller? Most of the games I remember playing back in pre-VGA standard days didn't require 2 buttons, none-the-less six. Methinks this is a poor hoax.
Correct me if I'm wrong (like there is any doubt about that HERE), but wasn't EGA the cream of the crop (except for a few high-end boards like TARGA and whatnot) in 1991? With most of us still suffering through on Hercules mono, or god-forbid the brave souls who had CGA. (I swear it has more than just brown, blue and white colors. It has 16 man, you're just blind).
And... Were ball-point pens invented yet in 1991? I remember having to write everything down with pencils, only after chewing the end to a point... Case closed :)
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This sig is currently under construction. Copyright © 2003, Enzo, all rights reserved.
What you don't know, however, is that I wrote that sig ten years ago -- I have the dated notes to prove it!
The internet almost crumbles ... and this is the only news we can come up with today? Some kid's 10-minute idea that happens to have the same name as another product?
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