The neat thing with bolo, is I believe that it has a bunch of graphics resources embedded in it which were ripped out of the BBC Micro version.
So basically, if you're running it, then parts of an old BBC Micro game are running on your Mac OS X machines, running Mac OS 9, running a 68k emulator:)
Now, Apple -- I've got a old Quadra sitting here, and I can tell you that most of the apps on the thing will not run on my PBG3/OSX. Now, that's not entirely Apple's fault, just that they refuse to maintain bug-compatible interfaces like Microsoft does. And that costs them users to some extent.
Have you actually tried it?
Anything which uses 256 colours or more, and doesn't access hardware (like most apps, not disk utilities) should work fine on OSX... but it'll run in the Classic environment.
If it doesn't work in Classic then it'll probably work in vMac which is a Mac Plus emulator.
Or how about because the eMate was a Newton, and steve killed the newton (dead) because it was John Sculley's (did I get that right? just suffered a brainfart:)) baby. And sculley hurt steve;)
The only correct way to carry a 17"+ monitor (and that's what the eMac is, is to pick it up with the screen facing you, and rest the screen on your chest, and hug the monitor...
bend the legs...
Point is, if they had a handle, people would hurt their backs.
Because its tough like an oldschool iMac, yet has a G4
I've programmed AltiVec. Its unbelievable for media operations, and 700Mhz of G4 is huge amount of CPU power for serious number crunching... such as used in all them video things they teach these days.
I don't know about you but any advertising can not cure the fact that a 450 G4 TiPB , 250 RAM barely can be used with MacOSX.
"...and running them faster" It really takes a SGI 10 minutes to boot, 2 minutes to open a dialer, and 1 minute to open a browser? 4 minutes for Photoshop?
You realise there's just something very very wrong with your TiBook or its OS install right?
OSX on a Ti400 is fine...
Sure I prefer it on my dual 500, but its FINE on a 400Mhz G4 laptop...
Something is wrong with yours... I suggest fixing it.
And then when you're using OS9 you'll head to the bottom of the screen to switch apps...
And you press cmd-shift-n to make a new folder...
And you get pissed off when you can't do something else while you're waiting for OS9 to do something (like open a window)
But the kicker is... when you're doing finder copies, and you fail to bring it forwards to make it faster... and you wait for it to complete... and then realise, you have to bring it forwards because the OS isn't as good as OSX...
Its not that OS9 all of a sudden sucks.. its just that OSX is sooooo good:)
Since I've had a similar experience I think I can answer that, after he'd finished doing what it was he needed to do, he probably realised that he'd just done what he needed to do, without realising what it was that was so special about what he was doing:)
When I do this... I yell out... "GOD, I LOVE OSX!"
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If you want you can probably set the XServe to boot with a text dmesg (just like a real server ;)) (verbose mode, think that's -v to the kernel)
And to a console (ie no aqua) not sure about that one... perhaps -c
Actually, AltiVec doesn't support 64bit integers
;)
It supports 16 8 bit integers per vector, 8 16 bit, 4 32 bit, or 4 single precision floats per 128bit vector.
32 vector registers
4 operand instructions, some pixel formats, a boolean format.
Fully pipelinable single clock instructions
But no 64bit integers
Good Point :)
Well, I learnt UNIX at uni on SunOS/Solaris, so I like tcsh :)
Frankly, I don't like bash
I absolutely agree.... case preserving, but case ignoring is the best way :)
:)
.tcshrc
:)
BTW, here's a cool tip for tcsh
add this to your
set complete = enhance
makes your name completion HFS+ friendly
Whooo, spoooky :)
:)
;)
:)
I swear I've had that exact same experience...
Exact...
Ooooh, are you me?
Right down to the wire shenanigans
That blue ink took ages to get off my fingers
Anywho, I don't use Fountain pens anymore...
Actually... don't use pens anymore
My solution is to change the root passwd on peoples macs that I setup... and not tell them it.
Works wonders.
I also don't tell them that they can change the passwd with the install CD.
The nifty thing with OSX is, it does tend to work.
I've always been the type of guy who pushes the big red "don't touch" button...
;)
:)
:)
I figure if it was really *that* bad, then they wouldn't have put it there
Lots of fun things happen from doing this
Anywho, point is, don't use root... unless you really really are prepared to have to reinstall everything... and keep backups...
mmmm chmod fun
You should order "Mac OS X Unleashed"
:)
tis a good book
covers everything, going from this is the finder, and this is itunes, through to this is BSD and this is how to install Lynx and sendmail
The iBook was born obselete.
A g3 processor on a 66mhz bus.
Luckily they have them on 100mhz busses now but still
The neat thing with bolo, is I believe that it has a bunch of graphics resources embedded in it which were ripped out of the BBC Micro version.
:)
:)
So basically, if you're running it, then parts of an old BBC Micro game are running on your Mac OS X machines, running Mac OS 9, running a 68k emulator
Cool
It's UNIX that my mum, dad, grandpa, sister and brother *do* use :)
Now, Apple -- I've got a old Quadra sitting here, and I can tell you that most of the apps on the thing will not run on my PBG3/OSX. Now, that's not entirely Apple's fault, just that they refuse to maintain bug-compatible interfaces like Microsoft does. And that costs them users to some extent.
Have you actually tried it?
Anything which uses 256 colours or more, and doesn't access hardware (like most apps, not disk utilities) should work fine on OSX... but it'll run in the Classic environment.
If it doesn't work in Classic then it'll probably work in vMac which is a Mac Plus emulator.
Wow, one of the rumoured 3 digiters ;)
Basically, they wanted to add DVI/ADC compatibility to the Ti...
:)
:)
They had to do it this way, DVI can do VGA, VGA can't do DVI
This is sooo cool though, because the only thing I was wishing for on a Ti was a way to use the awesome flat panels
But I just admitted that you can't... YEAY APPLE
Or how about because the eMate was a Newton, and steve killed the newton (dead) because it was John Sculley's (did I get that right? just suffered a brainfart :)) baby. And sculley hurt steve ;)
The only correct way to carry a 17"+ monitor (and that's what the eMac is, is to pick it up with the screen facing you, and rest the screen on your chest, and hug the monitor...
:)
bend the legs...
Point is, if they had a handle, people would hurt their backs.
Well, that's my theory
Because its tough like an oldschool iMac, yet has a G4
I've programmed AltiVec. Its unbelievable for media operations, and 700Mhz of G4 is huge amount of CPU power for serious number crunching... such as used in all them video things they teach these days.
open-apple-control-reset
:))
hehe, did anyone notice that Apple killed this lovely Apple ][ legacy recently when they killed the power (ahem, reset) button on the keyboard?
PS: try control-eject, you'll be happier.
The other thing is, in say the australian config machines... you get to choose New Zealand, International English, Australia etc.
:)
The configs are slightly different, so when you boot it up, you basically choose 4 buttons, and then you spend an hour as it restores everything
Its a pain in the arse... BUT it DOES happen.
My new IBM HD is smaller, yet more capacious!
It's fast too!
As was said in MacNN before it got slashdotted ;)
:)
;)
:)
:)
The ad if it was doctored, probably was doctored purely because its a print add... and print is higher resolution that screen
Sooo you need to doctor it to avoid it looking like crap
Not sure if I buy that
But anywho... the people complaining about no HDs on the desktop, and that making it a fake image, are just wrong
I don't know about you but any advertising can not cure the fact that a 450 G4 TiPB , 250 RAM barely can be used with MacOSX.
"...and running them faster" It really takes a SGI 10 minutes to boot, 2 minutes to open a dialer, and 1 minute to open a browser? 4 minutes for Photoshop?
You realise there's just something very very wrong with your TiBook or its OS install right?
OSX on a Ti400 is fine...
Sure I prefer it on my dual 500, but its FINE on a 400Mhz G4 laptop...
Something is wrong with yours... I suggest fixing it.
You'll get used to it... really...
:)
And then when you're using OS9 you'll head to the bottom of the screen to switch apps...
And you press cmd-shift-n to make a new folder...
And you get pissed off when you can't do something else while you're waiting for OS9 to do something (like open a window)
But the kicker is... when you're doing finder copies, and you fail to bring it forwards to make it faster... and you wait for it to complete... and then realise, you have to bring it forwards because the OS isn't as good as OSX...
Its not that OS9 all of a sudden sucks.. its just that OSX is sooooo good
Since I've had a similar experience I think I can answer that, after he'd finished doing what it was he needed to do, he probably realised that he'd just done what he needed to do, without realising what it was that was so special about what he was doing :)
:)
When I do this... I yell out... "GOD, I LOVE OSX!"
:)
"ITS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOOD"
To which all my colleagues vocally agree....
of course, work then stops...
but anywho,
its nice working in an OSX shop