No. I just wanted to use the pass through adapter on the CueCat cable to build the Zaurus power supply hack on the link listed below. It works great on most iPaq handhelds, too.
A few? I went into a Radio Shack recently and asked if they still had any cue cats left. I was working on a project idea. They came back with a box of about twenty of them with a requirement that if I want them, I have to take a box of about 30 special TV cables (another DC flop) with them or else it's no deal.
So I loaded up the back seat with the stuff. Now after spaying a few for use on my home PCs, I still got the rest of them in my basement.
hehe.... maybe I ought to hold on to them till they become popular on eBay:)
I bet it's as revolutionary as the RDS system in use by radio stations. Subcarrier data transmitted along with the FM station.
It's probably just hype. As soon as RDS really becomes popular (My RDS capable radio only shows the station ID and slogan of the nearby radio stations), more stations will broadcast continuously changing data on the RDS feed and not just the station name as most of them do now.
The MS Watch (or could they call it MSwatch and sue Swatch for using a similar name) probably just reads RDS signals. RDS was NOT their brainchild, but it's an infrastructure that's currently in place that they can exploit.
Odds are, the 2600 should work. You might need to clean the contacts of the cartridge slot and/or catridges to get a good connection.
I have over 220 Atari cartridges (people like to call them 'tapes' for some reason) and when I pull the kit out to play it with my kids, I'm always cleaning (de-oxidizing) the contacts on the carts.
Does Game Stop or Funcoland still sell Sega Genesis stuff?
If so, the A/V cable that was made for them will work on a C64. It has the DIN connector on one end and 3 or 4 (depending on manufacturer) RCA connectors on the other side. Just plug them one at a time into the video port to find the composite video connector and run a program with sound to figure out which remaining connector is audio. You might find one gives you B&W video only, that's the Luma connection (like S-Video). One of the other RCA plugs should have full color composite video.
I could kick myself. I forgot about the Amiga 500 and 2000. Heck, The 500 was my main computer from 1988 to 1993. The 2000 was recently aquired from a friend's basement cleaning project.
C64's, 1541's, REU's, datasettes, etc. Several Plus-4's Several C128's SX-64 VIC-20 (My very first computer bought 3 months after VICs were in production) Couple Timex Sinclair 1000's Atari 800 Atari 400 Couple XL series Many TI-99's with loaded PEBs TRS-80 Model IV CoCo 2 CoCo 3 Tomy Tutor (Sort of a TI-99 clone. Complete, in box) Apple IIE, IIC, Laser 128 OSI Challenger (With terminal and 8" Disk Drive) Mac Portables (one backlit, one reflective display) 2 "Mac Classic" (the remakes)
Ton's of software and unique hardware for the whole lot (except the Tomy Tutor and TS1000's)
I won't even get into the Classic gaming systems. Thanks to my hobby, I can't park the car in the garage. However, I don't care. I like these systems that I grew up with. I still run them from time to time. My kids like the games that were made for them.
IUMA is a great place to get info and music samples from new artists (unsigned) from almost every genre. It's surprising that not too many know of it (maybe that's a good thing). It's been around since before 1996 when I first found it.
It's actually a product of the chili dinner I had last night. Talk about repulsive. Bodies in the vicinity move away at a very rapid rate due to its effects.
In order for them to exist in the future, they would have eventually needed to make it back somewhere between 1985 and 2015. Preferably no later than 1995 in order to have time to have kids that would be as old as they were in the future. They had a whole 10 year window to return to. Having an existence in that particular future proves that they eventually made it back to their proper time.
An analogous example would be when Bill and Ted told themselves to remind themselves to leave the keys, tape player, and garbage can in the appropriate spots so things could have gone the way they did (what a paradox if they failed, though)
I find myself noticing the years most of these inventors had died. Their inventions and discoveries are astounding, but I was alive when a lot of them died and I can't even remember any news or information about these people when they died.
Almost if any announcements of such were simply a segue from national news to sports. Easy to forget.
Based on the contents of the Yahoo article in growing brains cells in lab environments, I'm surprised there aren't a whole lot of Pinky and The Brain jokes around here.
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You paid someone (under 18) to buy, install, and click yes, at minimum wage
My kids click pro bono
Either that, or I roll up software installation as part of their allowance.
Maybe OGG will become the de facto standard then.....
Perhaps he collapsed on the Enter key which submitted the post by default
I don't understand the concept of something being wrong and not illegal
Here's an example: It's wrong to let the TV babysit the kids instead of paying attention to them yourself. However, it's not illegal to do so.
I'll be glad to get back into the Zorro bus, once the host hardware ownership finally settles down.
No. I just wanted to use the pass through adapter on the CueCat cable to build the Zaurus power supply hack on the link listed below. It works great on most iPaq handhelds, too.
How about a Medal of Honor tournament spanning several miles without the use of dial up and typical Internet lag?
The data is probably not encrypted and your player name or machine name can be your callsign to appease the FCC rules on identification.
How about this poor soul that appears to have bought an unmodified CueCat on eBay for $26.00
Good marketing job on the part of the seller.
I've got a few of those CueCats
:)
A few? I went into a Radio Shack recently and asked if they still had any cue cats left. I was working on a project idea. They came back with a box of about twenty of them with a requirement that if I want them, I have to take a box of about 30 special TV cables (another DC flop) with them or else it's no deal.
So I loaded up the back seat with the stuff. Now after spaying a few for use on my home PCs, I still got the rest of them in my basement.
hehe.... maybe I ought to hold on to them till they become popular on eBay
Why does this kind of stuff happen right in front of our eyes, yet behind our backs?
Exactly... There are plenty of sources available already for such information.
I'd rather just wish that Casio brings back the CFX-40 Scientific/Programmer's Calculator Watch
I bet it's as revolutionary as the RDS system in use by radio stations. Subcarrier data transmitted along with the FM station.
It's probably just hype. As soon as RDS really becomes popular (My RDS capable radio only shows the station ID and slogan of the nearby radio stations), more stations will broadcast continuously changing data on the RDS feed and not just the station name as most of them do now.
The MS Watch (or could they call it MSwatch and sue Swatch for using a similar name) probably just reads RDS signals. RDS was NOT their brainchild, but it's an infrastructure that's currently in place that they can exploit.
How about a Sharp Zaurus
You refering to the CC-40?
I got one of those mint in box on eBay several years back (for $30). Nice machine. I also own it's successor, a TI-74 Basicalc.
Now, I got to remember where I put them. I'm getting nostalgic again...
Odds are, the 2600 should work. You might need to clean the contacts of the cartridge slot and/or catridges to get a good connection.
I have over 220 Atari cartridges (people like to call them 'tapes' for some reason) and when I pull the kit out to play it with my kids, I'm always cleaning (de-oxidizing) the contacts on the carts.
Does Game Stop or Funcoland still sell Sega Genesis stuff?
If so, the A/V cable that was made for them will work on a C64. It has the DIN connector on one end and 3 or 4 (depending on manufacturer) RCA connectors on the other side. Just plug them one at a time into the video port to find the composite video connector and run a program with sound to figure out which remaining connector is audio. You might find one gives you B&W video only, that's the Luma connection (like S-Video). One of the other RCA plugs should have full color composite video.
Commodore64 Monitors, make great televisions. All you need is some RCA cable, and you can input just about anything.
Shhhhhh!!!!!!
You're giving away my secret selling point for these on eBay!!!
I could kick myself. I forgot about the Amiga 500 and 2000. Heck, The 500 was my main computer from 1988 to 1993. The 2000 was recently aquired from a friend's basement cleaning project.
(cracks knuckles.....)
C64's, 1541's, REU's, datasettes, etc.
Several Plus-4's
Several C128's
SX-64
VIC-20 (My very first computer bought 3 months after VICs were in production)
Couple Timex Sinclair 1000's
Atari 800
Atari 400
Couple XL series
Many TI-99's with loaded PEBs
TRS-80 Model IV
CoCo 2
CoCo 3
Tomy Tutor (Sort of a TI-99 clone. Complete, in box)
Apple IIE, IIC, Laser 128
OSI Challenger (With terminal and 8" Disk Drive)
Mac Portables (one backlit, one reflective display)
2 "Mac Classic" (the remakes)
Ton's of software and unique hardware for the whole lot (except the Tomy Tutor and TS1000's)
I won't even get into the Classic gaming systems. Thanks to my hobby, I can't park the car in the garage. However, I don't care. I like these systems that I grew up with. I still run them from time to time. My kids like the games that were made for them.
You beat me to the post.
IUMA is a great place to get info and music samples from new artists (unsigned) from almost every genre. It's surprising that not too many know of it (maybe that's a good thing). It's been around since before 1996 when I first found it.
It's actually a product of the chili dinner I had last night. Talk about repulsive. Bodies in the vicinity move away at a very rapid rate due to its effects.
They didn't mess up....
In order for them to exist in the future, they would have eventually needed to make it back somewhere between 1985 and 2015. Preferably no later than 1995 in order to have time to have kids that would be as old as they were in the future. They had a whole 10 year window to return to. Having an existence in that particular future proves that they eventually made it back to their proper time.
An analogous example would be when Bill and Ted told themselves to remind themselves to leave the keys, tape player, and garbage can in the appropriate spots so things could have gone the way they did (what a paradox if they failed, though)
Just get your Amateur radio license and bitch about the problems at your company to fellow HAMs during your commute.
Chances are, you're the ONLY one in your company that even comes close to listening/using the HAM radio bands.
Only use blogs for what their meant for, to talk about the newest color of your baby's poo. Which in itself, can be a metaphor for work.
I find myself noticing the years most of these inventors had died. Their inventions and discoveries are astounding, but I was alive when a lot of them died and I can't even remember any news or information about these people when they died.
Almost if any announcements of such were simply a segue from national news to sports. Easy to forget.
Based on the contents of the Yahoo article in growing brains cells in lab environments, I'm surprised there aren't a whole lot of Pinky and The Brain jokes around here.