I'd second this as well, Win 3.1 will work fine. You probably can find a copy of it in your local second-hand computer shop for cheap as well (I know the one around here has plenty of them)
This is especially useful, seeing as the Un*x printer compatibility database lists the Lexmark Z11 as being only paritally supported. Or to be more specific, the Linux driver does 600dpi colour only. Besides, I highly doubt you'd even want to think about getting X running on that old of a machine.
I used to have one until about 5 years ago, I don't know what happened to it after that. (I'm also in the same age range as you, for the record.)
Anyone who's never used a rotary phone doesn't know what they're missing. I used to have fun as a kid just turning the dial and listening to it spin back... 'clickclickclickclickclick'
I think he's referring to the kids having the headphones on. That's what normally happened during my car rides, the parents tuned the radio to golden-oldies, and I popped a tape in my walkman and put on my headphones.
That's because it has little to do with Fritz Lang's film, and more to do with the 40's manga by Osamu Tezuka (the creator of Astro Boy, hence the character designs)
You can enjoy both, you just have to realize that the two films aren't meant to be the same thing.
Truly an amazing bassist. Pity he didn't write more.
"My Wife"
My life's in jeopardy Murdered in cold blood is what I'm gonna be I ain't been home since Friday night And now my wife is coming after me
Give me police protection Gonna buy a gun so I can look after number one Give me a bodyguard A back belt Judo expert with a machine gun
Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane When she catches up with me Won't be no time to explain She thinks I've been with another woman And that's enough to send her half insane Gonna buy a fast car Put on my lead boots And take a long, long drive I may end up spending all my money But I'll still be alive
All I did was have a bit too much to drink And I picked the wrong precinct Got picked up by the law And now I ain't got time to think
Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane When she catches up with me Won't be no time to explain She thinks I've been with another woman And that's enough to send her half insane Gonna buy a fast car Put on my lead boots And take a long, long drive I may end up spending all my money But I'll still be alive
And I'm oh so tired of running Gonna lay down on the floor I gotta rest some time so I can get to run some more
Of the 3 major BSD's, NetBSD's goal is to run on as many platforms as possible, FreeBSD's goal is to create a reliable, free UNIX (it may not meet your definition of free, but that's another story), and OpenBSD's goal is to provide the most secure distro possible.
When exactly did Lucas first mention the prequels and sequels existing to Star Wars? Yes, I know it says 'Episode IV' on the opening credits of the first movie, but still. Lucas was originally an artsy-style film-maker (witness THX1138), and Star Wars was meant to be a hommage to those old Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials.
Therefore, couldn't it be possible for the movie to have been concieved as stand-alone? The scrolling titles and calling it 'Episode IV' make it seem like it belongs in the old serials, but still, the movie plays fairly well as a stand-alone piece, despite a few loose ends (and if you leave the more minor ones unfinished, you get that 30's serial thing again...)
So, what's my suggestion for what happened? Well, Lucas the money-lover, the one who released the redone Star Wars with Boba Fett stuck in it for no reason other to pander to the fans (a feeling I get whenever I see the trailers), saw how successful it was, and decided to write sequels, as they would be the easier to do than prequels, and release them (It helps explain why Jedi is such a P.O.S., how many movies do you know of that have a decent third installment?)
So, twenty years later, he finally gets the prequels he said he had done written, and films them, including numerous little crumbs to throw to the fans who keep him rolling in cash, despite how little sense they make (ie C3PO not knowing who Obi-Wan Kenobi is in Star Wars, despite the fact he technically should know who he is hjaving spent so much time with Anakin)
So, there's my little consipiracy theory. I'm not saying it's true, not saying I even believe it. Just throwing it out there to add to the vast number of conspiracy theories already floating around the net.
So... what your saying is that no one could tell that superman was merely Clark Kent without the glasses, plus wearing platform shoes and having a hell of a lot of stuffing in his costume? And I thought Adam West was bad for that type of thing...
There's no real answer. It's just sort of a thing that's particular to a sub-set of geeks: The desire to have as many different architectures running as possible.
It's one of those things like people who collect stuff (stamps, cards, 1st edition books, etc), if you have to ask 'Why?' you're obviously not in that group and it's likely you never will be.
we actually also just found 2 Mac 1024s in the trash. have now powered them up yet, but basically it's the second Mac ever made (first being the 512k).
BZZZZZT! Wrong!:)
The first Mac ever made was the Mac 128k, the Mac 512k, or 'Fat Mac' was the second. I think what you probably got is a Mac Plus, (which is the third Mac made) as tons of them were sold to educational institutions as the Mac ED.
If you live in Canada or get the Canadian TV channel TeleToon, it's on a few nights a week IIRC. Look for a section called 'TeleToon Retro,' it also features the old Incredible Hulk cartoon (Doc Bruce Banner, pelted by gamma rays. Turned into the Hulk...)
"Now, if you go into Electronics Boutique (who do mark their games up more than anyone else in town), you can find games for consoles for as much as $85, as the norm. That's fucking steep. I remember paying $55 or $60 for a game in most cases. After taxes, the game comes to just below a hundred dollars.
The gameboy advance games are being sold for more than the original gameboy games back in the day. I used to purchase original gameboy games in '91 for $35. Now they are $65. Hell, even the original gameboy games have a jump in price. "
Ok, so he DID mention RtCW in the beginning as an example, but he also mentions consoles, as the GameBoy and GameBoyAdvanced specifically.
Now, a) the topics was about games in GENERAL going up , and consoles more specifically (Unfortunately, you can't compare CD-based console games for too long of a time, as the majority of older systems tended to be cartridge based) and b) the original author brings up GameBoy games... Now, I don't know about you, but the last time I checked, GameBoy (and GameBoy Advanced) games are still cartridged based.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but in a lot of cases, prices have actually gone DOWN when you look at it in the long run.
What do I mean? Well (and prices here are in CDN as well) I can remember about ~6 years ago buying a game for the good ol' SNES. The price? Well, it was in the high $90 range. For even more proof I can pull out a copy of another SNES game, and check the price tag that's still on it. So, here I go:
Earthworm Jim 2, copyright 1995... Price on the box? $92.99 CDN.
I don't know about where you live, but around here most places don't even sell their PS2 games for that much...
(Yes, GameBoy Advance games are expensive, but Nintendo's the only portable system maker on the market. And from what I've seen, most (normal) GameBoy games don't seem to have jumped all that much in price over the years.)
The CD's protected with Key2Audio were apparently only released in Germany and several other European countries. So unless you happen to be European, of course your CD is going to play. (If you are European, it is guaranteed to play unless there's a great big warning on the front booklet, the back of the jewel case, and the CD itself)
Actually, I just showed this to one of my roomates and he said he hasn't had a problem with it...
Where was the CD bought?
The CD's protected with Key2Audio were apparently only released in Germany and several other European countries. So unless you happen to be European, of course your CD is going to play. (If you are European, it is guaranteed to play unless there's a great big warning on the front booklet, the back of the jewel case, and the CD itself)
Please/., enough with the April Fools jokes and linking to other sites April Fools jokes already... (Although I really wouldn't mind a copy of Duke Nukem Forever, but like that's gonna happen anytime soon...)
inal Fantasy III - Need I say more? I remember all the rumors that flew aroudn about this game, like how you could revive Cid if you got these so-called books...
Don't forget the rumours that you could revive Leo if you did a variety of different tasks, varing from rumour to rumour. The most common one being that fighting 255 battles with the Cursed Shield equipped gave you an item you took to his grave... In fact, I think this one still floats around the web...
And seeing from others, I see that it was actually 256 colours... Hmmmm, I can't say I ever noticed. Time to dig out the disks, fire up the 5 1/4" (I've lost the 3 1/2" disks) and check that out...
Not all the games are on that list, I know as I own one that's not listed there.
Which one? Why the official 'improved graphics' King's Quest I of course. There was an improved graphics one, it used the same type of engine found in Space Quest 2 or 3 IIRC, but was still in good ol' 16 colour.
The main improvement in the graphics that I could tell was that Graham was taller and skinnier, and now sort of resembled a person instead of looking like a walking block. They were sold in a gold-coloured box, and had a nice sticker announcing that the graphics had been upgraded. The game itself came on both the 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" disks.
There's one other thing I don't like about that page, Quest for Glory I is listed under it's current name, rather than it's original Hero's Quest name. I think they should have at least included that in there, but then I'm picky about these things.
Back when the IBM Deskstar thing was going on, Storage Review put together a reliability survey where people posted what drive they had (I don't think the drives could be first manufactured before 1998 to be included), how long they had used it, and whether or not it had failed, was still running, and so on.
The survey is currently down for maintenance, but whenever it comes back up, just go to
this page, sign up, and browse the results. Of course, some of them probably haven't been updated in a while, so you may not get the most reliable info, but it's still better than info that was published at the same time the drive came out.
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I'd second this as well, Win 3.1 will work fine. You probably can find a copy of it in your local second-hand computer shop for cheap as well (I know the one around here has plenty of them)
This is especially useful, seeing as the Un*x printer compatibility database lists the Lexmark Z11 as being only paritally supported. Or to be more specific, the Linux driver does 600dpi colour only. Besides, I highly doubt you'd even want to think about getting X running on that old of a machine.
I used to have one until about 5 years ago, I don't know what happened to it after that. (I'm also in the same age range as you, for the record.)
Anyone who's never used a rotary phone doesn't know what they're missing. I used to have fun as a kid just turning the dial and listening to it spin back... 'clickclickclickclickclick'
I think he's referring to the kids having the headphones on. That's what normally happened during my car rides, the parents tuned the radio to golden-oldies, and I popped a tape in my walkman and put on my headphones.
That's because it has little to do with Fritz Lang's film, and more to do with the 40's manga by Osamu Tezuka (the creator of Astro Boy, hence the character designs)
You can enjoy both, you just have to realize that the two films aren't meant to be the same thing.
Truly an amazing bassist. Pity he didn't write more.
"My Wife"
My life's in jeopardy
Murdered in cold blood is what I'm gonna be
I ain't been home since Friday night
And now my wife is coming after me
Give me police protection
Gonna buy a gun so
I can look after number one
Give me a bodyguard
A back belt Judo expert with a machine gun
Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane
When she catches up with me
Won't be no time to explain
She thinks I've been with another woman
And that's enough to send her half insane
Gonna buy a fast car
Put on my lead boots
And take a long, long drive
I may end up spending all my money
But I'll still be alive
All I did was have a bit too much to drink
And I picked the wrong precinct
Got picked up by the law
And now I ain't got time to think
Gonna buy a tank and an aeroplane
When she catches up with me
Won't be no time to explain
She thinks I've been with another woman
And that's enough to send her half insane
Gonna buy a fast car
Put on my lead boots
And take a long, long drive
I may end up spending all my money
But I'll still be alive
And I'm oh so tired of running
Gonna lay down on the floor
I gotta rest some time so
I can get to run some more
She's comin'!
She's comin'!
creepy, crawly. creepy, crawly.
Now where did I put my records....
Yes, portability is...
Of the 3 major BSD's, NetBSD's goal is to run on as many platforms as possible, FreeBSD's goal is to create a reliable, free UNIX (it may not meet your definition of free, but that's another story), and OpenBSD's goal is to provide the most secure distro possible.
Hmmm... that gets me to thinking...
When exactly did Lucas first mention the prequels and sequels existing to Star Wars? Yes, I know it says 'Episode IV' on the opening credits of the first movie, but still. Lucas was originally an artsy-style film-maker (witness THX1138), and Star Wars was meant to be a hommage to those old Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers serials.
Therefore, couldn't it be possible for the movie to have been concieved as stand-alone? The scrolling titles and calling it 'Episode IV' make it seem like it belongs in the old serials, but still, the movie plays fairly well as a stand-alone piece, despite a few loose ends (and if you leave the more minor ones unfinished, you get that 30's serial thing again...)
So, what's my suggestion for what happened? Well, Lucas the money-lover, the one who released the redone Star Wars with Boba Fett stuck in it for no reason other to pander to the fans (a feeling I get whenever I see the trailers), saw how successful it was, and decided to write sequels, as they would be the easier to do than prequels, and release them (It helps explain why Jedi is such a P.O.S., how many movies do you know of that have a decent third installment?)
So, twenty years later, he finally gets the prequels he said he had done written, and films them, including numerous little crumbs to throw to the fans who keep him rolling in cash, despite how little sense they make (ie C3PO not knowing who Obi-Wan Kenobi is in Star Wars, despite the fact he technically should know who he is hjaving spent so much time with Anakin)
So, there's my little consipiracy theory. I'm not saying it's true, not saying I even believe it. Just throwing it out there to add to the vast number of conspiracy theories already floating around the net.
So... what your saying is that no one could tell that superman was merely Clark Kent without the glasses, plus wearing platform shoes and having a hell of a lot of stuffing in his costume? And I thought Adam West was bad for that type of thing...
There's no real answer. It's just sort of a thing that's particular to a sub-set of geeks: The desire to have as many different architectures running as possible. It's one of those things like people who collect stuff (stamps, cards, 1st edition books, etc), if you have to ask 'Why?' you're obviously not in that group and it's likely you never will be.
we actually also just found 2 Mac 1024s in the trash. have now powered them up yet, but basically it's the second Mac ever made (first being the 512k).
:)
BZZZZZT! Wrong!
The first Mac ever made was the Mac 128k, the Mac 512k, or 'Fat Mac' was the second. I think what you probably got is a Mac Plus, (which is the third Mac made) as tons of them were sold to educational institutions as the Mac ED.
If you live in Canada or get the Canadian TV channel TeleToon, it's on a few nights a week IIRC. Look for a section called 'TeleToon Retro,' it also features the old Incredible Hulk cartoon (Doc Bruce Banner, pelted by gamma rays. Turned into the Hulk...)
As the article poll in all the current stories... (Apahce poll in a PS2 article? Sure, why not...)
:)
Wonder if this ss an "Oops, it shouldn't be doing THAT" type of thing
"Now, if you go into Electronics Boutique (who do mark their games up more than anyone else in town), you can find games for consoles for as much as $85, as the norm. That's fucking steep. I remember paying $55 or $60 for a game in most cases. After taxes, the game comes to just below a hundred dollars.
The gameboy advance games are being sold for more than the original gameboy games back in the day. I used to purchase original gameboy games in '91 for $35. Now they are $65. Hell, even the original gameboy games have a jump in price. "
Ok, so he DID mention RtCW in the beginning as an example, but he also mentions consoles, as the GameBoy and GameBoyAdvanced specifically.
Now, a) the topics was about games in GENERAL going up , and consoles more specifically (Unfortunately, you can't compare CD-based console games for too long of a time, as the majority of older systems tended to be cartridge based) and b) the original author brings up GameBoy games... Now, I don't know about you, but the last time I checked, GameBoy (and GameBoy Advanced) games are still cartridged based.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but in a lot of cases, prices have actually gone DOWN when you look at it in the long run.
What do I mean? Well (and prices here are in CDN as well) I can remember about ~6 years ago buying a game for the good ol' SNES. The price? Well, it was in the high $90 range. For even more proof I can pull out a copy of another SNES game, and check the price tag that's still on it. So, here I go:
Earthworm Jim 2, copyright 1995... Price on the box? $92.99 CDN.
I don't know about where you live, but around here most places don't even sell their PS2 games for that much...
(Yes, GameBoy Advance games are expensive, but Nintendo's the only portable system maker on the market. And from what I've seen, most (normal) GameBoy games don't seem to have jumped all that much in price over the years.)
And where did you buy it? (Geographic location, ie country please) (And does it crash in your machine?)
Actually, I just showed this to one of my roomates and he said he hasn't had a problem with it...
Where was the CD bought?
The CD's protected with Key2Audio were apparently only released in Germany and several other European countries. So unless you happen to be European, of course your CD is going to play. (If you are European, it is guaranteed to play unless there's a great big warning on the front booklet, the back of the jewel case, and the CD itself)
WheatoniX OS ...
HyperGlow Caffeinated Beer ... Boba Fett's Original Helmet ... Duke Nuken Forever ... Megan Morrone Download of the Day Internet Appliance/Doll ... Desktop Zero-Point Infinite Power Generator ...
/., enough with the April Fools jokes and linking to other sites April Fools jokes already... (Although I really wouldn't mind a copy of Duke Nukem Forever, but like that's gonna happen anytime soon...)
Please
You remember correctly, although I could never pull off the 255 battles myself, I tended to get bored before that occured...
(On an unrelated note: Sorry, anonymous posting has been turned off. Please register and log in. wtf?)
inal Fantasy III - Need I say more? I remember all the rumors that flew aroudn about this game, like how you could revive Cid if you got these so-called books... Don't forget the rumours that you could revive Leo if you did a variety of different tasks, varing from rumour to rumour. The most common one being that fighting 255 battles with the Cursed Shield equipped gave you an item you took to his grave... In fact, I think this one still floats around the web...
#ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
:)" endl;
:)
#include
#endif
#include
#include
int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
cout "Hello, World! It is April Fools
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
April Fools!
And seeing from others, I see that it was actually 256 colours... Hmmmm, I can't say I ever noticed. Time to dig out the disks, fire up the 5 1/4" (I've lost the 3 1/2" disks) and check that out...
Not all the games are on that list, I know as I own one that's not listed there.
Which one? Why the official 'improved graphics' King's Quest I of course. There was an improved graphics one, it used the same type of engine found in Space Quest 2 or 3 IIRC, but was still in good ol' 16 colour.
The main improvement in the graphics that I could tell was that Graham was taller and skinnier, and now sort of resembled a person instead of looking like a walking block. They were sold in a gold-coloured box, and had a nice sticker announcing that the graphics had been upgraded. The game itself came on both the 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" disks.
There's one other thing I don't like about that page, Quest for Glory I is listed under it's current name, rather than it's original Hero's Quest name. I think they should have at least included that in there, but then I'm picky about these things.
Back when the IBM Deskstar thing was going on, Storage Review put together a reliability survey where people posted what drive they had (I don't think the drives could be first manufactured before 1998 to be included), how long they had used it, and whether or not it had failed, was still running, and so on.
The survey is currently down for maintenance, but whenever it comes back up, just go to this page, sign up, and browse the results. Of course, some of them probably haven't been updated in a while, so you may not get the most reliable info, but it's still better than info that was published at the same time the drive came out.