The BBC Model B had 32k of ram, but some of that was taken up by the screen memory, which is why i said 16k. Reading the FAQ, Braben says 22k for the program, so I guess the hybrid screen mode[1] was economical on memory. Never had an Arc, although always wanted one. It was a screaming power machine when it came out first. Ah the good old days of the personal computer world, when compatibility was a weird concept. dave "now elite on the palm pilot, there's a challenge..." [1] Top two-thirds in a monochrome more, bottom third in colour.
And to follow up to myself, there's an open source recreation of the original game happening at: http://home.clara.net/cjpinder/elite.html Th ere's also a text verion (of a 3d arcade game...) at http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/clara.net/i/a/n/ian cgbell/webspace/elite/text/index.htm dave "mostly harmless"
A small point: Elite was originally written for the BBC Micro.
It was definitely a classic hack for that machine as it had realtime, hires wireframe graphics with hidden surface elimination, two video modes on the screen at once (!), thousands of worlds to explore and it all fitted into 16k! Later versions of Elite were never quite as good, IMHO. The elite homepage is located at http://www.frontier.co.uk/elite.html dave
I object strongly to the lack of content for parrots on your site. I myself feel that (pieces of eight!) content for parrots on you service tends towards the token (polly want a cracker!) spouting of stereotypical (it is no more!) garbage and inane humourous sketches (it has shuffled off this mortal coil!) designed to elicit cheap laughs from the lowest common denominator (show us yer knickers!) which reads this excuse for a site.
Copyright is owned by Tolkien Enterprises. Write to: Director of Licensing, TOLKIEN ENTERPRISES, 2600 Tenth Street Berkeley CA 94710.
They are a division of the Saul Zaentz Company, but I believe that the Tolkien Estate (Christopher and the others) are the copyright holders, and the above is a licensee
"give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..."
...as long as they're not too poor (a drain on welfare), huddled (probably plotting something, you know what these are like) or there's not too many of them.
Windows 98SE sucks rotten ostrich eggs through the syphillitic pores of a dead badger. the only thing stable about it is the box, and even then, only when it's already fallen over.
dave "And once you go FAT32 you're doomed, I tell ya, doooooomed!"
That's where it comes from. It's short for Fragmentation Grenade, AFAIK. I believe if originates around the time of the Korean War, or possibly Vietnam.
I think that when you have a bunch of genuinely intercompatible OSes then the workplace radically changes.
Picture the future when you can run whatever OS you like and still have the ability to use standard file formats. i.e. Office on BeOS, Linux or WinFoo.
An office full of a bunch of different OSes, depending on the task at hand, but all talking to one another? Sounds good to me.
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Wasn't Kennedy shot on the 23rd?
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dubious Kennedy link:http://www.tw-zone.com/cosmo/photoshop/oswal
dave
The BBC Model B had 32k of ram, but some of that was taken up by the screen memory, which is why i said 16k. Reading the FAQ, Braben says 22k for the program, so I guess the hybrid screen mode[1] was economical on memory.
Never had an Arc, although always wanted one. It was a screaming power machine when it came out first.
Ah the good old days of the personal computer world, when compatibility was a weird concept.
dave "now elite on the palm pilot, there's a challenge..."
[1] Top two-thirds in a monochrome more, bottom third in colour.
And to follow up to myself, there's an open source recreation of the original game happening at:h ere's also a text verion (of a 3d arcade game...) at http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/clara.net/i/a/n/ian cgbell/webspace/elite/text/index.htm
http://home.clara.net/cjpinder/elite.html
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dave "mostly harmless"
A small point: Elite was originally written for the BBC Micro.
It was definitely a classic hack for that machine as it had realtime, hires wireframe graphics with hidden surface elimination, two video modes on the screen at once (!), thousands of worlds to explore and it all fitted into 16k!
Later versions of Elite were never quite as good, IMHO.
The elite homepage is located at http://www.frontier.co.uk/elite.html
dave
Booing?
Hah! In Taiwan, fistfights break out in parliament.
"Does the right homourable gentleman want a piece of me, does he?"
dave
A nightclub with pulsating lights: the tag...
There is no right to silence in UK.
dave
I object strongly to the lack of content for parrots on your site. I myself feel that (pieces of eight!) content for parrots on you service tends towards the token (polly want a cracker!) spouting of stereotypical (it is no more!) garbage and inane humourous sketches (it has shuffled off this mortal coil!) designed to elicit cheap laughs from the lowest common denominator (show us yer knickers!) which reads this excuse for a site.
Yours most sincerely,
Kevin Phillips *Bong*
uh yeah, and these urban terrorists couldn't just buy a street map?
I think your hat needs more tinfoil.
dave
Stop right now and go read "Titan" by Stephen Baxter.
dave
A famous quote is that the reason the US lead the space race for so long, was that their Nazis were better than the Russian's Nazis.
dave "Godwin's what?"
Copyright is owned by Tolkien Enterprises.
Write to:
Director of Licensing,
TOLKIEN ENTERPRISES,
2600 Tenth Street
Berkeley CA 94710.
They are a division of the Saul Zaentz Company, but I believe that the Tolkien Estate (Christopher and the others) are the copyright holders, and the above is a licensee
dave
"give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses..."
...as long as they're not too poor (a drain on welfare), huddled (probably plotting something, you know what these are like) or there's not too many of them.
The real inscription
dave
The FBI's been using aliens for years, ever since that incident in Roswell in 1947, I think.
They can't send them back, their ship is broken.
dave "anyone seen my medication?"
Windows 98SE sucks rotten ostrich eggs through the syphillitic pores of a dead badger.
the only thing stable about it is the box, and even then, only when it's already fallen over.
dave "And once you go FAT32 you're doomed, I tell ya, doooooomed!"
Done much programming?
Bugs creep in despite your best efforts. The best you can do is respond to reports quickly.
dave (not even going to comment on the claim that "we put it naked on the internet")
The issue is not about finding bugs and security breaches but about fixing them quickly.
dave
(strangely tempted to shout first post, but resisting)
That's where it comes from. It's short for Fragmentation Grenade, AFAIK. I believe if originates around the time of the Korean War, or possibly Vietnam.
dave
Good Lord Man, I'm using a wheel mouse with that little bump - I though my mouse was sliding around a little too much...
dave
Well, Lot's wife was turned into a pillar of salt, which is pretty close.
dave
Only if it's performed in public for profit. You can sing it at home all you want.
dave
> ``You keep using that word. I think that you do not know what it means.''
ITYM "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." HTH, HAND.
From tPB, of course.
dave, being a pedant.
> I want to see this processor running C bytecode. =^)
Huh, I want to see this translate a program into several languages, compile the all and see which is the fastest language to use.
dave
Because Geeks like fantasy women.
Why else would lara croft be so popular
I think that when you have a bunch of genuinely intercompatible OSes then the workplace radically changes.
Picture the future when you can run whatever OS you like and still have the ability to use standard file formats. i.e. Office on BeOS, Linux or WinFoo.
An office full of a bunch of different OSes, depending on the task at hand, but all talking to one another? Sounds good to me.
dave