Bah! Even Ming the Merciless was no match for Flash Gordon. (And Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear - Claude Reins was the Invisible Man...)
"I remember, doing the Time-Warp.....It's just a step to the left" "Then a step to the r-r-r-right" "Put your hands on your hips" "Then do a pelvic thrust"
No! You're quite happy to keep your "balls BACK in that vice" that MS and Intel keep seesawing bak-n-forth: 3.11, 95, 98, cs, NT, 2000, XP+ 286, 386, 486, P1, P11, P111, PIV, and 4Mb, 8Mb, 32Mb, 64Mb, 256Mb, 512Mb, 1124Mb,...NO - WAIT NEW MoBo, next MoBo, next model MoBo, and so on, and so on, and so on.........
Don't critise the mouse when the Gorilla does it MUCH MORE OFTEN!
And if you didn't know, there is a certain amount of freedom for the hardware... this story was just about ONE of the FIRST boards (or Systems) to be available - my preference is for Merlancias'
"System Series: Merlancia Multimedia Computer - Torro Series
System Name: Tsunami (Tower) Processor: Motorola PowerPC 74XX Series:
o 7410/500 Single Processor
o 7450/733 Single Processor
o 7450/733 Dual Processor
Memory/Media Specifications:
o 133 MHz SDRAM
o 2 DIMM sockets
o 128MB RAM, Maximum RAM: 1GB
o 30GB Hard Disc (UltraATA, SCSI-III Optional)
o Auto-Inject Floppy Disc Drive
o Slot loading DVD Drive
Expansion & Ports:
o 133 MHz Processor fitted with the system's Processor card.
o 3/5 PCI slots, expandable to 8 with an optional buscard.
o 1 AGP slot
o MIDI, In Out & Through
o IEEE 1394 (Firewire) 100/200/400 Mb/s transfer rates
o Ethernet 100bT RJ-45 connector
o 4 Industry Standard USB Connectors
o 2 Standard PS/2 Connectors (Keyboard and Mouse)
o IDE/ATA100, 4 (up to 4 fixed or removable storage devices)
o Standard Serial and Parallel Ports
o DB15 Game Pad port
The Pilot System is expected to sell for between $1699.95 and $1999.95 to developers. The Final System is expected to sell between $1999.95 and $2499.95 (around the same pricing as Apple's G4 system). Dual Processor Versions will be about $3499.95.
The Power to do what you want - The Power to do what you need. -Merlancia MMC-"
Maybe slow, as a PPC cpu, but heaps faster than the 68060 (at 50MHz) that I've used for the last six years!
And don't forget that the OS won't be handycapped by any seeming lack of CPU speed. My present OS; AmigaOS3.5 has MINIMUM requirements of
- 68020 CPU
- 6Mb RAM
- CD-ROM Drive
- 30-50Mb Hard Drive space for the OS! .
Written about Hubbard by someone with access to his papers, but who is no longer a member!
The stuff about his cruising about (outside US waters) on a motley fleet of watercraft, served by nympthettes in brief Hubbard-designed uniforms, is comical!
The stuff where he conned the US Navy in wartime to take command of a destroyer, and spend time depth-charging Whales, more tragic!
Many SF Writers remember the period when he boasted that a writer could make LOTS of money from religion! .
All true followers of the Man of Steel know that the glasses are just the starting pointof his disguise; he pushes up the curl in his hair, he slouches and slopes his shoulders to appear shorter, and (as can be heard from the old radio serials to more modern movies) he raises his voice an octave or two!
Of course he's also in a business suit instead of elastic long johns!
It should be noted that Marvel Superheroes grandstanding, or addressing another Superhero or a villan seem to have a problem with balance. i.e. They stand with their legs wide apart.
The only ones in the real world to stand this way are some practitioners of the martial arts; particulary if they hail from Brussels. Most ppl would find it painful to stand this way.
I also recall that the giant early Hard Drives were really large, and one older computer terminology dictionary referred to Hard Drive Racing (HDR)!
It said that the washing machine-sized drives could be made to move by precisely controlling head movement, to the extent that programmers conducted 'races' across the floor of the room.
On "the features", This shows some. The hardware in this case is a 1987 design, with upgrades, but still the same motherboard.
In general, users find the system more user friendly than mainstream OS's. I acknowledge that Macs have superior speed, and displays. I just like (like Frankie) to do it "my way"!
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Since MOST seem to want a CHEAP x86 - there's no other choise other than to build-y-own (x86).
The other (not so cheap) choise for Linux is (non-MAC) PPC!
and that ties in with the fact that AmigaOS is not dead - pre-release Eyetech A1 PPC boards run Linux!! http://www.eyetech.co.uk/
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Havn't you heard News accounts of Male Defactos (or Stepfathers)
torturing (or killing) children that they themselves didn't father?
'Higher form of life?' - Sheesh!!!
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No - John Carter didn't become a Martian; however his daughter did.
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"MS software has no bugs?"
Admission of causing Incredible Painful Computing
:)
Bah! Even Ming the Merciless was no match for Flash Gordon.
(And Flash Gordon was there in silver underwear - Claude Reins was the Invisible Man...)
"I remember, doing the Time-Warp.....It's just a step to the left"
"Then a step to the r-r-r-right"
"Put your hands on your hips"
"Then do a pelvic thrust"
....
...
"Lets do the Time-Warp again......"
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Admission of causing Incredible Painful Computing
Telling the truth at last......
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That's already being implimented......
:).... )
Amiga Anywhere-
(Hardly a 'DEAD' topic
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No! You're quite happy to keep your "balls BACK in that vice" that MS and Intel keep seesawing bak-n-forth: 3.11, 95, 98, cs, NT, 2000, XP+ 286, 386, 486, P1, P11, P111, PIV, and 4Mb, 8Mb, 32Mb, 64Mb, 256Mb, 512Mb, 1124Mb ,...NO - WAIT NEW MoBo, next MoBo, next model MoBo, and so on, and so on, and so on.........
... this story was just about ONE of the FIRST boards (or Systems) to be available - my preference is for Merlancias'
Don't critise the mouse when the Gorilla does it MUCH MORE OFTEN!
And if you didn't know, there is a certain amount of freedom for the hardware
"System Series: Merlancia Multimedia Computer - Torro Series
System Name: Tsunami (Tower)
Processor: Motorola PowerPC 74XX Series:
o 7410/500 Single Processor
o 7450/733 Single Processor
o 7450/733 Dual Processor
Memory/Media Specifications:
o 133 MHz SDRAM
o 2 DIMM sockets
o 128MB RAM, Maximum RAM: 1GB
o 30GB Hard Disc (UltraATA, SCSI-III Optional)
o Auto-Inject Floppy Disc Drive
o Slot loading DVD Drive
Expansion & Ports:
o 133 MHz Processor fitted with the system's Processor card.
o 3/5 PCI slots, expandable to 8 with an optional buscard.
o 1 AGP slot
o MIDI, In Out & Through
o IEEE 1394 (Firewire) 100/200/400 Mb/s transfer rates
o Ethernet 100bT RJ-45 connector
o 4 Industry Standard USB Connectors
o 2 Standard PS/2 Connectors (Keyboard and Mouse)
o IDE/ATA100, 4 (up to 4 fixed or removable storage devices)
o Standard Serial and Parallel Ports
o DB15 Game Pad port
The Pilot System is expected to sell for between $1699.95 and $1999.95 to developers.
The Final System is expected to sell between $1999.95 and $2499.95 (around the same pricing as Apple's G4 system).
Dual Processor Versions will be about $3499.95.
The Power to do what you want - The Power to do what you need.
-Merlancia MMC-"
YES - just like WinXP runs on PC-XTs!!! :)
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Maybe slow, as a PPC cpu, but heaps faster than the 68060 (at 50MHz) that I've used for the last six years!
And don't forget that the OS won't be handycapped by any seeming lack of CPU speed. My present OS; AmigaOS3.5 has MINIMUM requirements of
- 68020 CPU
- 6Mb RAM
- CD-ROM Drive
- 30-50Mb Hard Drive space for the OS!
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Another good book is "Bare Faced Liar!"
Written about Hubbard by someone with access to his papers, but who is no longer a member!
The stuff about his cruising about (outside US waters) on a motley fleet of watercraft, served by nympthettes in brief Hubbard-designed uniforms, is comical!
The stuff where he conned the US Navy in wartime to take command of a destroyer, and spend time depth-charging Whales, more tragic!
Many SF Writers remember the period when he boasted that a writer could make LOTS of money from religion!
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Actually, intent is a JIT software product
from the TAO Group!
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All of these
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Well - at least my Pong console from the seventies
was one of the first, if not the first, for home use!
Still have the box and the instructions too!
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Well, you are really lucky to have a place to park.
:)
And, as for Buses sucking; thats mostly at the opening
in the Aircleaner.
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Well, I guess you'd better type a good stiff email to Mr. Moller, then?
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Mmmmmmm! Mumph! Munth!
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Really?
:)
You can fit 4 ppl on one of those things?
And it doesn't need a driver?
Marvellous! Bloody marvellous!
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* Well, Jonah didn't really do any damage! :)
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All true followers of the Man of Steel know that the glasses are just the starting pointof his disguise; he pushes up the curl in his hair, he slouches and slopes his shoulders to appear shorter, and (as can be heard from the old radio serials to more modern movies) he raises his voice an octave or two!
Of course he's also in a business suit instead of elastic long johns!
.
It should be noted that Marvel Superheroes grandstanding, or addressing another Superhero or a villan seem to have a problem with balance.
i.e. They stand with their legs wide apart.
The only ones in the real world to stand this way are some practitioners of the martial arts; particulary if they hail from Brussels. Most ppl would find it painful to stand this way.
.
True!
Weren't older Hard Drives called "Voice Coil"?
I also recall that the giant early Hard Drives were really large, and one older computer terminology dictionary referred to Hard Drive Racing (HDR)!
It said that the washing machine-sized drives could be made to move by precisely controlling head movement, to the extent that programmers conducted 'races' across the floor of the room.
Anyone who used such equipment confirm this?
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Its a big mistake to teach Walking before Crawling!
Its a big mistake to teach Driving before using a key.
Its a big mistake to teach initiating anything, without
teaching how to turn it off!
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On "the features", This shows some. The hardware in this case is a 1987 design, with upgrades, but still the same motherboard.
In general, users find the system more user friendly than mainstream OS's. I acknowledge that Macs have superior speed, and displays. I just like (like Frankie) to do it "my way"!
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Actually, I use TVPaint and ImageFX mostly.
ImageFX is very PaintShop like!
This was assembled from four sections with ImageFX.
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