Some Phoenix-based VGA card A Cyrix MediaGX's integrated SVGA card Some Oak Technology-based VGA card An i810 An S3 SavagePro2000 integrated card A nVidia TNT2 M64 32MB
My next card will probably be the nForce2 integrated video, both because the nForce is a great chipset, and because nVidia cards have good Linux support. BTW, ATI's Linux support has gotten better, but I'd MUCH rather have a nV card for their Linux support. On another note, I'm not getting one of these 6800 Ultra Extremes, or whatever they are - my current box is a P233MMX with 96MB RAM and a 200W Baby AT power supply. The TNT2 works FINE.
Follow the link, and see what drug they're showcasing. Brings new meaning to "Although a rare occurrence, men (sysadmins) who experience an erection (server lasting) for more than 4 hours (priapism) (miracle) should seek immediate medical attention.
We had bank switching too, you know. AFAIK, there were cards that pushed your RAM to 3584K (Apple sold some that went to 65K and 128K, and 1MB cards were very common back in the day), and there were apps that used it (AppleWorks 5.0 needed AT LEAST 256K RAM, and it ran on a CPU that only handled 64K at a time).
MS Altair Basic (1975?) Craploads of variants of 8-bit MS BASIC (1976-1980's) BASICA (1980/1981) GW-BASIC (Disk version of BASICA) QuickBASIC 1.0 (mid-80's) (skipping QB2-4) QuickBasic 4.5 (1988) QBasic 1.0 (1991, with MS-DOS 5.0) Visual Basic 1.0 (1991, for Win3.0 and DOS - later versions skipped) PDS 7.0 (early 90's) QBasic 1.1 (1993, with MS-DOS 6.0 through today? (at least WinME))
Isn't it basically the steaming pile of crap we all know as Visual Basic, just for DOS?
BTW, I don't think the SF.net site is what you wanted, as they're trying to distance themselves from VBDOS, and it looks like they never distributed VBDOS.
Yes, I know, 6502 code will run fine on a 6510, but you're not utilizing the whole CPU there... However, if you happened to be writing something us Apple users wanted, we have YOU to thank for writing in 6502 instead of 6510 - means it's easier to port.
Google Sopwith 2, and (if you've got a Winbox) play it (or The Author's Edition).
It's a multiplayer network game designed to show off BMB CompuScience's network system, but the network parts are useless (it's still fun against the computer, though). I didn't know it was dependent on a standard BIOS, though...
I once had a 386 clone that one day crashed (while running Windows 3.10 with IE 3.0), and displayed (in 40x25, no less) this NO ROM BASIC error. It did this WHILE it was running Windows, too.
No, it wasn't, as he was using an Apple ][e, not I/][/][+ (BTW, it was called Integer Basic). It was Applesoft BASIC. You want to take a guess as to where the "soft" came from? Yep, it's MS 6502 Basic with Apple modifications.
Correction for this AC: edlin was made by the guy who wrote QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System), and intended to last a couple of months, until he wrote something better. MS bought QDOS, renamed it 86-DOS, then MS-DOS, and edlin survived for a LONG time.
Kazaa Lite Resurrection does not run on this XP box - attempting to start it gives an error that it "encountered a problem and needs to close"... I'd try it on a VMWare-based 98 box, and see what happens.
Note that I said TRASH Windows box, and they could even *gasp* NOT GIVE IT A NETWORK CONNECTION! It seems legit from all the stuff Google has on it, BTW. You know what? I'm on a Windows box with Deep Freeze - one reboot, and it's all gone. I'll try it out - wait a sec, and I'll reply.
I haven't actually tried it out, but it seems like this is Kazaa Lite Resurrection 0.0.7 (AKA Kazaa Lite 2.6 RC21b, it appears). Mods, download and run on your trash Windows box, and THEN mod down if it's a trojan.
I don't price graphing calculators, is the thing. I'm comparing with scientific calculators, where TI's TI-3x line and Sharp's Super D.A.L. line share the bottom spot, then the Casio FX scientific calculators are more expensive.
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The I is Inexpensive, not Independent. This also explains the other reply to your post - Redundant Array of Expensive GPUs
Well, if you count her, then yes, the ATI card does come with a girlfriend.
Before you know it we'll have hardware capable of photo-realistic on the fly rendering for under $200.
Wait a couple years, and pick up a Radeon X800 XT Platinum that is capable of photo-realistic rendering on the fly (damn, Ruby looks good) for $200.
Here's what I've used:
Some Phoenix-based VGA card
A Cyrix MediaGX's integrated SVGA card
Some Oak Technology-based VGA card
An i810
An S3 SavagePro2000 integrated card
A nVidia TNT2 M64 32MB
My next card will probably be the nForce2 integrated video, both because the nForce is a great chipset, and because nVidia cards have good Linux support. BTW, ATI's Linux support has gotten better, but I'd MUCH rather have a nV card for their Linux support. On another note, I'm not getting one of these 6800 Ultra Extremes, or whatever they are - my current box is a P233MMX with 96MB RAM and a 200W Baby AT power supply. The TNT2 works FINE.
For at least four hours, too ;-)
If you don't get it, too bad.
Follow the link, and see what drug they're showcasing. Brings new meaning to "Although a rare occurrence, men (sysadmins) who experience an erection (server lasting) for more than 4 hours (priapism) (miracle) should seek immediate medical attention.
Some T20/21/22 IBM laptops do this, too, AFAIK. I don't know about current models, though, and the ones I listed are P3-based.
We had bank switching too, you know. AFAIK, there were cards that pushed your RAM to 3584K (Apple sold some that went to 65K and 128K, and 1MB cards were very common back in the day), and there were apps that used it (AppleWorks 5.0 needed AT LEAST 256K RAM, and it ran on a CPU that only handled 64K at a time).
An Apple ][ won't do you any good, as it only does B&W in text mode. However, an IBM PC would allow color in BASIC apps.
AFAIK, that was a valid statement in (Q(uick)|Visual) Basic for DOS. It let you take only one keypress for a string.
I wasn't exactly sure on those, which is why I put PDS as early 90's. I thought it was after, but...
Wait a sec...
MS Altair Basic (1975?)
Craploads of variants of 8-bit MS BASIC (1976-1980's)
BASICA (1980/1981)
GW-BASIC (Disk version of BASICA)
QuickBASIC 1.0 (mid-80's)
(skipping QB2-4)
QuickBasic 4.5 (1988)
QBasic 1.0 (1991, with MS-DOS 5.0)
Visual Basic 1.0 (1991, for Win3.0 and DOS - later versions skipped)
PDS 7.0 (early 90's)
QBasic 1.1 (1993, with MS-DOS 6.0 through today? (at least WinME))
Isn't it basically the steaming pile of crap we all know as Visual Basic, just for DOS?
BTW, I don't think the SF.net site is what you wanted, as they're trying to distance themselves from VBDOS, and it looks like they never distributed VBDOS.
I thought the C64 had a 6510...
Yes, I know, 6502 code will run fine on a 6510, but you're not utilizing the whole CPU there... However, if you happened to be writing something us Apple users wanted, we have YOU to thank for writing in 6502 instead of 6510 - means it's easier to port.
Google Sopwith 2, and (if you've got a Winbox) play it (or The Author's Edition).
It's a multiplayer network game designed to show off BMB CompuScience's network system, but the network parts are useless (it's still fun against the computer, though). I didn't know it was dependent on a standard BIOS, though...
I once had a 386 clone that one day crashed (while running Windows 3.10 with IE 3.0), and displayed (in 40x25, no less) this NO ROM BASIC error. It did this WHILE it was running Windows, too.
No, it wasn't, as he was using an Apple ][e, not I/][/][+ (BTW, it was called Integer Basic). It was Applesoft BASIC. You want to take a guess as to where the "soft" came from? Yep, it's MS 6502 Basic with Apple modifications.
Correction for this AC: edlin was made by the guy who wrote QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System), and intended to last a couple of months, until he wrote something better. MS bought QDOS, renamed it 86-DOS, then MS-DOS, and edlin survived for a LONG time.
I said it runs Deep Freeze - means any changes get reversed.
Kazaa Lite Resurrection does not run on this XP box - attempting to start it gives an error that it "encountered a problem and needs to close"... I'd try it on a VMWare-based 98 box, and see what happens.
Note that I said TRASH Windows box, and they could even *gasp* NOT GIVE IT A NETWORK CONNECTION! It seems legit from all the stuff Google has on it, BTW. You know what? I'm on a Windows box with Deep Freeze - one reboot, and it's all gone. I'll try it out - wait a sec, and I'll reply.
I haven't actually tried it out, but it seems like this is Kazaa Lite Resurrection 0.0.7 (AKA Kazaa Lite 2.6 RC21b, it appears). Mods, download and run on your trash Windows box, and THEN mod down if it's a trojan.
(Windows install, you said?)
Opera (browser, e-mail, Java SDK included)
Acrobat Reader 5.10 (sitting on my flash drive)
OO.o
Unzipper (sometimes WZ, sometimes 7Z)
PuTTY
That's about all of the critical things...
I don't price graphing calculators, is the thing. I'm comparing with scientific calculators, where TI's TI-3x line and Sharp's Super D.A.L. line share the bottom spot, then the Casio FX scientific calculators are more expensive.