The really interesting part: my ISP before I got DSL was SOTA Technologies, which was bought out by Voyager.net, which was bought out by... CoreComm. The quality dropped dramatically each time, especially after CoreComm bought Voyager.net out.
Try Google Toolbar or wait until the next version of Windows is released, and get IE 6.5. That'll stop popups. Or, just download Opera, hit F12, then click "Open requested pop-up windows only".
I've TRIED Firebird, and the tabbing just doesn't work right. Links that spawn a new window won't spawn a new tab instead (aargh!) BTW, I quickly adapted to tabbing, as I often ran several IE windows at a time before I switched to Opera. It was a simple matter of looking up at the top, instead of down at the taskbar. BTW, does Firebird save the state of the browser when it is closed out?
Myself, I still prefer Opera. I guess I've gotten used to it's quirks... BTW, my favorite browsers: 1. Opera 7.2x 2. Firebird 0.6/7 3. MSIE 6.0 4. Mozilla 1.5/6a
Firebird is very promising, and it'll make a good drop-in replacement for IE. I use Thunderbird as my mail client (hint to Opera: innovation's good, but not when it's a synonym for shitting - eliminate M2) - it's got great spam filtering (it gets the occasional false positive, but it's learning - bayesian filters will take over the world).
OK, I'll eat my words. It was second post, but I still think your math is wrong (and your timezone, and I think you're a troll). It's 9:43 now, you've got 13:28 on the SP? WTF?
Actually, that was what he wanted people to do for 2004
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Had to be over Telnet, into ExecPC (doesn't seem to REALLY exist anymore). This was two years ago. My town never had any BBSes, and got dialup in 1997, so it was all dialup until I discovered telnet.
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Hmm, there wasn't local internet access where I live until mid 1997. We were one of the first subscribers in the area. The box we used? 386DX-33, 4MB RAM, 120MB HDD (compressed to 170), 14.4Kb/s modem (when we got the tower, we were told it was a 33.6! It was still a good deal, though, as it came with a monitor, keyboard (no mouse) and a dot matrix printer), Windows 3.1, DOS 6.22, and IE 3.01 (we tried 2.1 because it was faster, and almost tried NS 1.22). Damn, if I had known Opera was around back then, I'd have downloaded that! (except I was told to only download to floppy disks, and then extract to the hard drive, so I couldn't download anything more than 1.44MB - so we couldn't update IE, but I guess we could have downloaded Opera)
Did you know that in some cities in the US, you DO have to pay for the local calls? I heard of someone outside of Chicago who got a $1000 phone bill because they were always dialed up.
It's GIF that you have to worry about. Also, why use PNG when the shots were PHOTOS, and most likely taken with a digicam, which defaults to JPEG? Doesn't make ANY sense to convert it to PNG - it'd probably increase in size.
The IntelliMouse drivers for Windows 3.1 had this. I think it was in the Laptop section, and I used it, as this system had the worst B&W LCD (yes, an LCD, not a TFT) ever. I was constantly losing the mouse pointer.
Car DVD players? I'm sorry, but a Baby AT tower isn't exactly small. I've got one sitting next to this laptop. Also, you need some serious power (or an MPEG-2 decoding card) to do DVDs. You're not going to get a 486 to do it, unless it has PCI, and you add an MPEG-2 decoding card.
Kernel starts Drivers load GUI comes up (or not, if it's a server that doesn't need a GUI and it's *nix) You can run apps well (debatable on XP, but it's still better than this)
The CEXbox port is like this: Kernel starts Some of the drivers load, and few load right GUI comes up (with problems) You can run apps (not very well at all)
Well, I don't know what WinCE does when it bluescreens.
BTW, about your joke: you should go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/devices/ default.asp and see that it's not just PDAs that run CE/XPE. Actually, only 1/3 of their platforms are portable.
If they can get VMWare running on XBoxLinux, then they can run Windows 3.1, and then progress to running Bob on top of that. Of course, if they can get even Windows 9x/ME running on the XBox, that'd work too...
Theoretically, with some code between the NES cart and the SNES to translate code optimized for the NES graphics and sound subsystems to the SNES counterparts, and to translate controller signals, it would be very possible.
Also, I think the Play Station was one of the few licensed Super Famiclones, as Sony was going to make the Super Disc, which Nintendo scrapped because they saw what happened with the Sega CD.
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The really interesting part: my ISP before I got DSL was SOTA Technologies, which was bought out by Voyager.net, which was bought out by... CoreComm. The quality dropped dramatically each time, especially after CoreComm bought Voyager.net out.
ssh://tty.freeshell.org, set up a new account, send in $1, play around, type bboard, voila!
You COULD use Refuse pop-up windows, before you bash Opera's popup handling. BTW, I'm set to requested popups only, and I'm not having any problems.
Try Google Toolbar or wait until the next version of Windows is released, and get IE 6.5. That'll stop popups. Or, just download Opera, hit F12, then click "Open requested pop-up windows only".
BTW, I DO use Thunderbird - Opera's mail client is a bit... demented. Also, Thunderbird has Bayesian filtering (woohoo!)
I've TRIED Firebird, and the tabbing just doesn't work right. Links that spawn a new window won't spawn a new tab instead (aargh!) BTW, I quickly adapted to tabbing, as I often ran several IE windows at a time before I switched to Opera. It was a simple matter of looking up at the top, instead of down at the taskbar. BTW, does Firebird save the state of the browser when it is closed out?
Myself, I still prefer Opera. I guess I've gotten used to it's quirks... BTW, my favorite browsers:
1. Opera 7.2x
2. Firebird 0.6/7
3. MSIE 6.0
4. Mozilla 1.5/6a
Firebird is very promising, and it'll make a good drop-in replacement for IE. I use Thunderbird as my mail client (hint to Opera: innovation's good, but not when it's a synonym for shitting - eliminate M2) - it's got great spam filtering (it gets the occasional false positive, but it's learning - bayesian filters will take over the world).
OK, I'll eat my words. It was second post, but I still think your math is wrong (and your timezone, and I think you're a troll). It's 9:43 now, you've got 13:28 on the SP? WTF?
It says 7:28 for me, and the story was posted at 7:27. I didn't browse at -1 yet, but it looks like a first post.
Actually, that was what he wanted people to do for 2004
Had to be over Telnet, into ExecPC (doesn't seem to REALLY exist anymore). This was two years ago. My town never had any BBSes, and got dialup in 1997, so it was all dialup until I discovered telnet.
Hmm, there wasn't local internet access where I live until mid 1997. We were one of the first subscribers in the area. The box we used? 386DX-33, 4MB RAM, 120MB HDD (compressed to 170), 14.4Kb/s modem (when we got the tower, we were told it was a 33.6! It was still a good deal, though, as it came with a monitor, keyboard (no mouse) and a dot matrix printer), Windows 3.1, DOS 6.22, and IE 3.01 (we tried 2.1 because it was faster, and almost tried NS 1.22). Damn, if I had known Opera was around back then, I'd have downloaded that! (except I was told to only download to floppy disks, and then extract to the hard drive, so I couldn't download anything more than 1.44MB - so we couldn't update IE, but I guess we could have downloaded Opera)
Did you know that in some cities in the US, you DO have to pay for the local calls? I heard of someone outside of Chicago who got a $1000 phone bill because they were always dialed up.
Hmm, I'd think a wireless mouse would be best for gaming, as I get killed a lot by the mouse cord stopping.
However, the processor is fast enough to play an 8-bit WAV file - the Apple II uses the same CPU (AFAIK), and there are WAV-playing apps for it.
It's GIF that you have to worry about. Also, why use PNG when the shots were PHOTOS, and most likely taken with a digicam, which defaults to JPEG? Doesn't make ANY sense to convert it to PNG - it'd probably increase in size.
Actually, it's a 5.5*133 Celery (as in it has a 133MHz bus, but is otherwise a Celery), as opposed to an 11*66 Celery.
BTW, you can add two more SDRAM ICs for more RAM in this box.
The IntelliMouse drivers for Windows 3.1 had this. I think it was in the Laptop section, and I used it, as this system had the worst B&W LCD (yes, an LCD, not a TFT) ever. I was constantly losing the mouse pointer.
Car DVD players? I'm sorry, but a Baby AT tower isn't exactly small. I've got one sitting next to this laptop. Also, you need some serious power (or an MPEG-2 decoding card) to do DVDs. You're not going to get a 486 to do it, unless it has PCI, and you add an MPEG-2 decoding card.
However, a full featured OS works like this:
Kernel starts
Drivers load
GUI comes up (or not, if it's a server that doesn't need a GUI and it's *nix)
You can run apps well (debatable on XP, but it's still better than this)
The CEXbox port is like this:
Kernel starts
Some of the drivers load, and few load right
GUI comes up (with problems)
You can run apps (not very well at all)
400MHz XScales are hardly "mid 90's". Late 90's is the word you're looking for.
Well, I don't know what WinCE does when it bluescreens.
/ default.asp and see that it's not just PDAs that run CE/XPE. Actually, only 1/3 of their platforms are portable.
BTW, about your joke: you should go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows/embedded/devices
If they can get VMWare running on XBoxLinux, then they can run Windows 3.1, and then progress to running Bob on top of that. Of course, if they can get even Windows 9x/ME running on the XBox, that'd work too...
Theoretically, with some code between the NES cart and the SNES to translate code optimized for the NES graphics and sound subsystems to the SNES counterparts, and to translate controller signals, it would be very possible.
Also, I think the Play Station was one of the few licensed Super Famiclones, as Sony was going to make the Super Disc, which Nintendo scrapped because they saw what happened with the Sega CD.
Actually, you'll be five seconds off at the end of this year.