And my 4.77 MHz, 16k IBM PC supported cassette storage. Didn't need it though, thanks to the two 5" floppy drives, which stored, I believe, a total of 720k.
Might be a good time to upgrade your computer to a 286 with 10mb harddisk. Available at your local scrapyard.
Playing King's Quest III continuously swapping floppies is soooo annoying.
I hope that anything that out'dos CDs come back to a smaller, more portable format as the cassettes, but not their penchance for falling apart after too much sun.
Minidisc:-)
Probably those mp3 players (iPod etc.) will surpass CD's with worm memory or something..
But it can never beat my first-earned-bucks-high-tech-Sony-walkman of the 80s in prep school
... don't refill the cartridges for canon or epson printers unless you want to be replacing the printer shortly, it's like putting a bit of suger in the gas tank at every fill up.
According to Myth Busters, I can savely put a jar of sugar in my tank. In fact, engines are capable of handling enormous amounts of abuse before breaking down.
The irony of course is that electronics are supposed to be a lot more fault-proof (bath-tub curve) than mechanics, thus it is obviously lack of design or purpose to design weak printers.
I think the latter applies, since the only real problem in printers always was the paper feed. Matrix- and old laser printers keep churning out paper without replacement of components.
The fact that ink prints prices reach ye olde thermal prints is simply outrageous and obviously used as a milking cow.
So yes, stay away from cheap inkjet printers, but, stay away from inkjet printers altogether if possible.
Can anyone give a reason why to choose inkjet over laserprinters apart from the initial purchase costs?
And that's not counting the nearly 25000 patents (most filed way before the great US patent give-away). They've made significant contributions to the fields of Physics, Mathematics, Communications, Computer Science, Astronomy, Aviation, Military Defense, and Power Generation, just to name a few.
Yes, but with Google, they're finally able to find
and understand what they're doing.
my current laptop is a toshiba satelite a75 series. circa end of 2004 batery life: 2 hours on "long life" mode. my very first laptop was a toshiba t-1000 circa 1980-something(late 80's) battery life: hours and hours... how is that a longer life
Back in the 90s on a T1000 486sx you'd run wp51, dos and win3.1 or minix.
Today you need number crunching (powerconsumption) just to display word.
So, laptop has changed, programs have changed, but your job has not:-)
Isn't that what they feed everyone in school; "You can do anything if you just put your mind to it"?
In my younger years, I took this to mean "Do everything, because you can". Now that I'm in college, that entire lesson was bunk, and now I'm stuck with a bunch of what I'd consider useless knowledge.
The "Pretender" gene, as I often call it (after the TV series) is something a lot of us are blessed/cursed with. We have the ability to sit down at a computer and code anything, then get up, walk into a garage or workshop, pick up a hammer and build something, then go to a rally and speak about how you can change the world if your party will support you.
Get real. If you haven't bumped into your limitations you haven't grown pubic hair yet.
Slashdot Mirror
On yer XP box:
change screen refresh rate from 50Hz to 76Hz.- No swearing or dirty language.
- Don't tease, be mean to, or threaten anyone.
Back in the old days this was ok, but nowadays I need intimidation skills to bugger down those experienced youngsters.Start living. Make mistakes & cope with them.
Playing King's Quest III continuously swapping floppies is soooo annoying.
But it can never beat my first-earned-bucks-high-tech-Sony-walkman of the 80s in prep school
Google.
Secure and stable uh-huh.
According to Myth Busters, I can savely put a jar of sugar in my tank. In fact, engines are capable of handling enormous amounts of abuse before breaking down.
The irony of course is that electronics are supposed to be a lot more fault-proof (bath-tub curve) than mechanics, thus it is obviously lack of design or purpose to design weak printers.
I think the latter applies, since the only real problem in printers always was the paper feed. Matrix- and old laser printers keep churning out paper without replacement of components.
The fact that ink prints prices reach ye olde thermal prints is simply outrageous and obviously used as a milking cow.
So yes, stay away from cheap inkjet printers, but, stay away from inkjet printers altogether if possible.
Can anyone give a reason why to choose inkjet over laserprinters apart from the initial purchase costs?
But, how do "clone" toners perform?
I cannot wait for him to return and start coding once this fruitful excursion is over..
telnet.c is the winner of all times.
Thus, can I anyone enlighten me what areas of the current GPL (v2) are under investigation?
(...) design companies are reluctant to move to something else just because its shiny
Now, why do I get the feeling something is not right with this quote?
OK, but where do I find a barrel wide enough to fit the earth?
Yes, but with Google, they're finally able to find and understand what they're doing.
Yes, but the letter itself is property of the receiver.
Besides, claiming your mail is private when you just sent it across the world from Japan in plain text won't hold in court.
I think he can safely publish the letter on the web including a copyright notice.
How can I squeeze this box onto my socket 462?
Back in the 90s on a T1000 486sx you'd run wp51, dos and win3.1 or minix.
Today you need number crunching (powerconsumption) just to display word.
So, laptop has changed, programs have changed, but your job has not :-)
Well, here in Vostok I need the overclocking just to keep my fingers from freezing while typiiiiiiiiiiiiii
0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Nobody knew about those properties of radioactive materials in WWII. They did. Why else did they use those high-tech protective goggles?
I haven't touched my Debian box since 2002 (cron-apt that), so can anyone recommend any good linux revisited books?
Beliefs do not get in the way of science. Arrogance, the inability to reflect, learn and tolerate do.
Nothing new, since I've seen efforts for years to open source the BIOS, which is basically an incomplete os.
Isn't that what they feed everyone in school; "You can do anything if you just put your mind to it"?
In my younger years, I took this to mean "Do everything, because you can". Now that I'm in college, that entire lesson was bunk, and now I'm stuck with a bunch of what I'd consider useless knowledge.
The "Pretender" gene, as I often call it (after the TV series) is something a lot of us are blessed/cursed with. We have the ability to sit down at a computer and code anything, then get up, walk into a garage or workshop, pick up a hammer and build something, then go to a rally and speak about how you can change the world if your party will support you.
Get real. If you haven't bumped into your limitations you haven't grown pubic hair yet.