Oh man, I remember playing this back in the mid 90s after I picked up a Roland LAPC-1 off of Ebay. The LAPC-1 was a full size card and could only fit in my crappy PC with the cover off, but the music it made blew me away. I had no idea that the Roland would really sound that much better than the Adlib I had been using.
Those old Sierra games had absolutely fantastic soundtracks.
Anybody know why new games with streamed soundtracks sound kinda crappy? Or is that just my nostalgia acting up again?
While the German car industry has come up with fuel injection, ABS braking and constant four wheel drive over the past 20 years
Actually, electronic fuel injection (not mechanical) for automobiles was pioneered by the Chrysler Corporation and Bendix in the 1950s:
"One of the first electronic fuel injection system was developed by the Bendix Corporation and introduced on the 1958 DeSoto Adventurer, arguably the first production (throttle-body) EFI system. The patents were subsequently sold to Bosch." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_injector#Pre-emi ssion_era
And American Motor Cars released a full time four wheel drive car for the 1980 model year - approximately the same time or earlier than the first Audi Quattro:
>To complex? Compared to what? This is a BMW not some american car. Germans may suck as human beings >but they know how to make cars. Cars that actually just bloody work instead of needing to be fixed >every ten miles.
I beg to differ. Do you own a recent vintage BMW? I'm talking about electrical gremilins that will make you pull your hair out. Don't even get me started on VW - disintegrating interior trim, broken window regulators, failing inginition packs. . . etc. etc. Even Mercedes is having a hard time with reliability issues these days.
Germans do make cars that are a hoot to drive, but they sure as hell aren't as reliable as you think.
>It hasn't invented anything of note in it's entire history
Hmmm, just off the top o' me head: -telephone -transistor -integrated circuit -artifical heart -lightbulb -airplane -lightening rod -video games -the internet (Thanks Al!) -portable photographic camera -motion picture camera -carbon-14 dating -artificial diamonds -passenger elevator -genetic engineering -laser -light-emitting diode -liquid crystal display -magnetic resonance imaging -electric motor -phonograph -photocopying -refrigerator -Muzak
WOW, you're totally right, nothing of note in that list AT all!
Except for Muzak, of course. A truly world changing technology, that Muzak.
Surprised no one is mentioning building your own cables. Much higher quality than Monster and much cheaper (not including the cost of tools). As an added bonus it scores you Geek points.
Here's a link dealing with the construction of Canare cables:
http://www.bus.ucf.edu/cwhite/theater/diycable.htm
Slashdot Mirror
Oh man, I remember playing this back in the mid 90s after I picked up a Roland LAPC-1 off of Ebay. The LAPC-1 was a full size card and could only fit in my crappy PC with the cover off, but the music it made blew me away. I had no idea that the Roland would really sound that much better than the Adlib I had been using.
Those old Sierra games had absolutely fantastic soundtracks.
Anybody know why new games with streamed soundtracks sound kinda crappy? Or is that just my nostalgia acting up again?
Actually, electronic fuel injection (not mechanical) for automobiles was pioneered by the Chrysler Corporation and Bendix in the 1950s:
"One of the first electronic fuel injection system was developed by the Bendix Corporation and introduced on the 1958 DeSoto Adventurer, arguably the first production (throttle-body) EFI system. The patents were subsequently sold to Bosch." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_injector#Pre-emi ssion_era
http://www.allpar.com/cars/desoto/electrojector.ht ml
And American Motor Cars released a full time four wheel drive car for the 1980 model year - approximately the same time or earlier than the first Audi Quattro:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AMC_Eagle>To complex? Compared to what? This is a BMW not some american car. Germans may suck as human beings >but they know how to make cars. Cars that actually just bloody work instead of needing to be fixed >every ten miles.
I beg to differ. Do you own a recent vintage BMW? I'm talking about electrical gremilins that will make you pull your hair out. Don't even get me started on VW - disintegrating interior trim, broken window regulators, failing inginition packs. . . etc. etc. Even Mercedes is having a hard time with reliability issues these days.
Germans do make cars that are a hoot to drive, but they sure as hell aren't as reliable as you think.
>It hasn't invented anything of note in it's entire history
Hmmm, just off the top o' me head:
-telephone
-transistor
-integrated circuit
-artifical heart
-lightbulb
-airplane
-lightening rod
-video games
-the internet (Thanks Al!)
-portable photographic camera
-motion picture camera
-carbon-14 dating
-artificial diamonds
-passenger elevator
-genetic engineering
-laser
-light-emitting diode
-liquid crystal display
-magnetic resonance imaging
-electric motor
-phonograph
-photocopying
-refrigerator
-Muzak
WOW, you're totally right, nothing of note in that list AT all!
Except for Muzak, of course. A truly world changing technology, that Muzak.
Surprised no one is mentioning building your own cables. Much higher quality than Monster and much cheaper (not including the cost of tools). As an added bonus it scores you Geek points. Here's a link dealing with the construction of Canare cables: http://www.bus.ucf.edu/cwhite/theater/diycable.htm