>Really? That's pretty cool. That's novel: a play being inspired by a
>computer game :) What was it about?
Don't remember the name of the game, but it was the Dracula vampire's
castle one (which I can't remember for sure was a Scott Adams adventure,
but I believe it was).
Basically, it was a play, with the basic plot line of the adventure, but
with a few characters rather than just the one person as per the game. I
was young, it was my first play, so there wasn't much creativity to
coming up with my own story line.
And my never finished text adventure was shockingly similar to the Mac
graphical adventure Deja Vu. Of course, I started work on mine LONG
before I knew about Deja Vu (long before I am sure it was even
considered, since I started mine before the Mac came out). I remember
getting Deja Vu and calling a friend that had worked on the story of mine
with me. We were very surprised at how similar they were.
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
Went to a auction today and got alot of stuff real cheap. Tow of the things that I really liked were a digital DECpc 333 portable and a Vectrex game console. I have yet to get into everything as it filled the van and had to leave stuff after running out of room to load it.
>>Wasn't that Voodoo Castle or something?
>Yes... thank you, I think that was it.
Ack... no, I was wrong (and thus you were wrong), it was "The Count".
Sorry.
(I realized this when I did a search for Scott Adams, and turned up his
site. I then downloaded the classic games for the Palm Pilot, and noticed
it included The Count, which immediately jumped to me as the correct game
my play was based off)
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
"Bill Sudbrink" <wh.sudbrink(a)verizon.net> wrote:
> This Palladium stupidity won't fly. Remember how people
> howled when Intel put unique IDs into their processors?
Yep. And what happened as a result?
-Frank McConnell
Can you describe all the PDP OSen and variants out there?
*grins*
Alex
--
Live like you will never die, love like you've never been hurt, dance
like no-one is watching.
Finally got them all checked, and they all work, so they are up for
grabs here before going to e-greed.
These are Toaster 2000 cards, for Amiga 2000's (won't fit in 3k or 4k
without major hacking). Software and books not included, but I can get
some copies. NewTek still has the copyright, see them first.
Asking $150 per card, or equivalent in trading stock.
I'm looking for:
4 gig or bigger Fast SCSI-2 drives, SCSI-3 (68 pin) would be okay if it
has an adapter
Other Amiga stuff, especially KEYBOARDS, accelerator cards, or other
graphics cards.
Complete Amigas except for A1000's.
Amiga A1200 tower case with Zorro bus included
I had several inquiries when I firt got these, you might drop me another
e-mail off-list if you are interested or have something to trade.
Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO
"Bill Sudbrink" <wh.sudbrink(a)verizon.net> wrote:
> Basically, the ID in the PIII is disabled by all standard BIOSs... AWARD,
> etc. (although it can be enabled by software) and, in any Pentium 1.5GHz or
> faster, there is no ID or supporting circuits in the silicon.
It's this "it can be enabled by software" bit that I was getting at.
As I remember it, there was a great hue and cry from privacy advocates,
Intel said "look, we'll make it disabled by default, and give people
software they can use to turn it on", and the privacy advocates said
"well, then, that's OK" and got quiet. Hello? If I can run some
software to enable ID reporting, why wouldn't any closed-source software
provider who really wants to know just have their software enable ID
reporting, get the ID, then restore/disable ID reporting to cover its
tracks?
Anyway, it looks like something did happen: it got little enough use
that Intel dropped the feature. Or...maybe they just see that
something even better for this purpose is coming.
-Frank McConnell
> From: ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk
>
> > Suggestions From Your Friends In
> > Information Technologies Support
>
> [...]
>
> > 20) If the space bar on your keyboard doesn't work, blame it on the mail
> > upgrade. Keyboards are actually very happy with half a pound of muffin
> > crumbs and nail clippings in them.
>
>
I'm reminded of one of my users who said her whole computer would
"freak out" when she used her mouse. (BTW She's right handed...) So, once I
get to her desk, everything is okay for me, and using the mouse (located to
the right, and behind the keyboard.) was normal.
So I ask her to show me. That's when I see her heavy, very loose &
baggy sleeve, wool sweater push down just about every key on the numeric
keypad. Especially the Enter key. When I pointed this out to her, she said
"No it's not. It's the computer!"
"Really? Okay. Well I'm gonna go downstairs and check the server for
problems. In the meantime, watch your sleeve, just in case."
And no, I didn't bother with the server. Just went to lunch. And
never heard about that problem again...
.........
> > 27) When you have a lock to pick on an old file cabinet, call IT
> > Support. We love to hack.
>
> You mean there are computer people who _can't_ pick filing cabinet locks?
> I am truely amazed....
>
Yeah, a DeWalt cordless and the proper bit work wonders. :)
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