22 Mar
2004
22 Mar
'04
2:38 p.m.
A while back someone asked about getting blank 1/2 tapes. Here's a great
contact....
Magnetic Products & Services, Inc.
Kristine Hunter
khunter(a)mpsinc.org
www.mpsinc.org
I was quite happy with my purchase from them of blank 1/2 tape media.
Jay
23 Mar
23 Mar
5:18 a.m.
New subject: New apple II clones website
My Apple II clones website is live now, if anyone wants to take a look.
http://www.apple2clones.com
The image module that I'm using is limited to what you see, but I'm
hoping that a friend of mine, who knows a lot about PHP programming,
will be able to help me design a better way to display the images.
BTW, some of the "reference" images are pretty terrible but they were
the best that I could find so far. I figured that even a lousy image is
better than no image at all.
Enjoy.
8:09 a.m.
New subject: New apple II clones website
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Ernest wrote:
My Apple II clones website is live now, if anyone
wants to take a look.
http://www.apple2clones.com
The image module that I'm using is limited to what you see, but I'm
hoping that a friend of mine, who knows a lot about PHP programming,
will be able to help me design a better way to display the images.
BTW, some of the "reference" images are pretty terrible but they were
the best that I could find so far. I figured that even a lousy image is
better than no image at all.
What a terrific website! This is a great effort, Ernest.
I've added it to the VCF Link Library.
A suggestion: in the Photo Gallery views it's hard to tell which title
refers to which picture. Maybe a bit more spacing between entries or some
demarcation lines?
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8:36 a.m.
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On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 11:09, Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Ernest wrote:
Thanks, Man.
I'm kind of proud of it. I agree about the photo gallery. That is part
of the image module that I mentioned above. I'll get it worked out
eventually. I want it to display the computer image list in the same way
that it displays files list -neatly wrapped and clearly separated. The
part that I'm stuck on is how to display the list one way, and the
individual albums as they are. It's to much for me, since I'm a PHP
newb.
I'll be building a "links" area soon, and I'll definitely have the VCF
marketplace on there.
I've already had more than 200 visits in the last couple of hours,
including one from Christmas Island! Who would have thought that someone
on Christmas Island would visit my old computer site? Where the hell is
Christmas Island, anyway? Time to get out the map, I guess. Hehe.
E.
My Apple II clones website is live now, if anyone
wants to take a look.
http://www.apple2clones.com
The image module that I'm using is limited to what you see, but I'm
hoping that a friend of mine, who knows a lot about PHP programming,
will be able to help me design a better way to display the images.
BTW, some of the "reference" images are pretty terrible but they were
the best that I could find so far. I figured that even a lousy image is
better than no image at all.
What a terrific website! This is a great effort, Ernest.
I've added it to the VCF Link Library.
A suggestion: in the Photo Gallery views it's hard to tell which title
refers to which picture. Maybe a bit more spacing between entries or some
demarcation lines? 
10:26 a.m.
New subject: New apple II clones website
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernest" <ernestls(a)attbi.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 11:18 AM
Subject: New apple II clones website
My Apple II clones website is live now, if anyone
wants to take a look.
http://www.apple2clones.com
The image module that I'm using is limited to what you see, but I'm
hoping that a friend of mine, who knows a lot about PHP programming,
will be able to help me design a better way to display the images.
BTW, some of the "reference" images are pretty terrible but they were
the best that I could find so far. I figured that even a lousy image is
better than no image at all.
Enjoy.
Very nice. Good work. I know it's tough to do but you came up with
something
that looks good.
I see a MPF-II there. I have one, not sure if I have the drive or not. Never
knew it was associated with Apple. It kind of goes into a spin everytime I
plug it in.
Also, the Decider pic looks good.
bm
11:53 a.m.
New subject: New apple II clones website
On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 13:26, Brian Mahoney wrote:
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ernest" <ernestls(a)attbi.com>
To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 2004 11:18 AM
Subject: New apple II clones website
I agree, it is hard to make a site look nice. After working on it for a while,
I've gotten used to the color scheme. It's much easier on the eyes than
the way I had it set up originally, which was basically all white, with
blue text -very garrish. Sellem saw it before. He'll vouch.
The MPF-II is surpisingly compatible with the Apple II, at least running
DOS 3.3 anyway. I'm going to write up a small article on it, and put it
through it's paces, etc. I haven't tested any add-on cards on it yet,
and I'm not even sure that it's pin compatible with the Apple II. It
probably isn't, since they produced a bunch of add-on carts for it,
including a disk controller cart. There are a couple of pretty good ads
for it in the advertising section.
My Apple II clones website is live now, if anyone
wants to take a look.
http://www.apple2clones.com
The image module that I'm using is limited to what you see, but I'm
hoping that a friend of mine, who knows a lot about PHP programming,
will be able to help me design a better way to display the images.
BTW, some of the "reference" images are pretty terrible but they were
the best that I could find so far. I figured that even a lousy image is
better than no image at all.
Enjoy.
Very nice. Good work. I know it's tough to do but you came up with
something
that looks good.
I see a MPF-II there. I have one, not sure if I have the drive or not. Never
knew it was associated with Apple. It kind of goes into a spin everytime I
plug it in.
Also, the Decider pic looks good.
2:45 p.m.
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On Tue, 23 Mar 2004, Ernest wrote:
I agree, it is hard to make a site look nice. After
working on it for a while,
I've gotten used to the color scheme. It's much easier on the eyes than
the way I had it set up originally, which was basically all white, with
blue text -very garrish. Sellem saw it before. He'll vouch.
I liked it :) Then again, perhaps my tastes tend towards the garish
side...
--
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
International Man of Intrigue and Danger http://www.vintage.org
[ Old computing resources for business || Buy/Sell/Trade Vintage Computers ]
[ and academia at www.VintageTech.com || at http://marketplace.vintage.org ]
10:39 p.m.
New subject: New apple II clones website
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ernest
Sent: 23 March 2004 22:53
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: New apple II clones website
The MPF-II is surpisingly compatible with the Apple II, at
least running DOS 3.3 anyway. I'm going to write up a small
article on it, and put it through it's paces, etc. I haven't
I've got a review of it from before its launch; I'll get it scanned for
BinarySaurs and send you the links. They played mostly on its Apple
compatibility and even had the monitor/tv showing a line drawing of the
apple logo :)
Cheers
w
24 Mar
24 Mar
8:07 a.m.
New subject: New apple II clones website
On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 01:39, Witchy wrote:
I would love to see that!
-----Original
Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ernest
Sent: 23 March 2004 22:53
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: New apple II clones website
The MPF-II is surpisingly compatible with the Apple II, at
least running DOS 3.3 anyway. I'm going to write up a small
article on it, and put it through it's paces, etc. I haven't
I've got a review of it from before its launch; I'll get it scanned for
BinarySaurs and send you the links. They played mostly on its Apple
compatibility and even had the monitor/tv showing a line drawing of the
apple logo :)
23 Mar
23 Mar
10:31 p.m.
New subject: New apple II clones website
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ernest
Sent: 23 March 2004 16:19
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: New apple II clones website
My Apple II clones website is live now, if anyone wants to
take a look.
http://www.apple2clones.com
The image module that I'm using is limited to what you see,
but I'm hoping that a friend of mine, who knows a lot about
PHP programming, will be able to help me design a better way
to display the images.
Nice! I'm uber-jealous that you've got a Microprofessor-II as well - I've
got the external keyboard for it but that's me lot. I see you've gone down
the same route as me for picture displaying - tables. I tried all sorts of
ways getting the format right using just CSS but it's not to be yet,
particularly if you want full cross-browser compatibility.
The only thing I can suggest is make the menus on the left have a smaller
font, then you can get more images in on the right - I'm using 1600x1200 and
the menus seem large even at that resolution :)
Cheers,
--
Adrian/Witchy
Owner & Webmaster, Binary Dinosaurs
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - possibly the UK's biggest online computer museum
www.snakebiteandblack.co.uk - ex-monthly gothic shenanigans :o(
24 Mar
24 Mar
8:05 a.m.
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On Wed, 2004-03-24 at 01:31, Witchy wrote:
The I like the little Microprofessor, too. It was one of those computers
that I HAD to have, and I even got it for a pretty good price on ebay,
$83.00 back in November 2002.
The image display is a pain in the ass. I mean, it works OK but
everytime I try to tweak one part, it screws up the rest of it. It
almost needs to be written as two separate parts -the list, and the
album. Right now, the code is all jumbled together and its hard to make
sense of it. I had to step away from it for a while.
Are you viewing the site with a Mozilla variant browser? The site looks
different in different browsers, of course, but Mozilla makes the
"medium" fonts look enormous. I haven't seen it on Safari or Opera yet,
but I think that it looks the best in Konqueror. I'll play around with
the Block widths and see if I can find a happy medium. Part of the
problem is that I'm using a 22" monitor, so its hard to know how it
would look on the more typical 17" monitors. Right now, the blocks on
the side have a width of 140, so maybe I'll bring it down to 100 or 110.
Either way, I'll play around with it and try some different settings.
E.
-----Original
Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ernest
Sent: 23 March 2004 16:19
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: New apple II clones website
My Apple II clones website is live now, if anyone wants to
take a look.
http://www.apple2clones.com
The image module that I'm using is limited to what you see,
but I'm hoping that a friend of mine, who knows a lot about
PHP programming, will be able to help me design a better way
to display the images.
Nice! I'm uber-jealous that you've got a Microprofessor-II as well - I've
got the external keyboard for it but that's me lot. I see you've gone down
the same route as me for picture displaying - tables. I tried all sorts of
ways getting the format right using just CSS but it's not to be yet,
particularly if you want full cross-browser compatibility.
The only thing I can suggest is make the menus on the left have a smaller
font, then you can get more images in on the right - I'm using 1600x1200 and
the menus seem large even at that resolution :)
9:16 a.m.
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-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctalk-bounces@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Ernest
Sent: 24 March 2004 19:06
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: RE: New apple II clones website
The I like the little Microprofessor, too. It was one of
those computers that I HAD to have, and I even got it for a
pretty good price on ebay, $83.00 back in November 2002.
Yeah, last time one appeared over here it went for silly money which
surprised me; the Apple compatibility must boost its desireability
somewhat.....
-the list, and the album. Right now, the code is all
jumbled
together and its hard to make sense of it. I had to step away
from it for a while.
Heh, been there done that :) It's the main reason all my photo galleries are
on their own with no side menus - doing a multi-line gallery is easy but
incorporating it in with another sidebar using tables would be an annoyance
to code out since I build them up a line at a time.
Are you viewing the site with a Mozilla variant
browser? The
Yep - firefox 0.8.
site looks different in different browsers, of course,
but
Mozilla makes the "medium" fonts look enormous. I haven't
seen it on Safari or Opera yet, but I think that it looks the
I tried using 'medium' and 'small' fonts and ended up specifying a size
in
pixels to get sort of the best view across all browsers.
best in Konqueror. I'll play around with the Block
widths and
see if I can find a happy medium. Part of the problem is that
I'm using a 22" monitor, so its hard to know how it would
look on the more typical 17" monitors. Right now, the blocks
Yarr. Now that I've fixed my 21" monster thanks to the folks here I can run
a dual desktop with 19" and 21" monitors for that overindulgent feel :oD
Talk about a waste of electricity....heh.....
Cheers
w
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