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I'm pretty sure I've read "1977 Trinity" in one of my BYTE magazines from 1979 (or was it 1980? I have no BYTE magazines before 1979 so it's not earlier). I think it was in the BYTE Editor notes in the first few pages of the magazine.
I definitely remember reading it, but that's as close as my vague memory can take me.
Mr.Amiga500
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In Topic: 4 Atari 16MB Hard Disk Images Completed
Thu Jan 19, 2012 4:52 PM
ThomSW, on Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:26 PM, said:
Because he wants to keep the discussion public, OK?
Now, move your peabrains: Sikor is the publisher of these games, no? There isn't anywhere written that the software is free, and there aren't any his commercial prods available for download on Fandal's nor on Atarimania site.
And despite Sikor's post #35 with given details (so you know the situation, now, NO?), still anyone hasn't asked him for permission.
Maybe I could broke into someone's house and tell him something like "I love your plasma tv, I'll take it", and just steal it, no?
Good work, guys!
And Mr Amiga, this is for you:
Now, move your peabrains: Sikor is the publisher of these games, no? There isn't anywhere written that the software is free, and there aren't any his commercial prods available for download on Fandal's nor on Atarimania site.
And despite Sikor's post #35 with given details (so you know the situation, now, NO?), still anyone hasn't asked him for permission.
Maybe I could broke into someone's house and tell him something like "I love your plasma tv, I'll take it", and just steal it, no?
Good work, guys!
And Mr Amiga, this is for you:
I don't normally make personal attacks, but ThomSW... you're an idiot!
In Topic: 4 Atari 16MB Hard Disk Images Completed
Thu Jan 19, 2012 3:01 PM
Sikor, on Thu Jan 19, 2012 2:29 PM, said:
Yes, it is wrong to share it forward without ask person/firm/whatever, who has rights for them. I often loggin here, my firm - Sikor Soft - are knowwing for atarian, still in business. So? Did you have any problem to send private messege and ask me?
I'm sure kheffington didn't deliberately try to ignore your rights - so why didn't you send him a private message and ask him instead of calling him a pirate?
In Topic: Do you Nostalgic feel the same as me about 80's?
Sat Sep 24, 2011 9:40 AM
oky2000, on Sat Sep 24, 2011 4:00 AM, said:
Funny thing even today I don't think the Apple II is anything special. Between PET....Atari 800.....C64.....Amiga 1000 all bases are covered.
Yes, exactly. I have an Apple II+ and two Apple IIc computers (with matching monitor). I tried hard to like them, I really did. I love the built in floppy drive and wish there was an Atari like that (but with XL colour scheme). But.... anything the Apple II can do is much better done on other computers. If I want glowing green-screen, command line fun: I'll use my Kaypro. If I want quick, portable text editing: I'll use my TRS-80 Model 100. If I want 8-bit gaming: I'll use my Atari 800XL. If I want to do anything else, I'll use my Amiga 500. I can even run Apple II software on the Amiga. (and still get the same lowres scanlined feel - unlike with PC-based emulators)
Back in the day, the Apple II was unbelievably overpriced. I never knew anyone who had one and I never saw one in real life - until 1987, when I saw an Apple IIc on "blowout clearance sale" at a store closing (the death of Robinsons). I looked at the clearance sticker and it said $1100. It just didn't make sense to me. I was sure it was a typo and that it was actually supposed to be $110. That sounded reasonable to me, having bought a new CoCo III the year before for $99 - and this was supposed to be a store closing sale and the IIc was an out of box store demo model! The cashier came back and said, "No, it's not a typo. It's $1100." I stood there, baffled, confused, discombobulated... and anything else you can find in a thesaurus. Then I said, "Holy F****** S***!"
In Topic: Do you Nostalgic feel the same as me about 80's?
Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:15 AM
UNIXcoffee928, on Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:03 AM, said:
The big breakthrough was when SGI launched the Indy, though... at around $9-15K (IIRC) it was "almost affordable" to PC users, and was a type of "Holy Grail", ultra-desirable item for both high-end Amiga & high-end graphics PC owners, at the time, since their Indigo2 systems were pretty much in the luxury-sedan price range.
I've got an Indy. It's a nice, solidly built computer with some nice features. I still definitely prefer the Amiga.
UNIXcoffee928, on Fri Sep 23, 2011 10:03 AM, said:
One thing that was very impressive about the early 80s, when I was connecting to the online world, via a 300 bps modem, was that there was a wealth of unbelievably skilled hackers and computer scientists who would be willing to share all kinds of computer lore, if you showed that you were genuinely interested. It effected the way that I do things, and in particular, my posting style, which can be seen, right here in this post, and most of my non-BOFH (lol) posts here. I found it to be a great teaching mechanism, almost like an ancient culture where secrets were passed, via an oral tradition, in a closed circle.
Well, hope that you enjoyed that little bit of nostalgia.
Well, hope that you enjoyed that little bit of nostalgia.
Yes, I miss that. Compare the skill those people had with today's "hackers". Every time I hear about "geniuses" in the Apple Store, I want to puke.
