At 21:33 31/03/2004 -0800, you wrote:
“Stanford
University has started a game-preservation initiative. The Stephen
F. Cabrinety Collection in the History of Micro-Computing includes as yet
unpreserved retail software, largely videogames. Amassing well into
tens of thousands of classic games,
In a message dated 04/01/2004 1:00:42 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Finally, you can use an actual older card if your motherboard has an ISA slot.
Well Jim I was thinking about doing just that as my "upgraded" PC does not have ISA slot. Was going to try my "old machine"
Interesting development. Freind overseas made mistake, sent partial paypal balance, partial Ccard payment to my "free" acct which cannot take ccards. So I had to "deny" it as I don't want to "upgrade" that acct. He says the money went back into his paypal balance. Perhaps this is because it was
In a message dated 04/01/2004 5:53:50 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If so people overseas or US buyers could send me (or you) $1 paypal balance and the rest ccard. To "free" acct. Then I deny and they get it all back in paypal balance. Can then resend to "free" acct, NO
Checked with my buddy, he had 25 paypal balance and sent 75 ccard. He said when I denied payment the entire 100 went into balance. I'd still like to test this with a couple other people if anyone wants to "volunteer" :)
Tom
Visit my web page for many games for sale/trade and screen shots of
Jim Leonard stated:
Finally, you can use an actual older card if your motherboard has an ISA slot.
This only applies to computers 3 years old or older, of course. Which also
leads to another option: Build yourself an older computer and fill it with
legacy hardware.
I was thinking about
Jukka Eronen stated:
It didn't load on me; needs Microsoft Office components
and Explorer 5.01 (have IE 5.0 something);
I got the same thing. I'm running IE 6, but Office 95 (but Windows
2000). No, my software combination isn't typical. 8)
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Joe wrote:
I too have found another 'sealed' copy of 'Origin Audio CD-Volume 1' (I bought it off of Ebay in Q4 of 2003). I now have two. I also know someone else (Ben Lesnick) who got a 'sealed' copy as well (he got it from Ebay in Q4 of 2003).
Yes you probably got them from the same person I
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I was thinking about hooking up both computers side to side and using one
monitor. Is there some sort of adaptor thingy that would allow me to do this,
hook both up to my main monitor? Of course would only use one computer at a time.
You want a KVM (Keyboard, Video,
Me too. Perhaps it would be better, Hugh, if you just post a link to the
Excel sheet so we can download it? Office Web Components is seriously buggy
(still!), and works quite badly across versions / platforms. Or perhaps just
save the page (not the workbook, the sheet you wish us to see) as a html
Well, I got IE6 and Office XP and no enchilada ;-)
Marco
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Jukka Eronen stated:
It didn't load on me; needs Microsoft Office components
and Explorer 5.01 (have IE 5.0 something);
I got the same thing. I'm running IE 6, but Office 95 (but Windows
2000). No, my
In a message dated 04/01/2004 8:49:05 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
You want a KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) switch. You hook up one
keyboard, one mouse, and one monitor to the box, then the box connects
to multiple computers. They're not cheap, though. And, as best I
know,
IIRC some copy protections try to read if they are loading from a
commercially pressed CD or a burned CD. CDs contain information on who
the manufacturer was, what kind of dye was used, what kind of media it
is, etc.
So this tool here might be helpful to distinguish if what you got is the
real
Be aware that they'll probably cancel your account if they find out.
Marco
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Interesting development. Freind overseas made mistake, sent partial
paypal balance, partial Ccard payment to my free acct which cannot
take ccards. So I had to deny it as I don't want to
In a message dated 04/01/2004 9:37:59 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Be aware that they'll probably cancel your account if they find out.
Well I have thought about that, would not do it very often. Nothing in it for me, just to save my buyers the fee as I refuse to pay it
Marco Thorek stated:
Be aware that they'll probably cancel your account if they find out.
I don't think there's any probably about it. I distinctly remember
a clause in the terms of use saying you will not take advantage of the
service to give yourself (or others) what amounts to free cash
Wow! Someone's ported Quake to the Inform programming language. Grab
your favorite Z-Machine interpreter, a copy of Quake, download the
file from http://loonyboi.com/if/quake/index.htm and have at it!
Oh, and happy April Fool's Day. 8)
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In a message dated 04/01/2004 10:19:27 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I don't think there's any "probably" about it. I distinctly remember
a clause in the terms of use saying you will not take advantage of the
service to give yourself (or others) what amounts to free cash
http://www.waxy.org/archive/2004/03/21/infocomb.shtml
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installed). I really liked the Soundman (TB not bad either, had some
interesting MIDI). Any game which had no soundcard support (ie PC
speaker) actually played through the Soundman without any mods/tricky
Those are rare, hang onto those. I wish I had one when I was
Lee K. Seitz wrote:
crossed my mind to wonder how much longer it will be until you can't
get anything but USB joysticks? Joysticks take a fair amount of
beating and everything's going USB, so in another decade, will it be
nearly impossible to find joysticks compatible with old hardware?
As long
Along these lines, has anyone MP3'd this yet? I'd like to hear some
samples.
Marco Thorek wrote:
IIRC some copy protections try to read if they are loading from a
commercially pressed CD or a burned CD. CDs contain information on who
the manufacturer was, what kind of dye was used, what kind
Feldhamer, Stuart wrote:
http://www.waxy.org/archive/2004/03/21/infocomb.shtml
I see we have a trend here. Okay, here's my infonybble:
Play Alter Ego in your web browser! http://www.theblackforge.net/
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On Mar 31, 2004, at 6:11 PM, C.E. Forman wrote:
Yep, that's definitely the Apple II manual. I saw one auction a long
time
ago that had it in an open-faced box. Scan is attached, I saved it.
I recognize that pic. :-) That is one of my most prized collectibles.
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Edward Franks
Okay, so it looks like Web Components are a no-no. I've ditched them and
put the info up in table format. Unfortunately, this will likely be a very
slow load with no sorting capabilities, but at least you can look at the
info. I'd appreciate feedback.
Also, if anybody has any suggestions for
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