X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f996b,9c5db9e6be40caff X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-16 19:23:39 PST Path: supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!isdnet!news.stealth.net!24.30.200.2.MISMATCH!news-east.rr.com!news.rr.com!cyclone.kc.rr.com!news.kc.rr.com!cyclone3.kc.rr.com!news3.kc.rr.com!typhoon.kc.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.ascii-art From: Nate / DAC X-Sender: natedac@flute.daconcepts.dyndns.org Reply-To: nospam@nospam.com Subject: Re: OT: Spamfighting (was: All YOUR Romantic Needs - Relationship101.com 9857) In-Reply-To: <16gr8tgalfh8057ciisd8uakbji47jar43@4ax.com> Message-ID: References: <8okg8tc8cv5b5r720ciljg9fp3fjb1akjs@4ax.com> <16gr8tgalfh8057ciisd8uakbji47jar43@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Lines: 90 Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2001 03:23:01 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.166.131.83 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: typhoon.kc.rr.com 982380181 24.166.131.83 (Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:23:01 CST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 21:23:01 CST Xref: supernews.google.com alt.ascii-art:4452 > Of course, you could use a 1351 mouse in joystick mode. As soon as mouse support > is here you can use it in proportional mode as it should. Yup. > Dunno, i thought it showed great promise. It came with a demo that did a complex > calculation in dual CPU mode as well as in single CPU mode. Dual CPU mode was a > lot faster, needless to say. Yeah, but with the Super CPU around, it just blows away any of those co-processor ideas :) > >Now if you have a CMD Hard Drive, which offers Parallel, > > You don't need a CMD drive to have a parallel drive. There were/are kits around Certainly not, but the old drives like 1541 only had a couple of K of RAM anyway. However those parallel loaders could, I suppose, also be used in this capacity. > that had a flatcable with a socket for one of the chips (can't remember which > one, i thionk it was one of the CIA chips) and on the other end it had a One of the 6522 VIA's. > userport connector. I think the exact layout must me on the web somewhere. > Anyway, with that kit you could have a standard 1541 in parallel mode. Things like Dolphin-DOS spring to mind. > I had that one! It came with a number of song, "99 Luftbalons" amongst > others. The one I'm thinking of only had one tune, something about "eliza" or so. > >Music: High Voltage SID Collection > >http://home.freeuk.net/wazzaw/HVSC/ > > I haven't looked, do you need a SIDSymphony for these tunes? Nope, but it's nice to have one. It's easy to build, too (CMD no longers sells them, due to lack of good source for SID chips). > Jos looks appealing and so does Clips. I liked GEOS so i'm sure i'd > like Wheels, i already knew GeoFax but this is the first time i have > heared of the Wave. Pity they don't show any screenshots... There are some screenshots of The Wave on Colin Thompson's site I think. Don't have the URL handy, though. > Does it run standalone or does it need GEOS/Wheels? It needs Wheels, a Super CPU with at least 1 MB of RAM, and a high speed modem with Swiftlink-compatible RS232 card. > >Documentation: Project 64 > >http://project64.c64.org > > Ermm... 404.... Strange, I just checked this one before writing the URL. > >Need I say more? :) > > Oh, but there is a lot more to be said. > As i wrote before, the C64/128 could have come further than it already > went. My biggest disappointment was that many of these sites haven't > been updated in ages. True, a lot of the Commodore people get lazy when it comes to thier websites (myself included). Some just don't take the time, though. Either way, there's a lot more to be done before these old machine can rightfully be called 'dead'. So far, the end isn't in sight yet. -- ________________________________________________________ | . . | _____ | | _ _ _|_ _ _| _ _ | C64/C128- _///@@@| | | |/ \'_| | / \ / |'_| / ` | What's /'//ZZ@@|____ | | | |/ | | L-'| |/ || | *YOUR* |'''/ |'/@7 | | | |\_|_\_\_. \_|\_|_\_. | hobby? |`'| `~~' | | _ . . `-----------. | `| .--. | | /_\ | _ _ _ |_ | _ _ _ ._ _ | | `\____|___\ | | |(_Y |/(_`/ `'_|| \|/_) / `/ \| | | | \_ | | | \_. |\._)\_.(_||_/|\_. O \_.\_/| | | | \_____| | `---------------------------------------"----------------'