RE: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-16 Thread Hugh Falk
I'm not thrilled with everything about Windows; however, as a gamer...I don't see how you can't think Windows 95 and later made life MUCH better. Once Win 95 was adopted by game developers, and games were written (well) under it, gaming became so much easier. I still remember the bad old days of

Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-16 Thread Jim Leonard
Hugh Falk wrote: I'm not thrilled with everything about Windows; however, as a gamer...I don't see how you can't think Windows 95 and later made life MUCH better. Once Win 95 was adopted by game developers, and games were written (well) under it, gaming became so much easier. I still

Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-16 Thread Karl Kuras
From: Hugh Falk [EMAIL PROTECTED] By the late 80's hard drives were common on STs and Amigas (I had two). They may have been common here in the states, but over in Europe (where the bulk of Amiga users and games were) barely anyone had them. Most of the kids I went to high school with had

Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-16 Thread Jim Leonard
Hugh Falk wrote: By the late 80's hard drives were common on STs and Amigas (I had two). The problem with games is that the copy protection often kept you from installing them on a hard drive (on all platforms). That's why code wheels, page numbers, etc. became so popular. I hated them,

Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-15 Thread Jim Leonard
Chris Newman wrote: What's the story? Is MS abusing its relationship with NBC? Where'd you hear the rumors? Yes, I'm very interested in that. Gates is part snake oil salesman, part gangster, and all opportunist. Rumor has it that Microsoft offered to 1. ignore existing NBC Microsoft

Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-15 Thread Chris Newman
Have you ever seen the great PBS documentary Triumph of the Nerds? Part two of the three part series deals with the evolution of DOS and the Microsoft/IBM split. It's probably not news to the participants of this mailing list, but it was neat to see all the faces of the famous years. Tim

Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-14 Thread Jim Leonard
Chris Newman wrote: Voice on TV: [Person on talk show in sitcom] Sure, Windows XP will make your computing experience easier Me Jesus Christ, Bill Gates [Lucifer himself] is on a TV sitcom. And of course he's plugging Microsoft. While nobody wants to talk about it, this was the result

Re: OT Gates (was: [SWCollect] Rogue (was Killer Games (was Soccer Games (was shock))))

2001-11-14 Thread Chris Newman
What's the story? Is MS abusing its relationship with NBC? Where'd you hear the rumors? Yes, I'm very interested in that. Gates is part snake oil salesman, part gangster, and all opportunist. Jim Leonard wrote: Chris Newman wrote: Voice on TV: [Person on talk show in sitcom] Sure, Windows