Hugh Falk wrote:
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> 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 th
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
Hugh Falk wrote:
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> 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 r
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Jim Leonard wrote:
>Chris Newman wrote:
>
> What's the story? Is MS abusing its relationship with NBC? Where'd you
hear the
> rumors?
> Yes, I'
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 Patters
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
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, Win
Chris Newman wrote:
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> 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
