This is one of the neatest hacks I’ve seen in a while!
AdLib to parallel port
And it is exactly as it sounds, an AdLib card, ported out to a parallel adapter which any machine with a printronix parallel port then can speak to. Â Totally awesome!
and my BBS is still running in Egypt.
ping bbs
PING egypt.superglobalmegacorp.com (41.223.53.17): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 41.223.53.17: icmp_seq=0 ttl=42 time=340.746 ms
64 bytes from 41.223.53.17: icmp_seq=1 ttl=42 time=319.177 ms
Well at least they haven’t turned the internet off. Â Hopefully this time, things will work out better.
Network world, did a nice obit.
Seems we are crossing into the era where all the people who made the world what it is today are passing onward.
The source code is here.
For those wondering, I have a win32 build of 1.4.0 but it is on a hard disk that I can’t use now as I’m currently living on a boat. Â Which has been fun, but the only catch is the cheap power supply is 220v and the boat is 110v. Â Plus I don’t have a monitor. Â I should be leaving for Japan in a few weeks, so I can get a new power supply and monitor there as I plan on spending two months.
I haven’t forgotten or moved on, I’m just still on my big vacation thing.
Hong Kong has really been great, I’ve met some fabulous people out here.  If I could get a job here I’d move here in 5 minutes (well I’d just find an apartment as I’m already here…) The place is awesome, I’d recommend anyone to check it out.  But I don’t speak Mandarin or Canto so that won’t be happening.  🙁
I’ll try to do a small best of photos out here, but sadly the weather hasn’t been cooperating too well, and pollution has been off the chart… but really its a great place! .. !
In other news, I’m sure you’ve all read about the internet archive having a massive collection of software.?  Really good news as so much old stuff, besides the shovel ware gets disappeared.
So yes, I’m still alive, just .. been somewhat unavailable.
The blue one!
pop open the hatch so my AC can dehumidify..
pic of the middle of the boat
cruising on the sampan
another pic of the boat
Fish Heads!
I just saw one of these for sale, pretty pricey and I thought I’d google a review… Ashens came up, which means that it is crap…
So yeah this is 100% Ashen’s content.. nothing to do with me, but still interesting.
I found this out on the forum bannister.org.  I have no idea if it runs other stuff well, or what if any of the limitations are.. But as always more players, the better!
For those who have never heard of MESS, they basically took MAME, and started to emulate computer systems with it.
All nodes are recovering except Breck and Pike both KVM nodes. Â We are investigating why they have not come back online and am en route to look at them physically.Â
I’m willing to let people have their embarrassing comments redacted where needed.
Also, I’ve never received a dime from any vendor or advertiser. So what ever I have to say is mine, and mine alone.
“Just let them say whatever they want.”
You’re God damned right I will say whatever I want, and I’ll defend anyone who wants to say whatever they want.
From their site:
Why is this closure happening, then? It’s a business thing, and like most business things it’s not easy to explain or understand unless you spend all day crunching numbers and paying bills. Which I don’t. So here’s the simple version that even I can comprehend: Ziff Davis wants to run an efficient, focused company, and managing several different sites that all cover videogames isn’t exactly the model of efficiency. Even though GameSpy had its own unique voice that was separate and distinct from those of our sister sites, and there has always been value in that, it’s hard to argue with that logic. Even if it does totally suck.
So yeah, another one bites the dust.
Other greats from a top ten include Byte and InfoWorld.. Oh well.
