It's Already 2AM: 35th Edition... Welcome to The Blue Oyster Bar.

TeamSpeed wrote in post #17308681
Also, the way companies "copy protected" their floppies would be to permanently damage a sector, then search for that sector in the code. Until software was created to replicate the sector bad calls when running such code.

Also, I loved how I could peek and poke graphical elements into my code, so that when I did a listing, the peeked value for 15360 on the TRS80 (first memory location for the top most left pixel) could be stored in the first byte of some string array by poking into that array's memory location. Then we would write an app where we drew the game screen, then peeked the video memory, and poked it into a series of string arrays, then go to that game program and finish coding it. Oh the days... and the stupid stuff I still remember after 30 years, yikes.

I used to use poke a lot in my code, I remember 15360 fondly. In H.S. as a nerd I called myself "Practical Poker" -Yeah, just doesn't sound right now.

Fricks wrote in post #17308640
never even seen on of those before

Before your time lol

FJ LOVE wrote in post #17308646
i never liked the canon 16-35 for this distortion, i really like the rectilinear 10-24 Fuji lens though, way better than trying to rescue every shot

Yeah it can be very brutal. Right now im testing the FE 16-35 F/4 OSS and it does much better in that regard. Totally agree on not having to rescue every shot.

Harm wrote in post #17308652
Vinyl is making a little bit of a comeback of late.

Being analogue, as opposed to digital for music, you would get a truer representation of the sounds...

Yes sir best sound come from Vinyl. Even the little pop sounds are nice as well

Fricks wrote in post #17308660
Yeah i really want to do a trip outside the normal touristy areas. My favorite place i've been to in Italy was Florence. I felt like it was the least touristy of the cities we went to.

Mayra and I love Florence. We say that is where we would love to retire to. But after spending time in the Rapallo, Italy area we love it there even more. Nice coastal town with great neighboring towns as well.

Martin just noticed the return of your old Avatar. How is she doing and the son these days?

Harm wrote in post #17308720

And you too, you brute!

Blurr Cube wrote in post #17308674
Ancient recoradable CD... encased in a square flexible container.

This is a 3.5" one... same innards:

Okay, maybe it's more of an ancient usb/memory stick.

Martins been hacked

FJ LOVE wrote in post #17308714
age is just a number to me Harm, i just consider myself as having a larger memory bank than others

Recall access gets a bit harder though.

Harm wrote in post #17308652
Vinyl is making a little bit of a comeback of late.

Being analogue, as opposed to digital for music, you would get a truer representation of the sounds...

this is truly the best little device to come out in years for digital music, it compares to the $2000 DAC unit i have but at a fraction of the cost, i highly recommend this unit to anyone that listens to music through their computer or phone

http://www.eisa.eu …sory-2014-2015.html#award

Fricks wrote in post #17308745
Martins been hacked

You need to update your avy to a higher resolution one too, Jake. Higher 5Mb and 150x150 limits.

Blurr Cube wrote in post #17308734
Okay, maybe it's more of an ancient usb/memory stick.

100mb (or was it 144mb?) compared to 128gb or even more these days... What is that something like a 1000x increase?

vipergts831 wrote in post #17308726
Martin just noticed the return of your old Avatar. How is she doing and the son these days?

GF still works at a casino and my kid's going on 9 and is a goalie in hockey now, thanks for asking

Fricks wrote in post #17308745
Martins been hacked

beileve me Jake there was a doorway pic with red shoes that almost got the call, you know the one

Blurr Cube wrote in post #17308747
Recall access gets a bit harder though.

this true

TeamSpeed wrote in post #17308764
100mb (or was it 144mb?) compared to 128gb or even more these days... What is that something like a 1000x increase?

The smallest I remember for the 5-1/4 was like 720K (as in kilobytes) and going to 1.44 Mb 3-1/2 was a HUGE upgrade. Yeah, I think usb memory sticks are up to 128 Gb (giga) or maybe even higher.