One find this week, a C128. These new rules about the electronics
manufacturers taking the responsiblity for discarded hardware doesn't seem as
bad as it might, since the recycling station now has a dedicated skip for
computers, home electronics and CRTs.
However, the C128 only starts up with a black screen. The common VIC border is
visible, but the screen is entirely black/grey instead of brown, and no text
or prompts. What could be up here? Broken kernal (is it spelt with an A on
Commodores?), broken BASIC, broken VIC?
BTW, there's been a demo party in the building where I live this weekend. Lots
of Polish hackers sleeping in the corridors and the garden, lots of C64s, and
the things they did with them! Absolutely amazing! Voxel landscapes, fire
effects, resolutions which I never thought possible of a VIC... Definitely
worth visiting if one comes to your town. This was just a small party, though,
mainly C64, instead of the "3000 PC users play Quake 3 Arena" parties common
today.
They also ran some Game Boy demos, but that's not on topic. =)
--
En ligne avec Thor 2.6a.
Haben Sie schon mal einen Wegweiser gesehen, der selbst den Weg geht, den er
weist?
--- Ludwig XV (K?nig von Frankreich, 1710-1774)
Received on Sun Jul 22 2001 - 06:53:05 BST