it seemed to do useful things, and not make the machine explode
Excellent work, young Jedi! Learn to love the terminal.
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amych - Nov 28, 2006 7:16:06 pm PST #9666 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Sean K - Nov 28, 2006 7:24:44 pm PST #9667 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Like I said, I used to play with Unix way back when -- not as an operating system on one of my own computers, but through the BBS I hung out in at the time. Still, it was all LUI back then, so the terminal isn't really that intimidating. And (if I read the documentation correctly) the system won't let me do anything with potential to screw things up unless I sudo (which was included in the aforementioned command strings, but I trusted them, and they begged and stuff).
NoiseDesign - Nov 28, 2006 7:27:22 pm PST #9668 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Next time I'm down at my parents house I might have to see if I can dig up the old CP/M machine that I had. It was in a home made plywood case with an 8" floppy drive. I'd have to hook it up to a dumb terminal to get the full effect.
amych - Nov 29, 2006 5:59:59 am PST #9669 of 10003
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I came in to post this as an add-on to the Ubuntu tips, but it occurs me that it's multi-platform and very cool: Is anyone else using Democracy Player? It's an iTunes-y looking video podcast aggregator, video player, and bittorrent client; it plays a whole slew of video formats, handles high definition, downloads YouTube/Google Vid content and (possibly) takes out the trash.
Good thing hard drives are cheap these days. Oy.
Next time I'm down at my parents house I might have to see if I can dig up the old CP/M machine that I had. It was in a home made plywood case with an 8" floppy drive. I'd have to hook it up to a dumb terminal to get the full effect.
Dude, I'd make a Frankenbox merit badge for this if you didn't already own the category.
because, yes, I am once again wasting time
tommyrot - Nov 29, 2006 6:02:24 am PST #9670 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Is there a free or open-source version of CP/M? I've always wanted to try it - maybe I'll install it on a virtual machine on my MacBook.
eta: Ooh - I just decided that someone needs to create a virtual punchcard reader/writer. Just because....
Jessica - Nov 29, 2006 6:04:32 am PST #9671 of 10003
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I downloaded Democracy a few weeks back, but I haven't had time to play with it yet.
tommyrot - Nov 29, 2006 6:06:57 am PST #9672 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Eddie - Nov 29, 2006 6:37:27 am PST #9673 of 10003
Your tag here.
NoiseDesign - Nov 29, 2006 12:19:05 pm PST #9674 of 10003
Our wings are not tired
Dude, I'd make a Frankenbox merit badge for this if you didn't already own the category.
That made me grin.
DCJensen - Nov 29, 2006 6:08:05 pm PST #9675 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
So, what should I do with the three old kaypro machines in my mom's garage?