Comments for ASCII by Jason Scott http://ascii.textfiles.com Jason Scott's Weblog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:22:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Comment on A Little Less Conversation, a Little More CDs by Required http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/2837/comment-page-1#comment-366441 Required Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:22:38 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=2837#comment-366441 Utter Crap and a waste of time cd.textfiles.com. Put up the iso also so we can look at contents and if like download the cd itself, burn and use it as intended. No its not the same burning ourself since then the original dates and even cd file system structure maybe wrong. Besides some may have cdda audio on them. Hardest part is ripping the audio correctly using EAC to wave format and needs to be correct so can be restored back to original on another computer. I did read a tosec forum a how to guide for doing this, unknown if works perfectly or not. Maybe you dump these cd images elsewhere all of them. Have seen a few on archive.org if that was you, but not all are there. If was you at archive.org. I suggest you inform them to categorize them to identify which pc they belong to. Often title alone is not enough, if not from or have never seen such disc title, magazine or group etc. Utter Crap and a waste of time cd.textfiles.com. Put up the iso also so we can look at contents and if like download the cd itself, burn and use it as intended. No its not the same burning ourself since then the original dates and even cd file system structure maybe wrong. Besides some may have cdda audio on them. Hardest part is ripping the audio correctly using EAC to wave format and needs to be correct so can be restored back to original on another computer. I did read a tosec forum a how to guide for doing this, unknown if works perfectly or not.

Maybe you dump these cd images elsewhere all of them. Have seen a few on archive.org if that was you, but not all are there.

If was you at archive.org. I suggest you inform them to categorize them to identify which pc they belong to. Often title alone is not enough, if not from or have never seen such disc title, magazine or group etc.

]]> Comment on Floppy Disks: It’s Too Late by Batman Forever http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3191/comment-page-2#comment-363429 Batman Forever Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:41:42 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=3191#comment-363429 [...] USB interface to connect it to my laptop now. Fingers crossed it’ll work and it’s not too late for my 20 year old Commodore 64 5 1/4 discs. I tend to agree that if it wasn’t for piracy [...] [...] USB interface to connect it to my laptop now. Fingers crossed it’ll work and it’s not too late for my 20 year old Commodore 64 5 1/4 discs. I tend to agree that if it wasn’t for piracy [...]

]]> Comment on Floppy Disks: It’s Too Late by Why History Needs Software Piracy http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3191/comment-page-2#comment-360309 Why History Needs Software Piracy Sat, 28 Jan 2012 06:48:48 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=3191#comment-360309 [...] This becomes particularly troubling when we consider that publishers began releasing software on floppy disk over 30 years ago. Most of those disks are now unreadable, and the software stored on them has become garbled beyond repair. If you’ve been meaning to back up those old floppies in your attic, I have bad news: it’s probably too late. [...] [...] This becomes particularly troubling when we consider that publishers began releasing software on floppy disk over 30 years ago. Most of those disks are now unreadable, and the software stored on them has become garbled beyond repair. If you’ve been meaning to back up those old floppies in your attic, I have bad news: it’s probably too late. [...]

]]> Comment on The Typewriter Test by 6502 documentary preview | Apple II Bits http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3408/comment-page-1#comment-359709 6502 documentary preview | Apple II Bits Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:08:04 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=3408#comment-359709 [...] KansasFest 2009 keynote speaker Jason Scott recently ran a successful Kickstarter campaign that earned him $118,801 (minus fees) with which to fund three documentaries on tape, arcades, and the 6502 processor. His first investment with that money was some new A/V equipment: a Canon 5D Mark II Camera, multiple Canon L lenses (24mm–70mm, 50mm, 70mm–200mm), Lowell Tota lights, a H4N recorder connected to a Seinnheiser microphone, and a Cinevate Atlas 30 slider dolly. Using these purchases, he shot some test footage about a typewriter. [...] [...] KansasFest 2009 keynote speaker Jason Scott recently ran a successful Kickstarter campaign that earned him $118,801 (minus fees) with which to fund three documentaries on tape, arcades, and the 6502 processor. His first investment with that money was some new A/V equipment: a Canon 5D Mark II Camera, multiple Canon L lenses (24mm–70mm, 50mm, 70mm–200mm), Lowell Tota lights, a H4N recorder connected to a Seinnheiser microphone, and a Cinevate Atlas 30 slider dolly. Using these purchases, he shot some test footage about a typewriter. [...]

]]> Comment on The Jason Scott Machine by Nate http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/3478/comment-page-1#comment-359376 Nate Thu, 26 Jan 2012 06:04:32 +0000 http://ascii.textfiles.com/?p=3478#comment-359376 God save us from "Arduino". Will be as relevant as "Armatron" in a few years. God save us from “Arduino”. Will be as relevant as “Armatron” in a few years.

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