Got an XBox360?

Post by **Bootsy** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:13 am

pmjt wrote:[ they were very clever machines with a (from memory) completly dot addressable screen and a high speed tape system that worked
P

Yes, your memory serves you well. I remember writing a bizarre stock control and paper round delivery system for a chain on Newagents who bought these machines for each branch (about £600 at the time and around 1984 I think) I was 13!

pmjt · Post by **pmjt** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:43 am

Bootsy wrote:
pmjt wrote:So THAT's where I went wrong - I didn NOT discover the above So I therefore ended up a nerd with a twenty five year career in computing
I think you've done rather well actually!

Thanks Tom - but as my wife points out (:shock:) I never did the whole university sex, drugs and rock and roll thing

Problem now is that, as I approach my 40th I'm wondering if I made the right decision

P

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 11:26 am

pmjt wrote:
Bootsy wrote:
pmjt wrote:So THAT's where I went wrong - I didn NOT discover the above So I therefore ended up a nerd with a twenty five year career in computing
I think you've done rather well actually!
Thanks Tom - but as my wife points out (:shock:) I never did the whole university sex, drugs and rock and roll thing

Problem now is that, as I approach my 40th I'm wondering if I made the right decision

P

ahh yes, but the grass is always greener

well I never did the computer thing ( too busy out riding my BMX & building dens

) but did do the university, sex, drugs & rock & roll

which is why I look so tired & worn out & now prefer a quiet beer

impmad2000 · Post by **impmad2000** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:46 pm

I got a game published in Sinclair User once

Post by **Bootsy** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:49 pm

impmad2000 wrote:I got a game published in Sinclair User once

Can you remember a mag called Computer and Video Games?

I used to review games for it in return for free cassettes and also competed in their UK arcade champion series - my father had an amusement arcade and I was a bit of a video games junkie!

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 1:21 pm

I remember trying to input one of the 'games' in the back of that mag. Every month they used to print pages of code to enter

I NEVER ever got one to work which .. what a waste of 3 hours typing / inputing

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:50 pm

Oh dear oh dear: it was not long ago that the DDK membership were outraged by an accusation of 'being a bunch of computer nerds'.

I can't help but notice that out of the blue there's been a competitive dash to out-geek one another.

Must remember to copy this thread across to another well-known Porsche forum (club espionage).

Kidding!

MdR · Post by **MdR** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:20 pm

Ah! The Spectrum with it's dead flesh keyboard.
Mine got toasted when the 32k plug in RAM pack (wow! a mega total 48k) & plug in Kempston joystick port all got a bit loose playing an exciting Daly Tompson's Decathlon (I think) - Fpzzt! followed by the smell of fried silicon.
Meant I could upgrade to a C64 - with a proper keyboard. Then you could roll a golf ball over the keys to cheat in DTD.
One of my all time favourite games was JetPac.
And there's JetSetWilly
And Wanted!Monty Mole

I am a nerd.

pmjt wrote:Problem now is that, as I approach my 40th I'm wondering if I made the right decision

I reckon you could've made worse choices

hot66 wrote:too busy out riding my BMX & building dens ) but did do the university, sex, drugs & rock & roll

That explains rather alot

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:30 pm

What a great idea for DTD -a golf ball. I just did the running keys and my brother would hit the space bar for the hurdles

Beachy head was a favorite of mine for the Speccy and wasn't there a game called Attic Attack?

swapped · Post by **swapped** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:33 pm

Barry wrote:I can't help but notice that out of the blue there's been a competitive dash to out-geek one another.

I just can't believe the direction the thread has taken, considering I started it with only the purest intentions of high-lighting the up-coming availability of some 'virtual' 914/6ing.

You nerds dismay me.

Carl
Technical Analyst
BSc (Hons) Computing

defianty · Post by **defianty** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:15 pm

Here you go Carl, I won't abuse your thread!

These are screenshots from GT Legends for the PC. A friend sent me these over. Not played it myself yet, but think I'll have to have a go pretty soon after seeing these.

Enjoy!

23e Heure · Post by **23e Heure** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:43 pm

I started off with a ZX81. Ahhhh. 3D Maze was a classic!
I'd spend Saturday afternoons slavishly copying BASIC games code printouts in computer mags...
Only to spend all day Sunday debugging the code to make the magic RUN command do something
without a GOSUB error

But did anyone have a BBC Micro and the classic REVs? First of the true simulators (as opposed to
the arcade experiences the conoles offer these days):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REVS_(computer_game)

As for GTLegends, I race every Sunday in the No Grip GTL league.
http://www.nogripracing.com/forum/index.php
Believe me, it is no game!
With a decent PC and feedback steering wheel, its the closest you'll get to the real thing.

Pistonheads have their own league team. If anyone is interested, we could put a DDK team together...

This Sunday we're racing a 906 vs GT40 shootout at Le Mans