OT: Least We Should Forget . . 1975 to 81 . .

Grazie wrote on 5/7/2004, 10:20 AM
Thought you Guys and Gals might like to know how .. . difficult things where . . yeah?

Super 8 Militia

Star Filter

And the Winner IS . . The Zap Box - YEAH!

Light reflief for the Weekend,

Grazie

Comments

HeeHee wrote on 5/7/2004, 10:31 AM
Grazie,

I'm glad those days are over!:-) but anyway, isn't it copyright infringement to copy and/or scan articles from magazines???
Grazie wrote on 5/7/2004, 10:40 AM
Not me Guv! I've just seen it . .don't shoot the messenger . . The Truth Is Out There . .

Grazie
HeeHee wrote on 5/7/2004, 10:44 AM
Grazie,

I'm not accusing you, just pointing out that these sites are doing something that is illegal, unless they received permission from the publishers to reprint the material.
Grazie wrote on 5/7/2004, 10:46 AM
. . .oh . . shall I rest easy tonight then? - G
FuTz wrote on 5/7/2004, 2:29 PM

... just DON'T go as far as doing it "in peace", mouarf arf arf !!!
farss wrote on 5/7/2004, 3:43 PM
Thanks for sharing that Grazie, wonder if anyone has tried doing any of those FXs using a video camera?
I've come accross some fairly basic stuff while transferring 8mm, animated text seems to have been fairly popular, done using felt letters being stuck onto a sheet of felt. Probably took hours just to do one opening title
JohnnyRoy wrote on 5/7/2004, 4:16 PM
HOW DO I GET THE ZAP BOX TO WORK AS A PLUGIN???????

I copied all the materials into my plugin directory but when I got into Vegas. NOTHING!

I can only get it to work standalone. The Zap Box is a RIP OFF!

<wink>

~jr
farss wrote on 5/7/2004, 6:01 PM
It'll work as a plug-in but be careful, in most PAL countires remember the plugs are 240V.
JohnnyRoy wrote on 5/7/2004, 6:47 PM
That gives a whole new meaning to the word: "plug-in" ;-)

~jr
AlanC wrote on 5/10/2004, 9:05 AM
Trouble was, we just didn't have the computing power in those days...

The IBM PCjr (circa 1984)
Expansion was performed through the use of modules that attached to the side of the machine. You could continue to add modules, but this kept expanding the size of the machine.
"Memory expansion on the PCjr was via these 2" thick side addition thingies. You simply remove the cover on the side of the main unit and screw one of these things onto it, then attach the cover onto the add-on unit and you can keep building it from there. (Kind of like lego building blocks.) If you wanted to upgrade from the stock 128k to 640k, you'd wind up with an additional 8 inches of computer!
If I recall, the parallel port was also in one of these side card things. So if you wanted everything maxed out, it looked REALLY cool!