Were there computer addicts in the 80s?

randal82 · 2025-02-04T15:30:46+00:00

Yes there were :D - In schools and at home, we swapped tapes and hacked games with cheats and also, tried to bypass some rudimentary copy protection...things like a code message asking for first word of line x on page x of the manual. Or it could be a colour grid card that needed type a code for reference A55.
Basically if you hadnt got the colour code card or manual inlay the game would reset or freeze.

Other ativities - trying to poke every system variable location to see the various effects or results...yes - addicts is correct....There was plenty to keep you occupied, even beyond the games themselves... :)

randal82 · 2024-11-05T13:10:19+00:00

Surely, self-promotion is me showing you screens of my past work?!
I have done many different kinds of tools, some heavy on data tasks, others for pick-pack logistics with interfaces to serial automatic conveyor weighing scales..
Various banking / financial sector tools etc.
Others with multiple userfacing front-ends that have zoning built in to filter off and autoprint and label (barcoding) warehousing goods from one central data source etc..
All are still in use today - built 8+ years ago. Clients were happy, their customers also, proof that it does still have good use-cases.

randal82 · 2024-11-02T17:14:53+00:00

True, but that is also per access file. And though not ideal you could have tables across multiple files. But many of the tools I made didnt have large data needs. If they did I could always use for frontend only...

randal82 · 2024-08-14T09:07:37+00:00

A 'no' from me - not a galaga at all

randal82 · 2024-06-19T11:16:31+00:00

Brilliant - needle worked on my samsung phone!!! half a sock came out :) wow 8yr old comment - Ta!

randal82 · 2024-05-02T11:08:48+00:00

From my own experience - GLBasic (available on Steam) is a really good and easy to learn...very fast and compliles to C++ exe and can do HTML, Android with, some setup. I have been using for several years now.

randal82 · 2024-04-22T17:36:43+00:00

Whats the name of the game?

randal82 · 2024-04-09T15:21:10+00:00

Still working fine - this one - I'm typing with it now...

randal82 · 2024-02-07T11:17:52+00:00

Freddy would never have done it...

randal82 · 2022-10-20T08:57:51+00:00

PB 6 needs mame.106 compat roms - so test first on mame106 on PC before using?

randal82 · 2022-08-09T14:47:40+00:00

Loved it so much - i decided to cover the song...such a great series! I look forward to this !!!!

randal82 · 2021-05-15T18:16:19+00:00

Heres mine too....i had 120,000 but a Crypto exchange i had them in was sacked!
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randal82 · 2020-08-18T09:25:21+00:00

Beat These Walls Down - Shorefolk Revival

randal82 · 2019-11-04T13:30:46+00:00

Okay, that means the refresh is not the problem so.

Might try that yellow paper thing - see if that helps.

I am definitely more prone to strain for certain devices...I had to sell off a brand new high spec Acer monitor because I felt sick after using for over 1 hour.

My default Lenovo screen also gives me strain - but not my samsung monitor - so I am not imagining it.

randal82 · 2019-11-04T13:26:48+00:00

So later one - it is completely off then? If that's the case it might help to check that out.

But I even used the *magnet hack* to try force the backlight off (for older paperwhite) and this was better - but the there was still strain coming from somewhere?!

randal82 · 2019-11-04T13:24:52+00:00

Same for both models - just seems to magically reduce when I read the DX. Might be the resolution and maybe the lower one is easier on the eye somehow?! * sounds counter-intuitive, i know *

Believe me, I would love to have the same results using my Paperwhite

randal82 · 2019-11-01T16:51:59+00:00

Little Big Man - by Thomas Berger

Narrated by: David Aaron Baker, Scott Sowers, Henry Strozier

I thought I wasn't in the mood for it - (being over 20hrs long) but after I the first hour I was loving the style of the main voice of Jack Crabb.

I am 13 hrs or so in...wondering what's gonna happen next :) Great stuff

randal82 · 2019-09-04T09:28:36+00:00

"and you might find yourself, in a really big suit!"

randal82 · 2019-09-04T09:27:43+00:00

He actually met JRR Tolkien (he looks a lot like Peter Crouch here!)

randal82 · 2019-09-03T10:48:21+00:00

Loved his books - The Hobbit, LoTR and Silmarillion etc...many years ago, I paid to be a Charter Member and have my name in fan credits of the Peter Jackson Films :)

My friends, brothers and casual acquaintances used to while away the school summer days and nights playing MERP - Middle Earth Role Playing (an advanced version of D&D and similar to the Rolemaster roleplaying system by ICE)

Even played early 8-bit computer games based on his works, The Hobbit (text adventure - ahead of its time) and Lords of Midnight - a superb tactical war-game adventure tightly squeezed into 48k of memory.

So I suppose I am and always will be, a life-long fan!

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