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-   -   LCD Vs Plasma (https://britishexpats.com/forum/australia-54/lcd-vs-plasma-659556/)

themerlin Mar 18th 2010 3:47 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Wait for this http://www.samsung.com/au/3d-tv/ sure it will be very expensive at first.

DeadVim Mar 18th 2010 3:51 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8430973)
Aha! Laserdisc, I remember them. Dragons Lair...
Indeed so ... he also had a Betamax player.

He was the owner of a BBC Model B though, I could only afford an Acorn Electron ... I did benefit from his large collection of sofware stuffed onto stretchy C-90s though. Planetoid ... <drifts off>

Dragon's Lair on the iPhone/iPod Touch ... http://toucharcade.com/2009/12/06/dr...or-the-iphone/

Amazulu Mar 18th 2010 5:00 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by DeadVim (Post 8430952)
Reminds me, I must get a new monitor for the PC ... my super-ancient 18" CRT (free!) died and I'm stuggling along with an inherited 17" CRT that makes more buzzing noises than a can of mossies.
When the last council kerbside collection was on I put a perfectly working order Mitsubishi 17" CRT monitor (cost about GBP300 new) out along with all the other crap that normally gets chucked. Most of the other stuff was taken before the collection date but the monitor was left behind.

Can't even give them away today!

Deancm Mar 18th 2010 6:44 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by DeadVim (Post 8431297)
Indeed so ... he also had a Betamax player.

He was the owner of a BBC Model B though, I could only afford an Acorn Electron ... I did benefit from his large collection of sofware stuffed onto stretchy C-90s though. Planetoid ... <drifts off>

Dragon's Lair on the iPhone/iPod Touch ... http://toucharcade.com/2009/12/06/dr...or-the-iphone/
BBC Model B. I had one of those. Great computer. Spent far too many hours Basic programming. Oh, and playing Elite! :thumbsup:

There's an emulator that plays all the old laserdisc games. Forgotten what it's called but you can download the exact Dragons Lair rom and laserdisc images.

DeadVim Mar 18th 2010 6:48 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Amazulu (Post 8431373)
When the last council kerbside collection was on I put a perfectly working order Mitsubishi 17" CRT monitor (cost about GBP300 new) out along with all the other crap that normally gets chucked. Most of the other stuff was taken before the collection date but the monitor was left behind.

Can't even give them away today!
The march of technology ... I tried to give my iPod to a beggar the other day and he wouldn't accept anything less than 16Gb.

Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8431531)
BBC Model B. I had one of those. Great computer. Spent far too many hours Basic programming. Oh, and playing Elite! :thumbsup:
Oh yes ... Right On Commander!

Wol Mar 18th 2010 7:57 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8431531)
BBC Model B. I had one of those. Great computer. Spent far too many hours Basic programming. Oh, and playing Elite! :thumbsup:

There's an emulator that plays all the old laserdisc games. Forgotten what it's called but you can download the exact Dragons Lair rom and laserdisc images.
Did you know you can get BBCBasicForWindows?

http://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcbasic.html

It runs under XP and Seven - hours of retro fun!

DeadVim Mar 18th 2010 8:01 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8431531)
BBC Model B. I had one of those. Great computer. Spent far too many hours Basic programming. Oh, and playing Elite! :thumbsup:

There's an emulator that plays all the old laserdisc games. Forgotten what it's called but you can download the exact Dragons Lair rom and laserdisc images.
Cool, I was into the emulator scene a few years ago when I had more spare time ... great fun rediscovering games like Buggy Boy and Carrier Command.

Originally Posted by Wol (Post 8431636)
Did you know you can get BBCBasicForWindows?

http://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcbasic.html

It runs under XP and Seven - hours of retro fun!
I did not know that ... I've got a BBC emulator somewhere and a shedload of disk images ... just the sight of that boot-up screen and the blinking cursor sends me back to the days of a PEEK and a POKE.

Great machines for getting your hands dirty with Assembly Language too.

Deancm Mar 18th 2010 8:09 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Wol (Post 8431636)
Did you know you can get BBCBasicForWindows?

http://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcbasic.html

It runs under XP and Seven - hours of retro fun!
No, I didn't know that. I have had a BBC emulator running on my Windows machine though and have been playing around with BBC Basic on that.. Ah the good old days...

Wol Mar 18th 2010 8:47 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Deancm (Post 8431657)
No, I didn't know that. I have had a BBC emulator running on my Windows machine though and have been playing around with BBC Basic on that.. Ah the good old days...
Try downloading the BBC4W trial - I bought the full version and it runs and compiles just like RISCOS - all the BBC modes and even the sound channels if you want to get really nerdy!

freebo Mar 18th 2010 9:12 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Wol (Post 8431719)
Try downloading the BBC4W trial - I bought the full version and it runs and compiles just like RISCOS - all the BBC modes and even the sound channels if you want to get really nerdy!
How things have moved on, I've got mame and about 50 arcade roms on my phone including pacman, battlezone, galaxyan etc.

BadgeIsBack Mar 18th 2010 9:26 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Wol (Post 8431636)
Did you know you can get BBCBasicForWindows?

http://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcbasic.html

It runs under XP and Seven - hours of retro fun!
Don't you have to rejig all the line numbers though. Hateful language.

stuckinblighty Mar 18th 2010 10:11 pm
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I downloaded the Spectrum simulator a while ago.It was then i realised how basic the games were....they were great at the time tho' :ohmy:

freebo Mar 18th 2010 10:20 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by stuckinblighty (Post 8431876)
I downloaded the Spectrum simulator a while ago.It was then i realised how basic the games were....they were great at the time tho' :ohmy:
To those of us reminiscing about the BBC, Spekkie, ZX80/81, Acorn Atom, Dragon 32, Vic 20 etc I recommend the recent BBC film "Micro Men" its about the Sinclair vs Acon battle to get the BBC contract & the whole home computing revolution which started so many of our careers, I'm sure its somewhere on the web for those who'd like to see it.

Deancm Mar 18th 2010 10:24 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Wol (Post 8431719)
Try downloading the BBC4W trial - I bought the full version and it runs and compiles just like RISCOS - all the BBC modes and even the sound channels if you want to get really nerdy!
The RISC OS was ahead of it's time.

I have to say, I think the kids these days are missing out.

steve`o Mar 18th 2010 10:49 pm
Re: LCD Vs Plasma
 
Originally Posted by Wol (Post 8431636)
Did you know you can get BBCBasicForWindows?

http://www.bbcbasic.co.uk/bbcbasic.html

It runs under XP and Seven - hours of retro fun!
carnt belive this
ive been trying to expalin "procs" to someone this evening over dinner regarding structured basic in the early 80`s :ohmy:

had one of these ard wrote a moonlander type game
http://www.gondolin.org.uk/hchof/hchof.php?id=41


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