Start of #c64friends buffer: Sun Jul 04 00:03:36 2004 [21:00] * Now talking in #c64friends [21:00] * Topic is 'We Adore Our C-64!!' [21:00] * Set by ChanServ on Sat Jul 03 20:20:09 [21:00] * ChanServ sets mode: +o Snogpitch [21:00] -ChanServ- Visit our webpage at: http://www.geocities.com/c64friends [21:00] Hi Snogpitch [21:00] Howdy all [21:00] hi snogpitch [21:00] yeah, I live in OKCity, we've been getting more than our share of thunderstorms lately [21:00] * JLawless (~jimbo@dialup-4.228.210.216.Dial1.Denver1.Level3.net) has joined #c64friends [21:00] Ya, I hear thunder in the distance here as well [21:00] * RCade (~rcade@pcp416471pcs.martnz01.ga.comcast.net) has joined #c64friends [21:01] Good evening, all. [21:01] I don't want the storm that is comming. I don't mind the rain and all, but not what I see. [21:01] not sure how long I'll be online tonight [21:01] Ok - for those who play MMORPG games - What kind of online games do you play. [21:01] hi jlaw [21:01] Howdy JLawless and RCade [21:01] Snogpitch: same here, I think I have about 30 minutes before it hits here. [21:01] hi rcade [21:02] I'm waiting for the local radar to pop up [21:02] looks like it's going to miss me [21:02] Local radar show it's 25 miles to the west of me [21:02] jimbo! [21:02] yea, your lucky down south there [21:02] it's definitely nasty looking outside tho [21:03] my window to the world is looking north [21:03] and most of the storm is that way [21:03] Hey, Jim. Getting any sleep with the new brainling in the house? [21:04] hey snog! [21:05] * rbernardo (rbernardo@shell1.iglou.com) has joined #c64friends [21:05] I'm excited about concert tommorrow :) [21:05] robert [21:05] Howdy rbernardo [21:05] hi robert [21:05] storm has been moving really slow. [21:05] jlaw [21:05] Second time is easer, jl [21:05] Rcade [21:05] What concert? [21:05] Hi everybody. [21:05] Joan Jett and the Blackhearts [21:05] Hiraghm: Howdy. [21:05] Brain: Heh. [21:05] * rbernardo is now known as RobertB [21:05] Sometimes she just lies here on my chest while I code [21:05] She like sthe "hun" of my workroom [21:05] Joan Jett will have a concert here in a few weeks. [21:06] Sleeping to sounds of C? [21:06] Think Van Halen was here Thrusday. [21:06] ? [21:06] Are you going RobertB? [21:07] * JLawless saw Rush in KC a couple weeks ago. Awesome concert. 30 year tour. [21:07] Have a busy tomorrow [21:07] Definitely [21:07] jl, yep [21:07] Opening tommorrow is Foghat [21:07] I have to goto work tomorrow. [21:07] Just waiting to see Jeri showing up. [21:07] me too [21:08] No, Snog... no Joan Jett concert for me... I'll be on the road. [21:08] I got the old fashion 4th of July [21:09] Yes - BIG explosives [21:09] - err I mean fireworks [21:09] bang! [21:09] fireworks we cancelled last year's 4th [21:09] * antigen (na@user-38lc49l.dialup.mindspring.com) has joined #c64friends [21:09] aunti [21:09] How big is big, Wildstar? [21:09] Howdy antigen [21:09] Hi, antigen. [21:10] hello c64friends [21:10] Unfortunately, Minnesota banned anything that is really good [21:10] Well - with a family reputation in the Los Angeles area for rocking the whole city. [21:10] Hi, antigen [21:10] I was just noticing thea1ien4, how many are there, really? [21:11] hi antigen [21:11] BRB. Must get some aspirin. [21:11] Yeah - Nice using Oxygen Settling (sp?) [21:12] Oxygen? [21:12] what are some of the plans for the other USA chatters for tommorrow? [21:12] resting, going to work here. [21:13] I'm off until Tuesday [21:13] JeffB: Except driving 70. Other states nearby are just at 65 [21:13] Well, even a blind squirrel occasionally finds an acorn :) [21:14] wow, looks like Ft Wayne is about to get hit by a storm... [21:14] Basically for making a big BOOM sound with just Oxygen and a settling. [21:14] Fill a good size punchine bag and a long fuse. [21:14] Oxy-Acetelene? [21:14] yep, which I'm only 30 minutes from Ft. Wayne. [21:14] Yes - I think that is it [21:14] spelling wise. [21:14] I'm back. [21:14] tomorrowacetylene? [21:15] Actually - Oxygen Acetylene [21:15] RobertB, are you on the road this weekend? [21:15] Yikes! Have some friends who did that: Stumpy, Peg Leg, Cyclops [21:15] ? [21:16] I start on Tuesday, Snog. [21:16] Basically - one event and the Police were wondering who lit a Hydrogen bomb. (Not exactly) [21:16] ah [21:16] on the road? [21:16] Ok - I didn't actually lit the sucker. [21:16] Yes, JimW. [21:16] Hey, I just realised, it's time for the meeting and I'm still up. Heh. [21:16] Hi all. :D [21:16] I start my C= Tour on Tuesday. [21:16] Hi, Ciaran [21:16] Hi, Ciaran. [21:17] meeting? [21:17] I'm new to this community. :D [21:17] welcome, Ciaran [21:17] Basically when lit - it is basically a precussionary bomb. [21:17] Snogpitch: This one. Saturdays, 9pm EST. You know. [21:17] yes we are all kosh [21:17] err, we are all gnu [21:17] * Hiraghm grins madly [21:17] Forgive the spelling. [21:17] Thanks. :D [21:17] Welcome, Ciaran. We're very relaxed around here. [21:17] Thank you. :) [21:18] * Hiraghm passes out and falls to the floor [21:18] very relaxed [21:18] I was about to say that. :D [21:18] Anyway - when you can rock an city with a real rumble - you know that is big. [21:18] hey guys [21:18] * KilrPilr (deadhorse3@S0106000c6e63dfde.ca.shawcable.net) has joined #c64friends [21:18] kilr [21:19] If anybody's wondering, the reason I'm up is because I'm completing a SID tune composition. :D [21:19] hello all [21:19] Howdy KilrPilr [21:19] Wildstar, in my parents' hometown (southside Stockton), every Fourth of July there is massive automatic and semi-automatic gunfire, with lots of M-*** explosions. [21:19] whee Ciaran! [21:19] Hello, Kilr [21:19] Hi, Kilr. [21:19] Is anyone interested in taking over "development" of a very primitive Linux-based C= C/G BBS? (Petscii Playground) I haven't had a chance to touch it in 9 months.... [21:19] RobertB - it can be but lighten up because of Astoria. (Don't want to give 3/4th of the City a Heart Attack). [21:19] I mean town though [21:20] * BruceT (~chatzilla@S01060004e24fa9e1.ed.shawcable.net) has joined #c64friends [21:20] Hi, Bruce. [21:20] Don't want to kill the population of Astoria. [21:20] Hi Robert [21:20] So it has been lighten up somewhat. [21:20] RCade, I don't know anything about Linux. [21:20] 4th of July notwithstanding, don't we have a general CBM topic...? [21:20] Howdy BruceT [21:20] The Commodore and Fourth of July! [21:20] cute... [21:21] which is? [21:21] BTW: When I was living in LA / that was a literal norm. Especially explosions. [21:21] Hi Snog [21:21] There was a fireworks demo for the C64. [21:21] It isn't really "Linux" but more stdio, really. inetd handles the I/O to the TCP sockets... [21:21] No - not strapping an M80 to a C64 [21:21] No way. [21:21] The "Fireworks Celebration Kit" ! :) [21:21] There was a fireworks creator prg for the C64 [21:21] Hmmm... an M80 to a Spectrum? ;-) [21:21] or was it fireworks construction kit? [21:22] Hmmmm... maybe - I was thinking a Windrone. [21:22] I had a friend email a greeting one year a long time ago [21:22] Hey, hey some of us have fond memories of our Sinclair doorstops [21:22] I thought it was Celebration Kit, but it's been a while.... [21:22] I don't remember a fireworks construction kit. Who wants to program it? [21:22] I still have that somewhere. [21:22] :-) [21:22] JimB: hows your iec/rs232 interface comming along? [21:23] Basically, you set up what design of explosions you want to see [21:23] well i just figured theres lots of other"constuction kit" progs out there so there must be a fireworks one [21:23] * CDKaiser (nobody@netblock-66-159-214-137.dslextreme.com) has joined #c64friends [21:23] Just launch a Pheonix missle [21:23] Howdy CDKaiser [21:23] cd [21:23] hi cameron [21:23] Hmmm.... some piece of hardware that needs to be "blowed up good"?! ;-) [21:23] howdy [21:23] Hi, Cameron. [21:23] hiya, Robert [21:23] hi cameron [21:23] I have an old Atari Disk Drive that I can blow up. [21:23] Hey, it's not in GB64... [21:23] Windows ME system [21:23] Our minds are turning to destruction, Cameron. [21:24] CDK: Love your Secret Weapons site [21:24] MikeP, sorry, was coding... [21:24] thank you [21:24] How about a monitor? those are fun to destroy [21:24] I need to update it, though [21:24] can you still buy the fireworks like little tanks and boats that have lots of missiles? [21:24] Well, we're chasing down a timing bug, and Adrian and I have been working on JDos support [21:24] * CDKaiser dodges sixteen million electronic tomatos. [21:24] er, tomatoes [21:24] I kinda remember a boat with missiles and guns and even a little helicopter that would take off. [21:24] There is one of those year round fireworks stores only 10 miles from my house. [21:25] do they sell firecrackers? [21:25] I haven't seen those kind of "safe and sane" fireworks, Bruce. [21:25] It is "Fireworks Construction Kit". Activision by John Van Ryzen... [21:25] * Wildstar baffles CDKaiser with 18.4 Quintillion electronic tomatos [21:25] 'Ryzin' [21:25] A timing bug in what, JimB. [21:25] * KilrPilr is the champio! [21:25] ? [21:25] My IEC interface [21:25] Geez, It got me too. It is "CELEBRATION KIT"... [21:25] Well, this was over 20 years ago on a trip down south with some buddies. Needless to say we had a blast! Can't buy that kind of fun in Canada. [21:25] RCade... There was such a thing?! [21:25] And, finishing up my C=Key prj [21:25] Yep. [21:25] Adding VICE keympa support [21:25] brain: cool. i know this is a long shot, but with everything you've learned about the IEC bus do you think you'll ever build an IEC/ATA interface? [21:26] Hehe, phase 2 [21:26] Is CDKaiser alive ????? [21:26] I must have it then... the Fireworks Construction Kit! [21:26] im confused, was it construction or celebration? [21:26] Are links OK here? It is (was) commercial software. [21:26] It's celebration. [21:26] celebration [21:26] hmmm ok [21:26] cool [21:27] Links are fine, RCade... though I have to see them later (my single-tasking C= can only do so much). [21:27] * Wildstar plugs a lightning rod to CDKaiser [21:27] http://www.haddewig.de/nogames64/downloads/fun/Fireworks_Celebration_Kit.zip [21:28] **** LIGHTNING STRIKE ***** [21:28] ack [21:28] Lightning? Only if the monsoon weather is passing over Cameron down in San Bernardino County. [21:28] ZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAPPPPPPP [21:28] it's mostly just humid [21:28] er, hot [21:28] humid it isn't [21:28] Thanks, RCade. [21:28] pretty humid here...first time it seems for this summer, too [21:29] Ok - That is a lightning arking from the midwest to him. [21:29] We had some rain over here the other night, Cameron. Hot and humid. [21:29] bleah ^^ [21:29] gees theres lots of mention of the fireworks construction kit on google too [21:29] * Jeri (~Jeri@4.27.140.171) has joined #c64friends [21:29] Howdy Jeri [21:29] Jeri [21:29] hi jeri [21:29] Kilr, is that for a PC or a Commodore? [21:29] howdy, Jeri [21:29] Hi, Jeri. [21:29] Hello Jeri [21:29] Howdy! [21:29] commodore of course [21:29] Commodore PC [21:29] We were talking about blowing up things! [21:29] no c64 [21:29] Boooooom! [21:30] :) [21:30] Booooooooom! [21:30] :) [21:30] speaking of the C1 [21:30] Looks a bit like an old Batman episode [21:30] how's it coming? [21:30] Attaching M80's to useless computer junk. [21:30] firecrackers are illegal in canada [21:30] hello all! [21:30] hello, Draco [21:30] I didn't know that. [21:30] i guess they werent a long time ago but of course someone had to go blow there finger off [21:30] they're legal here [21:30] I'm listening to it play sid's to me right now. [21:30] Hey - I would like to strap alot of body size Punching bags filled with Oxygen Acetylene to Jens [21:31] some submoron was setting off bottlerockets in the parking lot last year [21:31] Hi Jeri [21:31] and so the bleeding hearts lobbied the gov and they outlawed em [21:31] if he doesn't show up. [21:31] What about firecrackers used in Chinese celebrations, Kilr? [21:31] I remember M-80's blowing small craters in the ground when I was a kid (although we'd strap a couple to a couple of Bic lighters). Now, they hardly blow a coffee can off the ground... [21:31] Ah, the C-1 is serenading Jeri. [21:31] Hey - I be nice - I'll give him Kevlar. [21:31] what sids is it playing? [21:31] Awe... Wish I had some m80's [21:31] RCade: yeah inflation affects everything [21:32] well i do remember them letting them off in chinatown during the new year but I believe its still illegal [21:32] *ahem* "when I was a boy, we had to pack the explosives in the M80s ourselves, and we LIKED it!" [21:32] It's playing some of the Galway stuff. [21:32] well my dad is nagging up the yin-yang about 'you need to get off that computer' and yadda yadda yadda... [21:32] Jeri, all you have to do is visit an Indian reservation that sells that kind of stuff. [21:32] so i gotta get off, so seeya all! [21:32] bye, Draco [21:32] Bye, Draco. [21:32] draco, tell him you're talking to the guy that made an interface for you [21:32] speaking of which, there goes a firecracker now [21:32] Bye, dracosilv [21:32] yeah thats where i got mine a few years ago.some res in washington state [21:33] The ones in washington don't sell m80's anymore. I think it has to do with kids loosing fingers. [21:33] do did you get the mail brain? [21:33] In Indiana when I was there last, they had the stuff at Wal-mart... [21:33] niters dracosilv [21:33] unreal [21:33] yes [21:33] I got it. I'll mail it Tuesday [21:33] i wsih we didnt live in sucha commie society up here [21:33] seeya snogpitch... and thx jimbrain... [21:33] I need no stinkin' M80 [21:33] They only sell them in certain stores in South Carolina. Sort of like the regulations on liquor stores... [21:33] oh thanks... [21:33] cya ds [21:33] well bye! [21:33] * dracosilv (~dracosilv@CPE-24-167-238-63.wi.rr.com) Quit (Quit: Pleas visit my website at http://earth.prohosting.com/dsilver) [21:33] I'm hearing all kinds of fireworks outside [21:34] Some balloons and Oxygen Acetylene [21:34] And a fuse [21:34] I imagine once it gets dark, they'll start come out in droves here [21:34] coming out even [21:34] sheesh [21:34] It's dark here already [21:34] dont sweat it cameron [21:34] we know what you meant [21:34] Hmmm, I'm trying to think of an artsy photograph with fireworks/firecrackers all around a computer. [21:34] hang on a sec... [21:35] At midnight in Stockton, the air will be alive with bullets. [21:35] South Stockton, that is. [21:35] we had fireworks here the other night for canada day [21:35] Strap a couple of big bottle rockets on a C64. Call 'em a C64 accellerator [21:35] i missed them due to a bunch of prick cops [21:35] but Stockton always has an air full of bullets ;) [21:35] JeffB, good one! [21:36] :) [21:36] http://www.xtimports.com/graphics/gallery/Saluteflag_PRV.jpg [21:36] Well Jeri - how is the 16 Bit RGB layed out [21:36] Canada Day is July 1? [21:36] yeah [21:36] Apparently we get 20,000 people out of 120,000 out for our Canada Day fireworks show at the marina. Crazy - that's why I don't go :) [21:36] W* I like filling small cardboard boxes with acetylene.. Blows bits of confetti all over. [21:36] W* 5 - 6 -5 [21:36] * RCade (~rcade@pcp416471pcs.martnz01.ga.comcast.net) Quit [21:37] I'm not in Stockton right now... just in quiet Visalia. [21:37] u have a canada day celeb int he us? [21:37] Visalia *is* a lot quieter ^^ [21:37] Confetti? Just like in a Shania Twain concert? [21:37] Basically rrrrrggggggbbbbb [21:37] almost wound up living there [21:37] W* Yes. [21:37] Cameron, have you been to Visalia before? [21:37] Where each letter equals a bit [21:37] yes [21:37] several times [21:38] when we were younger, Dad almost bought a practise there, so we nearly ended up in Visalia instead of San Diego [21:38] Ah, then you know where I live (though I don't quite know where you are in San Bernardino County). [21:38] Ok - Alright - so making a image file for the SuperVIC will be available soon. [21:38] Colton, ATM [21:38] Never heard of it, Cameron. [21:39] Jeri - Resolutions modes ???? [21:39] basically where the I-10 and I-215 meet [21:39] As of yet. [21:39] that general area [21:39] hey pepto bismo! [21:39] Ah, that busy area. [21:39] uh, yeah ^^ [21:39] At least the freeways are busy. [21:39] that too [21:39] BTW: I would be working out some PC converters and stuff, Jeri. [21:40] what PC converters? [21:40] Jeri: Why six bits for green? Makes the pallette asymetric [21:40] * Hiraghm wants the C1 to read/display Lightwave objects [21:40] I mean image converters for PC. [21:40] Jeff the eye is more sensitve to green. [21:40] exactly [21:40] she beat me to saying it [21:40] Green also is used to mix out more colors. [21:40] I don't know about that, Jeri. I'm slightly color-blind. :-) [21:41] me to robert [21:41] Are the pixels laid out linearly? [21:41] Something useful as tools for both an image and a video file. [21:41] trust an MD, then, to confirm it ^^ [21:41] Robert. I'll make you a special c1 with 65535 shades of gray. [21:41] lol [21:41] lol [21:41] awwww [21:41] Hey, Cameron... but you are not an optometrist. [21:41] you mean ophthalmologist ;) [21:42] Thanks, Jeri. [21:42] Jeff there are modes with linear addressing. [21:42] optometrists aren't MDs [21:42] Ah, I didn't know that. [21:43] hai, soo yo [21:43] O.K... I'm going to go into quiet mode here while I write up my list of things to bring up to the Pacific Northwest. [21:43] what are you doing in the Pacific Northwest? [21:43] Jeri ( Anyway - the tools would be for allowing me and I guess any graphician to be able to create images and stuff and possibly video which can be viewed on the PC and on the C1.) [21:43] RobertB Bring me a cd32. [21:44] C= travelling, Cameron! [21:44] aha [21:44] cd32? [21:44] Nah, Jeri... you get something else. [21:44] Cue the mysterious music! [21:44] * CDKaiser wonders what *that* could be. [21:44] lol [21:44] Will the C-One have the bus bandwidth to display video? [21:45] Jeff the bandwidth gets tight with 1280x1024. [21:45] bah. [21:45] The C-One will have the bandwidth if you choose the right resolution. [21:45] I think I'll be well below that with any video drivers I'll be writing ^^ [21:46] 1280 x 1024 is almost unreadable on a 9" monitor [21:46] Now the JRISC can be useful. [21:46] Woof! At my age standard VGA has too much detail :) [21:46] I gotta get the RISC core up and going soon. I only have a half functional version. [21:46] awful, Jeri, just awful ;) [21:46] as opposed to fully functional... [21:46] Most PC games run at a resolution of 640x480, 800x600 or 1024x768 [21:46] It gets tougher at 1280x1024. [21:46] CDKaiser.. Awful??? [21:47] Bruce, do you need anything from California? [21:47] Jeri: one more oar - have you looked at BGA devices? I know they can be a bear to mount, but the do offer some advantages [21:47] I need several things from California [21:47] JeffB, BGA? [21:47] Ball Grid Array [21:47] well, I like my Amiga so I'm going to go for a while. Am going to unplug while this storm gose thru. [21:47] Wild, I know people who play EQ at 1280 x 1024... oh wait.. I'm one of them :) [21:47] (Type of pin configuration. [21:47] Wildstar, oh yeah. [21:47] Like what, JimW? [21:48] BGA for what? [21:48] I like my Amigas too [21:48] later, Caricon [21:48] I've done BGA designs. [21:48] Yes, Caricon, be careful in storms. [21:48] bye, Caricon. [21:48] uhm... [21:48] Hot dry weather Robert. It has been a farily cool year so far. [21:48] Bye, Caricon. [21:48] I need to get all my power backups running myself [21:48] http://www.wane.com/global/category.asp?c=1628 [21:48] * Caricon (~Saraba@user254.paulding.oh.dtnspeed.net) Quit (Quit: Whats on this next channel??? ) [21:48]