From owner-freebsd-chat Sun May 17 21:20:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id VAA28823 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Sun, 17 May 1998 21:20:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from aaka.3skel.com (aaka.3skel.com [207.240.212.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id VAA28807 for ; Sun, 17 May 1998 21:20:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from danj@3skel.com) Received: from fnur.3skel.com (fnur.3skel.com [192.168.0.8]) by aaka.3skel.com (8.8.5/8.8.2) with ESMTP id AAA06486; Mon, 18 May 1998 00:20:20 -0400 (EDT) Received: from localhost (danj@localhost) by fnur.3skel.com (8.8.8/8.8.2) with SMTP id AAA05891; Mon, 18 May 1998 00:20:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 00:20:20 -0400 (EDT) From: Dan Janowski To: Wes Peters cc: Bret Ford , freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SCO offers Ancient Unix Source Code License In-Reply-To: <355FA36F.900A960@softweyr.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I used to work on old SGI 3130's and when those geometry engines were really working, you could hear some very high pitched harmonic sounds eminating from the box, seemingly right from the chips, although this was difficult to confirm. Where did the days of lights and sounds go? Dan On Sun, 17 May 1998, Wes Peters wrote: > Dan Janowski wrote: > > > > Quite funny. I played hunt the wumpus when I was 11 (I'm > > a little older), although it was on a PRIME 350. Granted > > it's not a PDP, but I wonder how many people started > > out with this game? > > Me too. On a TI-99/4a. > > My first "computer game" was "Jump-Hole Gunner" on a TI-59 > programmable calculator. It even had audio: you could listen > to the program run on an AM radio tuned between stations. I > once had a flight crew member on a United 727 ask me to turn > off my calculator; I was making their VOR wander erratically. > But now I've dated myself, haven't I? This was my frosh > year in college. > > -- > "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" > > Wes Peters Softweyr LLC > http://www.softweyr.com/~softweyr wes@softweyr.com > -- danj@3skel.com Dan Janowski Triskelion Systems, Inc. Bronx, NY To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message