http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2239 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Memory Lane en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:41:38 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2239#post-13998 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:33:42 +0000 ldahl 13998@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Oh, we have a favorite blog in common then... yep, saw the mouse, but the keyboards are so awesome...yes, first heard about them ages ago, but guess who just found an old unwanted Remington typewriter today? That would be me, and Bubbys' post sounded like an omen, so who knows, I may attempt my first mod project. I have lots of found objects, gears and assorted stuff. Also learning about brass etching. The problem is, I need clones to get all that interests me done:))) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2239#post-13997 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:23:56 +0000 FreewareFan 13997@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Yeah, I like retro... Up to a point, that is. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2239#post-13994 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 04:01:39 +0000 Lockett 13994@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>&gt;BuBBy</p> <p>That wouldn't really be modding it. You'd be using it to mod a PC.</p> <p>&gt;ldahl/FreewareFan</p> <p>I read about those ages ago on BrassGoggles It's fitting that the latest entry is a mouse:</p> <ul><a href="http://brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/" rel="nofollow">http://brassgoggles.co.uk/brassgoggles/</a></ul> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2239#post-13992 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:08:55 +0000 FreewareFan 13992@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Have a look at the custom keyboards at <a href="http://www.datamancer.net/keyboards/keyboards.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.datamancer.net/keyboards/keyboards.htm</a></p> <p>Look at the 'The von Slatt Original'. I was watching the prototype that was auctioned on eBay about 2 months ago. It was a 9 day auction, and the final price was.............. $4,300.00 !!</p> <p>You've got to have more money than {fill in the blank} to spend that much for a keyboard! </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2239#post-13991 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 03:01:42 +0000 BuBBy 13991@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Now THAT is art - no doubt somebody has already seen this and is planning some cheap knockoff to sell in furniture shops. I know too often my computer area just looks like a messy eyesore - but with a setup like that - it could be messy antique eyesore. (I need a computer station similar to the beds on "the Goodies" - just flip everything up into the wall. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2239#post-13989 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:28:59 +0000 ldahl 13989@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Bubby, take a look at this. I love steampunk:<br /> <a href="http://www.datamancer.net/projects/engine/engine.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.datamancer.net/projects/engine/engine.htm</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2239#post-13988 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:13:37 +0000 FreewareFan 13988@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>@ Mr. B <em>Well I don't think you will find many people of that vintage who would deny that XTree wasn't "a major computer program"</em></p> <p>Well, again, my meaning was not clear. What I originally meant to ask was what program, <em>today</em> is still around, and is a major program.</p> <p>I agree that XTree was great in it's day, but I believe it's time of being ranked a major program in use now, is past.... </p> <p>Then again, it's probably my own bias, I never really liked it even back then... :-) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2239#post-13987 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:08:49 +0000 BuBBy 13987@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Some would say this defacement shouldn't be allowed - But secretly I think it is just so cool. Mod an old CBM 3032 (complete with dead spiders) into a working (reasonably modern) PC. At least if your house ever got burgled, they would never think to steal that "<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/66181813@N00/sets/72057594111158837/">old heavy piece of junk</a>".</p> <p>(They definitely don't make keyboards like that anymore) </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2239#post-13986 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 02:05:19 +0000 BuBBy 13986@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>@FF</p> <p>Well I don't think you will find many people of that vintage who would deny that XTree wasn't "a major computer program" - and inspiration of many tree based file managers that followed - it (Ztree) is still used today, completely rewritten, <a href="http://www.ztree.com/news.htm">updated</a> and supported (very active forums) but definitely a 100% Win32 program (doesn't run under DOS, but can handle Vista).</p> <p>Arguably XTree is the granddaddy of Directory Opus &#38; Total Commander, and perhaps the evil twin of Norton Commander. Even Windows Explorer has aspects that were introduced back with the first release of Xtree for DOS.</p> <p>(Thinking ZTree could be a candidate for GOTD) ;)</p> <p>Head down Memory Lane:<br /> History of XTree - <a href="http://www.jeffreycjohnson.com/xtreehistory.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.jeffreycjohnson.com/xtreehistory.html</a><br /> Xtree Fan Page - <a href="http://www.xtreefanpage.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.xtreefanpage.org/</a><br /> Ztree Unofficial Home Page - <a href="http://www.ztw3.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ztw3.com/</a> </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2239#post-13977 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:38:16 +0000 ldahl 13977@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Caligari trueSpace... I had it on my Amigas, and it is still being used by game makers. I still have it for PC, but I think you can get a free download (v. 3.2)here:<br /> <a href="http://forms.caligari.com/forms/ts3all_free.html" rel="nofollow">http://forms.caligari.com/forms/ts3all_free.html</a></p> <p>Home page of (v.5.2)<br /> <a href="http://thebest3d.com/caligari/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://thebest3d.com/caligari/index.html</a></p> <p>still using the same trike after all these years! :))))<br /> I'm going to have to check this out closer as it is being used with Dogwaffle and 3D Paint. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2239#post-13974 Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:06:11 +0000 FreewareFan 13974@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>I'm not too sure if I would call Ztree a major program, BuBBy.... It is a program, true enough, but a major program, that is well known? Don't know.... </p> <p>But I should have specified that I did mean programs that developed into Windows environment usage.. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2239#post-13971 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:48:08 +0000 BuBBy 13971@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>@FreewareFan<br /> <blockquote>I'd say that Directory Opus, in one incarnation or another, just might be the oldest of major computer programs around that is still available today.</p> <p>Can anyone think of another program that's been around as long, and still in use? </p></blockquote> <p>Well apart from all of the stuff that has its origins from Unix and Linux... one program some may remember (in one variation or another) was the file manager Xtree (Gold/Pro etc) from Xtree Software - there is Ztree <a href="http://www.ztree.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.ztree.com</a> which is still actively developed and supported. </p> http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2239#post-13969 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:23:47 +0000 BuBBy 13969@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Continuation of Hijacked Topic<br /> <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2206" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/2206</a></p> <p>(It deserved more than to be the ass-end of a topic about complaining) </p>