Canyon.mid

#1

Post by LorenDB » Sun, Jun 15, 2025, 1:23 PM UTC

Re: Canyon.mid

#2

Post by layer8 » Sun, Jun 15, 2025, 2:01 PM UTC

The Zip drive in the picture feels slightly anachronistic though. Technically it isn’t, having been release a few months before Windows 95, but still.

Re: Canyon.mid

#3

Post by MomsAVoxell » Sun, Jun 15, 2025, 2:12 PM UTC

layer8 wrote: post #2

The Zip drive in the picture feels slightly anachronistic though. Technically it isn’t, having been release a few months before Windows 95, but still.

I had a Zip drive before I had a Windows 95 PC.

Re: Canyon.mid

#4

Post by cluckindan » Sun, Jun 15, 2025, 2:13 PM UTC

layer8 wrote: post #2

The Zip drive in the picture feels slightly anachronistic though. Technically it isn’t, having been release a few months before Windows 95, but still.

The video shows Windows 3.11 though.

Re: Canyon.mid

#5

Post by enneff » Sun, Jun 15, 2025, 2:13 PM UTC

layer8 wrote: post #2

The Zip drive in the picture feels slightly anachronistic though. Technically it isn’t, having been release a few months before Windows 95, but still.

CANYON.MID was shipped with Windows 3.1 IIRC.

Re: Canyon.mid

#6

Post by mal10c » Sun, Jun 15, 2025, 2:16 PM UTC

This brought back a lot of memories!

Re: Canyon.mid

#7

Post by Disposal8433 » Sun, Jun 15, 2025, 2:22 PM UTC

You remind me that I didn't have a sound card at the time and I played all my games (mostly LucasArts) with the PC speaker. For me, the MIDI versions are too boring as they lack the "raw electric power" of the speaker that I loved for years.

Re: Canyon.mid

#8

Post by dist-epoch » Sun, Jun 15, 2025, 2:24 PM UTC

the better one, clouds.mid - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TLtg4KfyL4

Re: Canyon.mid

#9

Post by layer8 » Sun, Jun 15, 2025, 2:25 PM UTC

enneff wrote: post #5

layer8 wrote: post #2

The Zip drive in the picture feels slightly anachronistic though. Technically it isn’t, having been release a few months before Windows 95, but still.

CANYON.MID was shipped with Windows 3.1 IIRC.

Yes, hence it predates the availability of Zip drives, which are more of a Windows 95-era thing.

Re: Canyon.mid

#10

Post by layer8 » Sun, Jun 15, 2025, 2:27 PM UTC

cluckindan wrote: post #4

layer8 wrote: post #2

The Zip drive in the picture feels slightly anachronistic though. Technically it isn’t, having been release a few months before Windows 95, but still.

The video shows Windows 3.11 though.

My point is that while there is a small time window where Zip drives were available and Windows 3.11 was still the latest consumer Windows (ignoring NT here), Zip drives feel more like Windows 95-era. A stack of 3.5” floppy disks would have felt more authentic.