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Re: Canyon.mid

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Post by nebula8804 » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 5:06 AM UTC

shp0ngle wrote: post #58

In the 90s, the relevant user-facing OSes for computers were MacOS and Windows. In the 2020s, the relevant user-facing OSes for computers are MacOS and Windows. (However, to be fair, all the rage is now in phones, where Windows is surprisingly non-existent. Apple's OS is still the other one, though.)

Its all because RMS decided to eat that thing from his foot that one time. The world just couldn't stomach GNU/Linux after that. :P

Re: Canyon.mid

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Post by dylan604 » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 5:12 AM UTC

_nickwhite wrote: post #17

If I ever start my own company with a real phone system, I’m putting canyon.mid as the on hold music. How cool would that be?

What is a company phone system? You mean, you're going to write a bot that plays music while gathering information? /s

Re: Canyon.mid

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Post by einr » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 5:18 AM UTC

shp0ngle wrote: post #58

In the 90s, the relevant user-facing OSes for computers were MacOS and Windows. In the 2020s, the relevant user-facing OSes for computers are MacOS and Windows. (However, to be fair, all the rage is now in phones, where Windows is surprisingly non-existent. Apple's OS is still the other one, though.)

In the 90s, the relevant user-facing OSes for computers were MacOS and Windows.

There were at least real, meaningful attempts at competition in the consumer space with, most notably, OS/2 and BeOS. (OS/2 is seen as a commercial failure these days but quite a lot of people ran it.) MS-DOS from Microsoft was also competing with IBM PC DOS and Digital Research/Novell DR-DOS.

In the early 90s, Atari TOS, RISC OS and AmigaOS were not completely down for the count yet.

In the UNIX workstation market you still had SGI IRIX, Solaris, HP/UX, and more.

Now, looking even in that space -- well, maybe there's a Linux box or two, but more likely you're going to find even more macOS and Windows.

Re: Canyon.mid

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Post by Lorin » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 5:24 AM UTC

enneff wrote: post #6

This reinterpretation of the song is really amazing https://youtu.be/bjWFNgKE4uw

Didn't even have to click through it to predict that it'd be Jake Kaufman's take on it - although he's now known for Shantae and Shovel Knight among other things :)

Re: Canyon.mid

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Post by floam » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 5:29 AM UTC

Eikon wrote: post #52

mrleinad wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I miss those good times when developers were given freedom to do things like these.

Except that it increases software complexity, possibly bugs as well as security vulnerabilities. I definitely don’t won’t this kind of “features” in software I use.

I don't won't you

Re: Canyon.mid

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Post by einr » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 5:30 AM UTC

boondaburrah wrote: post #56

throwaway09223 wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Tandy 3-voice can play midi without an add on card.

Right but I know Yamaha OPL sound when I hear it.

The Tandy 1000 RSX has several ISA expansion slots. Putting a Sound Blaster in it is no problem.

Re: Canyon.mid

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Post by einr » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 5:30 AM UTC

riq_ wrote: post #15

anotheraccount9 wrote: post #4

Windows 3.11 on a Tandy 1000... that's a hack right there ( http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/1kfaq.html#III.C.1 ) ;)

It seems to be a Tandy 1000 RSX which supports Windows 3.1 Original photo is from here, which has Windows 3.1 running: http://www.oldskool.org/guides/tvdog/RLRLX.html

It's a 386SX, which absolutely will run Windows 3.1 but if you're going to be real picky, it definitely won't be as snappy as in the video ;)

Re: Canyon.mid

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Post by cormacrelf » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 5:37 AM UTC

Underphil wrote: post #28

enneff wrote: post #6

This reinterpretation of the song is really amazing https://youtu.be/bjWFNgKE4uw

I also did one a while back if anyone is interested. https://youtu.be/s_XYWwCu8vM

Man. I remember making little mids on a flip phone in the 2000s. When you're playing with the silly toots and beeps you imagine them so much bigger. These covers are how it sounds in your head when you're writing one.

Re: Canyon.mid

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Post by savolai » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 5:44 AM UTC

floam wrote: post #65

Eikon wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Except that it increases software complexity, possibly bugs as well as security vulnerabilities. I definitely don’t won’t this kind of “features” in software I use.

I don't won't you

I really appreciate the wuality of discussion here. Every time.

Re: Canyon.mid

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Post by cjbprime » Thu, Oct 07, 2021, 5:48 AM UTC

adamredwoods wrote: post #12

I had an Iomega Zip drive, too! So cool, but the higher capacities were too expensive and the parallel adapter didn't work everywhere. I forget if there were compatible discs, not made by Iomega, that were cheaper?

There was a puzzle in the MIT Mystery Hunt a few years ago where teams were given a physical Zip disk (amongst other outdated tech) and had to figure out how to read its contents :)