In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 19:28:52 +0000
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> __/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 09 February 2007 17:45 \__
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>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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>> wrote
>> on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:43:59 +0000
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>>> __/ [ Tim Fairchild ] on Friday 09 February 2007 12:24 \__
>>>
>>>>
>>>> okay, I've sort of ignored the vista readyboost flash drive discussion...
>>>>
>>>> But my son asked a question tonight.
>>>>
>>>> So what happens if you pull out the flash drive while it's in use?
>>>
>>> http://www.tuexperto.com/?p=412
>>>
>>
>> Ouch. I thought they changed the color? :-)
>
> They actually can stack up the BSoDs to prevent them from taking down the
> system and then present a log. Of course, this does not solve the actual
> problem which should not occur in the first place. Maybe you can present
> BSoDs in 'flip mode'. *smile*
>
Now there's a notion. Too bad Amiga could do multiple
screens and flip through them way back in 1984 or
thereabouts. :-)
<nostalgia computer="amiga" datetime="1980's">
I'm not pulling up many screenshots of this capability,
probably because it would be very hard to get screenshots;
the Amiga's display is actually a series of instructions to
display multiple Viewports -- each with its own resolution
and colormap. There was also a hack or two that made
rainbow fringes or other such on the Workbench screen.
Even the GURU was done by fiddling with the coprocessor
instructions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bvet_XY1VJE
was the only thing I could find, and is a very old Computer
Chronicles (1985). Within it, one can see a game being
pulled down, with the Workbench interface behind it --
about 4:00 or so in. This doesn't quite do the concept
justice, but is illustrative of the Amiga's coprocessing
power.
Wow...do we have any capabilities now that the Amiga
didn't? Well, maybe more RAM...a *lot* more. And
nowadays one could do a lot of things with OpenGL, which
Linux (with Beryl and stuff) do fairly nicely.
Regrettably, the Amiga is now more or less dead (though
it's not buried yet): http://www.amiga.de is its last
known resting place.
Ah, those were the days... :-)
</nostalgia>
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