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by PaulQ
Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:43 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Poll: What do you do for a living?
Replies: 103
Views: 39382

http://paulq.org/supervisor1_0001.jpg I welcome all Denial members to visit our facility. (It's not a very good picture, but it looks just like me) I am happy to announce that my own personal sole proprietorship company, which is PaulQ consulting, has secured a contract sub-contracting with a large...
by PaulQ
Fri Jan 22, 2010 6:01 am
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: How original is the Mac?
Replies: 31
Views: 8380

It wasn't even so much that the Mac wasn't innovative, it was actually a backwards step. For example, we already had mice to control cursors and pointers, but then Apple made it worse by reducing it to one button and an awkward shape. We already had a GUI and full colour graphics for our computers, ...
by PaulQ
Thu Jan 21, 2010 1:08 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: How original is the Mac?
Replies: 31
Views: 8380

I'll have to differ on that one. True multi-tasking (like that on the Amiga) for Microsoft didn't come until Windows 95, NT, etc.. Cooperative multi-tasking was in Windows 3.1 (and it didn't multi-task that well, in part because it was not pre-emptive multi-tasking like that on the Amiga). You can ...
by PaulQ
Wed Jan 20, 2010 10:25 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: How original is the Mac?
Replies: 31
Views: 8380

Many things I didn't like about Apple, which include: -They cannibalized the Apple line of computers in favour of the Macintosh line. There was no reason the two platforms could not have co-existed except for Steve Job's ego. The IIGS was a remarkable machine in contrast to the Macintosh. -All throu...
by PaulQ
Mon Jan 18, 2010 6:03 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Post here everytime you get something new for your Vic
Replies: 167
Views: 30607

Personally, I'm hoping for more goods from Eslapion. He does an excellent job at his Vic 20 hardware projects. :D
by PaulQ
Sat Jan 16, 2010 1:01 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: CNET TV's Top 5 computers of the 1980's
Replies: 36
Views: 7027

I can remember when blank floppy disks were $10 each, while a blank computer cassette tape could be bought for $2. I was overjoyed when the price of a single floppy dropped to $5, so I bought one even though I didn't have a disk drive to use it in. I just wanted to own my very own floppy disk, which...
by PaulQ
Sat Jan 16, 2010 9:47 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Is The Vic Your Favourite 8-bit?
Replies: 65
Views: 10902

Pedro Lambrini wrote:If Theres any chance of an 80 column card I'd definitely be in for one. And I'd hassle Orion to make versions of his text games for it!!
I think it'd be cool if it also came with 32k expansion in the same cart. It would be like an entirely new Commodore computer to me.
by PaulQ
Sat Jan 16, 2010 8:47 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Is The Vic Your Favourite 8-bit?
Replies: 65
Views: 10902

Going to give it to him? Wow, Golan; you've been snubbed by Mr. Bernardo. I don't think he likes the cut of your jib. The darn Protecto 80 has some sort of copy protection. Not so with the Data-20. If I could lay my hands on one of these, I could make a couple of clones. That would be really cool. ...
by PaulQ
Fri Jan 15, 2010 12:26 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: CNET TV's Top 5 computers of the 1980's
Replies: 36
Views: 7027

Thats why so many of use tape device with C64 at first. Yes, I started with a C64 and a tape drive first. Same here. I think it was a pretty standard procedure for us Vic 20 owners who moved up to a C64. I got my Vic and Datasette when the Vic was around $100; when I got my C64, the C64 was $199, b...
by PaulQ
Thu Jan 14, 2010 2:13 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Is The Vic Your Favourite 8-bit?
Replies: 65
Views: 10902

One thing I always wanted for the Vic 20 was an 80 column display card. When I think about it, it's probably the only "Toy" computer priced even below some game consoles that could be turned into a full fledged professional computer system, mostly thanks to its comparably exceptional keybo...
by PaulQ
Tue Jan 12, 2010 2:08 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Poll: What do you do for a living?
Replies: 103
Views: 39382

gklinger wrote: She seemed pleasant enough when we spoke.
She spoke; apparently, you didn't.

Way to get on her bad side, Golan. :roll:
by PaulQ
Mon Jan 11, 2010 5:23 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Poll: What do you do for a living?
Replies: 103
Views: 39382

:lol: You must've been talking to Arkhan; I fed him some "Dirt" to see where it would go. Now I know. Actually, I'm a full time student, but I do pick up the occasional evening shift at the Legends fitness facility as an evening facility supervisor. http://www.oshawa.ca/mun_res/locationdet...
by PaulQ
Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:11 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Poll: What do you do for a living?
Replies: 103
Views: 39382

It'll sure beat getting fat sitting behind a desk all day or working on an assembly line. ;) Are there any long-term health risks in this line of work? i.e. exposure to Asbestos etc. No; as a matter of fact, we are specifically prohibited from performing a blower door test on homes that may have in...
by PaulQ
Mon Jan 11, 2010 11:31 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Poll: What do you do for a living?
Replies: 103
Views: 39382

Standards for Energy Auditors are becoming more stringent as it's likely to become law that an energy audit be performed on all resale homes under the Green Energy act. The clueless will be displaced with my graduating class. As for me, it's a step on my path to becoming a renewable energy technicia...
by PaulQ
Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:11 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Poll: What do you do for a living?
Replies: 103
Views: 39382

As some of you know, I'm interested in renewable energy. I decided to take the Renewable Energy Technician program at Durham College: https://myplace.durhamcollege.ca/durham/program.do?from=subject&programID=1396 Right now I'm a full time student (I almost forgot how fun College can be). I'm cur...