tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19062127.post9072249921047091042..comments2023-11-14T06:47:11.463-08:00Comments on A True History of the Internet: science frictionjon crowcrofthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05692091803072506710noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19062127.post-55312240149237737902007-03-09T09:04:00.000-08:002007-03-09T09:04:00.000-08:00I suppose I should say that i put my big foot in i...I suppose I should say that i put my big foot in it, but Big Foot aint necessarily synonymous with halfling<BR/>which is what i just got cut down to..<BR/><BR/>of course i dont play computer games or read sci fi or fantasy so i couldn't possibly comment o nthe accuracy of this - when the x86 came along, i was using a pdp11/44 still as a personal computer (or was it a whitechapel? hmmm let me check), no it was an icl perq running the ineptly named pnx operating system...now that's way to personal to be politically correct...jon crowcrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05692091803072506710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19062127.post-780750099160350022007-03-08T18:42:00.000-08:002007-03-08T18:42:00.000-08:00(1) There weren't Macs when Zork first appeared.(2...(1) There weren't Macs when Zork first appeared.<BR/><BR/>(2) Macs were a subset of PCs. "PC" denoting a Windows machine came much later.<BR/><BR/>(3) The Mac couldn't make Hobbits of us all, only about 5% of us.<BR/><BR/>Ha.<BR/><BR/>Aren't Google Alerts fine?Michael Bywaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11172916400528113399noreply@blogger.com