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offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2004-04-19 08:43 [#01149983]
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Some of you may remember an earlier thread of mine known as
XLTronic LITE... I have taken that idea to a new level of
low-tech posting... I currently have.... NO MOUSE! That's
right, for the past 2 days I have been using the arrow, Alt,
Tab, and backspace keys to navigate webages. At first you
wonder how people ever got along with computers before the
mouse, but you'd get used to it if only it didn't make
virtually every game unplayable... oh well, got a new one on
the way that will blow any mouse I've ever owned away. heh



 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2004-04-19 08:45 [#01149986]
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I'm not doing this on purpose btw, my old mouse finally
stopped working for good after putting me through two weeks
of constant annoyance by crapping on and off, so I smashed
it against my wall once I realized that MicroShaft made it a
physical IMPOSSIBILITY for the damn thing to be taken apart
by any civilized means.


 

offline Doomed Puppy from on and off and on and off and on 2004-04-19 08:47 [#01149993]
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I used to post with no functional keyboard. I copied and
pasted words syllabes and letters.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2004-04-19 08:48 [#01149997]
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oh my god... I'm not sure which would be worse.... your
plight would certainly be more time consuming... but I do
feel oddly handicapped with my mouse pointer sitting in one
spot all the time..


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2004-04-19 08:53 [#01150006]
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truly hardcore geeks surf the web on lynx.

are you l33t enough?

 

 

well, are ya, punks?


 

offline Doomed Puppy from on and off and on and off and on 2004-04-19 08:53 [#01150007]
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I'm just fucking around dude.


 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2004-04-19 08:55 [#01150013]
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Eh? Like.. ATARI LYNX????


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2004-04-19 08:57 [#01150018]
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DAMNIT, THEN GET THE FUCK OUT!

quit playin games with my heart, yo......


 

offline Ceri JC from Jefferson City (United States) on 2004-04-19 08:57 [#01150019]
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I've posted on here using a dreamcast (with pad, not
keyboard and mouse)!


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2004-04-19 08:58 [#01150022]
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God damn... it gets really old having to cycle through every
link on the page (including the list of online users) before
getting to the text box...



 

offline epohs from )C: on 2004-04-19 09:00 [#01150026]
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xltronic, as seen on lynx


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2004-04-19 09:02 [#01150030]
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heheheh... that's cool... I never used the dreamcast
internet software but I always thought it was need it had
that capability.. kinda like the precurser to XBOX live and
the PS2 online thing... same idea... Dreamcast was also the
first console system to have MMORPG's


 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2004-04-19 09:04 [#01150034]
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ATARI LYNX????


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2004-04-19 09:05 [#01150035]
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Atari Lynx is the shit, yo



 

offline epohs from )C: on 2004-04-19 09:06 [#01150039]
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nah... it's a very old school web browser.

" A Web browser that only displays text and is accessed
by using a keyboard instead of a mouse. Lynx users will not
be able to see images or hear sounds, and may not see a Web
page in its intended format. It is commonly used by those
who are visually impaired, have slower connections to the
Internet, or do not want all the graphics displayed
(graphics take a lot of time to download on slower
connections). Lynx is ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act)
compatible.
"

http://lynx.browser.org


 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2004-04-19 09:08 [#01150042]
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ahh well that is cool though!



 

offline afxNUMB from So.Flo on 2004-04-19 09:10 [#01150049]
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nice


 

offline ledge from GSV Sweet and Full of Grace on 2004-04-19 09:16 [#01150064]
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get mozilla/firefox, browsing the web sans mouse is a JOY
using type-ahead find.


 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2004-04-19 09:19 [#01150070]
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I wanna see someone browse this board with their Amiga!


 

offline giginger from Milky Beans (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-19 09:38 [#01150120]
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I've browsed this site from:

Nokia 7650
Sony Ericsson P900 and each time had a good result and
posted messages with no problems. It's fucking slower than
Promo though.


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2004-04-19 09:48 [#01150149]
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I like the look of xlt through lynx. The loading speed must
be phenominal. Sometimes I use IE with all plugins and pics
turned off, but it doesn't come with that funky 80s shell
style colour scheme. It looks kinda like IRC, which is
nice.


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-19 09:50 [#01150155]
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No one can beat me at California Games on the Lynx.


 

offline princo from Shitty City (Geelong) (Australia) on 2004-04-19 09:55 [#01150164]
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OH DAMN! I have that game and i LOVE that game! espicially
BMX!



 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2004-04-19 10:17 [#01150217]
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lynx running on the system it was supposed to run on.....

UNIX

linkage


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2004-04-19 10:19 [#01150219]
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that shit is mad hot!


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2004-04-19 10:24 [#01150224]
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hmmm unix=mac osx?? well its a bit tenuous.
suppose osx is built to be unix compatable, but
I thought you were gunna dig out your old at&t mainframe or
something with at least 200lbs of pig iron in it.


 

offline horsefactory from 💠 (United Kingdom) on 2004-04-19 10:26 [#01150226]
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Whoo whoo! Sweet as


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2004-04-19 10:26 [#01150227]
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no

OS X is UNIX

it has a Darwin base system, which is BSD derivative

therefore it is actual UNIX

:)

not tenuous at all


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2004-04-19 10:28 [#01150229]
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yes. BSD is a flavor of unix, kinda. and osx has components
of BSD.

while it's not exactly 100% correct, it's definately not a
huge stretch to say that console apps in osx are UNIX apps.


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2004-04-19 10:28 [#01150230]
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get this then boyos

Text mode Quake!

Only available for Linux/UNIX!

try fragging someone in THIS!


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2004-04-19 10:28 [#01150232]
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well no, actually it is UNIX


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2004-04-19 10:29 [#01150235]
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hmmm derivative......sounds like UNIXlite to me.


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2004-04-19 10:29 [#01150236]
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omg!

hype!


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2004-04-19 10:30 [#01150237]
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linkage for you sir


 

offline epohs from )C: on 2004-04-19 10:30 [#01150238]
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you're probably right.


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2004-04-19 10:41 [#01150249]
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Ok, I beleive you. I would nearly be tempted to buy a mac,
except for:
1)can't close a window with just clicking [x].
2)one mouse button (why?)
3)looks hmm well a bit crappy, kinda faux futuristic+pure??
both gui and case.

I'm currently making my own distro, based on slackware, and
a few other bits, to fit onto a USB keyring drive thingy.
Just basically bash, mc (best prog ever) and a few other
tools, as well as /sbin /bin and all that. small gcc and
basic coms tools (parallel coms) etc. maybe ftpd I dunno
yet.
I'm thinking of getting a 128mb drive for a linux
boot/dev/rescue device.


 

offline Zephyr Twin from ΔΔΔ on 2004-04-19 10:42 [#01150250]
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you're on!!!!


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2004-04-19 10:45 [#01150258]
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1) yes you can close a window by just clicking x

you're talking about closing an application, and you don't
understand how programs operate in Mac OS :p

2) One mouse button is simple for people to learn how to
use. You can buy a multiple button USB mouse, plug it in,
and there you go, all the mouse buttons you want - and YES
you do get a right-click menu

3) you can change the look of the OS with themes

a new distro? hmm sounds interesting, and on a USB flash
drive!!!!!!!

That would be SPEEDY!!!!!!!!

would you consider making a PPC version?

;)


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2004-04-19 10:53 [#01150265]
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no. do your own :p

oh and i meant close an application with the [x] .
The way I see it, and bear in mind I rarely use macs, the
[x] just makes the window vanish, like minimize but more
hidden. It doesnt kill the app, so when you logoff, it says
do you wanna save blah from2 hours ago, and it just annoys
me,popping up when you least expect it, kinda like the mac
version of the ms paperclip
I know its the way macs do it, but why? seems convoluted.


 

offline oscillik from the fires of orc on 2004-04-19 10:57 [#01150269]
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yeah that's the point

you need to understand the program concept in Mac OS

an application window isn't regarded as the application, it
is an application document.

when you close the "document" (window) you're just closing
that one window

how far through are you with this USB Flash distro? are you
making a website about it? i'd be interested to read any
notes you may have published online regarding this endeavor


 

offline PigeonSt from Detroit on 2004-04-19 10:57 [#01150270]
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for the type ahead find on firefox, is there a way to "find
next" once it's found a link that matches the typing?


 

offline dave_g from United Kingdom on 2004-04-19 11:01 [#01150278]
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purely theoretical at the moment, due to time constraints
(i.e. lack of time)
Over the bank holiday I will be building my homebrew ring
modulator (with internal sq.wave osc from a 4046).

based around a basic ring mixer similar to here
and some of my own design.

then after that, maybe. but still gotta buy the flash drive!


 


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