Got a computer question?

[BlkPnthr]

Have a tech issue? Want advice? Need support? I've been in the computer business for 15 years, and in my spare time I enjoy volunteering tech support to those who wish it. I can be reached at cderowin@hotmail.com for email and MSN messenger, or by PM, or on ICQ # 7243139

 

[Southern37]

Hey I was pretty sure I read earlier you weren't gonna post on the GB?

Damn another wasted goodbye.

 

[freakygirl]

Re: Hey I was pretty sure I read earlier you weren't gonna post on the GB?

Damn another wasted goodbye.

no no no... that was the other BlkPnthr

 

[BlkPnthr]

Why do you bother to even bring it up? This was a simple way of letting people know that there is help for those with computer problems. Leave the other crap alone as it's not in any way related. Also, this post is a slight exception because it doesn't pertain to the pissing contests and all the other bullshit that goes on here. So please, keep it related to the subject, thanks

Keep it real!

 

[lobito]

Re: Hey I was pretty sure I read earlier you weren't gonna post on the GB?

Damn another wasted goodbye.

yet another reason why I RARELY say hello to "newbies" or goodbye to anyone.

BTW, 5th thread post, so it's officially hijackable. Lit rule # 231.9 Paragraph 4, Section 7.

Lo

 

[lilfrk]

You started a computer business when you were 12? WOW

 

[BlkPnthr]

No, I've been in the business since I was 12. My company was started last year.

 

[Southern37]

Come on....

Why do you bother to even bring it up? This was a simple way of letting people know that there is help for those with computer problems. Leave the other crap alone as it's not in any way related. Also, this post is a slight exception because it doesn't pertain to the pissing contests and all the other bullshit that goes on here. So please, keep it related to the subject, thanks

Keep it real!

Just admit it...you had to find a way to get back on the GB....its painfully obvious. The best way to go is to start another thread saying you really didn't mean the goodbye thread. Thats what most of the people who come back...right back...like the same day back..do.

 

[Ginny]

how many black panthers do y'all have around here?

 

[lilfrk]

No, I've been in the business since I was 12. My company was started last year.

Oh...OK...I got it now. Sorry

 

[BlkPnthr]

Oh...OK...I got it now. Sorry

No worries

 

[lobito]

15 years ago, the ONLY home computers were proprietery ones, that NO one but the company who sold them, i.e. TANDY (TRS80), could do work on, and even 15 years is pushing it. Something's ICEfishy here. Unless you worked at Radio Shack at the time. The first computer I EVER did any work on was an Apple IIe in 1989, and even then it was only replacing a few user replacable parts, i.e. chips.

15 years, ok, if you say so. you must be a genius.

Lo

 

[lilfrk]

Lobito...you're cool.

 

[Southern37]

ummm...

15 years ago, the ONLY home computers were proprietery ones, that NO one but the company who sold them, i.e. TANDY (TRS80), could do work on, and even 15 years is pushing it. Something's ICEfishy here. Unless you worked at Radio Shack at the time. The first computer I EVER did any work on was an Apple IIe in 1989, and even then it was only replacing a few user replacable parts, i.e. chips.

15 years, ok, if you say so. you must be a genius.

Lo

Hey Lo..I owned a game of Pong in 1976..have i been in the entertainment industry for 26 years?

 

[BlkPnthr]

You don't know much about computers do you? Actually the big computers back then were Adam's and commodores. And believe it or not.....yeah you could do things with them. I never stated once that I am aware of that I was doing then what I do now, however, with the evolution of computers, I too have grown. So stop being an ass and accept what is.

 

[Debbie]

Thank you for the offer Blk Pnther. I do have some tech questions. I will PM you.


Thanks

 

[lobito]

Re: ummm...

Hey Lo..I owned a game of Pong in 1976..have i been in the entertainment industry for 26 years?

Yes you are! Can I have your autograph? PUHLEASE????????

lilfrk, did you mean cruel?

 

[BlkPnthr]

Any time

 

[lilfrk]

Re: Re: ummm...

lilfrk, did you mean cruel?

Cruel? Well yeah that too.

 

[RainbowBright]

Any time

O HPre!ty pusy.

Yo'ur pusys blak. I lick tat.

Hav aeflwouer.

 

[BlkPnthr]

Repeat after me....it's just an av, it's just an av. I am caucasian

 

[freakygirl]

Re: ummm...

Hey Lo..I owned a game of Pong in 1976..have i been in the entertainment industry for 26 years?

I still have Pong in a box in the garage..

 

[estevie]

Good to know. My puter runs slower than molasses and freezes all the time, whats the matter with it?

Hi, btw!

 

[BlkPnthr]

Good to know. My puter runs slower than molasses and freezes all the time, whats the matter with it?

Hi, btw!

A few possible reasons.....before I can truely answer it, can you give me some background on it? What's the processor speed, your internet service provider, hard drive capacity, and has it always run slow?

Hi

 

[bigrednz]

Facts

15 years ago, the ONLY home computers were proprietery ones, that NO one but the company who sold them, i.e. TANDY (TRS80), could do work on, and even 15 years is pushing it. Something's ICEfishy here. Unless you worked at Radio Shack at the time. The first computer I EVER did any work on was an Apple IIe in 1989, and even then it was only replacing a few user replacable parts, i.e. chips.

15 years, ok, if you say so. you must be a genius.

Lo

Copied from an article on game demo.

Demos have been around as long as personal computers have been popular, but they didn't become a regular occurance until about 1983. Demos started as a small program that, sadly, was used to identify who had cracked the game you were currently (illegally) playing. They were a good test of the programmer's abilities, because they had to fit in a *very* small space, usually 256 to 1024 bytes. Obviously, they were all coded in either assembler or machine language. Around this time, they mainly started showing up on the Commodore 64, and the Apple ][ computers, being the most popular home computers at the time.

Around this time, a gradual shift occured, from people cracking games to writing graphic/sound demonstrations that showed off the computer they had just learned to program. Sure, cracking games was still popular, but some people decided that learning about the machine and using it as a tool for creativity was "cooler" than cracking one dime-store game after another. Around this time, in 1984-1985, the first demos were born, as people willing to show off their computer and programming skills learned new ways to wrestle more power and speed out of the computer. Early demos showed up on the C64, the Apple ][, and the Atari 400/800/XL computers. And then came the Amiga.

When the Amiga computer from Commodore hit the home-computer scene in 1985, it was not very well received initially in the USA, but it took off like wildfire in Europe. It was manufactured and sold primarily in Europe, and made its way into many households. The Amiga, however, was different: It was the first low-cost, home computer built for multimedia--which, back then, was a term almost unheard of. It had incredible sound and graphics capabilities, and shipped with a multi-tasking operating system.

If you are going to try to tear people down get your facts straight. I had a computer back in about 82-83.