J. Michael Straczynski - Tag - In a past life… https://archive.jtimothyking.com/tags/j.-michael-straczynski/ J. Michael Straczynski - Tag - In a past life… Hugo -- gohugo.ioen-usThu, 30 Aug 2012 12:00:00 +0000 Bits & Pieces 2012-08-30 https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2012/08/30/bits-and-pieces-2012-08-30/ Thu, 30 Aug 2012 12:00:00 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2012/08/30/bits-and-pieces-2012-08-30/ Links and things that I’ve run across recently.

Hey, Can I Get Facebook on This Thing?

Old Commodore 128 (versus the flat-screen TV)

August 1 was the 30’th anniversary of the release of the Commodore 64 home computer. To commemorate the event, Pingdom posted a series of C-64 photos on his blog, and I guess, yeah, we all looked pretty dorky back in the 80’s. (You’re welcome to guess which one is me. And you’d probably be right, since my name is cited right there under my photo.)

Meanwhile, my brother and father and I commemorated the event by digging out my old C-64… which we couldn’t find. Apparently, we had already gotten rid of it. (Unless it’s buried somewhere in my basement, which I guess it may be.) The C-64 was named after its 64KB of RAM (not MB or GB), which was quite a feat for the day. We did, however, find the old Commodore 128, the next-generation system with 128KB RAM, which only half worked. That is, it still works in high-resolution mode (Ha! Good one.), just barely, but the low-resolution video generator seems not to be working anymore.

Regardless, unfortunately, we couldn’t find any floppy disks that still had usable data on them.

Don't Know What It's About

]]> Studio JMS (B5 Fans Will Get This!) https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2012/08/02/studio-jms-b5-fans-will-get-this/ Thu, 02 Aug 2012 18:12:00 +0000 J. Timothy King https://archive.jtimothyking.com/2012/08/02/studio-jms-b5-fans-will-get-this/ I apologize for nit having a full post today, because I’m sending the kids (and the wife) off to camp, and I haven’t had enough time to edit the post for today. On the bright side, I’ll be rid of them for over a week! And I’m hoping I’ll actually be able to get work done without teenagers to leach my day away. Right now, I’m on my smartphone, waiting for their rides to finally get here and take them away from me.

I do have a quick item, however, ready to post.

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