Date   : Sat, 23 Jul 2011 17:16:22
From   : jgh@... (J.G.Harston)
Subject: [BeebSoc] Re: Risc PC (Was 'Minitel in France')

Rick Murray wrote:
> wanted, roll their own. I wouldn't be surprised if people such as JGH
> didn't have a half-written replacement MOS they began as a rainy day
> project out of a mixture of boredom and curiosity.

He he: http://mdfs.net/System/ROMs/Extensions
and an actual replacement MOS that removed CFS/RFS and implemented
additional functionality, such as *SAVE >filename to compress files.
I wish I could track it down.

> I meant THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hE3k1yHk5Fs

Ooo - I remember that!

> But rather than thinking "oh, it's not a road on the map" or "oh, if I
> turn left I'll get kinda soggy", people go ahead and, like, do it.

Grrr. And the things they call "maps" online. Compare
http://mdfs.net/maps/Sheffield/Walks/HighStoness.gif with the
crap you get on things like Google Maps and the like. There was
a report a few days ago saying that people aren't learning to
read maps anymore "because of Google and GPS". But Google Maps
and GPS *aren't* maps! They are 98%+ stripped down geographic
information summaries. Almost all the contextual information
is missing.

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J.G.Harston - jgh@...