Computer Combat ?

[Rojero]

quote:Originally posted by Wardad:
The 5 1/2" were Sloppy Floppies.
The 3 1/4" are Hard Floppies.

As loser says it's 5 1/4" and 3 1/2". I found the 5 1/4" funny, you could literally throw them down the room, they would stil work.
I tried it once with a 3 1/2", well, they aren't as "flexible"

Wow you guys had those? hehe I had the old commodore Vic 20 with a drive reader that was a tape recorder!
That took FOREVER to load!

[ July 10, 2003, 09:02: Message edited by: Rojero ]

[Me Loonn]

A better source than FAQ for SEIV info can be found here.

Hmm...
Some code is misselled on that page or something.
Well, only refressh the page and it works fine.

[1FSTCAT]

Well, since we've gone off on a Talisman tangent, why not make the Talisman cost supplies? If it ate 200 supplies a turn, just to be installed on a ship, that would be a trade-off, wouldn't it?

--Ed

[Fyron]

Yes, but not much of one. It would essentially just make it 70 kT, as you would add a solar collector to offset that.

[Loser]

I like the idea of making the Talisman make ships easier to hit. Or make the thing terribly expensive, as that will inflict cost during construction but also cost during usage.

Hell, you could make the thing make every ship in the fleet easier to hit, every ship in the system if you wanted to. It is possible to penalize the Talisman, but will that ever balance it?

[geoschmo]

Originally posted by minipol:
As loser says it's 5 1/4" and 3 1/2". I found the 5 1/4" funny, you could literally throw them down the room, they would stil work.
I tried it once with a 3 1/2", well, they aren't as "flexible"

I jumped in the pool once and forgot I had a 3 1/2" floppy in my pocket. I had to do a transplant to another case because once the little paper filters get wet the media can't turn freely anymore. But suprisingly the data was recoverable.

Even so I check my pockets just to be sure...

Geoschmo

[oleg]

Originally posted by geoschmo:

quote:

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Originally posted by minipol:
As loser says it's 5 1/4" and 3 1/2". I found the 5 1/4" funny, you could literally throw them down the room, they would stil work.
I tried it once with a 3 1/2", well, they aren't as "flexible"

I jumped in the pool once and forgot I had a 3 1/2" floppy in my pocket. I had to do a transplant to another case because once the little paper filters get wet the media can't turn freely anymore. But suprisingly the data was recoverable.

Even so I check my pockets just to be sure...

Geoschmo

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That's nothing to the hazards of my occupation - it involves 600MHz NMR spectrometer. Any kind of magnetic media inside 1.5m is erased. My bank should charge me extra for all credit cards it had to replace And yes, I once had to reload some Atrocities' shipsets because I had the Zipdisk with me while loading samples