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The days when computers were fun |
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monkeyson2 (10:06 17/3/2003)
Phlamethrower (10:08 17/3/2003)
monkeyson2 (10:12 17/3/2003)
moss (18:59 17/3/2003)
monkeyson2 (23:19 17/3/2003)
moss (09:35 18/3/2003)
shutty (23:11 17/1/2010)
Lampi (02:23 18/1/2010)
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Phil Mellor |
Message #37217, posted by monkeyson2 at 10:06, 17/3/2003 |
 Please don't let them make me be a monkey butler
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From the BBC Micro mailing list
> > The formatter used to play assending beeps as it was formatting the
> > disk, and then played a tune at the end of the format process
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> That sounds like the Cumana one, it played a little tune if the disc was
> okay, and the death march if it was no good.
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> The most fun you could have formatting a disc!
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Jeffrey Lee |
Message #37219, posted by Phlamethrower at 10:08, 17/3/2003, in reply to message #37217 |
 Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot Hot stuff
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Phil Mellor |
Message #37220, posted by monkeyson2 at 10:12, 17/3/2003, in reply to message #37219 |
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I will have to write a disc formatter that plays the Chuckie Egg death tune when it reports a fault.  |
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John Hoare |
Message #37287, posted by moss at 18:59, 17/3/2003, in reply to message #37217 |
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From the BBC Micro mailing list 
Which one? |
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Phil Mellor |
Message #37338, posted by monkeyson2 at 23:19, 17/3/2003, in reply to message #37287 |
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From the BBC Micro mailing list
Which one?
The BBC Micro mailing list.
http://www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk/Archive/BBCMicro/ |
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John Hoare |
Message #37356, posted by moss at 09:35, 18/3/2003, in reply to message #37338 |
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http://www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk/Archive/BBCMicro/
That's cool.
I always thought there should be a comp.sys.acorn.8-bit, but apparantly there isn't enough call for one  |
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Paul |
Message #112895, posted by shutty at 23:11, 17/1/2010, in reply to message #37217 |
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From the BBC Micro mailing list
> > The formatter used to play assending beeps as it was formatting the
> > disk, and then played a tune at the end of the format process
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> That sounds like the Cumana one, it played a little tune if the disc was
> okay, and the death march if it was no good.
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> The most fun you could have formatting a disc!
I still have that disc somewhere.. |
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James Lampard |
Message #112899, posted by Lampi at 02:23, 18/1/2010, in reply to message #112895 |
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I still have that disc somewhere.. Be careful that you don't accidentally format it. |
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