Comments on: Once a Dream, Now Ubiquitous http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/once-a-dream-now-ubiquitous/ An eclectic mix of technology, news comment, and personal notes. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:55:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/once-a-dream-now-ubiquitous/comment-page-1/#comment-430 Simon Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:59:00 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=115#comment-430 Fella, Football manager was a legend. I had it on the ZX81 (with 16K RAM extension) and you had time to have a cup of tea after a match waiting for the league table to calculate. You could save to tape and had to hope it would reload. There was nothing but a flicker every few seconds to animate the realtime match updates - but we were glued to the little black and white screen. We also had Football Manager on the ZX Spectrum and the BBC, both added match "highlights" where little stick men would flash around the screen and shoot. There were only about 8 "action scenes" so after a while you knew as soon as the screen appeared whether there would be a goal or not. We were still waiting with baited breath though. The Commodore 64 had an American Football management game we played - Head Coach. That taught us some of the basic rules of gridiron. As for the Atari ST, it was FIFA 1990 we played, 4 people crowded around two joysticks playing real football action. However the better football sim was called <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_Off" rel="nofollow">Kick Off</a> which even has a Wikipedia page dedicated to it. -Fruey Fella,

Football manager was a legend. I had it on the ZX81 (with 16K RAM extension) and you had time to have a cup of tea after a match waiting for the league table to calculate. You could save to tape and had to hope it would reload. There was nothing but a flicker every few seconds to animate the realtime match updates – but we were glued to the little black and white screen.

We also had Football Manager on the ZX Spectrum and the BBC, both added match “highlights” where little stick men would flash around the screen and shoot. There were only about 8 “action scenes” so after a while you knew as soon as the screen appeared whether there would be a goal or not. We were still waiting with baited breath though.

The Commodore 64 had an American Football management game we played – Head Coach. That taught us some of the basic rules of gridiron. As for the Atari ST, it was FIFA 1990 we played, 4 people crowded around two joysticks playing real football action. However the better football sim was called Kick Off which even has a Wikipedia page dedicated to it.

-Fruey

]]> By: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/once-a-dream-now-ubiquitous/comment-page-1/#comment-429 Simon Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:48:40 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=115#comment-429 David, You're only as old as you feel (and certainly not as old as your first computer) :-D. -Fruey David,

You’re only as old as you feel (and certainly not as old as your first computer) :-D .

-Fruey

]]> By: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/once-a-dream-now-ubiquitous/comment-page-1/#comment-428 Simon Thu, 23 Mar 2006 08:44:21 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=115#comment-428 Carrster, I remember my Dad working in computer rooms where the room was the computer. For your DVD burner, old software should still work with a new burner - the interface to the burner should be standardised by the new drivers. -Fruey Carrster,

I remember my Dad working in computer rooms where the room was the computer.

For your DVD burner, old software should still work with a new burner – the interface to the burner should be standardised by the new drivers.

-Fruey

]]> By: Fella http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/once-a-dream-now-ubiquitous/comment-page-1/#comment-427 Fella Wed, 22 Mar 2006 18:04:49 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=115#comment-427 Ah I remember the days when we used to play football manager on the BBC and had to wait for each weeks' games to load up on the 3.5....the time to make a cup of tea and have a biscuit before seeing where the team was in the league. With all the processing power these days we must be drinking less tea : I wonder if the UK tea industry has suffered...?? Ah I remember the days when we used to play football manager on the BBC and had to wait for each weeks’ games to load up on the 3.5….the time to make a cup of tea and have a biscuit before seeing where the team was in the league. With all the processing power these days we must be drinking less tea : I wonder if the UK tea industry has suffered…??

]]> By: David http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/once-a-dream-now-ubiquitous/comment-page-1/#comment-424 David Tue, 21 Mar 2006 23:46:12 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=115#comment-424 By your computer I can tell that you are significantly younger than I am (a hint of envy!). By your computer I can tell that you are significantly younger than I am (a hint of envy!).

]]> By: carrster http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/once-a-dream-now-ubiquitous/comment-page-1/#comment-423 carrster Tue, 21 Mar 2006 22:10:53 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/?p=115#comment-423 Amazing huh? Those huge computers that used to take up rooms now are just tiny little things and we can easily upload, download, send, receive, explore, dream, create - in a flash! Of course, I can't get Apple to tell me what DVD burner will go with my old software but hey, that would mean actually getting to talk to a PERSON. *sigh* Amazing huh? Those huge computers that used to take up rooms now are just tiny little things and we can easily upload, download, send, receive, explore, dream, create – in a flash! Of course, I can’t get Apple to tell me what DVD burner will go with my old software but hey, that would mean actually getting to talk to a PERSON. *sigh*

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