Other than the powerglove (and those were adapted to other systems), that could actually be real. A lot of the early VRML stuff was done on SGI and SUN machines, and that ball control was very much a real (and expensive) peripheral in the day.
That is fantastic.
what? he thinks he's in a rock band?
user posted:what? he thinks he's in a rock band?
uhm... not sure I understand what you mean, but both of those had music software
ukimalefu posted:
Holy human waste, my C64 and vintage Macs are supposed to be THAT color?
Jesus.
Yours got really yellow?
It looks worse on my Power Mac 7100 since the back of the case is metal and kept its grey.
It looks worse on my Power Mac 7100 since the back of the case is metal and kept its grey.
Never tried it, but apparently you can bleach that human waste out.
http://www.retrofixes.com/2013/10/how-t ... s.html?m=1
http://www.retrofixes.com/2013/10/how-t ... s.html?m=1
My C-64 was a darker brownish tone. The VIC-20 was off-white.
Metacell posted:My C-64 was a darker brownish tone. The VIC-20 was off-white.
yeah, that's how I remember them
ukimalefu posted:user posted:what? he thinks he's in a rock band?
uhm... not sure I understand what you mean, but both of those had music software
Spock did?
Never, ever, read the comments unless you need your faith in humanity shaken.
don't know what I'm looking at, but I like it
maurvir posted:
The first time I saw this photo it really choked me up. I really hate religion and what it does to people. Even true believers would slaughter each other arguing over the color of God's eyes if it came down to it.
ukimalefu posted:don't know what I'm looking at, but I like it
She found her perfect match after being burned several times before.
maurvir posted:ukimalefu posted:don't know what I'm looking at, but I like it
She found her perfect match after being burned several times before.
Oh, good one.
All I could see was that her hair and dress were blowing in the wind that didn't seem to affect the match and it's smoke.
A street trash can.
jet engines can be tricky
(caption said the guy got out with only minor injuries, having gotten stuck and not "digested" by the turbines)
(caption said the guy got out with only minor injuries, having gotten stuck and not "digested" by the turbines)
TOS posted:jet engines can be tricky
(caption said the guy got out with only minor injuries, having gotten stuck and not "digested" by the turbines)
The helmet helped with that. Had he not been wearing one, he would have been reduced to sausage. I'll bet he had one heck of a headache, though.
maurvir posted:TOS posted:jet engines can be tricky
(caption said the guy got out with only minor injuries, having gotten stuck and not "digested" by the turbines)
The helmet helped with that. Had he not been wearing one, he would have been reduced to sausage. I'll bet he had one heck of a headache, though.
I recall seeing a story on this years ago. Apparently his helmet came off inside the engine, and as it was sucked in just ahead of him, it shattered the turbine blades that would have pulped him.