1,809 Reply by nitro2k01

(189 replies, posted in General Discussion)

I wouldn't say it's about limitations as much as using a unique (relatively speaking) tool. These are tools with their own quirks and perks, that you have to master. It's not the limitations per se, but the path these limitations inspire you to take, and also as a result how the software running on the lo-bit machines are designed. Who would get the idea of adding tables or grooves like those on LSDj, to some generic PC software? Incidentally, those are two of the features that I miss the most in other software.

Generally speaking, I don't "get" the concept of using lo-bit VSTs on a PC. You keep the "worst" part of lo-bit (simple wave forms) and throw away the "best" parts (modulation, arpeggios, fine tuned control.) To me, composing lo-bit music doesn't take away something, it adds something.

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1,810 Reply by nitro2k01

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monx: Jose isn't known for having sense. Also, Awol isn't a moderator, and I think you completely missed his joke. smile

Decktrrrrrronic:

And still leaving http://8bc.org/forums/index.php up with another error message. Smooth... A real pro would've made a .htaccess with only two lines, that goes a little something like

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule . error.php

and then have some infoz in error.php.

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1,811 Reply by nitro2k01

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I'm guessing Emmanuel Tetteh was a 7-year-old surfing the web for the firsrt time ever. Prince De Gameboy might have something to do with this movie...

And yes, I was sure it wasn't a bot. I have coded a (so far) bot-proof protection script.

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1,812 Reply by nitro2k01

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bryface wrote:

it pains me to see how gross some of those DMGs look.  agh!!

So much pain and misery in the world, right?

bryface wrote:

did you know that if you took all of the DMGs sold in the world, you'd have enough of them to feed twelve small countries of starving children?

You mean like the Ghanans? Like Emmanuel Tetteh or Prince De Gameboy?

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1,813 Reply by nitro2k01

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http://www.engadget.com/photos/hong-kon … t/#3850306

Ah-frickin'-ha! A Libretto! Those are super small and are known to contain an OPL chip!

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1,814 Reply by nitro2k01

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8BC was closed, ostensibly for improper zoning usage. At the time, the event was widely rumored to have been prompted by the then-new nightclub the Palladium, whose owners had approached Conboy and Gattra about programming the Palladium's Michael Todd Room. The closure made the front page of the New York Times.

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1,815 Reply by nitro2k01

(102 replies, posted in Nintendo Handhelds)

stargazer wrote:

Thanks for that Nitro I was hoping you'd chime in. Also, it seems like Jose took credit for creating the bleepbloop carts completely. The smartboy guys just don't give proper credit. But maybe that's just my impression.

They actually never claimed anything in any direction, at all. However, as most people probably don't know, they came to 8bc long ago (2007-ish?) and asked for cartridge schematics. At the time they were not well received, IIRC.

stargazer wrote:

Do you know what the deal with Jose nuking everything about the smartboy carts is all about? Is it just because he didn't want anyone to find out he stole the design?

Either that, or he didn't want competition. Jose did say at the time that SB stole his design, and that he didn't want them to get ahold of the USB cart design, which in retrospect gives a bad taste in the mouth.

However, to be fair, leaving that whole conflict aside, from the perspective of 8bc moderation at the time, SB were spamming pretty obnoxiously, so in some way it made sense to nuke them. Even though that's no excuse for Jose's motives.

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1,816 Reply by nitro2k01

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Theta_Frost wrote:
Awol wrote:

Tell me more.

On the Everdrive support forums Krikzz said he was going to do a GB Everdrive.  After the Game Gear and Master System ones are finished, I think we can expect one.  He sounded really excited about it!

Don't forget this! smile
I talked directly to him, and this indeed seems to be true. There are some joyous times ahead!

Theta_Frost wrote:

AFAIK aren't Smartboy Carts the same design by the Polish IT students?  Doesn't that make them just a morally unacceptable?  That is if you prefer them over bleep bloop just because smart boy has no Jose.  Just saying you can't hate on bleep bloop and not hate on smart boy.

If you just look at the carts, you're absolutely right. But there's a bunch of other circumstances speaking for Jose's disadvantage. And you could argue that you should have higher expectations of the owner of 8bc than on some guy in the middle of nowhere in China. And also, Smartboy only ever produced small quantities of cartridges and they fucked up their distribution, so that problem sort of solved itself.

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1,817 Reply by nitro2k01

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Yes, it is based on battery-less RAM. smile

And to those who might be wondering, the person who'll be making these is Abrasive.

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1,818 Reply by nitro2k01

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I don't have answer to why it happened, but I can still take a look at the sav. I've recovered songs before...

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1,819 Reply by nitro2k01

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Rei Yano wrote:

AW SHIT. see this is what we need. progress. why hasn't this had more attention?

btw any info on ETA? I want one of these puppies.

Probably because he knows his stuff is real and will sell once it hits the market, so he doesn't need to be a complete attention whore about it, until then at least.

No ETA available. It'll be done when it's done. Mafipulation is a delicate process.

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1,820 Reply by nitro2k01

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Josecart are still being produced in some quanttities. A bit overpriced for what it is.
http://www.nonelectronics.com/catalog/i … mp;cPath=2

EMS 64M.
http://store.kitsch-bent.com/product/usb-64m-smart-card

Then there's this new kid n the block. Not done yet, but promises real drag'n'drop support.
http://mafipulation.org/cart/

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1,821 Reply by nitro2k01

(265 replies, posted in General Discussion)

Jellica wrote:

Someone should go to pouet.net or csdb.c64.org and start a thread about this, just in case they know what is going on.

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1,822 Reply by nitro2k01

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It's possible that the songs were salvageable, but you almost certainly killed them when you removed the battery. If you have a means of dumping the sav, I could take a look at it still.

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1,823 Reply by nitro2k01

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pixls: Just go to http://chipmusic.org/404/
Or if you want to be fancy, (in firefox) right click, view page info, security, view cookies and then delete the no8bc404 cookie. If you do that, the page will show again when you try to visit anything on here with 8bc in the URL.

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1,824 Reply by nitro2k01

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m0d, at least now you an disable the mom joke...

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