NEW EPLAYA AND UPGRADES COMING

Post by **AntiM** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:43 am

My first BBS experience was on an Atari.

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:44 am

Duuuuuuuuuuuuuude.

i just had a flashback...

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:52 am

Ah...a Packard Bell Legend 386x, a 12 line BBS hosting flight sim files and Trade Wars...those were the days. I think there's even a 286 in the barn in Nebraska if I decided to dig it out. I think it even had the optional math co-processor on it too! Feel the power! The speed was awesome! (Cough!)

Then I look at the iPad2 and quickly regain perspective. (Just got the iPad last night...after saying I would never buy an Apple product...)

Post by **Elderberry** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 7:58 am

Kinetic V wrote:Ah...a Packard Bell Legend 386x, a 12 line BBS hosting flight sim files and Trade Wars...those were the days. I think there's even a 286 in the barn in Nebraska if I decided to dig it out. I think it even had the optional math co-processor on it too! Feel the power! The speed was awesome! (Cough!)

Then I look at the iPad2 and quickly regain perspective. (Just got the iPad last night...after saying I would never buy an Apple product...)

I said the same thing, until i got mine. Don't you just love the iPad now? I'm thinking my next phone upgrade just might be from an Android to the iPhone too.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:18 am

I remember punchcards and computers without mice.

I recall a friend trying to explain the relevance of a network only two friends could access.

Has any dj used sampled modem sounds on the playa?

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:34 am

jkisha wrote: I said the same thing, until i got mine. Don't you just love the iPad now? I'm thinking my next phone upgrade just might be from an Android to the iPhone too.

I just got mine yesterday around 4 and have been busy and not had too much time to dive into it yet. Right now on my desk I've got the iPad2, a Blackberry Playbook, and a Sprint Samsung Epic (that used to be one of their flagship Android phones). I'm building corporate support procedures, protocols, and documentation for 25 of each for people going to Macau and Singapore so I've got my work cut out for me. Once that's all done the iPad is mine.

I've never owned ANY Apple product before...not even an iPod as I went with other MP3 players...so yeah, this is truly a whole new world for me.

And Gyre, have you ever seen an 8 inch single side floppy?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:40 am

The new tech?

I think I still have one.

Foxfur · Post by **Foxfur** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 10:51 am

Kinetic V wrote:And Gyre, have you ever seen an 8 inch single side floppy?

Too many witty rejoinders to choose from...

Kinetik V · Post by **Kinetik V** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:05 am

Foxfur wrote:
Kinetic V wrote:And Gyre, have you ever seen an 8 inch single side floppy?

Too many witty rejoinders to choose from...

I knew when I posted that I was leaving myself w i d e - o p e n for some interesting comments....

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:05 am

I think I was thinking about the 5"'. but i was at ibm when they had the 8".

Should have stayed there if I could.
I would actually know something about computers by now.

They had an apple like software system, that was so easy to use.
I can't help wondering what the world would be like, if they had offered it.

I wonder if that program was straight out of xerox?

It was far better than apple at the time.

Of course, it was running on a mainframe.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:51 am

BTW, will we still be able to telnet into this bbs?

marck · Post by **marck** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:43 pm

I remember joining a dialup BBS because they had internet access.

I also remember surfing using a text only browser on a Data General.

I remember "upgrading" my single-sided floppies to double sided.

I have a few punchcards somewhere, but not a whole deck anymore.

(edited for gross misspelling errors)

Post by **AntiM** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 2:08 pm

I remember using punch cards when registering for college.

unjonharley · Post by **unjonharley** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 2:15 pm

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I worked uni vac blue prints.

dim was punch cards

knowmad · Post by **knowmad** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:22 pm

One has not lived until they have had the joy of Working a DOD's, PDP-11! I still think in 3place Hexadecimal Machine Code.

0 000 000 010 1s1 111

Simon of the Playa · Post by **Simon of the Playa** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:26 pm

basic on a wang, (go ahead have fun with that) fortran and cobol with the goddamn editor compilers....arrrggghhhh.

bad flashback...BAD FLASHBACK

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 3:37 pm

Try this

http://www2.b3ta.com/heyhey16k/

Post by **Sham** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:12 pm

I have been beta poking around on the new eplaya, and I am happy to say that it has a very comfortable and familiar feel to the old eplaya. There is still some tweaking going on, but it's well on it's way to becoming our eHome!

It turns out that there are many people working on this project who are much more computer savvy than I am, but I will do what I can to help with the fine tuning.

I really think that everyone will be happy with the new site and the new features that it offers.

Post by **Elderberry** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:18 pm

Shambala wrote:I have been beta poking around on the new eplaya, and I am happy to say that it has a very comfortable and familiar feel to the old eplaya. There is still some tweaking going on, but it's well on it's way to becoming our eHome!

It turns out that there are many people working on this project who are much more computer savvy than I am, but I will do what I can to help with the fine tuning.

I really think that everyone will be happy with the new site and the new features that it offers.

I haven't commented on this in the beta forums, but I'm wondering why they decided to spend so much time trying to match the colors of this site? I liked the blue, or almost any other color, compared to this drab site we have now. Plus the time could be spent on functionality issues rather than tweaking the skin to be as ugly as this site.

Since we're testers, I'm assuming the powers that be have already decided to keep the colors the same and it wouldn't be appropriate to bring up policy issues there.

But I'm just wondering.

tamarakay · Post by **tamarakay** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:37 pm

jkisha wrote:
Shambala wrote:I have been beta poking around on the new eplaya, and I am happy to say that it has a very comfortable and familiar feel to the old eplaya. There is still some tweaking going on, but it's well on it's way to becoming our eHome!

It turns out that there are many people working on this project who are much more computer savvy than I am, but I will do what I can to help with the fine tuning.

I really think that everyone will be happy with the new site and the new features that it offers.
I haven't commented on this in the beta forums, but I'm wondering why they decided to spend so much time trying to match the colors of this site? I liked the blue, or almost any other color, compared to this drab site we have now. Plus the time could be spent on functionality issues rather than tweaking the skin to be as ugly as this site.

Since we're testers, I'm assuming the powers that be have already decided to keep the colors the same and it wouldn't be appropriate to bring up policy issues there.

But I'm just wondering.

I'm with you JK, i've changed too many diapers to be happy with this brown background.

spectabillis · Post by **spectabillis** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 10:26 pm

marck wrote:Stop by the TC board sometime.

wanted to do it in person, but already committed to family things this year.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Jun 23, 2011 10:35 pm

tamarakay wrote:
I'm with you JK, i've changed too many diapers to be happy with this brown background.

I think it's supposed to be reminiscent of the playa.

Sometimes I find the contrast between the posts to be too strong.

Some forums are completely unreadable.
Try red on black fonts!

Sic Pup · Post by **Sic Pup** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:25 am

gyre wrote: Some forums are completely unreadable.

Is that one of the new "features"?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 9:42 am

I haven't seen the new one yet.

Some forums do have multiple color options.

One I spend time on changed to a horrible scheme and they finally offered an option to reset to the original format.

Adblock is your friend too.

It can be tailored to block certain features.
I blocked the live chat box on one, and couldn't force it back until I altered my adblock settings.

It can be used to block specific photos, flash, etc too, as used in siglines.

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 12:43 pm

gyre wrote:It can be used to block specific photos, flash, etc too, as used in siglines.

There's an expression for blocking youtube embeds here?

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:46 pm

I don't know if it will block all youtube in general, but it sure will block anything specific that is addressable.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:47 pm

It looks like it will block avatars too, on a specific basis.

C187 · Post by **C187** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:28 pm

Bob wrote:
gyre wrote:It can be used to block specific photos, flash, etc too, as used in siglines.
There's an expression for blocking youtube embeds here?

You could just block the IPs/ports that youtube uses with a blocking program and list if you wanted to.

jkisha wrote:I haven't commented on this in the beta forums, but I'm wondering why they decided to spend so much time trying to match the colors of this site? I liked the blue, or almost any other color, compared to this drab site we have now. Plus the time could be spent on functionality issues rather than tweaking the skin to be as ugly as this site.

Since we're testers, I'm assuming the powers that be have already decided to keep the colors the same and it wouldn't be appropriate to bring up policy issues there.

But I'm just wondering.

Remember what I said on page 2?

I haven't seen the beta, but my guess is they are just using the current theme. Then for any new UI that came with the system update, they are modifying (or adding) the style sheet to make it match.

knowmad · Post by **knowmad** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 2:30 pm

post a screen shot!

Bob · Post by **Bob** » Fri Jun 24, 2011 6:52 pm

Was asking if there's an expression for blocking youtubes embedded on an eplaya page, not youtubes in general.