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From: Michael A. Terrell on 24 Apr 2010 13:17 JosephKK wrote: > > On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:56:12 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >D Yuniskis wrote: > >> > >> Hi Michael, > >> > >> Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >> > >> >> I think the only such series that didn't overstay > >> >> its welcome was The Lost Room. Obviously, the creators > >> >> set up the plot intending for a *long* run ("100 objects > >> >> in the room" -- gee, what a curious number! why not 37? > >> >> or, 45??). Six episodes wasn't enough. Ten would probably > >> >> have been too many. :-/ > >> > > >> > I'm not familar with that series, and for some reason, this computer > >> > recently stopped letting me access most websites. It's propably another > >> > dying motherboard, since I use my oldest equipment to access newsgroups. > >> > >> Hard to describe it -- though it was "different". > >> Available on DVD. > >> > >> Firefly (and the followup movie, Serenity) are also good for > >> rotting brain cells. > >> > >> Jericho was too long -- yet cut too short. The 4400 was also. > >> > >> It must be a really challenging business to be in -- coming up > >> with stories that you can "milk" for many episodes; yet be able > >> to bring to an "appropriate" conclusion (in spite of marketing > >> pressures) > > > > > > I got so bored about 22 years ago that I wrote a Sci-Fi trilogy. All > >I could find in the stores was fantasy, labeled as sci-fi at that time, > >along with countless re-releases of books I'd read many times. The best > >part was the 'Stealth puns' in the text. Some didn't hit people for > >weeks. :) > > > Did they ever get published? I never submitted them to a publisher. I'm trying to find the disks, and hope that I can still read them. I might just put them on Lulu,com or one of my wesites as a free Ebook if I can find them, and convert them to plain text files. I also did a little artwork for the storyline that may still be in my files. It is a trilogy that covers a little obver 200 years. It's a mix of '50s space opera, Good VS Evil and comedy. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida http://www.flickr.com/photos/materrell/
From: JosephKK on 26 Apr 2010 23:59 On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 13:17:34 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >JosephKK wrote: >> >> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 22:56:12 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" >> <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: >> >> > >> >D Yuniskis wrote: >> >> >> >> Hi Michael, >> >> >> >> Michael A. Terrell wrote: >> >> >> >> >> I think the only such series that didn't overstay >> >> >> its welcome was The Lost Room. Obviously, the creators >> >> >> set up the plot intending for a *long* run ("100 objects >> >> >> in the room" -- gee, what a curious number! why not 37? >> >> >> or, 45??). Six episodes wasn't enough. Ten would probably >> >> >> have been too many. :-/ >> >> > >> >> > I'm not familar with that series, and for some reason, this computer >> >> > recently stopped letting me access most websites. It's propably another >> >> > dying motherboard, since I use my oldest equipment to access newsgroups. >> >> >> >> Hard to describe it -- though it was "different". >> >> Available on DVD. >> >> >> >> Firefly (and the followup movie, Serenity) are also good for >> >> rotting brain cells. >> >> >> >> Jericho was too long -- yet cut too short. The 4400 was also. >> >> >> >> It must be a really challenging business to be in -- coming up >> >> with stories that you can "milk" for many episodes; yet be able >> >> to bring to an "appropriate" conclusion (in spite of marketing >> >> pressures) >> > >> > >> > I got so bored about 22 years ago that I wrote a Sci-Fi trilogy. All >> >I could find in the stores was fantasy, labeled as sci-fi at that time, >> >along with countless re-releases of books I'd read many times. The best >> >part was the 'Stealth puns' in the text. Some didn't hit people for >> >weeks. :) >> > >> Did they ever get published? > > > I never submitted them to a publisher. I'm trying to find the disks, >and hope that I can still read them. I might just put them on Lulu,com >or one of my wesites as a free Ebook if I can find them, and convert >them to plain text files. I also did a little artwork for the storyline >that may still be in my files. > > It is a trilogy that covers a little obver 200 years. It's a mix of >'50s space opera, Good VS Evil and comedy. Cool. If you can find the media, but cannot rescue the content i would like to try. I would even consider paying for a professional service out of my own pocket in order for you to have them back.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 27 Apr 2010 21:51 JosephKK wrote: > > Michael A. Terrell wrote: > > > > I never submitted them to a publisher. I'm trying to find the disks, > >and hope that I can still read them. I might just put them on Lulu,com > >or one of my wesites as a free Ebook if I can find them, and convert > >them to plain text files. I also did a little artwork for the storyline > >that may still be in my files. > > > > It is a trilogy that covers a little obver 200 years. It's a mix of > >'50s space opera, Good VS Evil and comedy. > > Cool. If you can find the media, but cannot rescue the content I would > like to try. I would even consider paying for a professional service out > of my own pocket in order for you to have them back. Does anyone still do that with Commodore 1581, 3.5" disks? I've found my Commodore 128D computer that I converted from an internal 1571 to a 1581 drive. Now, I need a working CGA monitor. I think I still have a IBM PC Jr. monitor in storage. I converted a bunch of them to standard CGA mode about 20 years ago. That still leaves finding the couple floppies, out of close to 10,000 3.5 inch disks. :(
From: JosephKK on 27 Apr 2010 23:33 On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:51:07 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > >JosephKK wrote: >> >> Michael A. Terrell wrote: >> > >> > I never submitted them to a publisher. I'm trying to find the disks, >> >and hope that I can still read them. I might just put them on Lulu,com >> >or one of my wesites as a free Ebook if I can find them, and convert >> >them to plain text files. I also did a little artwork for the storyline >> >that may still be in my files. >> > >> > It is a trilogy that covers a little obver 200 years. It's a mix of >> >'50s space opera, Good VS Evil and comedy. >> >> Cool. If you can find the media, but cannot rescue the content I would >> like to try. I would even consider paying for a professional service out >> of my own pocket in order for you to have them back. > > > Does anyone still do that with Commodore 1581, 3.5" disks? I've >found my Commodore 128D computer that I converted from an internal 1571 >to a 1581 drive. Now, I need a working CGA monitor. I think I still >have a IBM PC Jr. monitor in storage. I converted a bunch of them to >standard CGA mode about 20 years ago. That still leaves finding the >couple floppies, out of close to 10,000 3.5 inch disks. :( I think so, i was unaware that Commodore had ever gotten to 3.5" diskettes. I have utilities that can read sectors form both 5.25" and 3.5" drives. Of course turning that data into something useful may take some more work.
From: Michael A. Terrell on 27 Apr 2010 23:39
JosephKK wrote: > > On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:51:07 -0400, "Michael A. Terrell" > <mike.terrell(a)earthlink.net> wrote: > > > > >JosephKK wrote: > >> > >> Michael A. Terrell wrote: > >> > > >> > I never submitted them to a publisher. I'm trying to find the disks, > >> >and hope that I can still read them. I might just put them on Lulu,com > >> >or one of my wesites as a free Ebook if I can find them, and convert > >> >them to plain text files. I also did a little artwork for the storyline > >> >that may still be in my files. > >> > > >> > It is a trilogy that covers a little obver 200 years. It's a mix of > >> >'50s space opera, Good VS Evil and comedy. > >> > >> Cool. If you can find the media, but cannot rescue the content I would > >> like to try. I would even consider paying for a professional service out > >> of my own pocket in order for you to have them back. > > > > > > Does anyone still do that with Commodore 1581, 3.5" disks? I've > >found my Commodore 128D computer that I converted from an internal 1571 > >to a 1581 drive. Now, I need a working CGA monitor. I think I still > >have a IBM PC Jr. monitor in storage. I converted a bunch of them to > >standard CGA mode about 20 years ago. That still leaves finding the > >couple floppies, out of close to 10,000 3.5 inch disks. :( > > I think so, i was unaware that Commodore had ever gotten to 3.5" > diskettes. I have utilities that can read sectors form both 5.25" and > 3.5" drives. Of course turning that data into something useful may take > some more work. Yes, it is stored in Commodre screen codes rather than ASCII. It was written with a program called Speedscript. Commodre used 512 byte sectors to store two normal Commodore 128 byte sectors, and the firmware converted them in and out. They used a WDC 1770 FDC chip, which was a rare chip. There were utilities to convert to & from IBM format. Programs like 'Big Blue Reader', and a couple freeware programs that had to be typed into the computer with a text to binary conversion program, then saved to a floppy. |