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Feb. 24th, 2004 12:10 amDidn't do a heck of a lot over the weekend, I mostly watched films (Lion King 3, Matchstick Men and some others) and played around with emulators on my PC. Specifically, Nintendo 64 and Amiga emulators. I finally got to play the fantastic conker's Bad Fur Day thanks to Hybryd sending me the rom as well as many other classics. It's nice to be able to play those games in a better resolution that the original console could manage and keep all of the playability.
What was even better was re-associating myself with the workings of Amigas and Workbench. I owned an Amiga A500+ back from whenever they came out and used it mostly got playing pirated games as did most other people. However, thanks to emulation and extra patches (Amiga In A Box), I can now run Workbench (The Amiga version of Windows) in 1280x1024x16bit! (see screenshot by clicking the thumb on the right) Now this will mean nothing to most people, but those who remember Amiga will agree that this is quite an impressive achievement, considering that normally Workbench will run in only 320x480 (doubled vertically) at 16 colours. Also, as it's an Amiga, I of course had to take a trip down nostalgia lane ang watch some of the old Eric Schwartz animations which I used to buy on Public Domain disks (how freeware was distributed before everyone had the net) long before I knew anything of furry :). It's odd that at the young age of 23, I'm already thinking fondly of better days.
On, in further random news, my first prize (1 of 6) which I've won from www.getit1st.co.uk arrived today. It was a Mars Delight which isn't due out until May this year. It's a rippled wafer centre surrounded by caramel and chocolate cream and that is covered with chocolate. It's nice but considering it's the size of a single Twix finger, I doubt it'll be worth buying one. I wonder what the other 5 bars which-are-not-yet-available-in-the-shops-yet will be. Maybe I'll find out tomorrow ^^.
What was even better was re-associating myself with the workings of Amigas and Workbench. I owned an Amiga A500+ back from whenever they came out and used it mostly got playing pirated games as did most other people. However, thanks to emulation and extra patches (Amiga In A Box), I can now run Workbench (The Amiga version of Windows) in 1280x1024x16bit! (see screenshot by clicking the thumb on the right) Now this will mean nothing to most people, but those who remember Amiga will agree that this is quite an impressive achievement, considering that normally Workbench will run in only 320x480 (doubled vertically) at 16 colours. Also, as it's an Amiga, I of course had to take a trip down nostalgia lane ang watch some of the old Eric Schwartz animations which I used to buy on Public Domain disks (how freeware was distributed before everyone had the net) long before I knew anything of furry :). It's odd that at the young age of 23, I'm already thinking fondly of better days.On, in further random news, my first prize (1 of 6) which I've won from www.getit1st.co.uk arrived today. It was a Mars Delight which isn't due out until May this year. It's a rippled wafer centre surrounded by caramel and chocolate cream and that is covered with chocolate. It's nice but considering it's the size of a single Twix finger, I doubt it'll be worth buying one. I wonder what the other 5 bars which-are-not-yet-available-in-the-shops-yet will be. Maybe I'll find out tomorrow ^^.
Got more free sweets thanks to www.getit1st.com today. Today, I received a further 4 pirces which this time were 2xApple Flavour AquaDrops (which appear to be out already in Sainsbury's) and 2xMars Delight (received one of these yesterday). 
However, when I got home, I found that one of the packs of AquaDrops had been opened and one of the Mars Delights had been nicked. This is what I don't like about never been around the house when the mail is delivered. Turns out that Mum nicked one of the Mars Delights and my brother opened the AquaDrops because "he thought it was addressed to him". Bloody cheek! I mean I was quite prepared to share my winnings with the family as I received more than one but to take them without asking me when they were addressed to me just isn't on!