Friends and Acquaintances
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The Realm of Pendleton K! ~ (Who was oh so kind
to host my banner!)
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The Aquarian's Net ~ Visit the VERY WELL-DONE page
of my friend, Russ Carroll. He has been building fish
colonies out of his home and garage since he was in
grade school! His entire site is terrific, and definitely
worth the plunge. ;)
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Roger's Site ~ Roger is quite a character. Smart and
sharp, and a little strange, he's the life of Microsoft! ;)
He has lately been excelling at Linux... specificaly the newest
Mandrake Distribution. Check out his site... it's refreshingly
intuitive, without lost of bulky and bandwith sucking images.
You're sure to find something regfreshing and cool.
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Gryphon's Lair ---> The page created by my lovely
girlfriend (now my lovely wife! :) She has a great sense
of humor, a beautiful dancer in traditional and international
ballroom, cha-cha, latin, and more, as well as a terrific
artist to top it off! She is talented at so many things,
and her site is just a click away! Make sure and tell
her that Sir Orlando sent you!
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dyljas, the wingless angel, -- has a great site
worthy of visitation. If you stop by, tell her Sir
Orlando sent you on a mighty mission! (Just don't slay
any dragons, or she may get sore!)
- While you are wandering about in the lands of fantasy
and mystery, why not drop into 'yrth mirror'
, the gateway for the schizofrenic angel.
Her art is top notch, and you may find that certain
paths always merge together...
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The Jackson
Clan! -- My friend's Martin and Laurie have done an
awesome job on their home page! Visit them to view the
world from their perception.
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Dragon is currently in the processes of creating a
great page! He's a good friend who shares my goal to
be involved with the creative side of p
programming some day! He has made long strides in
the web-page development world, and his technical page
is well worth the visit... remember, Norm Knows!
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Kevin's BatchelorPad! ~ Drop in on the new pad of
a good friend of mine from BOTH work and school!
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Jason Tracer(The Electric Keet) ~ A skilled
musician in his own right, Jason has composed
everything from MIDI's to MOD's! His sphere of
intersection is definitely worth the absorbtion.
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Land of Jax! ~ An acquaintance of mine from
"Silicone Products" ;) They call him Jax! Unfortunately
he's moved from CyberWorld, but I'm leavin' his link in
case he comes home!
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nevertheless ~ A good friend of mine from
school. Like myself, he's big into music, and as his
page proves, has created the roots in a music carreer!
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Sir Brettius! ~ An old friend with a new page!
(Like art? Check it out!)
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Site Two
~ I also had a page at "homepage.com" once... but they
went out of business.
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Another friend! Alex was enthralled by
"V:The Final Battle" TV series... were you?
Children and Family:
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CONVERT ME! ~ Find conversions for almost ANY unit of measure
(i.e. Distance, Length, Weight, Mass, Volume, Capacity, Area, Speed, etc.),
to many standard systems (such as United States, Metric, Avoirdupois, Japenese,
Old Russian, Old German, Troy, and even Ancient Greek and Roman! :).
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Cutting Corners Scrapbooking Club - A huge selection
of great scrapbooking ideas! Turn your saved scraps and
cluter into an attractive scrapbook arangement!
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DISNEY, The Web Site for Families! ~ What better
site to visit, then the place which center's it's very
roots in the family?! It's a small world, after all!
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FREE GAMES ~ A site of shareware and freeware games
available for download. And now they've changed they're
names to "GameHippo.com" Why? I have not a clue!
But the very sleek web-page interface allows for
easy game selection through SUBJECT or NAME searching.
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Join Billy Bear and his friends for fun-filled games
and activities! (A five star page!) This site offers a great
collection of clip-art, fonts, and other great toys. Check 'em out!
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LEGO LAND! ~ I was mesmerized by Lego's for the
first time in 7th grade. Although I had satisfied my
raging imagination with many other "building sets," the
magic of the Lego Brick captured my creativity for
many years!
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NURSERY RHYMES! ~ An extensive list of Children's
Nursery Rhymes. This page also includes the history
behind many of them, as well as links to other sites.
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REBECCA'S PAGE! ~ Full of fun and games, this page
is JAVA enabled! Play games online!
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STAR TREK!~Sorry if you don't think this link should
belong in the children's section! But Star Trek
has been an undeniable part of the American Family for
more then THREE decades now! Besides,
Star Trek is just plain cool!
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STAR WARS!~Another volume of great history in the
annals of the American Family! Pay a visit... it's
your only hope! ( heh heh! ) Oh, another reason you
may want to visit -- They have an AWESOME backdrop of
what Episode 2 is going to bring us. I wasn't really
looking forward too much to Episode 2, but now that
I'm seeing some of the screen shots... :D
Miscellaneous Other :)
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- My Religious Affiliation:
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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LDS World ~ Another great LDS site, this gives you access to a large
number of member resources, articles, newsmedia, and all
of the available "General COnference" sessions and other
broadcasted programs.
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WHAT'S UP UTAH?! - Click here to find out the latest
movies playing in the Provo area! And if you're on
vacation along the Wasatch front, this is your placefor
events and activities. Great for a night on the town!
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Totally Useless Links ~ Ever thought there was a
bit too many duplicate pages on the web? Or how about
worthless junk, such as the board of reviews that
decide which colors the different sections of the
phone book should be printed in... you know, stuff that
you and I would find completely useless! There will
always be a FEW people who find a worthless page of
value in some way... or will there?
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THE DEATH CLOCK ~ Hmmm... Sound Morbid? Perhaps.
It shows you can find ANYTHING on the internet! :)
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SAVE DOCTOR WHO! ~ Everything Doctor Who! If you
have never heard of this famous British Science Fiction
series, your life has been sheltered indeed! Having
long ago reached "cult" statis, "Doctor Who" has a
massive following throughout the world. The longest
running series in the history of television, it's worth
learning about. I have long been a fan of the series,
and grant you this link as a "jumping off" point for
Doctor Who absorbtion!
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The TARDIS is being auctioned! The famous time
machine of "Doctor Who" is now to be sold to the highest
bidder!
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The Doctor Who Home Page!
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WHOLink! Keep up with all the latest Doctor Who
pages!
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FRACTAL's GALORE - If you've never seen a fractal,
here's a good place to start! A fractal is created with
a mathmaticaly recursive algorythm that continues
infinitely. Only the unique calculating ability of a
computer can bring them to life so beautifuly!
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SHIP OF GOLD! - A modern day treasure discovery, at
the bottom of the ocean! A mighty galleon carying
several tons of gold sunk more then 100 years ago.
Find out more about this amazing discovery!
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ABANDONED PLACES... ~ This site has a very nostalgic, perhaps
even forlorn atmosphere to it, for it documents those places that
have been forgotten or left. Whether by owners who haven't been
able to pay their debts, or entire populations that have left
their homes behind. Although this is only a small sampling
of the worlds once thriving towns or industries, it reminds us
of what once was.
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1st Ever Animated-GIF Page on the Internet - This was the first
gallery of GIF animation on the Internet. It was start in January of
1996 when the capability of GIF animation first appeared in Netscape
2.0 Beta. How to do GIF animation was announced at this site and
advertised through Newsgroups. Within four months, GIF animation became
the predominant form of animation on the web without a single non-Internet
announcement, how-to, or press release.
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Hi-Tech Tubes - Here is an interesting read on the manufacturing of high-quality and
resolution picture tubes used in modern television sets.
Birthday Fun!
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The world of MOD's, S3M's,
IT's, and XM's! (plus the demo scene!)
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Alpha64 -
This has to be the best site I've encountered! Richly
designed, with a beautiful interface, it covers every
aspect of the "MOD" world one could hope to find! Their
mission? Promote Mod music to the public!!
Unfortunately, they recently were hit by a hacker, in which
they "lost everything." That must be horibly frustrating...
The moral to the story? Always backup! Backup! BACKUP!!!
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DIGITAL MAGIC! - A NEW discovery of mine! This
site is a wonderful resource for some of the BEST MOD's,
MP3's, etc. found on the web. It is the opinion of the
web page to be a collection of only high quality MOD's.
So visit his site, download some music, and see what
YOU think! (NOTE: Since the majority of MOD's are
written by amature musicians, they are 100% authorized
to download. Unlike MP3's, which are generaly ripped and
pirated from professional musicians!)
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GFX ZONE! - Welcome to the mighty and elite world of
"The Demo Scene! Demo competitions have been
around since the early 1990's, and have always been a
fantastic demonstration of programming and music genius!
One of the original and best, "ASSEMBLY XX," is a demo
competition that is hosted each year in Finland. All of
the Demo's are written in 100% Assembly Language Code.
Demo's in general refer to a self-contained program that
displays graphical artwork and effects set to music.
Generally there are three or more people that
participate in the project: One person
handles the coding, the second creates the graphics, and
the third person composes the music soundtrack
(generally a MOD or S3M style) used in the demo. The
demo scene is an interest of mine that I have been
involved with since i386 days! :) This is a tremendous
site for all kinds of "demo scene" resources and links.
Have fun, and try not to get TOO addicted! ;)
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HORNET ARCHIVE's - Visit the dwindling remains of
a once large and powerful empire! This massive archive
was, long ago, filled with over 300 gigabytes of
trackers, music and demo compositions, and samples. But
it reached a time when the maintenance requirements FAR
outweighed the energy of those who maintained it! Visit
the shadowy remnants of their land, and bow your head
in reverernt tribute to their memory...
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'IMPULSE TRACKER!' - (The Official Website) Although I
feel that it was really Scream Tracker
that launched the "music module" concept to where it
has currently evolved, Impulse Tracker
reached out and caught hold to the momentum and
propelled it to a much higher level! Although the
interface of IT is extremely similar to
ST, numerous changes, enhances, and
sophistication were added. (i.e. superb panning controls)
If you are a music lover at heart, and are interested in
finding out more about what "MOD" composition is all
about, there is no better place to start!
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MF-Music Denmark - A site dedicated to the beautiful
world of music composition. This site boasts a large
collection of resources, and includes links to many
useful and informative pages. The layout is beautifuly
done; this is a 'must see' site! Oh, and best of all
are the regular module compositions they hold!
Computer Hardware and Software:
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ACRONYMS! Ever wanted to know the full meaning of a
word? (i.e. When each letter of a word represents
another word.)
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Alta - Vista ~ Trying to search for something, but can't
get anywhere? Try the most extensively indexed engine on the
WEB! (Or try one of the other major web-engines at
the bottom of this page!) And a great new search engine
that has exploded this year, coming in fierce competition with
Alta-Vista, is "GOOGLE",
quite possibly the SECOND best search engine for
browsing the web. And quite a bit easier in its default
searches, as many newbies don't know about using "+" and "-"
in front of words or phrases to cut down on search results.
Google assumes you want to check *ALL* the workds by default,
and not *ANY* of the words. ;)
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Amazon.com! ~ The
world's largest bookstore, online 24hours every day!
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ANAGRAM Page! (Hello Derek!) Instantly convert any
name, word, or group of words into dozens of anagram's.
Either download the software for WIN and MAC, or try it
for free on-line!
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BILL GATE'S FINANCIAL STATUS ~ Find out the up-to-
minute earnings of our fearless leader! This page
breaks down Bill Gates earnings in so many interesting
ways! Definitely PAY THIS SITE A VISIT!
Your spontaneous laghter will be caused by shock and
disbelief, NOT humor. For as incredulous as the page's
facts may seem... THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY TRUE! (I know, I
know, ENOUGH of Bill Gates already! I PROMISE this is
the last one!)
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C: Dos Classic Games Kind of a WAREZ of ancient DOS
games and software, this site has been founded to bring
the great game and application classics of the IBM-Clones
yesteryear. These are some of the best titles developed
when "Intel 8088" was King!
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INFOCOM lives! One of the great founding companies in
the world of computer adventure games. One of their most
memorable titles was "Zork!" Involving no graphics, the
entire game was text-based. They went on to make several
Zork sequals, and a dozen or so other text-adventure games.
Although they began to disappear as graphical games appeared,
Infocom's text-adventure games were without rival. Myself
and each of my brothers and sisters were solidly hooked to
their Zork trilogy. (But on an Atari 130xe computer! :D)
Pay this site a visit to find out mroe about Infocom!
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PRICE-WATCH!
Get the best prices for the hottest hardware on the
net!
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PHOTOMOSAIC ~ Want to see what Bill Gates is
REALLY made of?! heh heh! Or,
click here to
go directly to Robert Silvers
home page. (Creator of the photomosaic concept.)
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WEB MARKET ~ Search for the best shopping values
on the web!
Operating System Information:
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MSDOS TUTORIAL
This site is an awesome place to find
information about how to use DOS. It displays a list of
the majority of DOS commands, syntax, command switches,
and even a nice selection of undocumented switches! :)
In my opinion, one of the best intuitive layouts of any
tutorial site I have ever ran across. Important dates,
names, and other keywords have been cross-referenced to
make it simple and fun to find out what you are after. :)
DOS GAMES! Revisit DOS nostalgia! Shareware/fullware ;)
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DOS GAMES ARCHIVE
A great selection of over 150 Dos games. Games such as UGH!,
Bouncing Babies, 3-Demon, Brix, Catacomb Abyss, Descent,
EGA-Trek, Epic Pinball, Jazz Jackrabbit, Keen, and
One Must Fall 2097! The early greats that helped define gameplay,
on the IBM PC, started off in the days of DOS. Gaming Companies
like Apogee, ID Software, and Epic MegaGames! I played many of these
growing up, to relieve the stress from High School! :) Some of these
games, such as 'Bouncing Babies,' played full speed on my Zenith
Data System with 512k, and an integrated CPU running at the blazing
speed of 5mhz! As such, the games were not based on clock cycles,
but actual CPU cycles, the game would run as fast as the computer
could take it... not a problem until computes began hitting 33mhz,
66mhz, etc! :) Even then, you still had TURBO switches on computer's
through the 486 series of computers, so you could slow the processor
enough to still play the old games. Now we've reached a time where
computers are running at ten times that speed, and even more. So in
order to run the really old games, you need to download a utility such
as Mo'Slo, that wastes tons of CPU processing, resulting in the old
games being playable. (Download 'Mo'Slo' from this site also)
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DOSGAMES.COM
Yet more great games from the vintage past. This site has
been around longer, and also offers some newer choices. But
it still has what makes these sites so great... great DOS games!
Other pluses include a sleek interface that is easy to use and read.
Games are also sorted by category, and give the option to search
for a desired game. Games included on this site are Sint Nicholas,
States&Capitals, God of Thunder, Kroz, Mah Jongg, Adventure Game Studio,
and even the great ZZT! ZZT is text-only, but my brothers and sisters
played it for many hours, even generating their own levels. Ah...
the days of DOS! :)
Icon's, clip art, and other graphical links:
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Art4stuff An awesome page with a cool beginning!
Trade anything you own for customized art. (barter with
/em!)
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CUSTOMIZE YOUR DESKTOP! ~ Free Icon's to download.
A pretty sharp looking site.
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DESKTOP THEMES UNLEASHED! This site contains TONS of
desktop themes for Windows95 and Windows98. What's
that? You don't have "Microsoft PLUS!" installed?
No problem! ((
Click here)) for alternative "Theme" utilities.
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IconForge! ~ Ever wanted to create your own Icons?
Well now you can.
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ICONS ~ Yet more icons... a large smattering of
them, in ZIP format.
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Joan Stark's ASCII Art Gallery - Here's a really
decent site created for spreading awareness on the
wonderful world of ASCII art. It's something I've
enjoyed for many years, and I finaly found a site that
does it justice!
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WEB WORDS --> This is a GREAT site for FREE, custom
graphics. While the majority of everything you see on my
website was created by me (i.e. all of my banners, buttons,
scans, and other graphics), there are occasions when I will
make use of somebody elses masterpiece.
Emulation!(The "simulation"
of other computer systems)
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ARCADE AT HOME! ~~ Visit this site for a great
variety of resources! This page includes Emulation
news, photos, diagrams, as well as backup ROMS for
those of you with an original machine. If one of your
arcade machine board's seems to be dead, it may just
have a bad ROM that needs replacing... Here's the place
to do it!
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ARCHAIC RUINS
One of the first site's to feature information about
the world of EMULATION, Archaic Ruins
has long been a favorite of mine. For a while it
looked as though it would vanish forever, as many
great emulation pages has. But they're back!!!
Visit Archaic Ruins for the extensive
list of Emulators out there! (Updated Daily)
Although this site is now dead, R.I.P., I did find a
link to some of the articles that are still indirectly
available. Click here:
Archaic Ruins Articles
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ATMOSPHERICAL HEIGHTS ~ One of the best Emulation
pages to grace the WWW has slowly faded into the
historical annals of emulation history. Take a moment
to pay your respects...
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ClassicGaming ~ Visit this site for a
tremendous amount of resources... One of the big sites
in Emulation! And with a very nice interface!
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Dave's Video Game Classics! "
~ If you don't find what you're looking for at
Archaic Ruins,
pay a visit to the equally tremendous realm known as
Dave's Video Game Classics
NOTE: Dave just moved his site to his new home, at
Vintage Gaming!
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Vintage Gaming Network ~ This is currently the site
that was once "Dave's Video Game Classics." The page has
evolved significantly. And although I don't like the current
interface nearly as much as one of Dave's original one's, it
still is among the best pages for current Emulation Information
across all computer/console/arcade platforms.
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Have you played Atari today?!!
Relive the 1970's! Were you a master of Pitfall? Did
you have the cunning and skill to champion Pac Man? The
reflexes for Kaboom?! If you were an Atari 2600
GrandMaster, with the best scores on the block,
click here for Tony Case's page! Trumpet your
greatness to the whole world!!!
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Guru's ROM Dump site
This is a new site I just found. It would appear that he has
all kinds of snazzy equipment for ripping the information from
Arcade machine ROM's and other chips. Copying the information
and machine code from the many chips on a given arcade machine's
PCB board(s) and then saving that information as binary files,
is what allows the emulation of Arcade Machines, Gaming Systems,
and Computers. If you can copy and save the information from the
BIOS chip of a Macintosh, for instance, you can write a computer
program to emulate a Macintosh. And if you visit the sites I have
listed in this section, you'll find that nearly every computer system,
gaming system, and even Arcade Machines, have been emulated.
The accuracy and extent to which the given system can be emulated is
determined by three things: 1) The skill of the programmer and his/her
knowledge of the system he/she is emuating. 2) The level to which the
ROMS, BIOS, and other chips have been encrypted, and/or the amount of
information that has been released about the circuitry and inner-
workings of the emulated system. 3) The speed on which the emulator
is being ran. Anyway, that's probably more than you expected. :)
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M.A.M.E. (Multi Arcade Machine Emulator)
The definitive Arcade emulator, currently emulating
*2337* arcade machines! (As of version 0.37, beta
realse 7!) For an emulator to simulate a
single computer or gaming machine is
amazing enough; Again, MAME supports
2337 different
arcade machines, EACH with
it's own unique blend of electronic circuit's! Few
emulator's are able to match M.A.M.E. The MAME project
has grown tremendously since the original "Multi-Pac"
Emulator. In January 1997, Nicola Salmoria
started Multi-Pac etc. emulators which are now known as
M.A.M.E. The first official release was MAME 0.1,
released on the evening of 5th of February 1997 (Italy
time 23:32). MAME was originally born as collection of
several emulators done by Nicola. Using a driver
oriented architecture, it later grew until the current
version that weighs at 1400 (!) games supported. This
wouldn't be possible without the talent of a group of
programmers that joined to form what is now known as
the MAME team! Nicola is the coordinator of the
project.
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Monroe World! ~ Visit them for another great source
in the world of Emulation!
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Stella! ~ Considered at one time to be the best Atari
2600 console emulator written, Stella
emulates most of the games made for the Atari2600 Console.
And fairly accurately! Be aware, however, that the performance
of "Z26" is
considerably smoother. And significantly faster then
Stella. (due to Z26's assembly code) "Z26" also more accurately
emulates the sound of the Atari 2600. It's really a
toss-up between Stella and Z26. So YOU decide...
download BOTH! *grin*
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Z26!"
Relive the Atari 2600! Written in 100% Assembly,
blazingly fast and accurate, this Emulator rocks!
And only 18k in size! (includes sound) And BTW, this
is by FAR my most favorite emulator... I long ago lost
interest in Stella; Z26 has been GREATLY improved to
support nearly every 2600 game in existence, including
"Pitfall II," the game that had a special sound
chip built right into the cartridge. And because John
Saeger tortured himself enough to write it in 100%
Assembly Language, it blazes on almost ANY machine with
high frame rates, and nearly perfect sound. It's a
must!
C/C++ Links and Resources
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TTT SYSTEM (Topic, Task, & Test) ~ One of the
best sites I have found for a great tutorial in the
subtleties, complexities, and power of the C++ language.
- C++ Language Overview ~ Includes many examples of
code and techniques
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CLASS STRUCTURE ~ An insight into one programer's
style of game programming in DOS.
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FAQ for GNU C++ Compiler ~ It is what it says!
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My Programming Show Off Page! ~ BlackRuby's page
of programming snippets. This page is
very cool! And quite usefull.
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INTRO TO C++ A great starting guide for those who
are new to C/C++!
JAVA Programming Tips and Links
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The Java Tutorial ~ A Practical Guide for Programmers.
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JAVA Home Page ~ Sun MicroSystems Baby!
HTML Tutorials, Help and Links
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HTML Definition Index - Specializes in Clipart, but has great information
General Programming Links and Tidbits
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The Evolution of a Programmer (Humor)
MP3's ~ The controversial new
world!
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- WinAmp's Home Page!
~ The home of the greatest MP3 players out there! If
you LEGALLY
own the CD's or cassette's,
you can play MP3 compressed files off your personal
computer. (Be honest! The musicians of the world
make their livelihood based on our integrity.)
They have my skin available for download. :)
WinAmp Skins
~ A new, very well-designed page in the MP3 genre. It
sprung up recently, and is kind enough to also display
my WinAmp skin for download.
More
Skins ~ Still another site that favored my winamp
skin enough to feature it!
My
Skin Again! ~ It's interesting to me to observe how
something can spread from place to place... especialy
with the world-unity the internet provides. Here again
is my Titanic Skin, on a Japanese page I'm not familiar
with!
Unofficial WinAmp Skin Specs ~ Information on the
makeup of WinAmp Skins.
MP3 Download Databse
This is an awesome site for downloading MP3's. For the
most part, the links are current, and exist. It's
extremely difficult to find a site of MP3's, due to the
contraversial legalities involved with MP3's. Please
realize that unless you own the original song on CD or
cassette, it is ILLEGAL to download the MP3. Remember
that musician's need to earn money too! :)