Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 11:14:42 04/17/01
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On April 17, 2001 at 04:13:38, Tina Long wrote:
>On April 16, 2001 at 18:38:26, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On April 16, 2001 at 05:23:16, Tina Long wrote:
>...It was not so long ago that I read that the only computer you owned was a 386
>>>Laptop, with which you used Tigger to beat local players.
>>>
>>>I am very glad for your progression.
>>>
>>>Tina Long
>>
>>
>>
>>Well I'm sorry Tina but there has probably been a misunderstanding.
>>
>>It is true that I own a 386sx-20MHz laptop and that I am using it when I
>>participate in human tournaments, here in Guadeloupe.
>
>How long does it take a 386/20 to load & execute a Tigger's roar?
:)
I cannot run the Windows version of Tiger no this computer. It has Win95
installed, but I have only 5Mb of memory, and only a 16 color VGA adapter.
Rebel-Tiger II refuses to install on this computer because it needs at least a
256 colors VGA card.
So I use the DOS text-more version of Tiger on this computer. No graphics, no
mouse input.
>>But it's not only the computer I have, and actually it has never been my only
>>computer.
>
>Aah, and I had pictured you as a poor artist, struggling penniless & thankless
>at your art, saved from your poverty by Business Mogul Ed.....
:) :)
That's not exactly the case.
>>Since 1997 I have always been using several computers to develop Tiger. I had 3
>>at the beginning (not counting the 386), and now I have 7 or 8 computers in my
>>office (which is just an oversaturated 3x4 meters room).
>
>....when actually you sit in a computer-warmed room absorbing radiation from 7
>or 8 directions, and causing electricity generators anguish at peak time (oops,
>that's the USA)....
>
>Images change!
If it can comfort you in the previous image of me that you had, I'm not rich.
All the computers except one (which I do not own BTW) are second-hand computers.
They break down regularly (the climate here is extremely agressive for
electronic components) and that's one of my biggest problems.
Christophe
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