Didn't have to restore

I didn't end off restoring Joey's computer, but he was impressed with (a VERY old version of) Beryl. I also gave him a Dapper Live CD.

But anyway, his computer really was running very slowly. The games were basically unplayable.

Quote:

Joey: "I brought all these games."
Me: "Okay, I'll just restart into Windows."
Joey: "Why?"
Me: "Well, those are Windows games you've got there!"

Also, my friend Shiv from India finally got his Dapper CD. He put it in on Windows and started installing the open-source programs on there, under the impression that they constituted Linux.

After I set him straight, he started trying to boot it. For some reason, it wouldn't boot with the default parameters. But he had said "I'm running Linux now" when in fact he was just running Gaim on Windows, which made it more difficult to diagnose the problem!

And then he started saying that it was asking him for his language, keyboard type, and location, and that there was an error message after that point. I thought he was using the installer on the Dapper CD, and he said he wasn't. I finally figured out that he was trying a Breezy live CD that a friend had burnt for him.

Let's hope he can get the disc going. It's probably just a case of using the special boot options.

Copland: Coming along nicely. I have started work on the HFS browser, and an "About" box for Copland. I also released the code for the AiffInterchange program. Plus, I found out the greatest thing for the XorgProfiles program - /proc/cpuinfo actually contains information about what Powermac is being used! For instance, it tells me that I'm running a first-generation iMac with a "750" processor (G3) running at 333MHz. Absolutely correct. This program is going to be a cinch, as long as I can get around to writing it. I have the feeling that it's not going to make it in time for Copland Community Preview.

I'm also a little worried about disc space, so I'm going to build a first ISO without LinBolo, PearPC or Sheepshaver. However, I am thinking of packaging LinBolo and Aleph One and putting up my own little repository for Copland - all the programs Mac users would appreciate that couldn't fit on the disc.

Isn't it cool that Marathon Aleph One still maintains a classic Mac OS build? I played it with the Marathon 2 demo levels the other day. There haven't been too many visible changes - just higher resolutions and different-looking menus, but now SDL has been used and the game is fully cross-platform. I've got a feeling that they tweaked the game engine a little to make the aliens tougher, which is certainly welcome!