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"kamikaasje on most platforms"
 

The miracles of Windows updates...
2 nights in a row I had an update scheduled so yea I just let it run and turn off PC after it's done when I'm going to bed.
Turned on my PC, no audio.. nothing muted.

So I checked the startup programs, was my soundblaster X-Fi driver not being laoaded anymore, instead the realtek driver was loaded of my onboard audio which is turned off in the BIOS.
Turned on the loading of the driver during startup, restarted, still no audio.
Had to download the driverpack for my Soundblaster… See More

X-Fi Titanium, an ancient but still really good performing soundcard, install that pack and now i have audio again.

Thank you Micro$oft for making my easy start of the day less easy  >:(while I already have been sick since 3 days but I'm doing a little bit better, this is something that ate the little energy I had.

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"Leorick, LeorickG" —  

I try to avoid these hassle. When I see a windows update coming in, I do it at night as i am cleaning up. I really hate it when Microsoft messes up with drivers. I wish they would stop that.

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"kamikaasje on most platforms"
 

Yesterday's surgery went well, but they did have to place the large vaccuumpump.
Later on she was having issues with her IV again for a billionth time, so they took care of that by placing a central line.
At the end of this week around Friday, they will replace the sponge that is in her wound, a week later they will do it again around Friday, and then see if it's possible to move to a smaller pump.

So by the looks of it she will be hospitalized for at least another 2 weeks.

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"milkywayman, milkywayman81, cornyman81" —  

 

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"[BPN] Sir-diealot |Zulu|" —  

I came to your page to get a bit of the backstory as I was not aware of what is going on. I see you have stuff going on with both parents and I know it must be hard. I will say a prayer for each and hope for the best possible outcome considering the circumstances with both. Be strong, it is easy to say but not easy to do I know but try to do your best.

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"kamikaasje on most platforms"
 

Things escalated with my mom's condition, she fell again when I was working. at 4:10am my phone rang hurried home and waited for the ambulance.

She was moved to the ER, the ER doc was shocked about the size of the wound on her lower back, he said he could litterally fit his fist in the wound.. so that's a big gap.

She had a bacterial infection in the wound so that went from bad to worse in hours. She's awaiting an MRI and surgery, untill then she's an IV antibiotics.

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"BeardedWolfGod" —  

sending good vibes Martin for a speedy full recovery

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"MD Computing" —  

 

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"Charli3Dubs" —  

Sorry to hear that and man does that sound terrifying about her wound. Hoping for only good news from here on out. 🙏

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"kamikaasje on most platforms"
 

Anyobe remember this from the stone age of PC's?

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"3quilibrium" —  

My days of writing games on the Sinclaire Spectrum 48k+ by copying the text from monthly games magazines. Most of the time there was a misprint and it didn't work. lol

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"DrussDaAxe" —  

I remember learning this on the TRS lol, then made the jump to doing it on PCDOS Basic  
First game I ever made was a one I spent a week typing then saving to cassette, loading it over and over, debugging line by line, then playing with my uncle.
It was a racing game with "Pa Cautious", (my slow driving pop), "Na Leadfoot" (Nana) and "Speedy Von Mark", (My uncle).
3 coloured squares racing around a grey racetrack with random pitstops, and various random obstacles. Game ran for 3 minutes lol.

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Yes, used to do this on the C64. Some of those books can be found here:

usborne.com/za/books/computer-and-coding-books

and:

commodore.bombjack.org/generic/generic-books-basic.htm

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