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William Gibson To Appear In Second Life
July 10th, 2007 by iDunzo
William Gibson, whose 1984 novel Neuromancer was a bible for Internet pioneers, is making an appearance in Second Life.
Gibson wasn’t the first person to use the idea of “cyberspace,” but he coined the word and popularized it.
Gibson’s publishers at Penguin write:
Over the next few weeks – to celebrate and, yes, promote his new novel Spook Country, – we’re planning a range of William Gibson activities in Second Life; we’re screening his fine and strange movie No Maps for These Territories; there’s a competition to design an avatar for the man himself; we’re giving away shipping containers packed with Gibson goodies and at the beginning of August, William Gibson himself will be coming into Second Life to read from Spook Country and answer questions.
Wikipedia has a good definition of cyberspace: and history of the idea, dating all the way back to the ancient Greeks and Plato. “Cyberspace is the metaphorical space of computer systems and networks, in which electronic data are stored and online communication takes place.”
In Gibson’s novels, and many other cyberpunk science-fiction in the 1980s, cyberspace was navigated is if it were a physical space, with three-dimensional objects representing computer systems and databases.
Neuromancer was an inspiration for Internet pioneers through the 90s, although it’s been somewhat eclipsed by Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash, which postulates the Metaverse. Second Life is the Metaverse in every important respect except popularity.
Boing Boing appears to have what looks like an interesting interview titled: William Gibson explains why science fiction is about the present.
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MAME OS X Version 0.116 Released
June 27th, 2007 by iDunzo
Hey Apple gaming emulation fans, MAME OS X version 0.116 was recently released.
MAME OS X is a native Mac OS X port of the popular MAME emulator. It is designed to take advantage of all the latest Mac OS X technologies, like Core Video and Core Image.
Things fixed in this release:
- Upgrade to 0.116 core.
- Fix aspect ratio for rotated displays.
- Save and restore audit results.
- Enable dynamic recompiler (DRC) on Intel.
- Ignore HID devices that could not be open. Should fix Wacom tablet issues.
- Assume square pixels if display size cannot be determined, i.e. a TV.
- Add Help menu item to show core whatsnew.txt.
- Fix Command-T throttle.
MAME OS X v0.116 has 6677 supported ROM sets and 3616 unique games. No quarters required.
It’s available for download in my MAME section. Enjoy!
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MAME version 0.110 Now Available
November 7th, 2006 by iDunzo
With all the excitement going on with government elections here in America and all the buzz about hacking democracy, I forgot to mention that MAME version 0.110 was released yesterday.
MAME v0.110 has 6310 supported ROM sets and 3401 unique games. w00t!
It’s available for download in my MAME section.
MAME32 and the Windows Command Line version are current.
I’m still waiting for XMAME and MacMAME to get up to speed. I’ll keep you posted.
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MAME32 version 0.109 Now Available
September 28th, 2006 by iDunzo
Heads up for the people who come to download MAME from my site, you can now download the latest version of MAME32 version 0.109 from my MAME page.
In other MAME news, the XMAME (Unix) development team is going through some changes, so hopefully they’ll get an updated version out soon.
According to a report, it’s going to take some time and effort to get xmame and xmess working again because of a big video rewrite.
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MAME32 version 0.107 Now Available
July 30th, 2006 by iDunzo
Just a quick note for the people who come to download MAME from my site you can now download the latest version of MAME32 version 0.107 from my MAME page.
I’m expecting updated versions of MacMAME (Macintosh) and XMAME (Unix) soon, so keep checking my MAME information section for updates.
If MAME isn’t your game emulator of choice, be sure to check my other emulators page for some great links.
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Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator Update
May 18th, 2006 by iDunzo
Attention vintage gamers, a few days ago the latest version of MAME was released and it’s now available in my Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator section.
That’s right, I’ve got fresh downloads for you. Come and get them while they’re hot!
A few people were asking for the Windows command line version of MAME, so I’ve added that too.
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