Kings Quest 4

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Sal · #26 Post by **Sal** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:00 am

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Well......we called all those discs that weren't CD's etc etc etc FLOPPIES and still do.... Can't play the big ones anymore but can still play the small ones...Sal

Klytos · #27 Post by **Klytos** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 12:31 pm

Wow, I didn't realise that "stiffie" was anything more than a high-school crude joke. I'm surprised people used that term, it sounds so ... juvenile. :lol

Floppies are Floppies whether 5.25" or 3.5".

Gronagor · #28 Post by **Gronagor** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:11 pm

Well... does it make sense to call a 3.5" a floppy?? How do you differentiate when someone talks about his floppy (which could mean 3 things)

But what does it really matter? Both are out...

Edit: Oh well. Just noticed on wikipedia that it's only called 'Stiffies' here in South Africa. Interesting. *shrug*

rich_eter · #29 Post by **rich_eter** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 8:29 pm

Yes, we've always called both 5.25" and 3.5" floppies which was short for floppy disc. I used to call the 3.5 hard discs also, but my dad had to correct me. A hard-disc, he explained was much bigger and could hold a lot more data, but was also more expensive.

The 3.5 discs may have a harder casing than the 5.25 casing, but on the inside of both of them, the actual disc is pretty the same, being that very floppy flimsy magnetic material.

Kurdt · #30 Post by **Kurdt** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 1:11 am

I always thought it was just easier to keep calling them floppies. It's essentially a removable disk, same as the 5.25", so I figured someone down the line decided to call 'em all floppies. Either that, or the tech geeks wanted to keep everyone else out of the know by confusing them senseless.

EDIT:

Klytos wrote:Dude, if you can get Antara to work on a modern system let me know how! You know where to find me.

Okay, I couldn't get it to work, so I just pulled my old P1 with Win95 out of storage. I SWEAR I shall be playing this game by nightfall!!...or, morningdawn, at least, since it's technically already night because the sun is gone.

Defiant1 · #31 Post by **Defiant1** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:13 am

Speaking of Geek warring, I actually heard my Computer Science TA talk about how GIF is pronounced.

As in

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail51.html

Got a kick out of that.

DonQuixote · #32 Post by **DonQuixote** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 5:00 pm

Defiant1 wrote:Speaking of Geek warring, I actually heard my Computer Science TA talk about how GIF is pronounced.

As in

http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail51.html

Got a kick out of that.

Strong Bad is your TA? lol

I didn't even know there was a debate roaming around about how to pronounce "gif," I just assumed it was like "gift" minus the "t."

MusicallyInspired · #33 Post by **MusicallyInspired** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 9:37 pm

I just assumed it was like "gift" minus the "t."

Same here.

Sal · #34 Post by **Sal** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 11:09 pm

Hey Klytos....You got that right....

....Sal

Gronagor · #35 Post by **Gronagor** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:53 am

Hehe Klytos and Sal.

But doesn't Floppy sound juvenile as well?? No matter whether you call it stiffies, "Floppy and Hard drive"... seems just as juvenile, doesn't it???

Klytos · #36 Post by **Klytos** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 3:35 pm

Floppy and Hard disk sound like they describe the difference between the two types of disk. Anyway, it's not really important is it? Call them what you want, they're all obsolete now.

MusicallyInspired · #37 Post by **MusicallyInspired** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 4:15 pm

Hard disks aren't!

Sal · #38 Post by **Sal** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 11:24 pm

Well Gronagor, I guess terminology can be used "anywhichway" depends where your head is at! ....Sal

On a different note..Just finished playing KQ4 (original) and had forgotten just how good it was..I downloaded and installed KQ5 and have started playing that. This plays excellently on my Xp comp. The graphics are awesome and remind me a bit of the old "floppy disc" game "Camelot"... Sal

Gronagor · #39 Post by **Gronagor** » Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:12 am

Yeah, there's quite a few here who would like to remake Camelot at some stage... don't know whether this will ever happen.