Wed Afternoon Trivia

[LadyZod]

Well, the scanner was called Barneyscan. Soooo... Barneyscan XP?


And the MACs I dealt with between 1995-1997 were PowerMacs running "native" Apple installs of photoshop, illustration, director, quark, crap like that.

[megoapesnut]

We have a winner! LadyZod with the correct answer of Barneyscan XP. Shoot me your address and I will send you a press proof sheet of my cards.

[LadyZod]

Hooray... I is a winnah...

I'd like to thank all the little people who made this possible... Tom Thumb, Thumbalina, Grampa Little, Stuart Little, The Mayor of Munchkin City, The Lollipop Guild, Grouchy Smurf, Papa Smurf, and Lindsey Lohan.

[Brazoo]

Sorry, I didn't answer that question completely. According to the history on Wikipedia, it was supposedly bundled as "Photoshop" with the scanner. However, I actually had an install disc for it in my grubby hands about 10 years ago (I wish I had kept that!) and it was clearly called something else on the disc. Brazoo gave me some links to some other articles and one mentioned that it was released as ... with the scanner in a VERY limited release.

Here's a hint: Combine what it was bundled with along with the name of a famous children's character that was on TV in the 80's and you got the name

Yeah - one article said only 200 were released!! I certainly never never saw any of this stuff first hand. The first graphic programs I learned (aside from drawing a turtle in BAISC) were Dazzle Draw and Animate.

I'd love an ipad - but I think I'm waiting for the next release. The hard drive is kinda tiny and the lack of multitasking is a bit of a turn off.

[Brazoo]

While we're all here - anyone know why a bunch of my MAME roms have not been working since OS X.5?

[Brazoo]

LadyZod is the coolest - Her avatar rules, she used the world "futzing" and her blog is awesome!

[Donkey Hoatie]

Longtime Mac user here. I used both Mac and PC in high school and college. Spent a year after college in 93-94 working on a PC for Baxter in customer service, but used a Mac at home for everything else. I'm currently typing this on my MacbookPro here at work. Got an iMac at home, a couple of iPhones, and, as of last night, my wife is now the proud owner of an iPad.

[megoapesnut]

as of last night, my wife is now the proud owner of an iPad.

How does she like it so far?

[Donkey Hoatie]

How does she like it so far?

I don't know, she hasn't spoken since she turned it on for the first time.