Quake LAN done! :)
Yes, I actually got the Quake LAN done early this morning. I tested the two B&W Macs (Merv and the Osiris II), which worked as expected. And in trying to get more done as the show approaches, I tried setting up the G4 Quicksilver Mac. Much to my delight, it was much easier than I expected. Thank you Target Disk Mode! The G4 showed up as a drive on the B&W, and I just copied the entire OS9 system over, simple as that (now if I could only do that on somewhat older Macs).
The G4 Quicksilver (names Silver for now) is working with an Apple 17" LCD screen, so there are slight black bars on the top/bottom of the Quake screen. That is the only issue with older games. They don't recognize screens that are taller or wider than the old standards. But it works, and that is all I care about, and works well!
Thus Quake is ready for the show - minus digging out the instructions, and printing up a few extra Quake signs. That is a minor issue though.
I did take apart a Sinclair ZX81 to see if I could video MOD it. I hate to say, but the insides do not match the instructions I found online at all. Thus, this goes on the back burner for now. I will attempt to do the Odyssey2 video MOD probably this Saturday or Sunday night. I won't have time to document it like I wanted to (but will partially), but I want this in the show, with clearer video. If it works (and I hope it does), I'll know how to do it again, so I can document it for the Odyssey2 community. This is something I've promised to do a while back, and I still plan on honoring that promise.
As for feeling like and old drumstick, I'll admit I am in a much better mode today. I think the 2nd math test at college helped with that, as I am sure I did well on it (at least I hope I did). Won't know till next week... I hate that wait.
Well, I'm going back to getting some laundry done. Then off to get some sleep. I'm glad the Quake testing is done. On to getting the ZX81, O2, and even though Apple // games working.
later...
Osiris II (B&W Mac) - Silver (Quicksilver Mac)
