This is awesome, I just learnt creation kit last night and was planning on making some extra workshop terminals. Do you have any tips/things I should look out for when making these?
The MOS6502 was an 8bit CPU used in many home computer systems, back in the day. And also by the Nintendo Famicom / NES. A MOS427 chip never existed ofc, but it does now in this picture :D
In 2065, CIT graduate student Robert Aldrich was experimenting with a rarely used component, the Transistor. He soon realized that this novelty device could make for powerful computers producing very little heat and, together with his friend and business partner Samuel Huntington, founded HAL -The Huntington Aldrich Laboratories- in a Cambridge garage.
Leveraging Aldrich's research and Huntington's capital, HAL soon began to manufacture mainframe computers -such as the iconic HAL 700-, powered by what they termed Monolithic Circuit Modules. These modules consisted of several Transistors assembled on a 2.75"x0.75" standard size circuit board with an edge connector, to form logic gates. Several MCMs were combined on a backplane circuit board, building more complicated circuits that performed higher functions like addition and subtraction of binary numbers.
By the Year 2075, HAL introduced the Miniaturized Monolithic Circuit, which combined several MCMs worth of logic gates into a single, multi-legged ceramic package. Using this approach, components that used to fill an entire rack would now fit into a small box. A year later, HAL established a partnership with Wattz Electronics to mass produce and market data processing systems, based on the new HAL invention. Don Westridge of HAL fame came up with the Design of the HAL 5051 "Personal Computer". The design was finalized by next April and Wattz begun first deliveries in August '77, mere weeks before the bombs fell.
RobCo did not realize the potential of the new invention ("A Terminal ought to be enough for anybody!") and even licensed the TermLink standard boot code to HAL.
[Kudos to those who get the numerous references to IRL developments here]
09/05/2023 I've been experimenting with some of the new transistors, and it looks possible to make a portable version of the Abremalin field generator. This would be very useful if we ever had to move Lorenzo to a different facility for any reason. A lot more work is necessary of course, and testing it on Lorenzo is out of the question - I won't risk shutting down the main field. But replicating the current field frequency pattern should at least give us something that we could try in an emergency, even if I can't be 100% certain it will work.
There's nothing in the original Fallout's to say when, but it was a common item, and there are Computer Terminals in Fallout 1 and 2 that are of this style.
streetyson 10 May 2022, 7:51PM So long as it's not Windohs 10. Btw, this machine's advertising suggests it's more modern, but I still don't see the latest 5.25" floppy drive.
Wait what?
5 and a quarter inch?! It's been like 30 yrs since I seen those old floppies with my own eyes, I remember they were huge but that's just crazy. Why not a 10'' vinyl style then? Come on!
"Erm, yeah... Uh, let me just fire up the 'ole 12 INCH floppy machine here now".
And wind'ohs? That's hilarious! Must be the Homer -edition! HAHA But I've had a mixed bag of horrific experiences with Win10 Home. And the Win10 forums? Tech support? Yeah right. "Well, we're not aware of any such problems" is an actual quote and that's not even close to the dumbest stuff I dealt with. Maybe I'll try those corp editions or something... Better features anyway when you got problems.
I wonder if this is how it is with space aliens? Maybe they've got the 'boot-up blues', too, with all those god-damn saucers crashing everywhere all the time. Crashing your car is bad enough, but now your going to get hit by some flying saucer f***er trying to boot up their zetan computer.
Can you add these for Xbox please. It looks Super Cool but I can’t play it because I’m only on Xbox and don’t want to spend money for DLCs and the Game just for Pc.
Still waiting to try it but the only thing that seems missing is the variation with running lines of code on the screen, not a big deal but that was a cool one with Strider5's original.
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A MOS427 chip never existed ofc, but it does now in this picture :D
Amazing piece of work, a very intriguing mod. Gonna check it out later.
Leveraging Aldrich's research and Huntington's capital, HAL soon began to manufacture mainframe computers -such as the iconic HAL 700-, powered by what they termed Monolithic Circuit Modules. These modules consisted of several Transistors assembled on a 2.75"x0.75" standard size circuit board with an edge connector, to form logic gates. Several MCMs were combined on a backplane circuit board, building more complicated circuits that performed higher functions like addition and subtraction of binary numbers.
By the Year 2075, HAL introduced the Miniaturized Monolithic Circuit, which combined several MCMs worth of logic gates into a single, multi-legged ceramic package. Using this approach, components that used to fill an entire rack would now fit into a small box. A year later, HAL established a partnership with Wattz Electronics to mass produce and market data processing systems, based on the new HAL invention. Don Westridge of HAL fame came up with the Design of the HAL 5051 "Personal Computer". The design was finalized by next April and Wattz begun first deliveries in August '77, mere weeks before the bombs fell.
RobCo did not realize the potential of the new invention ("A Terminal ought to be enough for anybody!") and even licensed the TermLink standard boot code to HAL.
[Kudos to those who get the numerous references to IRL developments here]
(Jack Cabbot terminal)
There's nothing in the original Fallout's to say when, but it was a common item, and there are Computer Terminals in Fallout 1 and 2 that are of this style.
Wait what?
5 and a quarter inch?! It's been like 30 yrs since I seen those old floppies with my own eyes, I remember they were huge but that's just crazy. Why not a 10'' vinyl style then? Come on!
"Erm, yeah... Uh, let me just fire up the 'ole 12 INCH floppy machine here now".
And wind'ohs? That's hilarious! Must be the Homer -edition! HAHA But I've had a mixed bag of horrific experiences with Win10 Home. And the Win10 forums? Tech support? Yeah right. "Well, we're not aware of any such problems" is an actual quote and that's not even close to the dumbest stuff I dealt with. Maybe I'll try those corp editions or something... Better features anyway when you got problems.
I wonder if this is how it is with space aliens? Maybe they've got the 'boot-up blues', too, with all those god-damn saucers crashing everywhere all the time. Crashing your car is bad enough, but now your going to get hit by some flying saucer f***er trying to boot up their zetan computer.
Invented ofc by HA... I mean IBM.
Niston saves the day again, CHEERS!
This is going to be a fun one to use.
Still waiting to try it but the only thing that seems missing is the variation with running lines of code on the screen, not a big deal but that was a cool one with Strider5's original.
You can use place anywhere if nothing else works.