Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: sosman@terratron.com (Steven Osman) Newsgroups: scea.yaroze.freetalk,scee.yaroze.freetalk.english Subject: Re: GUI and Widget Library Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 22:25:37 GMT Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE) Lines: 34 Message-ID: <38177b5a.204546271@news.playstation.co.uk> References: <7r7g5j$23b12@chuka.playstation.co.uk> <37d7e9eb.767868262@news.scea.sony.com> <38084b40.1391612873@news.playstation.co.uk> <1e0cfcl.bgsc2x1asr8qcN@a1-88-132.a1.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.27.57.69 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.5/32.452 Xref: chuka.playstation.co.uk scea.yaroze.freetalk:1480 scee.yaroze.freetalk.english:4986 Well, did I forget to mention that the playstation is only a reasonably functional computer... Remember, there's no built in RTC (realtime clock)... that means, each time you power it up, you have to set the clock again... You're definitely thinking along what I was suggesting though... Are there any fish-bowl PSX programs yet? I understand some computer software versions are being SOLD, why not PSX fishbowls? After all, that'd be a much bigger bowl than a computer one! (generally, people have bigger TV's than monitors). Steven On Wed, 27 Oct 1999 17:27:01 +0200, debri@dds.nl (DEnnis Brinkhuis) wrote: >Steven Osman wrote: > >> Don't forget -- the playstation is a game system, but it is also a >> computer! >> >> Tasks outside of the gaming realm could be used... If not something >> as simple as a menu of games, then a drawing package (or 3d graphics >> app), or hell, even an accounting package if you really wanted to. >> >> >What about something as simple as a clock, with some nice coded >effects.. > >DEnnis..