User contributions for Shalroth
A user with 158 edits. Account created on 25 October 2005.
11 April 2020
- 07:2207:22, 11 April 2020 diff hist +96 ImageWriter →In popular culture
17 September 2016
- 23:4223:42, 17 September 2016 diff hist −46 Sensorama Digital computers have existed since the 1930s, so this device, built in 1962, does not predate them. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 23:2323:23, 17 September 2016 diff hist −7 Virtual reality →Video games: Redundant; all lenses are curved. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
10 July 2016
- 20:0420:04, 10 July 2016 diff hist +293 Transporter (Star Trek) →Technological and scientific restrictions: Added reference to the concept of frequency-Windows to facilitate beaming with shields up. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
- 18:1518:15, 10 July 2016 diff hist +1 Shuttlecraft (Star Trek) →Star Trek: The Next Generation: Spelling. It's Jefferies, not Jeffries. Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
19 February 2016
- 18:0418:04, 19 February 2016 diff hist −1 Liquid chalk →Marking pens with liquid chalk: Removed erroneous apostrophe from "menu's" Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit
29 August 2015
- 18:3618:36, 29 August 2015 diff hist −22 Nokia 7900 Correction: Removed reference to LED backlighting. OLED displays do not use a backlight because each subpixel is a light source. Tag: Visual edit
- 18:2918:29, 29 August 2015 diff hist −26 Nokia 7610 Correction: The 7610 was not Nokia's first smartphone. Arguably, the Nokia 9000 communicator was - although it was more of a phone/computer hybrid. Nokia's first smartphone by current definitions was the Symbian-based 7650 from 2002. Tag: Visual edit
- 17:4117:41, 29 August 2015 diff hist +287 Nokia N81 Enhancement: There was no mention of the short-lived touch scrolling feature of the navigation key. Tag: Visual edit
- 17:3117:31, 29 August 2015 diff hist +19 Nokia N91 Added citation needed Tag: Visual edit
- 17:2117:21, 29 August 2015 diff hist +127 Nokia N96 →Major differences between N95 8GB and N96: Enhancement: Added mention of 'kick-stand' feature Tag: Visual edit
- 17:1617:16, 29 August 2015 diff hist +21 Nokia N96 Correction: Replaced 'hard drive' with 'flash storage.' Only one Nokia phone ever contained a mechanical magnetic hard disc, to provide a large memory for songs and videos at a much lower cost than flash memory at the time. Tag: Visual edit
- 11:2311:23, 29 August 2015 diff hist +15 m Nokia 7110 →Features: added link under reference to Nokia 8110 Tag: Visual edit
- 11:2111:21, 29 August 2015 diff hist +897 Nokia 7110 →Features: Added connectivity section; expanded navi-roller description, included mention of being first phone with predictive text. Tag: Visual edit
- 11:0311:03, 29 August 2015 diff hist +459 Nokia 7110 →Features: Expanded on the function of the sliding cover. Tag: Visual edit
23 August 2015
- 12:1812:18, 23 August 2015 diff hist +3,034 Multimedia Messaging Service →History: Tagged for revision Tag: Visual edit
- 01:4001:40, 23 August 2015 diff hist +647 Sony Ericsson T68 Enhancement: Added description of the built in bitmap editor. Tag: Visual edit
- 00:0900:09, 23 August 2015 diff hist +29 Ericsson T28 Correction: The flip wasn't automatically operated. It was held closed by a latch, which, when released by the user pressing the button on the side, released a coiled spring which opened the flip. It was an entirely manual mechanism. Tag: Visual edit
- 00:0200:02, 23 August 2015 diff hist +1,323 Nokia 6210 Enhancement: added description of the Personal Badge, and added section on the optional bluetooth upgrade. Tag: Visual edit
22 August 2015
- 22:2022:20, 22 August 2015 diff hist +366 Nokia 6310i Enhancement: Expanded the section on the Mercedes car integration with description of the functionality. Also the 6310 was not the first Nokia to support bluetooth - the 6210 could optionally with the 'connectivity battery.' The 6310 had it built in first Tag: Visual edit
- 22:1122:11, 22 August 2015 diff hist +379 Nokia 5110 Enhancements: Tacked on detail about the 5110's data capabilities in the context of the features missing compared to the bigger brother 6110; also expanded on the customisability concept. Tag: Visual edit
- 21:5621:56, 22 August 2015 diff hist +21 m Nokia 6310i Accuracy enhancement: The previous references to the LCD being 'blue' or 'green' are not accurate. The LCD remained unchanged; the colour of the LEDs used to illuminate the display was changed from green to blue. The screen itself is neither. Tag: Visual edit
- 11:4611:46, 22 August 2015 diff hist +199 Pager →In popular culture: Expanding the Fiends reference with another example. Tag: Visual edit
25 July 2015
- 11:5911:59, 25 July 2015 diff hist +398 Pager Added the Buffy ocurrences in Popular Culture. Tag: Visual edit
28 June 2015
- 06:4706:47, 28 June 2015 diff hist +401 Star Trek: The Motion Picture →Release: Added reference to the transporter malfunction sequence in the novelization - it's a key scene in the film and its treatment in the novel reinforces this by expanding on the treatment we see in the film, but now with disturbing imagery. Tag: Visual edit
21 June 2015
- 16:3916:39, 21 June 2015 diff hist +1,951 Dongle Expanded section on software protection; added alternative to using the word dongle as it tends to be these days. Tag: Visual edit
30 May 2015
- 18:0718:07, 30 May 2015 diff hist +927 DIN connector Added Atari's use of high-density DIN plugs in the ST computers. I'm not certain these were ever official DIN configurations, I'd welcome feedback. Tag: Visual edit
- 01:5201:52, 30 May 2015 diff hist +754 Floppy disk variants →Floppy mass storage: I added a silly and amusing concept for implementing FSM for Mac users. It's not meant to be taken too seriously but the concepts are sound. Tag: Visual edit
- 01:2001:20, 30 May 2015 diff hist +65 m Floppy disk variants Just a little bit of value-added background info. I won;t be upset if it gets a relevanve edit. Tag: Visual edit
- 01:1401:14, 30 May 2015 diff hist +5 m Floppy disk variants Corrected the reference to 'unusual sector gap markers' in the ADFS section, it's now consistent with the information in the Amiga section, Tag: Visual edit
3 April 2015
- 00:4300:43, 3 April 2015 diff hist +249 W-VHS Added evidence for W sounding like 'Double' in Japanese.The argument is a bit tenuous, but it at least seems feasible... Tag: Visual edit
2 April 2015
- 21:2721:27, 2 April 2015 diff hist +694 3D television →2010s: Added reference to Doctor Who 50th anniversary special, as it was probably the BBC's greatest and last foray into 3D TV production. Tag: Visual edit
6 March 2015
- 21:0221:02, 6 March 2015 diff hist +568 Talk:RT-11 →Fragmentation: Acceptance of reversion
- 20:4320:43, 6 March 2015 diff hist +1,061 Talk:History of the floppy disk →Early 3.5 inch FDD Differences: Response to Tom94022
1 March 2015
- 08:1908:19, 1 March 2015 diff hist +1,314 History of the floppy disk →3½-inch format: added description of early 'primitive' version of the 3.5 Tag: Visual edit
22 November 2014
- 16:1916:19, 22 November 2014 diff hist +265 Transparency (projection) The previous version of this page explicitly stated that it is not currently possible to print from inkjet printers onto transperencies. This is nonsense. Transperencies for inkjet printers are available, and I've been using them for sixteen years. Tag: Visual edit
15 June 2014
- 15:3615:36, 15 June 2014 diff hist −9 m Atari DOS →DOS 3: This did say "not to be confused with later 3.5" extended density (ED) floppy disks) offered by the 1050." The 1050 is not a 3.5" drive, as stated elsewhere in the article. Tag: Visual edit
8 June 2014
- 17:0517:05, 8 June 2014 diff hist +704 Talk:RT-11 →Fragmentation
- 14:5914:59, 8 June 2014 diff hist −34 m RT-11 →File system: Had to remove the 'defragmentation' reference again! How can you defragment a file system that doesn't support fragmentation?!? Defragmentation is taking the files that have been split up (fragmented) and rejoining them. NOT THE SAME. Tag: Visual edit
- 14:5314:53, 8 June 2014 diff hist +180 m MK-DOS No, no, no, no no. MCOMMANDER is in no way graphical. It's the opposite of graphical. It used line-drawing glyphs in the character set to define boxes... but that's not 'graphics,' it's still text. My IBM Selectric typewriter can do that. Tag: Visual edit
- 14:4214:42, 8 June 2014 diff hist +38 MK-DOS You can't say "[it] didn't support file fragmentation so had to be regularly defragmented." That's nonsense. The file system needed the volume bitmap to be optimised by moving the files so they filled a contiguous space. THIS IS NOT DEFRAGMENTATION!!! Tag: Visual edit
24 May 2014
- 10:5010:50, 24 May 2014 diff hist +2 m PenPad →PDA600: Initial edit said 'silk-screen' instead of 'silk-screened.' Corrected. Tag: Visual edit
- 10:4910:49, 24 May 2014 diff hist +466 PenPad →PDA600: Added reference to skeuomorphism and the 'Filofax' style rings in the PIM applications. I always thought it was a neat UI feature. Tag: Visual edit
- 10:4210:42, 24 May 2014 diff hist +18 PenPad →PDA600: Replaced 'Hot-sync' with 'synchronised' - hot-sync refers specifically to synchronising a PalmOS device with a host computer. Also replaced 'grey-scale' with 'monochrome' describing the display. I had one of these, it wasn't grayscale! Tag: Visual edit
11 May 2014
- 08:3708:37, 11 May 2014 diff hist +744 Combat (video game) →Gameplay Tag: Visual edit
28 December 2013
- 19:2119:21, 28 December 2013 diff hist +682 Timeworks Publisher I added a paragraph about the need for GDOS on systems running Timeworks. It may seem a little off-topic, but it's an important historical note. Tag: Visual edit
7 December 2013
- 19:5119:51, 7 December 2013 diff hist −40 m Vacuum fluorescent display →Use: I had to remove "though most of these used LED displays" because they really didn't. Tag: Visual edit
- 19:2819:28, 7 December 2013 diff hist +118 Talk:Atari TOS →Atari!
- 19:1719:17, 7 December 2013 diff hist +250 Psion Wavefinder Added mention of Broadcast Website - not many DAB users have / had the ability to see these! Tag: Visual edit
- 10:4910:49, 7 December 2013 diff hist +295 User talk:Edokter →(Undid revision 584964850 by Shalroth (talk) Sorry, too speculative): new section
