it's always been stable o/s for me.
games run faster period .


This comment was edited on Jul 20, 15:52.

http://www.fab1.co.nz/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/anderson/thunderbirds//

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/anderson/thunderbirds//page3.shtml
http://www.sylviaanderson.org.uk/html/thunderbirds.html
http://www.tvcentury21.com/


great thunderbirds sites


This comment was edited on Jul 20, 15:45.

98 rawks..nowt wrong with it.

win 98 is fine for home users, stable unlike win 95, which i had to do full format/re-installations every month.
creative sucks, they do'nt need a lame ms guidline to drop support for win 98, their last win 98 live drivers were over 2 fecking years ago, way before ms bs guidlines.

wtf a friggin live version....it wo'nt work....puppets rule. but unless they can hire actors like jean luc pikaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaard....
hmmm it may have a slim chance ?

if this was several years down the line, maybe it would be ok to drop win 98 support, but it is'nt.
i bet there are far more pple with win 98 than any other o/s, so creative *should* support it. especiallly if it wants pple to buy it's future products.

i just hate creative after how they helped kill aureal.

amazing win xp is out less than a year and creative has decided win 98 is obsolete.

that link....wow....'tis indeed a good day to live...ca'nt wait for the film.... i will be first in line for the cinema release.

and i've got a geforce 2 mx....care for a swap for your 4600
http://www.thunderbirdsonline.com/site/homepage/homepage.html
http://www.fab1.co.nz/

"Filmed in Supermarionation, "Thunderbirds" was dubbed the most expensive series ever made when it first aired in the UK in 1965 but it instantly became a worldwide hit, attracting an estimated audience of over 100 million fans in 66 countries."

it was the very first uk prog msde in colour and in todays money , would have cost 1/2 a million uk pounds.
"INTERESTING FACTS

The working title of Thunderbirds was International Rescue.

Thunderbirds was named after a US Airforce base in Arizona where Gerry Anderson¹s brother learnt to fly.

Derek Meddings, special effects ace on Thunderbirds, went on to work on The Spy Who Loved Me and Superman, for the latter of which he won an Academy Award.

The first episode broadcast was Saturday 2nd October 1965 and the last time it was seen on terrestrial British TV screens was in 1993 (BBC 2) and in 1995 on satellite television (UK Gold).

The Thunderbirds musical score was composed by Barry Gray. Gray, who had previously worked with the likes of Eartha Kitt and Vera Lynn, used a 70 piece orchestra for the theme tune to Thunderbirds Are Go!¹ (1966). To create the suitable futuristic space sounds, in pre-synthesizer days, Gray used the Ondes Martenot, a French Instrument developed from the Theremin which produced sound oscillations which were controlled by a keyboard.

Gerry Anderson worked with Dire Straits in 1991 for their Calling Elvis video using Thunderbirds puppets in non-speaking roles throughout the video.Thunderbirds also appeared on MTV with the M.C. Parker single THUNDERBIRDS Are Go!! a remix of the theme tune promoted with a video of snippets from Thunderbirds episodes.

Thunderbirds took a theatrical turn with The Thunderbirds F.A.B The Next Generation in the late 80s. The highly successful show originally ran at the Mermaid Theatre London but later toured both nationally and internationally.

Despite popular speculation, F.A.B doesn¹t stand for anything more than a truncated form of fabulous¹, fab¹ being a popular expression in that era. Suggestions for possible acronym meanings include Filed, Actioned, Briefed and Fine Acknowledged, Broadcast.

In the episode Attack of the Alligators real crocodiles were used with he RSPCA present and in full support!

Characters

Supermarionation is a puppetry technique involving marionettes with extremely fine wires and electronics controlling the puppets¹ lip movements. The technique involved a solenoid that transferred an electronic pulse to a wire attached to the bar that moved the lip inside their heads that synchronised the mouth movements with the vocal tracks.

The actual marionettes were between 20-24 inches tall, and were originally made from wood and leather (used as the hinge on the moving lip) with fine tungsten wires. For Thunderbirds, the puppets were made out of fibreglass, with rubber used for the mouth hinge, and metal parts used in the electronic workings inside the head.

The five Tracy brothers are named after famous American astronauts:Scott Carpenter, Virgil Grissom, Alan Shepherd, Gordon Cooper, and JohnGlenn.

Lady Penelope appeared recently in a dream sequence in an episode of comedy Absolutely Fabulous with Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley.

Suave Scott Tracy, the eldest of the Tracy boys was based on Sean Connery, while Lorne Greene (Bonanza) and Anthony Perkins (Psycho) formed the inspiration for Jeff Tracy and Brains respectively.

The voice of Scott Tracy, Shane Rimmer appeared in Stanley Kubrick¹s classic film Dr. Strangelove.- Actor David Graham voiced Brains, Parker, Gordon and Kyrano.


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http://www.thunderbirdsonline.com/site/homepage/homepage.html
http://www.fab1.co.nz/
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This comment was edited on Jul 19, 10:48.

they had loads of pple making those shows, for a kids show it had production values on a level with films, and some of the puppets could really act well.

bluesnews pple....i love you all xxxxxxx

sblive 5.1 drivers will not install on non *5.1* "live" series.
it seems win 98 is un-supported by creative.

thanks for that info

or lol drivers for the bog standard live cards...oh right they are so good that they do'nt need updating.

no 2...errr....i mean 3: we both tie for 2nd post= same time posted....freaky

i was wrong about who was going to do the port, but right about the date

and it's going to be a hot summmer 2003= duke nukem thingy is also due next summer.

ms said at e3 that it was going to be ported , time to seal a deal with 3rd party dev, then a quick bodge job= xmas 2003 is on the cards.

and since when has ms allowed bungie to make comments?


for all gamblers....duke nukem forever 2003 summer...get down the bookies and place your bets.


This comment was edited on Jul 11, 13:52.

well as it's.... (don't larf) being ported (ok...you can belly larf out loud now) by remedey, then a 2003 pc release could be true?


This comment was edited on Jul 11, 10:05.

dr who vs blakes 7

where's my asbestos glove

ape****- mad or happy?
i love you bbc,you are so kewl- grade was an utter basket for canning you, he should never have canceled a fab prog.

dr who.....dr...who....dr who...da..da..da..dr who...dr...who..da..da..da


This comment was edited on Jul 3, 16:37.

Vivendi shares plummet

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_2082000/2082412.stm