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I've got an old file named HELPME.COM taken from my family's XT. My father pranked me with it for April Fools, 87 or 88 - he added it to the shutdown script th
by dhauzimmer 12y ago
I've got an old file named HELPME.COM taken from my family's XT. My father pranked me with it for April Fools, 87 or 88 - he added it to the shutdown script that parked the hard drive. The complete phrase was "Help, somebody get me out of here, I'm trapped in this computer! Help, somebody!" It still works in DOSBOX, although you've got to turn the emulation speed way down - the program does use a timing calibration loop, but it doesn't handle the massive changes in instruction timings since then.
- heywire 12y agoThat's the one! Would it be possible for you to upload that file somewhere?
- notvplez 12y agoYes, that would be great! I remember running it over and over listening to the miracle of speech through a ibm pc speaker, wondering how they did it. I also faintly remember some kind of fantasy sports game, with quirky characters kicking a ball or something (it's very vague at this point), which had the most amazing (to me at the time) polyphonic music coming out of this simple speaker on its title screen. I've been looking for that HELPME-file and the title of this game for years.
- dhauzimmer 12y agoSure, no problem. http://www.sheetlightning.net/temp/helpme.zip http://www.sheetlightning.net/temp/helpme.zip