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30 March 2007, 01:49
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: California
Posts: 964
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ChipTune.com Update - Workbench Imitation
Not sure when this site changed over, but I had a look at it just and am quite amazed at the amount of hard work they must have put in:
http://www.chiptune.com/ It's a pretty accurate simulation of WB1.3 in a browser (Firefox only, I think). It's been done before, but never with quite so much style, or with the extra programs you can run from the desktop! If you drag the screen down you even get a little surprise. The only problem I have with it is the right-click detection - it "gurus" the site and re-loads everything, presumably to stop you (you!) from stealing all their secrets. Great, except I keep right-clicking out of habit, and keep getting booted back to the start. If I wanted their source code all I have to do is click "View", then "View Source". So what does the right-click guru achieve? Just pisses me off, that's all. Still, a very clever site, and well worth a look. (Shockingly bad for their Google ranking, though - search engines can't index DHTML-generated content...) |
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30 March 2007, 02:24
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Something
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Amigaland, Nostalgia
Age: 48
Posts: 757
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Amazing!
Works fine on Opera 9 too! Click the SOBT icon! 
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30 March 2007, 10:20
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Zone Friend
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Cider is best In The West
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I really like this site. Very well done.
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30 March 2007, 13:56
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Cranbrook, Devon, UK
Age: 50
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Works in IE6 as well but don't click the starfield - gets stuck in an endless loop. Probably work ok in other browsers but IE6 is having none of it.
Am going to have to clear my cache and cookies so I can view the site! |
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30 March 2007, 23:58
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Junior Member
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Norway
Age: 49
Posts: 246
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Yeah, there's always been some small hiccups on that site, but it mostly works fine. Got most of the tunes off the site a while back.
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31 March 2007, 01:00
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Amiga User
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Pennsylvania
Age: 47
Posts: 562
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Nice.
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31 March 2007, 15:31
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: Sweden
Posts: 762
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Nice, these type of WB imitation websites has been around a long time.
They look great but the usability is horrible. |
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31 March 2007, 17:59
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Gets there in the end...
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Wales
Posts: 862
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And they have a "scanlines" option!!
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07 April 2007, 06:15
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Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Cranbrook, Devon, UK
Age: 50
Posts: 241
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Just found a neat feature. Well, sort of a hidden link...
From the desktop open the "Chipbench1.3" icon and look inside the trashcan... |
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07 April 2007, 15:13
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http://www.amigaclub.be/
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Belgium
Age: 56
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Using Opera 9 it seems to be piece of cake to get the sourcecode, just rightclick and click on sourcecode ...
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08 April 2007, 01:16
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: California
Posts: 964
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Quote:
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14 April 2007, 14:36
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Amiga_land
Posts: 443
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I wonder the usefulness of this kind of sites
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