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  Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-23 23:13 +0800
    Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-08-23 11:20 -0700
      Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-25 01:15 +0800
        Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-25 03:28 +0800
          Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-25 12:20 +0800
            Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2026-08-25 15:34 +0000
              Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-25 09:35 -0700
                Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-28 20:07 +0800
                  Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-29 16:59 +0800
                    Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-30 04:13 +0800
              Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator Snidely <snidely.too@gmail.com> - 2026-08-25 11:22 -0700
                Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-29 17:08 +0800
              Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-28 20:12 +0800
                Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2026-08-28 21:02 -0400
                  Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-29 10:15 +0800
                    Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-29 11:55 +0800
                      Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-29 17:38 +0800
                        Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-30 04:09 +0800
                      Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-08-31 09:34 -0700
                        Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-09-02 22:59 +0800
                          Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-09-02 08:29 -0700
                            Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-09-02 12:36 -0700
                              Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-09-02 13:00 -0700
                                Re: Origin Of Filename ... Babylon cuneiforms etched on bread? Exorcism? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-09-04 12:24 +0800
                              Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-02 21:55 +0000
                                The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? (was: Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?) Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-03 18:29 +0800
                                  Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? (was: Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?) John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-09-03 08:02 -0700
                                    Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? (was: Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?) athel.cb@gmail.com <user12588@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-09-03 15:49 +0000
                                    Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? (was: Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?) Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-09-03 14:08 -0400
                                      Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? (was: Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?) John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-09-03 11:34 -0700
                                        Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? (was: Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?) Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-09-03 18:01 -0400
                                          Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-09-03 15:26 -0700
                                        Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? (was: Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?) Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-09-04 04:51 +0200
                                          Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? (was: Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?) James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-09-04 04:27 +0000
                                            Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-09-04 12:52 +0800
                                              Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2026-09-04 08:15 -0700
                                            Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? (was: Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?) Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2026-09-05 06:05 +0200
                                              Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? (was: Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?) James Dow Allen <user4353@newsgrouper.org.invalid> - 2026-09-05 09:13 +0000
                                                Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-05 21:09 +0000
                                      Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? (was: Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?) scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-09-03 21:11 +0000
                                        Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? (was: Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?) Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> - 2026-09-03 18:08 -0400
                                    Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? Malcolm Purvis <malcolm@purvis.id.au> - 2026-09-04 06:49 +1000
                                      Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-09-03 21:27 +0000
                                Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com> - 2026-09-03 08:28 -0700
                          Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2026-09-02 15:37 -0400
                    Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-29 05:25 +0000
                      Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-29 13:35 +0800
                        Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-29 17:35 +0000
                          Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> - 2026-08-29 15:42 -0400
                            Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-29 21:07 +0000
                              Re: Origin Of .... "say what?" "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-30 18:00 +0800
                          Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-30 04:17 +0800
                  Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator Charles Hope <clh@candehope.me.uk> - 2026-08-29 09:45 +0000
                Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-29 17:14 +0800
                  Re: Origin Of Filename Extension Dot Separator "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-30 03:52 +0800
                  Re: Origin Of ..... Darklands the video game? Medieval Europe? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-30 04:24 +0800
                    Re: Origin Of ..... Darklands & the Holy Roman Empire? 15th century?? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-08-30 16:47 +0800
                    Re: Origin Of ..... Darklands the video game? Medieval Europe? Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> - 2026-08-31 17:08 +0800
                      Re: Origin Of ..... Darklands the video game? Medieval Europe? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2026-08-31 16:40 +0100
                      Re: Origin Of ..... Darklands the video game? Medieval Europe? "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2026-09-02 23:02 +0800

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#1149970 — Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew? (was: Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?)

On Thu, 03 Sep 2026 21:11:24 GMT, scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal)
wrote:

>Tony Cooper <tonycooper214@gmail.com> writes:
>>On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 08:02:04 -0700, John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 3 Sep 2026 18:29:16 +0800
>>>Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> side not for alt.usage.english, is "ilk" considered a common word, or
>>>> one of the /ChatGPT vocabulary/?
>>>
>>>"Ilk" isn't common day-to-day vocabulary, but it is something you'd say
>>>if trying to put on a "literary affect." It's definitely not just some-
>>>thing the chatbots dredge up.
>>
>>
>>I disagree.  It's fairly common in political discussions to refer to
>>some politician "of that ilk".  In this county (USA), political
>>discussions are very common.  
>
>Not in alt.folklore.computers.  Please pay attention to cross
>posting in the Newsgroups: header before replying.

Someone in the thread added "alt.usage.english" to the thread and
directed a question to the readers of this group.  It's right up there
in the quoted text.

You should pay attention to what is included in the post before
replying.

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#1149962 — Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew?

>>>>> "JA" == John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> writes: 
 
> "Ilk" isn't common day-to-day vocabulary, but it is something 
> you'd say if trying to put on a "literary affect." It's 
> definitely not just some-thing the chatbots dredge up. 
 
It's used in one of my favourite poems by Ogden Nash:
 
'The Cow'  The cow is of the bovine ilk; One end is moo, the 
other, milk   Malcolm
 

-- 
		    Malcolm Purvis <malcolm@purvis.id.au> 

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#1149965 — Re: The Amarna Letters, Hebrew -- wait, which brew?

On Fri, 04 Sep 2026 06:49:00 +1000, Malcolm Purvis wrote:

> It's used in one of my favourite poems by Ogden Nash:
>  
> 'The Cow'  The cow is of the bovine ilk; One end is moo, the 
> other, milk   Malcolm

I think the traditional phrase is “of that ilk”:

    The cow is a bovine of that ilk;
    One end gives moo, the other milk.

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#1149933 — Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?

On 9/2/26 14:55, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Wed, 2 Sep 2026 12:36:10 -0700, Peter Flass wrote:
> 
>> The clay tablets could just be smoothed out and written over.
> 
> That’s what the ancient Cretans did.
> 
> But every now and then, a house or shed or some such structure with a
> bunch of clay tablets in it would burn down, and the clay would get
> baked in the fire, so that it couldn’t be erased and reused. And so,
> samples of their writing survived down through the ages for us to
> puzzle over.
> 
> Linear B (an old form of Greek) has been cracked, Linear A (even
> older) is still a puzzle.

Interesting thought. Today one could 3d-print cuneiform tablets, albeit 
probably better with raised characters instead in impressed to use less 
material. You could probably use some stone/concrete-like material 
instead of clay.

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#1149866 — Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?

"Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> writes:

> On 9/1/2026 12:34 AM, John Ames wrote:

>> Cuneiform is pictographic in origin too; but it was developed by
>> scribes who mainly used wedge-shaped reeds to stamp on clay tablets,
>> rather than ink and pen to write on papyrus (or paint on walls,) so the
>> shapes were more abstract than hieroglyphs. IIRC, as it changed over
>> time the characters eventually became unrecognizable as even abstract
>> pictures unless you compare them against the earlier forms.

> Maybe the clay tablets we found were just student work to master etching
> tools.

The origins of Sumerian cuneiform are well known.  See the two volume academic
work _Before Writing_ or the single volume abridged _How Writing Came About_,
both by Denise Schmandt-Besserat.

-- 
Rich Alderson					  news@alderson.users.panix.com
      Audendum est, et veritas investiganda; quam etiamsi non assequamur,
	  omnino tamen proprius, quam nunc sumus, ad eam perveniemus.
									--Galen

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#1149597 — Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?

On 2026-08-29, Mr. Chang Man-wai <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/29/2026 9:02 AM, Rich Alderson wrote:
>
>> "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> writes:
>> 
>>> You were too young as a computer users.
>> 
>> Careful, youngster.  Many of us here are in our 70s.
>
> Acknowledge.
>
> So the kids and teens nowadays hate
> typing abcde....xyz? They just want
> pictures and sound? That's SAD and
> might ruin our civilization!!
>
> Why? Some evil beings are trying
> to destroy us by first destroying
> our languages and histories??
>
> Islam? Again? :)

No, Facebook and other forms of social media.

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  In this world there are
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  two kinds of people:
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  1. Those who can extrapolate
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |  from incomplete data.

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#1149598 — Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?

On 8/29/2026 1:25 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> On 2026-08-29, Mr. Chang Man-wai <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On 8/29/2026 9:02 AM, Rich Alderson wrote:
>>
>>> "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> writes:
>>>
>>>> You were too young as a computer users.
>>>
>>> Careful, youngster.  Many of us here are in our 70s.
>>
>> Acknowledge.
>>
>> So the kids and teens nowadays hate
>> typing abcde....xyz? They just want
>> pictures and sound? That's SAD and
>> might ruin our civilization!!
>>
>> Why? Some evil beings are trying
>> to destroy us by first destroying
>> our languages and histories??
>>
>> Islam? Again? :)
> 
> No, Facebook and other forms of social media.
> 

Facebook and other forms of social media are
computer stuffs. So computers are really as
evil as Islam? ;)

-- 

    @~@   Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
   / v \  May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
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    ^ ^   https://github.com/changmw/changmw
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#1149654 — Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?

On 2026-08-29, Mr. Chang Man-wai <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:

> On 8/29/2026 1:25 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
>
>> On 2026-08-29, Mr. Chang Man-wai <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 8/29/2026 9:02 AM, Rich Alderson wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>>> You were too young as a computer users.
>>>>
>>>> Careful, youngster.  Many of us here are in our 70s.
>>>
>>> Acknowledge.
>>>
>>> So the kids and teens nowadays hate
>>> typing abcde....xyz? They just want
>>> pictures and sound? That's SAD and
>>> might ruin our civilization!!
>>>
>>> Why? Some evil beings are trying
>>> to destroy us by first destroying
>>> our languages and histories??
>>>
>>> Islam? Again? :)
>> 
>> No, Facebook and other forms of social media.
>
> Facebook and other forms of social media are
> computer stuffs. So computers are really as
> evil as Islam? ;)

    A power so great it can only be used for good or evil!
      -- Firesign Theatre

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  In this world there are
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  two kinds of people:
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  1. Those who can extrapolate
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |  from incomplete data.

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#1149659 — Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?

Charlie Gibbs wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS (fixed):

> <snip>
>
>     A power so great it can only be used for good or evil!
>       -- Firesign Theatre

:-)

Also:

    "It's nice out!"
    "Then I think I'll leave it out."

-- 
The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working the moment you get up
in the morning, and does not stop until you get to work.

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#1149669 — Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?

On 2026-08-29, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

> Charlie Gibbs wrote this screed in ALL-CAPS (fixed):
>
>> <snip>
>>
>>     A power so great it can only be used for good or evil!
>>       -- Firesign Theatre
>
>:-)
>
> Also:
>
>     "It's nice out!"
>     "Then I think I'll leave it out."

    "Do you promise to covet property propriety plurality
    surety security and not hurt the state say what?"
    "What?"
    "Take your stand."

-- 
/~\  Charlie Gibbs                  |  In this world there are
\ /  <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid>      |  two kinds of people:
 X   I'm really at ac.dekanfrus     |  1. Those who can extrapolate
/ \  if you read it the right way.  |  from incomplete data.

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#1149708 — Re: Origin Of .... "say what?"

On 8/30/2026 5:07 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> 
>      "Do you promise to covet property propriety plurality
>      surety security and not hurt the state say what?"
>      "What?"
>      "Take your stand."


Round 1. FIGHT!!! :)

Wait... wait... all cameras off!!
All eyes closed. Let's trial again.

Round 1. FIGHT!!! :)

-- 

    @~@   Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
   / v \  May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
  /( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
    ^ ^   https://github.com/changmw/changmw
          The game is afoot... Meow...

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#1149664 — Re: Origin Of Filename ... text and civilization? doomsday?

On 8/30/2026 1:35 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
> 
>      A power so great it can only be used for good or evil!
>        -- Firesign Theatre

It's not about good, evil and ugly.

It's not about colors and shapes.

Not about symbols.

Why do you need power? Why do you wanna
wield the Force? Why? Do you really
need the thing you dream of? Are you
walking the wrong path the moment you
stepped on it?

Why do you suddenly have power?

-- 

    @~@   Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
   / v \  May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
  /( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
    ^ ^   https://github.com/changmw/changmw
          The game is afoot... Meow...

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#1149621

On 29/08/2026 02:02, Rich Alderson wrote:
> "Mr. Chang Man-wai" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> writes:
> 
>> You were too young as a computer users.
> 
> Careful, youngster.  Many of us here are in our 70s.
> 
or 80s

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#1149619

On 28/08/2026 8:12 PM, Mr. Chang Man-wai wrote:
> On 8/25/2026 11:34 PM, John Levine wrote:
>>
>> I think the question doesn't make sense. The reason computer files have
>> extensions is to describe the format of the contents: text, executables,
>> spreadsheet, whatever. That makes it a lot easier to select the 
>> appropriate
>> ....
>> In paper files, it's generally obvious what kind of material is in the
>> folder, or if it's not, it doesn't matter since there's only one way to
>> process it, pull out the file and look at it.
> 
> 
> Because computer file names are text, NOT the
> actual physical objects seen with your naked
> eyes. Back in MS-DOS days, there were not
> even graphics, audio and video files. Then
> Windows and OS/2 arrived which offers File
> Explorers to display thumbnails of the
> object a file name referring to. BUT BUT,
> they are still NOT the actual physical
> objects. The thumbnail pictures are just
> graphical file names, kind of like a
> QR or bar code, but just more graphical.
> 
> You were too young as a computer users.
> I lived the days when there were only
> text in computers. Database files are
> just texts and textual labels. :)
> 
> 

Dear Mr. Chang Man-wai, I believe you underestimate the average
life expectancy of Usenet posters.  I was raised on DOS, so to
speak, and it indeed had graphics without Windows.  My first
graphical application was called Darklands, and you can get this
application on the GOG electronic galaxy, if you care to test it
yourself.

It was a minor annoyance that I had to choose to boot into Windows
for /office applications/, and not for the Darklands graphical appli-
cation, but learned to live with the decision at boot time.


Happy adventures in medieval Germany!
-- 
Johann | email: invalid -> com | http://www.myrkraverk.com/blog/
I'm not from the Internet, I just work there. | via Easynews.com
https://bsky.app/profile/myrkraverk.bsky.social | for ( ;; ) _:;

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#1149660

On 8/29/2026 5:14 PM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
> 
> It was a minor annoyance that I had to choose to boot into Windows
> for /office applications/, and not for the Darklands graphical appli-
> cation, but learned to live with the decision at boot time.
> 
> Happy adventures in medieval Germany!


Not me, but my younger sister. She's working
and living in Germany right now.

-- 

    @~@   Simplicity is Beauty! Remain silent! Drink, Blink, Stretch!
   / v \  May the Force and farces be with you! Live long and prosper!!
  /( _ )\ https://sites.google.com/site/changmw/
    ^ ^   https://github.com/changmw/changmw
          The game is afoot... Meow...

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#1149665 — Re: Origin Of ..... Darklands the video game? Medieval Europe?

On 8/29/2026 5:14 PM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:

> 
> It was a minor annoyance that I had to choose to boot into Windows
> for /office applications/, and not for the Darklands graphical appli-
> cation, but learned to live with the decision at boot time.
Why are you so obsessed with Darklands?

It's NOT exactly a "graphical application",
but just a game, a role-playing game.

Seems that you wanna travel back in time
to medieval Europe for some unknown reasons.
Is it because you have some unfinished
business back then?


Darklands (video game) - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darklands_(video_game)

"The setting for Darklands is medieval Europe. All of the cities that 
one's party may visit in the game are real places that existed in the 
Holy Roman Empire of the 15th century. Most are in modern-day Germany, 
but some are within the modern borders of other countries in Western and 
Central Europe, including Denmark, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, 
Switzerland, Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland. The cities are 
referred to in the game by their Old German names, some of which are now 
exonyms; the new local names are given in parentheses."


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#1149702 — Re: Origin Of ..... Darklands & the Holy Roman Empire? 15th century??

On 8/30/2026 4:24 AM, Mr. Chang Man-wai wrote:
> 
> Darklands (video game) - Wikipedia
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darklands_(video_game)
> 
> "The setting for Darklands is medieval Europe. All of the cities that
> one's party may visit in the game are real places that existed in the
> Holy Roman Empire of the 15th century.....
So this video game is to bring back the Dark
Age to Europe by destroying the Holy Roman
Empire before it's established?

Holy Roman Empire - Wikipedia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Roman_Empire>

Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun - Wikipedia
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery_of_the_tomb_of_Tutankhamun>

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#1149773 — Re: Origin Of ..... Darklands the video game? Medieval Europe?

On 30/08/2026 4:24 AM, Mr. Chang Man-wai wrote:
> On 8/29/2026 5:14 PM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
> 
>>
>> It was a minor annoyance that I had to choose to boot into Windows
>> for /office applications/, and not for the Darklands graphical appli-
>> cation, but learned to live with the decision at boot time.
> Why are you so obsessed with Darklands?
> 
> It's NOT exactly a "graphical application",
> but just a game, a role-playing game.
> 
> Seems that you wanna travel back in time
> to medieval Europe for some unknown reasons.
> Is it because you have some unfinished
> business back then?

Well, as it turns out, I was never very good at Darklands as a teenager,
I guess the complexity of a role playing game got me, and I gave up on
playing.  I have now re-acquired the game on GOG, and will hopefully go
through the story of /Medieval Germany/ all over again sometime in the
near future.

So my /unfinished business/ is less Germany, and more the game.  After
all, why have DOS compatible computers if we can't game on them?


Have a nice day playing Darklands!
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#1149788 — Re: Origin Of ..... Darklands the video game? Medieval Europe?

On Mon, 31 Aug 2026 17:08:17 +0800
Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson <johann@myrkraverk.invalid> wrote:

> On 30/08/2026 4:24 AM, Mr. Chang Man-wai wrote:
> > On 8/29/2026 5:14 PM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
> > 
> >>
> >> It was a minor annoyance that I had to choose to boot into Windows
> >> for /office applications/, and not for the Darklands graphical appli-
> >> cation, but learned to live with the decision at boot time.
> > Why are you so obsessed with Darklands?
> > 
> > It's NOT exactly a "graphical application",
> > but just a game, a role-playing game.
> > 
> > Seems that you wanna travel back in time
> > to medieval Europe for some unknown reasons.
> > Is it because you have some unfinished
> > business back then?
> 
> Well, as it turns out, I was never very good at Darklands as a teenager,
> I guess the complexity of a role playing game got me, and I gave up on
> playing.  I have now re-acquired the game on GOG, and will hopefully go
> through the story of /Medieval Germany/ all over again sometime in the
> near future.
> 
> So my /unfinished business/ is less Germany, and more the game.  After
> all, why have DOS compatible computers if we can't game on them?
> 
> 
> Have a nice day playing Darklands!too many weird xposts 

for DOS choose Duke3d. (eduke32 for windows)

Fu dropped all but afc

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#1149851 — Re: Origin Of ..... Darklands the video game? Medieval Europe?

On 8/31/2026 5:08 PM, Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson wrote:
> 
> Well, as it turns out, I was never very good at Darklands as a teenager,
> I guess the complexity of a role playing game got me, and I gave up on
> playing.  I have now re-acquired the game on GOG, and will hopefully go
> through the story of /Medieval Germany/ all over again sometime in the
> near future.
> 
> So my /unfinished business/ is less Germany, and more the game.  After
> all, why have DOS compatible computers if we can't game on them?
> 
> Have a nice day playing Darklands!

You can play old DOS games online over
just a browser! IN fact, you can play
ALL old DOS games online.

online dos game darklands - Google 搜尋
<https://www.google.com/search?q=online+dos+game+darklands>


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