cool that you still have it, Floyd! and you got all 24 styles! (The latest version has a couple more than that, I hear) If you started on version 5, that probably makes you one of the longest-standing users on the forum. Did anybody besides Matt start at version 4 or earlier?
A guy I worked with for many years bought the convertor everybody used to convert the computer video output to video suitable for viewing on either television channel 3 or channel 4. (the little rectangular box thingy in the Timex computer box)
Looking on the back he noticed several of the patent numbers were patents he owned! Taking his patents and the convertor to a patent attorney he was easily able to persuade the attorney the matter was worth pursuing.
Seven years later the first electronic giant agreed to settle. It took another five years for the rest of the big players to settle. He died a rich and happy man. His children are still rich and happy.
By the way, the Timex computer was also known as the Sinclair ZX81. Sinclair designed the computer and it was manufactured in a Timex factory. It was meant to be the Arduino computer of it's day.
I first started with BIAB around 2003/2004, but don't remember the version number. I got the basic package plus the additional blues styles disk, for some reason I recall it was disk #16 but might be wrong about that.
First DOS PC I had was a Tandy 1000, although I had a CP/M machine before that.
Very interesting thread, for the early adapters to biab, some of you guys must have stayed off the forums for years though as I used to lurk a lot on this and the older forums. and never seen you around.
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Very interesting thread, for the early adapters to biab, some of you guys must have stayed off the forums for years though as I used to lurk a lot on this and the older forums. and never seen you around.
Maybe some used different user names.
There used to be a very active BIAB yahoo group, I used to hang out there long before I created a forum account here. Forget what my username was over there. And even though I created an account here back in '07, I wasn't really active here until a few years ago.
That's really cool! This was before my time so it's neat to see. Thanks for sharing.
Here's what *I* think is cool: Even though BIAB has been around for years and has survived the operating system wars, and the battles to see which DAWS are useful enough to keep their customers and continue finding new ones... now it's a "next generation" company. When PGMusic posts pictures of its employees, I am always a little surprised to see how young most of you are. The upshot is that the company is well-positioned to continue into the future
Musiclover, the forum as it is now dates from summer 2000. Some of us were active on the previous forum for many years before that, but those threads and post counts were not carried over.
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Musiclover, the forum as it is now dates from summer 2000. Some of us were active on the previous forum for many years before that, but those threads and post counts were not carried over.
Only somebody who has been here for more than 18 years would know that.
Matt, now that Mac has stopped participating, you Rharv and Notes Norton are probably the forum members who have remained active for the longest time. Your names should appear in gold letters or something.
Well, I haven't been here as long as Mac or Matt or Notes, but I did register on the forum on December 20, 2000, a few months after the new forum was instituted. Previously, I participated in the multiple Yahoo groups.
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My first version was on the Atari/ST and then the PC in DOS. I don't know what version number it was, but it only had 4 instruments (Bass, Drums, Piano and Guitar) 24 built in styles, zero additional or user styles, no shots, no holds and no endings.
My first version was on the Atari/ST and then the PC in DOS. I don't know what version number it was, but it only had 4 instruments (Bass, Drums, Piano and Guitar) 24 built in styles, zero additional or user styles, no shots, no holds and no endings.
It's come a long way since then.
And I bought a few Computer Shopper mags myself.
Insights and incites by Notes
Notes, while we're on the topic of companies that have vision and staying power: I noticed that the ad for version 5 said that the DOS version allowed users to make their own styles. I find it interesting that even today, that isn't a huge topic on the forum.
You were an early adopter of user styles, one who saw the potential of that feature. Not many people have the perception or the intellect or the drive to pursue an idea until it becomes a product... but you did.
I remember along the way there were others who tried to market their styles, but to my knowledge you are the one survivor. Good job!
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