[Sexbomb]

This is so cool! Microsoft hid a version of Star Wars done entirely with ASCII in the Windows XP operating system. You can try this yourself by going to

Start / Run and type: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

Check it out!

If it does not work for you then you can watch it here to show you waht happens


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxW2EePW8qA

[ianx]

Originally Posted by Sexbomb

This is so cool! Microsoft hid a version of Star Wars done entirely with ASCII in the Windows XP operating system. You can try this yourself by going to

Start / Run and type: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

Hey, I've found a whole web site hidden in Windows XP!

Start / Run and type: http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/

....

[neo6776]

That is pretty damn cool.

However it isnt stored within XP.

It must download it from somewhere as my keyboard has a display on it which shows loads of info and it was showing it as downloading this. When i quit the application it stopped downloading.

[Sexbomb]

Originally Posted by neo6776

That is pretty damn cool.

However it isnt stored within XP.

It must download it from somewhere as my keyboard has a display on it which shows loads of info and it was showing it as downloading this. When i quit the application it stopped downloading.

i just typed it in and just let in run without quitting it, it then started telling a story with characters showing, i know it may should be in computer section but if i put it here it would get quick responses.

[neo6776]

Originally Posted by Sexbomb

i just typed it in and just let in run without quitting it, it then started telling a story with characters showing, i know it may should be in computer section but if i put it here it would get quick responses.

Yeah it is cool i think.

I like things like this lol

Thanks for letting us know about it

[Sexbomb]

just to tell you that you must be online for this thing to work because i don`t think it works offline.

Originally Posted by Sexbomb

Start / Run and type: telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl

As others have said about it not be part of windows.

While telnet can be regarded as harmless, people should not paste "commands" into the start->"Run..." dialog box unless they know what they are do.

[g_attrill]

A similar, more impressive feat last year was somebody broadcasting the World Cup live in ASCII:

http://ascii-wm.net/

[kegsy]

why though

[DavidT]

There's a flying game hidden in early copies of Excel too. Definitely in Excel 97.

[lemoncurd]

Originally Posted by kegsy

why though

Why not?

[Milky Joe]

Ah telnet...the baine of my life at the moment...damn yoooooou for refusing to communiate with other devicessss

[Sulriss]

They haven't hid it, you are telneting out and connecting to a site to get this.

[stvn758]

Did Microsoft hide an operating system in Windows?

[KJ44]

If ASCII art movies float your boat, MPlayer will play any movie in ASCII (as well as playing them properly).

http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html

[Zack]

Originally Posted by DavidT

There's a flying game hidden in early copies of Excel too. Definitely in Excel 97.

I remeber that, in the school open evening it was something like go to WC and then double click 2000 i was playing it. i think it was taken out of the next version because iv been trying ever since lol

[sarum]

Originally Posted by stvn758

Did Microsoft hide an operating system in Windows?

No, they hid an operating system emulator in Windows...

[Mimizuku no Lew]

Originally Posted by kegsy

why though

If you have to ask, you're not a geek.

The answer, of course, is "because they can".

[Fiyero]

This looks much better on a Mac

[Stan_777]

Hi,

Here is how to get Pinball for Word 97:

1. Open a new document in Word.
2. Type the word Blue (with a capital B).
3. Select the word Blue, by either double clicking on it or using the mouse.
4. Go to Format>Font.
5. Select Font Style:Bold and Color:Blue > Click OK.
6. Hit End to bring the cursor to the end of the word.
7. Type one space then type a single quotation mark (this can be found under
Insert>Symbol>Normal Text> Top row beside the & symbol.
8. Type another space and then one last quotation mark.
9. Go to Help>About Microsoft Word.
10. Left click the mouse once on the Word Icon (in blue on the left hand
side).
11. You should get a black screen for a few seconds and then the pinball game
will appear on the left hand side of the screen. On the right side of the
screen you will see a scrolling list of the development team.
12. Use Z for the left flipper and M for the right one.

Adam

[Stan_777]

And for the Excel Flight Simulator Game:

1: Open a new Worksheet and Press F5.
2: Type "X97:L97" and press Enter.
3: Press the Tab key, Hold down Ctrl & Shift and left click the Chart Wizard toolbar icon.
4: Use the mouse to move around - Left button reverse thrust, Right button forward thrust.
5: Look around carefully to find the Shrine with the programmers messages and the Blue Lagoon !

Adam

I got told off by the hubby when I showed him this He says when you use that tel net thing others can connect to your pc . I don't know how true it is but he wasnt happy

Originally Posted by DaisyChane

I got told off by the hubby when I showed him this He says when you use that tel net thing others can connect to your pc . I don't know how true it is but he wasnt happy

It is not true.
(well in a way it is, but not in the connecting and looking at /doing stuff way)

Your hubby is right to tell anyone off for typing in commands without knowing what they do.