Personal Computer

I wanna make a simple personal computer that actually works. It would run an OS similar to DOS, with a text editor, calculator, etc. I think it could be a fun project and would like to know if anyone else is interested. I gotta do SOMETHING besides my boats!

you are going to need an awefully big screen for it to be useable

Will I be able to play SL with your computer?

Sparkly, I dont think so. They user would have to use mouselook. The computer would take controls of ALL the keys, so the person could type and stuff. For the screen, they would just look at it with mouselook.

Dude that was a joke... right now you can't have a menu pop up... if you can I wanna know how!

Huh? Now ya got me all confused. Also, PLEASE, SOMEONE, reply if you wanna help me make the computer. I am starting tonight when the servers open!

At first, I didn't understand what you ment, but now I get it. I really wish I could help, I was thinking of something along those lines, too.

I'd love to help, only I'm hopeless with programming.... I mean for me, you'd have to be able to import maybe some open gl librarys, can you do that in SL?

Something tells me no... do you see another way to do it?

It would be totally cool (especially if you could upload data, or better still, access data out on the net, oooohhh, this could be cool, but..... I wouldn't know where to begin???)

Well, I wasnt actually thinking of having it connect to the REAL internet. I was thinking of making a fake internet called the Compunet, which people in SL would subscribe to. We could open websites for our business and stuff, as well as make AOL/AIM like programs. It would be an SL-Online internet, not accessable from the outside world. I am really not sure where to begin with this project, SOMEONE please help me! lol

Make SLahoo! or SLoogle

A search engine computer.

If someone needs to find, oh, I don't know, the BANK, then the computer would offer it a landmark to the bank. Or if they want to know what events are taking place in world tonight/tomorrow/whenever, 'puter would tell them and offer landmarks to said events.

Stuff like that.

You could charge the advertisers one fee, and a lesser fee to folks querying SLahoo / SLoogle.

#!

Well, I just can't see how to do it. I was pouring over the docs last night, and you can't even seem to make a text editor, unless you can java it up seperate. I haven't been able to get online, since crashing the other day, but maybe tonight I'll have more luck. It sounds like it'd be fun!

Love Ingie

Here is you script Jack for MSDOS Version 1.0

string keyboard_input = "Any Command";

default
{

state_entry()
{
llListen(0,"","",keyboard_input);
}

listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
{
llWhisper(0,"Out of Memory";
llDie();
}

}


Xavier - Here to Help

Version 1.01:

string keyboard_input = "Any Command";
default
{
state_entry()
{
llListen(0,"","",keyboard_input);
}
listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
{
llWhisper(0,"Out of Memory";
llPlayAnimation("Shouting";
llSleep(3);

llWhisper(0,"Out of Memory";
llPlayAnimation("Crying";
llSleep(3);

llWhisper(0,"Out of Memory";
llPlayAnimation("Begging";
llSleep(3);

llWhisper(0,"COMMAND.COM not found";
llPlayAnimation("Attacking with an axe"; // NOT IMPLEMENTED YET
llSleep(3);

llDie();
}
}

MSDOS Version 2.0

string keyboard_input = "Any Command";

default
{

state_entry()
{

// Bill was here
// Found this code... LOL

call secret.bin

llListen(0,"","",keyboard_input);
}

listen(integer channel, string name, key id, string message)
{
llExecute(secret.bin);

}

}


Apple Dos V 1.0

C:\>

Oh hahaha, very funny. Hehehe, I had a convo with Andrew Linden last night, and he told me it wouldnt be possible to do what I want YET. Something about parsing. Oh well. I will just have to stick with my airplane idea. I wont give the PC up, but,I may have to delay it. Unless someone (maybe a linden) wants to disagree with andrew??

Jack... you would need a database. Plus I still can't find a reason in my head why you want to do this. The screen would have to be HUGE. Put it would only be screenshots... Could you explain how I would use your computer... or what for?

One reason that I was thinking the PC could be useful was printing documents. If I could find a way to create a printer, I could print out simple text signs that I could post on walls and stuff. People may even make ASCII art to print out and show! I just thought it could be fun, but, if no one wants it, then I will forget about it completely.

Ooooh, now _that_ would be cool. Are there any plans for functions to support scripted texture generation? Think of all the fun you could have with stocoast... stochats... stocha... semi-randomly-generated textures, you could elinimate tiling artifacts and suchlike

yah not to burst your bubble, but last i checked, full keyboard input isn't a feature. That was a really long time ago I checked tho - so I could be wrong.

I actually wanted it to create primitive letters on keypress.

In the meantime - keep yer idea on a note card or somethin -
DON'T THROW IT AWAY!!!. KEEP EVERYTHING!!
flyk

Yea, Dan Linden told me last night only a few letters can take control, so, I am going to create a keyboard in SL that you can touch. I am still working on it, but, I REALLY need help from people. I simply cant do this alone. I am getting very confused.

Dude... it's not RL. just stick whatever you want on a flat board... but if you really want to ddo that you would need to make your printer create an object (flat cube) and load whatever texture on the face.

Jack, it appears that you want other people to make a computer for you, but you haven't explained what you want the computer to do. as for making a texture, there's no way to make a texture in game(that i know of). textures need to be uploaded. if you have a creative idea to create a texture in-game, please share it.
the process is: you have a problem/goal, you create a solution for it. in order to create a solution, you need to Clearly Define the problem/goal.
to solve your confusion, one method is to write down EXACTLY what you want the computer to do. such as, i press the A key, the computer beeps and displays a "hello" message texture on the screen, etc.

good luck!
bp

You could always make a grid or stock ticker sort of thing of boxes with a texture on them that has all the characters you want. Then it offsets the texture to display just the one character you want to show. Seems a little... pointless to me, but it might be cool. I also don't know how feasable this would be with scripting. Maybe this is sort of what Flyk was talking about.

The problem is I want it to do a LOT of things, but, not yet. Right now, I want a simple simple simple computer. Basically, there is a CPU, a monitor, and a keyboard. You touch keys on the keyboard, and the squares on the monitor fill in with the letters you are touching. The printer will take a piece of paper which has a bunch of squares on it, and when the paper passes through the printer, those squares will turn to the correct letters that you typed on the screen before pressing Print. Now you will have a white piece of paper with black text written on it. That is a sign! I have to go now, but, I will be in world tonight, so, if you have any questions(I am sure ya do, my explaniation made no sense, hehe), please ask!

I think, as a start, he would like to get text entered. Like a note pad, in world, which on it's own would be terrific, because I find I want to make a note to myself all the time and have to "quit" SL, (actually I go to desk top, but that takes a long time and is annoying) to put something down.

The next fun thing would be to make the "output" of your notepad readable from everyone, that might be where the texture idea came from, but it's like you could enter info in it, and others could see what you are doing.

You know what kind of "computer" I would like "in world" is a librarian as in Snowcrash, where I can access a database, on the net or my own computer, and get information right there, in world. That would be cool. The real problem is what are you introducint into the servers when you allow input from the outside world. Viruses, Trojans, Oh, who knows what, and it may compromise the simulator, so I don't see it happening any time soon, but it sure would be cool!

Ingie

Gosh it's a slow day today, LOL

I want a computer that, when you touch it, makes bingly bingly noises and then says "BERZZZZZT ERROR ERROR" and then doesn't work again for a week.

Because I'd like to strive for realism here.