Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2012 May 28

= May 28 =

Soundblaster 2.0 release year?
When were the Sound Blaster 2.0, CT1350 released?, I presume it was 8-bit? Electron9 (talk) 02:12, 28 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Yes it was 8-bit. I'm not sure exactly what year it was released, but according to the article for Sound Blaster, the  previous model was in 1990 and the following model was in 1991, so it was probably between those two which narrows it down a bit.  RudolfRed (talk) 02:43, 28 May 2012 (UTC)


 * The internet seems to not have a photograph of a CT1350, but plenty of CT1350B (including @ Sound Blaster) — they're all marked © 1991 (bottom left-ish).  The manual also suggests the second half of 1991. ¦ Reisio (talk) 03:10, 28 May 2012 (UTC)

Is there a backstory on this old video game detail?
In Zelda_II:_The_Adventure_of_Link, I remember there being a guy who, if you go up to talk to him, just said "I am error." Was this some kind of joke by the programmers? Is there any documentation of the programmers of this game talking about Mr. "error"? A long shot, I know. But the Internet is big and has lots of obscure details (that I just can't find). :) 69.243.220.115 (talk) 11:23, 28 May 2012 (UTC)


 * All about the quotes: http://www.google.com/search?q="i am error" ¦ Reisio (talk) 12:13, 28 May 2012 (UTC)


 * Error is just his name. We know that, because later someone tells you to go "talk to Error". This page gives the theory that the names "Error", and a nearby "Bagu", were a bit of a wink to computer errors and bugs. SemanticMantis (talk) 12:16, 28 May 2012 (UTC)


 * As an amateur Japanese speaker, I'm almost sure that this theory is correct. Since there were apparently no qualifications for being a video game "translator" in those days, it's no surprise that one name got translated and the other only romanized. -- BenRG (talk) 19:31, 28 May 2012 (UTC)