shalroth's definitions

Japlish

Badly and often hilariously translated text, usually Japanese in origin (but not exclusively), usually seen on grey import electronic goods. Not to be confused with "Engrish" which is poorly constructed english using japanese linguistics.

"To avoid the erase of recording, please to break the tab in corer of tape is desirable"

by Shalroth May 15, 2005

ST

Computer released by Atari in 1985. Enjoyed almost ten years of success thanks to some amazing games and productivity software. Many musicians started out using Cubase on the Atari ST, thanks to its built-in MIDI support. Was available with 0.5 or 1 MB of RAM and was expandable to 4MB. There were many aftermarket hard drive adaptors and accelerators.

Atari ceased production of the ST in 1994 to concentrate on the Jaguar console instead.

I used to stay up until 4 in the morning playing Lemmings on my ST.

by Shalroth May 23, 2005

Birkonian

An indiviaul that hails frm the town of Birkenhead in Merseyside, UK.

I'm not a fookin' scouser, I'm a birkonian ya pillock

by Shalroth May 23, 2005

kermit

Slang for the herbal form of cannabis, AKA Grass. So called because it's green, and smells funky.

"I've just scored an henry of kermit"

by Shalroth May 13, 2005

jane doe

A name used on official records to identify an unidentified female cadaver.

Subject: Jane Doe
Cause of death: Blunt force trauma

by Shalroth May 23, 2005

FireWire

High speed serial interface defined by Apple Computer in 1994. FireWire is a trademark; the interface may be referred to as IEE1394 withut paying royalties to Apple. FireWire allows the attachment of up to 63 devices to a single controller and allows for hub or daisy-chain topolgies. It was designed as a next-generation replacement for SCSI and is used to connect cameras, AV equipment, hard drives and optical drives to computer equipment.
FireWire can operat at 100,200,400 and 800 Megabits per second and there are 4, 6 and 8 pin variants on the physical connectors.
Sony have their own branding for FireWire - they refer to it as i.Link

The iMac has two FireWire ports on the back.

by Shalroth May 23, 2005

scsi

System Can't See It. interface designed for attaching high speed devices such as Raster Image Processors, Printers, Hard discs and scanners, but invariably involves spending twice as much as you intended and blowing out your logic board.

You must terminate both ends of the SCSI bus. Then yourself.

by Shalroth May 23, 2005