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Post by spenoza on Feb 21, 2023 15:45:43 GMT
Someone posted in one of the PC Engine Facebook groups that BT Garner died recently. They do not provide any additional information to back this up except that some Mindrec folks reportedly told them. If true, this is a pretty sad event for the scene. But I don't know if it is true. Does anyone have any information to help clear this up?
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Post by dshadoff on Feb 22, 2023 1:16:06 GMT
I heard the same reports, and it seemed credible. Bt's Twitter account disappeared a few days later too. But apparently this all came from Facebook, and only for people who were "friends" on Facebook (I don't use Facebook, so I didn't get direct information either).
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BT Garner
Feb 22, 2023 12:13:34 GMT
via mobile
Post by spenoza on Feb 22, 2023 12:13:34 GMT
It has popped up on Reddit as well.
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Post by spenoza on Feb 23, 2023 17:40:23 GMT
Well, I hope it's not true but I think it may be. He will be missed. He was a huge early figure in the scene.
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tlaloc
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Post by tlaloc on Jan 12, 2024 10:16:18 GMT
For those (such as myself) who never were able to figure out how to access BT Garner's random music generator in his SoundGenZ rom, I finally found out how to access it after many years of wondering: 1.) Download the ZIP containing the rom: [Direct Link to ZIP] web.archive.org/web/20210129132826/http://www.mindrec.com/pce/roms/sgz.zip[Archive of Original Web Page] web.archive.org/web/20210228000258/http://mindrec.com/?main=pce/sgz.php2.) You'll see something similar to this screen upon rom bootup: 3.) Once the above title screen is visible, make certain to hold Select and press II to enable random music mode. 4.) Frighten away small children and dogs with reckless abandon!! 5.) Enjoy!! P.s. I hope he wouldn't have minded my posting a link to his work w/out his prior written consent, but the PDF instructions that come with the original ZIP file on the mindrec.com site wasn't very clear on how to access this very cool random music generator. Hope this helps someone else out there who couldn't access this feature. R.I.P. BT Garner Attachments:SoundGenZ_v1.03.zip (27.12 KB)
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