On December 11, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:
> > Nah, Sridhar doesn't know how to party...do you, Sridhar. ;)
> > Perhaps we can give him some party lessons. 8-)
>
> Remember you're talking to a raver. I party for *days* on end. 8-)
Nah...too much dancing, not enough drinking!
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
> > Before I moved to FL, Sridhar and Brian Hechinger came down to hang
> > out and hack on stuff, and crashed on my couches.
>
> You mean, these people really exist and aren't figments of sendmail's
> imagination? :-P
<NOT_A_TROLL>
Funny, I just recently opened a thread about "discussion bots" on
alt.computers.folklore... from what I read and what I'd recalled
seeing in the past, I think I can safely say no bots are on this
list...
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-dq
Hey peoples!
I have been spending my time working programs in
Applesoft basic.
What would be the best way to share these programs with
others?
I have an apple II c with 5 1/4 and 3 1/2 " floppies.
On December 11, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:
> > > > Nah, Sridhar doesn't know how to party...do you, Sridhar. ;)
> > > > Perhaps we can give him some party lessons. 8-)
> > >
> > > Remember you're talking to a raver. I party for *days* on end. 8-)
> >
> > Nah...too much dancing, not enough drinking!
>
> Hey. There are a lot of things more fun than alcohol.
Hey, I LIKE getting drunk!
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
> ! Actually, the earlier the better. I want to do it *old* but *fast*.
> !
> ! Peace... Sridhar
>
> Sridhar ---
> Okay, we know you're missing a missus, but isn't that a little
> strange? ;)
Dangol'- may, december thing- tellyuhwhat.
;)
That would probably be a really good resource for people who tend to see
computers around an want to know what they're looking at... It would be
especially useful for machines that are similar in enclosure but not in
firmware.
Regards,
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jochen Kunz [mailto:jkunz@unixag-kl.fh-kl.de]
> What about a (web browseable) collection of prom / boot messages of
> classic machines and OSes?
>
! On December 11, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:
! > > Nah, Sridhar doesn't know how to party...do you, Sridhar. ;)
! > > Perhaps we can give him some party lessons. 8-)
! >
! > Remember you're talking to a raver. I party for *days* on end. 8-)
!
! Nah...too much dancing, not enough drinking!
!
! -Dave
And a hearty "hear-hear!" to that! Not to mention, he doesn't really
look the 'raver' type. Hmmm... ;)
Speaking of drinking, Tuesdays (tonight!) are when my APA Pool Team
plays. We're in first, with only two more matches to go! Then playoffs for
the States, then it's off to Vegas after States! Woo-hoo, hopefully!
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> > Dangol'- may, december thing- tellyuhwhat.
> >
> > ;)
>
> Well, the reason I wanted to do it *old* and *fast*...
>
> I wanted to do it old because I actually own a first-revision PDP-11/70
> which my father bought brand new back in the mid-70's when it first came
> out before I was born. It's a really really neat machine with gobs of I/O
> bandwidth. It's fast too. So it made me think what I might be able to do
> with modern components and still make it compatible with my 11/70. (FYI,
> my 11/70 is still working and is still original, down to its fuses and
> fascia).
That is *so* cool, preserving a machine by keeping it in the family!
-dq
On December 11, David Woyciesjes wrote:
> ! > I've discovered a new simple pleasure. Sitting in my
> ! > storage locker with
> ! > a space heater and my IBM Portable Personal Computer
> ! > (thanks again, Jeff)
> ! > programming in BASIC in the middle of the night. Ahhh.
> !
> ! Uhhhh
> !
> ! Sridhar, you ok man?
>
> I dunno, Dave. When he picked up that VaxServer3100 from me yesterday, he
> did have a funny look on his face, right before he went into the pizza
> shop...
Before I moved to FL, Sridhar and Brian Hechinger came down to hang
out and hack on stuff, and crashed on my couches. Late the next
morning, I walk into the living room to find Sridhar just waking up.
He sits up, gets what is likely that very same funny look on his face,
and says "NAME THY FECES!!"
I think the boy needs to eat more beef and less plantlife. All
that chlorophyll is getting into his brain. ;)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
> > With all that iron, ya gotta throw a party sometime soon!
>
> I am pretty sure that I will be bringing one of my IBM S/390 G1's to VCF
> East next year with VM, MVS, and Linux running. If anyone else brings
> machines capable of SNA, FDDI, Ethernet or ATM, you'll be welcome to hook
> up to me.
Ok, Russ, to see Sridhar's stuff, we gotta get together and do a
Hillbilly VCF 1.0
If we time it right and have it in Owensboro, we could
make it a part of the Kentucky Burgoo Festival...
;)
I've discovered a new simple pleasure. Sitting in my storage locker with
a space heater and my IBM Portable Personal Computer (thanks again, Jeff)
programming in BASIC in the middle of the night. Ahhh.
Peace... Sridhar
On December 11, Boatman on the River of Suck wrote:
> I am pretty sure that I will be bringing one of my IBM S/390 G1's to VCF
> East next year with VM, MVS, and Linux running. If anyone else brings
> machines capable of SNA, FDDI, Ethernet or ATM, you'll be welcome to hook
> up to me.
Eh? The G1 isn't 10 years old, is it?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
> From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
> I once encountered a TRS-80 whose keyboard wasn't working due to a
> chronic accumulation of marijuana seeds that had fallen in.
You got it from Sellam, right? ;>)
Glen
0/0
Let's say a DEC PDP-1 comes up for auction. The economy is good and times
are stable.
What would you be willing to pay for a DEC PDP-1?
This is strictly a hypothetical.
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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> And a hearty "hear-hear!" to that! Not to mention, he
> doesn't really look the 'raver' type. Hmmm... ;)
> Speaking of drinking, Tuesdays (tonight!) are when my
> APA Pool Team plays. We're in first, with only two more
> matches to go! Then playoffs for the States, then it's
> off to Vegas after States! Woo-hoo, hopefully!
We used to have a drinking night here, but your truly
couldn't be bothered by the beer everyone else was
having that night and opted for Maker's Mark on an
empty stomach... that drove the nail in the Tuesday
Night coffin (at our office).
And I want to point out: the diminished capacity
for judgement begins *before* you had the first
drink. Blaming the alcohol is engaging in bad faith...
-dq
> ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk wrote:
>
>The outputs of this PSU are +/-5V to +/-15V. They're all safe to
touch,
>although they can supply significant current when the machine is in
>operation (I think the main logic supply is 5V, 125A).
When I was working on a VAX 6000 once, the combination
of +5V @ > 100A and human-appendages-with-nearby-metal
(fingers with ring, wrists with metal watchstraps etc.) was
quaintly described as an opportunity to lose an appendage and
simultaneously cauterize the wound :-)
>The main hazard is inside the PSU. There are a couple of _large_
>capacitors that form part of a 400V supply straight from the mains.
The
>output of this supply is distributed to the PSU boards by
barrier-strip
>type screw terminals at the top of the boards. This supply can kill
you!
Stone dead, I should think!
All PSUs deserve respect. This one sounds
like it deserves more than most :-)
Antonio
>
> > I don't smoke or eat weed around my computers. Chips occasionally, but
> > that's about it.
>
> I've had systems, that when I opened them, the air intake filters oozed
> with residue and reeked of herb.
Did I mention I run a filter recycling service? Please mail
your filters to:
';liwrfjuscljhapos8hs
NO CARRIER
On December 11, Sellam Ismail wrote:
> > I'm going to uuencode a fart and email it to you!
>
> Don't bother:
>
> http://www.farts.com/
fear
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
! > ! And even if that weren't the case...my cat is one of the
! > ! best friends
! > ! I've ever had, so if letting her go where she wants means
! > ! some extra
! > ! filter cleaning for me, then so be it!
! >
! > Aww, isn't that so damned cute! :-P
!
! I'm going to uuencode a fart and email it to you!
!
! -Dave
That's fine. I've got a cold, and a stuffy node right now... ;-)
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On December 11, David Woyciesjes wrote:
> ! Hmm, I have a kitty who spends some time in the computer
> ! room...there's one particular machine in there that moves a LOT of air
> ! and needs its filters cleaned frequently, but aside from that I've had
> ! no issues with kitty fur.
> !
> ! And even if that weren't the case...my cat is one of the
> ! best friends
> ! I've ever had, so if letting her go where she wants means some extra
> ! filter cleaning for me, then so be it!
>
> Aww, isn't that so damned cute! :-P
I'm going to uuencode a fart and email it to you!
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
On December 11, Douglas Quebbeman wrote:
> With all that iron, ya gotta throw a party sometime soon!
Nah, Sridhar doesn't know how to party...do you, Sridhar. ;)
Perhaps we can give him some party lessons. 8-)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL
! > ! Actually, the earlier the better. I want to do it *old*
! > ! but *fast*.
! > !
! > ! Peace... Sridhar
! >
! > Sridhar ---
! > Okay, we know you're missing a missus, but isn't that a little
! > strange? ;)
!
! Dangol'- may, december thing- tellyuhwhat.
!
! ;)
What?
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