How can I detect end of file while reading a text file?
10 print chr$(4)"Open mytextfile"
20 print chr$(4)"read mytextfile"
30 input a$
40 rem process process process
50 if what who how then 30
60 print chr$(4)"close mytextfile"
hep me please! (trying to write a dumb line editor)
I have two NewBrain MD computers with all cables and software including
bespoke Word Processor and Database. Two Data Recorders are also included. In
addition I have a pair of different 5.25" disk drives in a single unit with
the drive controller to fit to the underside of the computer. None of the
equipment has been used for some time, but is packed in original boxes and
complete with instruction booklets. Would be prepared to discuss offers.
Area -- North East UK
Graham C
Website: grahamcarling.com
In a message dated 12/16/01 2:54:15 PM Pacific Standard Time,
rhudson(a)cnonline.net writes:
>
> Did a person string those cores with a needle and
> "thread", or was it done by machine?
>
>
My stepmother worked for Hughes Aircraft in LA assembling core memory by hand
under a microscope. She was making 4X4 panels IIRC. This had to be in the
1960s I bet.
Paxton
Astoria, OR
> From: SUPRDAVE(a)aol.com
Gee, a message from an AOL user with no HTML . . . imagine that . . .
> Kwanzaa is NOT a real holiday.
Okay, I'll bite: why isn't it?
Glen
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On December 15, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> Well, perhaps the reason for all the meetings and other work you find
> uninteresting is that it's necessary to arrive at a firm specification for what
> you have to build before you go off and build it. Since the coding, compiling,
> and debugging only represent about 5% of the task, the bulk of the work has to
> happen sometime, and that's what the "other" stuff is.
Some documentation and speficiation has to happen, sure. But most
of the industry seems to have lost sight of the fact that these are
*overhead tasks* that are secondary to the job of *building
something*. It gives suits a reason to take home a paycheck...they
can shuffle paperwork and Powerpoint bullshit all they want; it
rarely contributes to the finish product.
It's not an issue of my finding it "uninteresting"...I write code.
That's what I do best. If I'm doing something other than writing
code, I'm likely wasting my time...or worse, someone else's...because
if I'm not writing code I'm probaby doing something I'm not
particularly good at.
I'm not trying to be argumentative here...though it may sound that
way, please don't take it as such.
Again I will qualify my statements as pertaining to sub-million-line
development projects, not huge multi-million line behemoths.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
On December 16, UberTechnoid(a)home.com wrote:
> Remember the (iirc) Compaq ad. Thier 286 had a meg of static ram onboard.
> The ad depicted an empty desk with two tire tracks burt into it and a
> surprised user behind.
Static RAM? Are you sure? I've never heard of static RAM in a
PeeCee. That's neat.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL "Less talk. More synthohol." --Lt. Worf
From: Gene Buckle <geneb(a)deltasoft.com>
>belongs with it. Does anyone have a Series 100 box that could give me
>the measurements and connector orientation & location of the floppy
>cable?
Nothing magic. the last one I had used was from a PC.
>Secondly, I don't know what "brand" SCSI controller is built into the
>board. The SCSI chip seems to be an NCR 5830, but that leads me nowhere
>in relation to whether or not it's an Adaptec or other model controller.
>I need to know the brand because the hd formatting software needs to
>know it.
Your applying PC logic to it. It's is not Adaptec, i'ts just SCSI
(SCS1 or II) host and the NCR5380 is one of the early and common
chips used for that.
The brand applies to the "other" board, what is known as a SCSI
bridge board. Adaptec, Xybec, WD and other made them. You
need to know what board and what drive to do the formatting. If
you dont mind hacking Z80 code you can go frm an AMPRO LB
with SCSI to a smaller SCSI drive (64mb or less, or the rest will
be unused).
Allison
People on here have talked about people on eBay taking a perfectly good
working machine and selling it off piece by piece but this takes the
capacitor screwdriver, soldering iron and sucker....
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1309283581
This person? is selling 40 little plastic thingies that go under a key on
the Commodore 128's keyboard along with a spring!!!
Bryan
Excuse while I go bang my head against a wall... Did you know if you do that
for an hour you burn 150 calories?
> From: CLeyson(a)aol.com
> Thanks to AOL I can't turn this feature off :-(
Yes, you can! I have posted numerous messages to this list (and others)
>from an AOL account in the past and never sent anything but plain text.
Glen
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