From: Mike Ford <mikeford(a)socal.rr.com>
>> The two largest open source projects, Linux and Mozilla, both total
maybe
>>3-4 million lines of code. It's estimated that there are anywhere from
5 to
>>50 million lines of code in Windows.
>
>The way to fix windows ISN"T to play with the existing code, its to
"maybe"
>document the user interface and program API, then start from the best
>kernal model you can find for expected hardware and build on that. Wait
a
>minute, thats linux, never mind.
Having used of Caldara openlinux 2.3 I can sy they did a good job
getting closer to W9x in most ways bad.
W9x no matter what version and that includes WinME all suffer from
the same two basic problems in my book. The kernal is not well protected
>from buggy apps and the file system is not protected from buggy apps
crashing the kernal. The two things that NT and most of the unix clones
seem to have fairly correct.
Allison
>I know McDonnell-Douglas was testing the same thing for fighter planes.
>Most of the time they swap boards. They have developed test benches that
>test the boards. I remember that computers were swapped in the planes and
>then off you go. How would you survive a disk crash? It's interesting
>that were haven't yet heard of any computer virus problems with cars and
>planes.
It's a matter of economics. It's a LOT cheaper to swap the boards in the
field than to troubleshoot them. Just send the boards to DEPO where they are
better equiped (skills and tools) to do component level repair.
Steve
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I had a fun fleamarket run last weekend and for $17 total... First picked
up an unbuilt and complete Sinclair Black Watch Kit...
It was difficult retaining the drool while fishing out the $2... It's a
pretty little kit
http://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/d/o/dogas/DW2.jpghttp://personal.lig.bellsouth.net/lig/d/o/dogas/DW1.jpg (entire kit)
here's someone's jpg of the nonkit version that I found on the net
http://members.spree.com/mrcalc/photos/sinclair.jpg
There's a Sinclair ic (kx8508 Sinclair) that's got a datecode of '75 but I
dont remember ever seeing the watch advertised on this side-o-the-pond... I
guess kit's safe as long as my other LED holds out. ;)
Then I found a Video Toaster 4000 3.0/40 Amiga 2000 with a GVP scsi/hd, and
a few DPS (Digital Processing Systems) boards in it. It boots fine into
workbench and into toaster but I haven't hooked up any video sources to it
yet. It's wonderful to finally have Workbench on a harddisk.
I haven't found much on the DPS cards yet though... I useta use a DPS PAR
board in a pc with 3dstudio but I'm guessing these are tbc video
capture/player boards. Does anyone have info on the:
1. DPS, 743-860, PTF Rev 2
2. DPS-560, 743-800 WFV Rev 3
Thanks
- Mike
>Most of the time, all that's wrong with these is the lithium battery.
The
>package is actually a standard DIP IC package with some more epoxy on
top
>containing the batteries and the crystal (if appropriate).
>
>I've not tried it myself, but I am told you can cut away the top part of
>the device using (e.g.) a Dremel tool, remove the old batteries and put
a
>couple of cheap lithium cells in.
I've done it on dallas chips. I walk them to the machine shop and sand
off the
plastic slowly till I hit metal (battery). You can use a magnet to
locate the
battery.
Allison
> > Oh yeah... That would work out. Hundreds of freelance developers working
>independently with no coordinated (managed) efforts.
>
>Yeah, you're right. What was I thinking?
>
>Hey, Steve, ever heard of Linux?
>
>Duh.
>
>Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Hey Sellam, even heard of any Linux billionaires?
Duh.
Steve Robertson
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On 2001-03-07 classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org <Tony Duell> said:
>Technology improved (?) and processors could clock faster.
>Therefore many of the tricks were no longer necessary, and fell out
>of use.
The 'new technology' allowed for faster speed *and* faster profits at
the expense of finer quality programming. The hallmark of fine
programming should be stability, efficiency and speed -- IN THAT ORDER.
The "tricks" should have been regarded as tried and true *techniques*
to be applied carefully to future programming practices. Unfortunately,
greed has prevailed up until now, and present computer technology is
in an inspirational, qualitative slump.
>The sort of education I was thinking about was now 'how computers
>really work'. Much of how a processor works, at least in general
>terms, is the same for a PDP11 or a PC. The difference is that the
>former is documented and understandable.
The folks responsible for what has happened with computer "under-
development" -- and those with the requisite resources capable of
turning around the poor quality of computer/software development --
are certainly well aware of what could be done with better computer
education and design. Their first and immediate concern for now
is business survival. This is where the focus of their energy lies.
They tell the public who might complain that they're just getting
what they've been demanding: more, sooner and faster; do so or die.
Should we give a drug addict more drugs to solve his problem? No!
The drugs should be banished, despite the painful withdrawal symptoms,
and the addict's life must be restructured.
The same fate lies before the computer industry. Until the 'addiction'
of speed is cured, more insanity and industrial degradation will
continue.
Jerry... on his IBM PC/AT 5170 Model 339 | My laptop computer's a
***** 9600kbps/30MB HD/512k RAM/8 MHz | Tandy TRS-80 Model 100
Net-Tamer V 1.11.2X - Registered
I picked up a Mac SE30 that someone was chucking. It has no keyboard or
mouse, but powers up and goes into MacOS. I'd like to find a keyboard and
mouse for this.
Also, when it booted, it seems to have some sort of password protection on
it. A small dialogue box came up that said "Please enter password for
Macinto". I don't know if the utility was called "Macinto", but it looks
like perhaps the title bar wasn't big enough to fully display "Macintosh".
At the very least, I'd like to be able to run OpenBSD on it...
I just inherited a new toy. An HP 735 192MB ram (2) 1GB drives and 20 in
monitor. I was all ready to play, but an important component is missing.
Does anyone know where I can get a keyboard for this beast without giving up
my first born. I really like him. Or a cheap PS/2 to HP-HIL adapter would
be even better.
Arnie
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>
> > And who the hell needs managers to code anyway? Pfah!
>
> You've never had to maintain code, have you?
>
> -spc (Let me tell you about hacker code ... it ain't pretty ... )
>
OK since MS is not likely to hand over their code. let's look at another
possibility that's not all that remote. Let's assume the LINUX overcomes
it's greatest weakness (consumer acceptance) and gets the lions share in the
OS market. In that situation who are the winners and who are the loosers?
Who would win and why?
Who would loose and why?
Would you be one of the winners or one of the loosers?
Steve Robertson
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