I remember hearing what is probably an urban legend about the
proper way to shut down a Unix box. The console operator
is supposed to enter the sync command three times by hand
(and not on one command line like the subject shows it) to ensure
that the disk writes got out.
Now these were older boxes, and the drives may have been slow,
but this surely had to be an exageration. The story has a
great punchline though:
sync; sync; sync three times if you want to stop me ....
Mike
> Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2001 17:47:16 -0600 (MDT)
> From: "Clint Wolff (VAX collector)" <vaxman(a)qwest.net>
> Subject: Re: Amiga items on eBay
>
> On Thu, 26 Apr 2001, Mike Ford wrote:
>
> > > John Foust wrote:
> > >
> > >Pardon the auction announcement...
>
> I'm curious... Has anyone here purchased something from EBay that
> they wouldn't have found unless the advertisement showed up here?
>
> I believe that if people are going to buy something from EBay, they
> already have searches set up or email announcements, and don't need
> to see the announcement here. The people that HATE EBay don't want
> to see the announcement because it only pisses them off.
IF it is something very uncommon then I would not mind at all to see a
mention on it in the group, say a MTU sound card or software for the PET
of instructions for installing an MTU video board for same, I don't mind
seeing ebay posts as long as thier not common items (if you search e-bay
and find two similar (or more) already on auction it probably is
common), like 1541 disk drives or Amiga 500s... :/
I have been known to post a "heads-up" or two on e-bay auctions I
stumble upon that I find uncommon. Just because I know others are
looking for such items or I appreciate that it is available and want to
make sure it goes to a deserving fellow computer fan.
> So, I vote for no EBay advertisements. Especially the one line
> http://www.ebay.com/... kind with no supporting text. Many of
> us don't read email with a HTTP degraded browser.
I vote to use common sense, don't piss us off with boring auctions and
DO PLEASE at least write a decent description of what the item is -
beyond the link to the auction.
I.E. "Commodore 900 Computer" not "Rare Commodore Computer!"
> Anyone else want to weigh in on this issue?
>
> Clint
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> Does anyone have an older '040 based Powerbook, such as a 540C or
> 190CS, that they'd be willing to sell? Since my main machine is a Mac,
> I'd like to move my portable work to a capable Powerbook, vice the
> 486DX4/100 I have now.
>
> Thanks
> Jeff
Just to let you know in case you don't have particularly good luck on
the
gray market, Sun Remarketing (http://www.sunrem.com) is selling
refurbished
PowerBook 5300 (grayscale!) 8/500 systems for $199.00.
Yes, these machines do have a reputation for being a service nightmare,
but
assumedly since this is a refurb system it will have been checked out,
and
Sun would offer some warranty on it as well. It is a PowerPC based
system,
so you'd end up with even a little more power than the '040 machines
that
you were searching for.
Not a bad price on a used PowerBook, especially when compared to other
resellers like Shreve. Just thought you might like the pointer.
--Sean Caron (root(a)diablonet.net) | http://www.diablonet.net
>
> Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2001 01:33:50 -0700 (PDT)
> From: steve <tosteve(a)yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Apple /// - Mac Port!
>
> Hi Adrian,
>
> You have a very slim chance on the Apple III, numerous
> people have already asked for it.
No worries :)
> I am asking $50.00 for it, not including shipping.
> Sorry, It doesn't have a carrying case.
Eep - too much considering I can get one for less than that over here. Never
mind, it was worth asking!
> Are you in the UK?
Yup! And given my recent redundancy I'm liable to stay here for a while
yet.....
cheers
adrian/witchy
www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the Online Computer Museum
0:OK, 0:1
Greetings,
A while back, I purchased a TRS-80 Model III with 48K of memory, but I
can't access the BASIC interpreter... that is, if it has one as I was
thinking it did. Do I need to use a boot floppy in order to do anything
with this machine?
Also, weren't some TRS-80 systems able to use a hard drive?
Funny thing, I still have the book that I purchased from Radio Shack
about 20 years ago (doesn't seem possible that it's been that long) so
that I could use a TRS-80 in a computer lab in college: _BASIC
Computer Language: It's easier than you think!_. Five dollars and
ninety five cents... wow, try buying a new computer-related book at
that price now!
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All Rights Reserved an unnatural belief that we're above Nature &
rdd(a)perqlogic.com 410-744-4900 her other creatures, using dogma to justify such
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On Apr 27, 8:53, Cini, Richard wrote:
> I looked at home, and I don;t have any of Ahl's books. I do have a
> version of StarTrek that was for TinyBasic, which I could use. I was
> interested in the version that came with the 16k Apple ][ because it
seemed
> to make use of some of the graphics capabilities.
The version is David Ahl's book isn't Apple-oriented, though it must be
close to the Apple version (which, if I recall correctly, was in Integer
BASIC). I do have a copy of that somewhere. However, at the moment my
machines are strewn (I think that's about the most descriptive word I could
use!) all over the house and workshop as I'm in the final stages of
"sorting out the junk". I doubt if the Disk ]['s are even in the same room
as the Apple ][ or //e, and i'm sure the floppies aren't. Nevertheless, if
you care to remind me in a week or two's time, I should be able to dig it
out and kermit a copy across to something net-enabled for you.
[5 mins later] Aha, I've found the disks. What you're looking for is
called "APPLE-TREK", and it's 53 blocks of INTEGER BASIC.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
ard(a)p850ug1.demon.co.uk (Tony Duell) wrote:
> Incidentally, does anyone know what's happened to Tim Mann's web pages?
> They were an excellent source of TRS-80 software.
They still are, but now you need to look for them at
http://www.tim-mann.org/trs80.html .
-Frank McConnell
Hi,
I'm trying two things:
- mentioning that I've got a Victor 9000 PC up on eBay
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1232394633
- showing people that if we preface eBay announcements
with "ebay:", the people who don't want to read such
things can easily filter them out.
I know that won't make everyone happy ... particularly
people who feel that eBay is evil :)
However, I tend to try local giveaways first.
Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com
www.allegro.com/sieler/wanted/index.htmlwww.allegro.com/sieler
Jim:
I looked at home, and I don;t have any of Ahl's books. I do have a
version of StarTrek that was for TinyBasic, which I could use. I was
interested in the version that came with the 16k Apple ][ because it seemed
to make use of some of the graphics capabilities.
Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Strickland [mailto:jim@calico.litterbox.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 3:05 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Listing for AppleII StarTrek
I have it in David Aho's book "More Basic Computer Games".
I had a scanned image of each page of the listing on my web page for quite
a while, but I removed it. If nobody else gets back to you let me know and
I'll
dig up the images or scan 'em again.
>
> Hello, all:
>
> Does anyone have the listing for or a disk image of the 16k StarTrek
> for the Apple II?
>
> Rich
>
--
Jim Strickland
jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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